WPIAL wrestling rankings: Jan. 29, 2025

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Wrestling rankings

Team

Class 3A

Team (This year’s record) Last week’s ranking

1.Connellsville (8-1) 1

2. Franklin Regional (13-0) 2

3. Thomas Jefferson (10-0) 4

4. Bethel Park (9-1) 5

5. Norwin (12-1) 3

6. North Allegheny (14-2) 8

7. Fox Chapel (9-3) 6

8. Latrobe (5-4) 7

9. Kiski Area (13-4) 9

10. Trinity (6-2) 10

Teams to watch: Armstrong (6-4), Belle Vernon (5-3), Butler (8-3), Canon-McMillan (8-9), Moon Area (8-5), North Hills (9-3), Ringgold (9-2), Shaler (7-1).

Class 2A

Team (This year’s record) Last week’s ranking

1.Burrell (10-1) 1

2. Derry Area (15-2) 2

3. McGuffey (13-4) 3

4. Quaker Valley (10-4) 4

5. Burgettstown (12-3) 5

6. Freedom (14-4) 7

7. Laurel (16-3) 8

8. Highlands (10-5) 9

9. Jefferson-Morgan (8-3) NR

10. Southmoreland (8-6) NR

Dropped out: 6. Bentworth (6-7) and 10. Chartiers-Houston (6-6).

Teams to watch: Avella (10-11), Beth-Center (6-7), Elwood City (5-4), Greensburg Salem (8-3), Hopewell (2-0), South Park (11-2).

Individual rankings

Class 3A

107: 1. Tommy Gretz (23-4), so., Connellsville; 2. Beau Fennick (24-3), fr., Franklin Regional; 3. Anthony Jones (19-0), So., Shaler; 4. Zach Rehak (25-6), so., Thomas Jefferson. (PA 1: Brayden Wenrich, fr., Northampton).

114: 1. Dylan Barrett (26-2), jr., Penn-Trafford; 2. Nick McGarrity (30-4), so., Peters Township; 3. Zach Franks (18-7), jr., Connellsville; 4. Coleton Klipa (16-9), fr., Norwin. (PA 1: Emilio Albanese, so., Emmaus).

121: 1. Landon Sidun, so., Norwin (26-0); 2. Santino Sloboda (25-0), jr., Butler; 3. Nolan Rice (18-7), so., Connellsville; 4. Pierce Reinhart (22-5), so., Bethel Park. (PA 1: Sidun).

127: 1. Nico Fanella (27-2), sr., Indiana; 2. Leo Joseph (19-4), sr., Latrobe; 3. Dominick Canali (31-4), jr., Trinity; 4. Evan Sala (12-1), so., Mount Lebanon. (PA 1: Keanu Dillard, jr., Bethlehem Catholic).

133: 1. Luke Willochell (25-2), sr., Latrobe; 2. Collier Hartman (33-4), jr., Canon-McMillan; 3. Cael Yanek (17-1), jr., Moon Area; 4. Seth Miller (20-9), sr., Bethel Park. (PA 1: Trey Wagner, jr, Northampton).

139: 1. Kai Vielma (25-4), so., Connellsville; 2. Dominic Ferraro (28-0), sr., Pine-Richland; 3. Deydon Soto (28-3), sr., Belle Vernon; 4. Owen Campbell (23-4), jr., Plum. (PA 1: Anthony Mutarelli, sr., Council Rock South).

145: 1. Ramil Islamov (26-0), sr., Baldwin; 2. Thomas Allison (19-1), sr., Trinity; 3. Ethan Higgins (27-6), Bethel Park, sr.; 4. Max Firestine (26-4), fr., Franklin Regional. (PA 1: Tahir Parkins, sr., Nazareth).

152: 1. Maddox Shaw (19-3), sr., Thomas Jefferson; 2. Evan Petrovich (27-4), sr., Connellsville; 3. Kole Doppelheuer (24-6), sr., Belle Vernon; 4. Darius McMillon (39-4), sr., Peters Township. (PA 1: Shaw).

160: 1. Lonzy Vielma (23-6), sr., Connellsville; 2. Brayden White (22-5), sr., Thomas Jefferson; 3. Cole Gibbons (24-7), jr., Mount Lebanon; 4. Ethan Cartwright (26-6), so., Franklin Regional. (PA 1: Shaw).

172: 1. Bode Marlow (33-2), sr., Thomas Jefferson; 2. Mario Hutcherson (28-2), fr., Kiski Area; 3. Carter Morvay (25-4), jr., North Hills; 4. Kaleb Kinzey (22-4), so., Armstrong. (PA 1: Asher Cunningham, sr., State College).

189: 1. Hunter Snyder (22-2), so., Latrobe; 2. Tasso Whipple (20-8), Sr., Penn-Trafford.; 3. Mark Gray, (27-3), sr., Kiski Area; 4. Nez Green (18-2), so., Central Catholic. (PA 1: Ty Morrison, Sr., West Perry).

215: 1. Jake Conroy (27-0), sr., Ringgold; 2. Elijah Brown (27-1), sr., Belle Vernon; 3. Cooper Roscosky (27-5), jr., Kiski Area; 4. Roman Thompson (19-0), so. Central Catholic. (PA 1: Conroy).

285: 1. Shepherd Turk (28-6), sr., Thomas Jefferson; 2. Bradyn McConneha (26-6), jr., North Allegheny; 3. Cam Danna (35-5), jr., West Allegheny; 4. Ben Lloyd (26-9), sr., Mount Lebanon. (PA 1: Dean Bechtold, jr., Owen J. Roberts).

Class 2A

107: 1. Javeon Chambers (27-4), jr., Highlands; 2. Rocco DeCario (18-6), fr., Derry Area; 3. Kayden Braun (25-6), so., Freedom Area; 4. Angelo Boni (23-9), jr., Central Valley; 4. (PA 1: Chase Karenbauer, fr., Grove City).

114: 1. Bruce Anderchak (34-2), jr., Quaker Valley; 2. Preston Bubash (17-1), fr., Elizabeth Forward; 3. Logan Ketzel (19-6), so., Laurel; 4. Derek Allen (23-8), sr., Ellwood City. (PA 1: Freddy Bachmann, fr. Faith Christian).

121: 1. Auston Kosanovic (35-3), jr., Avonworth; 2. Tucker Main (26-8), so., McGuffey; 3. Carter Thomas (18-5), so., Burrell; 4. Noah Collins (23-10), jr., West Greene. (PA 1: Joe Bachmann, so. Faith Christian).

127: 1. Cam Baker (19-5), jr., Burrell; 2. Antonio Boni (29-2), jr., Central Valley; 3. Giovanni Beatrice, (14-4), sr. Derry Area; 4. Daniel Smith (30-6), jr., Burgettstown. (PA 1: Gauge Botero, sr., Faith Christian).

133: 1. Anthony Mucci (27-5), sr., Derry Area; 2. Drake McClure (35-4), so., Bentworth; 3. Emmett Wolfe (32-2), jr., McGuffey; 4. Mason Wright (30-8), jr., Beth-Center. (PA 1: Jax Forrest, jr., Bishop McCort).

139: 1. Lucas Barr (32-3), jr., McGuffey; 2. Julian Bertucci (23-6), jr., Burrell; 3. Matthews Danna (45-3), jr., Quaker Valley; 4. Aiden Burford (24-6), sr., Highlands. (PA 1: Brandt Harer, jr., Montgomery).

145: 1. Luke Boyer (24-3), so., Elizabeth Forward; 2. Owen Layhew (25-5), jr., Knoch; 3. Tristan Wtorkiewicz (22-6), so., Mt. Pleasant; 4. Ryder Goe (18-9), sr., South Side. (PA 1: Bo Bassett, jr., Bishop McCort).

152: 1. Mason Horwat, (21-3), so. Derry Area; 2. Jonah Erdely, jr., Frazier (33-2); 3. Calio Zanella (15-5), sr., Burrell; 4. Jack Diemert (27-9), sr., Quaker Valley. (PA 1: Max Stein, sr., Faith Christian).

160: 1. Gabe Lilly (30-3), sr. Ellwood City; 2. Owen Ivcic (36-3), jr., Bentworth; 3. Ryan Celaschi (28-3), sr., Frazier; 4. Ewan Olson (28-4), jr., Derry Area. (PA 1: Reagan Milheim, jr., Warrior Run).

172: 1. Jackson Angelo (34-1), jr., Frazier; 2. Isaac Lacinski (26-7), sr., Burrell; 3. Landon Delara (26-5), sr., Southmoreland; 4. Marcus Richey (33-10), sr., Quaker Valley. (PA 1: Melvin Miller, so. Bishop McCort).

189: 1. Braedon Welsh (26-1), sr., Fort Cherry; 2. Brady Brown (28-4), so., Derry Area; 3. Jake Mundorff (24-5), Ligonier Valley; 4. ZeShawn Williams (27-5), jr., Freedom. (PA 1: Adam Waters, jr., Faith Christian).

215: 1. Kolton Carlson (30-3), jr., Laurel; 2. Brennan Breisinger (26-9), fr., Quaker Valley; 3. Kaden Shannon (22-8), jr., Southmoreland; 4. Luke Boylan (18-11), sr., Burrell. (PA 1: Austin Johnson, sr., Muncy).

285: 1. Henry Barbisch (25-8) sr., Carlynton; 2. Parker Cunningham (19-4), sr., South Park; 3. Colin Whyte (33-4), jr., West Greene; 4. Landon Heath (30-10), jr., Jefferson-Morgan. (PA 1: Mark Effendian, jr., Faith Christian).

Note: PA 1 denotes PaPower Wrestling preseason No. 1.

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

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