14 Centre County Wrestlers Set for PIAA Tourney

The 2017 PIAA State Wrestling Tournament will be held Thursday through Saturday, March 11, at the Giant Center in Hershey.

Five Centre County high schools will be well represented, with a total of 14 wrestlers entered in the events. In the AA brackets, St. Joseph’s Academy and Penns Valley will combine to send six wrestlers, and in AAA, State College, Bald Eagle Area and Bellefonte will have eight contestants.

Bellefonte’s undefeated 145-pound Brock Port (36-0) will get a bye in the first round in AAA and await the winner of the match between Ryan Stocku, of Penncrest (39-7), and Luke Carty, of Bethlehem Catholic (22-8).

Also in the 145 bracket, BEA’s Gage McClenahan (30-5), who lost to Port in the District 6 and Northwest Regional finals, will wrestle in the first round against Tucker Brough, of Big Spring (39-5).

The area’s other undefeated wrestler, Cole Urbas (28-0) will take on Ryan Deloach, of Freedom (28-7), at 182.

According to the PIAA website, these are the matches involving county wrestlers:

AA BRACKETS 

■ 106 — Ethan Kauffman, St. Joseph’s (31-14), vs. Ethan Paul, Upper Dauphin (29-18).

Baylor Shunk, Penns Valley (37-7), vs. Noah Hunt, Warrior Run (27-14)

■ 120 — Jacob Powers, St. Joseph’s (23-5), vs. the winner of John Wheeler, Northwestern (33-5), vs. Colin Leonard, Northern Lebanon (36-18)

■ 120 — Darren Yearick, Penns Valley (35-7), vs. Kenny Kiser, Saegertown (39-8)

■ 132 — Caleb Dowling, St. Joseph’s (35-6), vs. R.J. Driscoll, Lake-Lehman (28-13)

■ 145 — Jared Hurd, Penns Valley (31-7), vs. Josh Hancock, Cranberry (34-6)

AAA BRACKETS 

■ 106 — Cole Stewart, Bellefonte (30-8), vs. Josiah Gehr, Cocalico (25-4)

■ 126 — Garrett Rigg, Bald Eagle Area (31-6), vs. the winner of Matt Oblock, Canon-McMillan (36-16), vs. Brett Kaliner, W.C. Rustin (37-6)

■ 138 — Seth Koleno, Bald Eagle Area (31-3), vs. the winner of Luca Frinzi, Bethlehem Catholic (25-16), vs. Cary Palmer, Council Rock South (31-7)

■ 145 — Brock Port, Bellefonte (36-0), vs. the winner of Ryan Stocku, Penncrest (39-7), vs. Luke Carty, Bethlehem Catholic (22-8)

■ 145 — Gage McClenahan, Bald Eagle Area (30-5), vs. Tucker Brough, Big Spring (39-5)

■ 160 — Ian Barr, State College (22-9), vs. Dylan Gurreri, Red Lion (28-7)

■ 182 — Cole Urbas, State College (28-0), vs. Ryan Deloach, Freedom (28-7)

■ 220 — Pete Haffner, State College (25-3), vs. the winner of Michael Leyland, Roman Catholic (35-6), vs. Michael Modugno, Upper Perkiomen (33-5)