NOTE: This is the story we wrote for Titusville News-Journal this week.
| A rough way to end the season for Titusville’s 107-pound wrestler Sawyer Wolfkiel who had to drop out prior to last weekend’s District 10 championships. The AA section one champ was rolling with a solid 30-5 record this season wrestling in three different weight classes and nearing the century mark on his career. But in the week leading up to districts he only got in one workout and was down with a nasty bug. Wolfkiel, who was considered one of the best in the region, was one of ten Rockets to advance last week to districts. He and 152-pounder, freshman Brock Middleton did not wrestle in districts. Vying for a championship and a trip to regionals starting this week in Sharon were Isaac Roberts at 114, Andrew Donaldson at 121, Parker Miller at 139, Coleman Huck at 145, JJ Miller at 172, Kameron Mong at 189, Coy Campbell at 215 and Bryce Watkins at 285. Four Rockets advanced out of districts last weekend with 114-pounder Roberts leading the pack with a third place finish. Roberts drew a bye in the first round before handling Cathedral Prep’s Aiden Carter with an 18-3 tech fall. He then lost 7-4 decision to former Titusville wrestler Ian Stearns who now wrestles for Grove City. The loss dropped Roberts in the consis where he decisioned Cadyn Shetler of Maplewood 2-0 and then got a tech fall over Rever Caudill of Eisenhower to end up in third place. Stearns won the 114 title. Parker Miller took home fifth-place qualifying position at 139 with a first round bye followed by his only contested win over LeBoeuf’s Haiden McNamara by tech fall. He then lost in the semifinals to Greenville’s Kaysom Materia. The loss dropped him into the third-place round semifinals where he lost to Sharpesville’s Jonathon Bissell dropping him into the fifth place-final where he won by forfeit. JJ Miller got an eighth-place qualifying position with a first round win over Saegertown’s Gabriel Jordan followed by a loss to Cochranton’s Chace Morrell. JJ then got a fall over Maplewood’s Zayne Smith before losing to Greenville’s Hunter Cox. He lost the seventh place match 7-3 against Brody Beers of Fort LeBoeuf. Mong took home a fifth-place medal with a major decision in the first round over Bryson Backstein of Greenville. Mong lost in the quarterfinals in a tough 3-1 decision against Ian McQueary of Grove City, dropping him into the consolation rounds. Mong then won two decisions against Maplewood Chase MacQuarrie and Landon Nickerson of Corry. He dropped into the fifth-place bracket with a major decision loss against Aiden Struchen of Fort LeBoeuf. Mong avenged his loss to McCreary with a 5-2 decision to qualify in fifth-place. The four are expected to be back at it starting tonight in Sharon with a trip to Hershey and the state championships as their goal. Other locals of note qualifying for regions are: Van Ward of Union City, Shetler of Maplewood, Issac Huya of Saegertown, Carter Beck of Saegertown, Blaze Gigler of Cochranton, Steven Willis of Corry, Carson Braswell of Corry, Travis Huya of Saegertown, Joshua Mitchum of Union City, William Allen of Corry, Glenn Sample of Saegertown, Andrew Proper of Maplewood, Cody Proper of Corry, Lamech Albers of Corry, Ethan Hart of Franklin, Mason Savitz of Corry who won the D10 championship, Cash Morrell of Cochranton, Drew Kockler of Franklin, Landon Nickerson of Corry, Kael Albers of Corry, Gary Kiselka of Franklin and Owen Nickerson of Corry. |             |
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