      | Two Cranberry wrestlers advanced to quarterfinals in the PIAA State AA wrestling championships Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey. Cranberry’s 107-pound wrestler, Dalton Wenner, won his first match with a 7-0 decision over Jacob Sombronski of United High School. That win advances the freshman to the state quarterfinal match where he’ll face William Detar of Trinity, who won his match with a pin. Wenner is 32-3 on the season while Detar is 37-2. At 121 pounds, Elijah Brosius also advanced to the quarters with a 3-1 win over Jackson Rush of West Perry. Tomorrow, Brosius will take on Montgomery freshman Brandt Harer, who is 43-1. Five other wrestlers were watching also advanced in the championship bracket. Conneaut’s Hunter Gould got a 9-0 decision over Tyler Ulrich of Warrior Run. He will face Arment Waltenbaugh of Faith Christian Academy in the 127-pound bracket. At 133 Cambridge Springs Brody Beck won a 3-2 decision over West Perry’s Blain Puchalsky. He moves on to face Jayden Pepe of Wyoming Area. At 189 General McLane’s Magnus Lloyd defeated Jacob Scheib of Sri-Valley. He’ll face Lucas Miller Northwestern Lehigh. Chance Kimmy of General McLane advanced to the 160 quarterfinals to face Grant MacKay. Kimmy had a 3-0 decision over Alex Hoffman of Milton. Conneut’s Collin Hearn also advanced with major decision over Lewisburg’s Chase Wenrich at 160. Hearn will face Jagger Gray of Trinity. Along with Wenner and Brosius, two other Berries will see action on day two of the tournament. Cranberry’s Dane Wenner lost a major decision to Warrior Run’s Reagan Milheim before winning a 3-3 decision over Landon Ulderich. He will now face Tyler Morrison of West Perry. Senior Brayden McFetridge lost his first match to Lackawanna Trail’s 215-pounder Seth Ross. He rebounded with a pin over Ryan Weidner of Mount Carmel. He now faces Kollin Brungart of Penns Valley. Other area wrestlers with Friday matches include Titusville’s Brock Covell. He recorded a pin over Tommy Cohenour of Southern Huntington. He then lost to Adam Waters of Faith Christian Academy. Covell will now face Kyle Scott of Tyrone in the consolations. Saegertown’s Carter Beck lost a tough 1-0 decision to Cole Hubert of Saucon Valley at 114 dropping him into the consolations. He then bounced back with a win over Waylon Waite of Reynolds. He now will face Kevin Bagnell of Conwell-Egan. At 145 Gunnar Gage of Cambridge Springs dropped a 2-0 decision to Gage Heilbrun of Marion Center. He then pinned Jaden Wehler of St. Mary’s to stay alive. At 285 Wilson Spires of General McLane pinned Brad Miller of River Valley before falling Riley Robell of Bishop McDevitt. Spires moved on to face Christian Flaherty of Keystone Oaks. The PIAA’s first female wrestler to qualify in the boys division, Sierra Chiesa of Northwestern, lost a close opening round match 6-5 to Central Valley’s Antonio Boni. She bounced back to defeat Andrew Coriaty of Oswayo Valley to stay alive for a medal. Cranberry’s Connor Reszkowski had a tough day, losing his first match to Colten Shunk of Penns Valley and then his consolation match to Chase Bell of Reynolds. |
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