Prestige earned on the mat at Fred Bell

1/26/2025

Cranberry’s Dalton Wenner took first place in the 127 bracket to be the top finishers in the annual Fred Bell Tournament this weekend in Grove City. It was the junior's third straight Bell title.

Wenner defeated Penns Valley’s Erik Carlile 15-9 to take the tourney. It was an event weekend for the Berry junior.

He went 6-0, which included his 100th career victory on Saturday when he beat Dominick Canali of Trinity 9-5. With his win in the finals, he moves to a respectable 28-5 on the season and 101-17 for career totals.

Also wrestling in the finals for Cranberry was Elijah Brosius, 139, who dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker to Dominic Ferraro of Pine-Richland.

Brosius beat Deydon Soto of Belle Vernon 8-7 to advance to the championship round.

Brosius and fellow senior Dane Wenner have been chasing down the title of most wins by a Berry wrestler having eclipsed the previous mark earlier this season.

They both currently stand at 130 career wins. Previously, Paul Zacherl held the record with 124 wins.

Dane Wenner, 145, finished his Fred Bell weekend with a pin in the fifth-place match versus Victor Bonus of McGuffey.

Aiden Thompson finished in fourth place in the 114 bracket. Thompson bounded back from a tech fall to Grove City’s Ian Stearns in the semifinals to beat Parker Jennings of Trinity by a 10-7 decision in the consolation finals.

He eventually lost to Michael Copello of Ridgway 9-7 in the third-place match.

Skyler Myers was Cranberry’s final medalist, finishing in eighth place at 160.

Franklin had three wrestlers on the podium this weekend.

285 - Kaden Kiselka had a 4-1 decision over Delathian Boanes of Grove City to earn third place in the 285 bracket. Kiselka worked his way back from the consolation bracket to earn a spot in the third-place match, beating Emmitt Summerlin of Cochranton 4-2, and then Connor Avery of General McLane 3-2.

Drew Kockler and Gary Kiselka both finished in sixth place at 189 and 215, respectively.

Titusville’s Sawyer Wolfkiel was the only Rocket to earn a medal after Issac Roberts and Kameron Mong had to withdrawal from the tournament due to illness and injury.

Wolfkiel defeated Van Ward of Union City 4-0 to take third place in the 107 bracket.

Worth noting
Meadville’s Ben Fuller took the crown at 121 after defeating Rocky Kowle of North East 7-2. Cash Morrell of Cochranton dropped at 14-4 major decision to Mario Hutcherson of Kiski Area to finish second at 172.