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2022 PA States

AAA quarters:
106: Desmond MD Fanella 10-2; Kapusta dec Sement 3-2 TB2; McFarland dec Houser 7-0; Willochell F Reitter 5:32
113: Williams dec Allison 6-0; Campbell MD Chappell 11-2; Nasdeo dec Tocci 3-0; Jacaruso dec McMillon 5-2
120: Leiphart dec Hohman 6-2; Houpt F Logue 5:07; Williams dec McIntyre 5-2; Kilkeary dec 7-2
126: Shaw dec Shindledecker 5-0; Perry dec Appello 4-1; Lebin MD Collins 8-0; Van Dee MD Ferraro 13-4
132: Church dec Bower 2-0; Rath dec Gaj 4-1; Repos dec Everitt 3-0; Simcox MD Rader 12-0
138: Kasak dec Stoneking 11-6; Manville TF Vielma 20-5, 5:22; Findora dec Heard 7-2; Priest dec Jurado 3-0
145: Solomon F Bower 3:43; Babb dec Trainor 7-4; Watters dec Harmon 7-3; Swisher MD Sadriddinov 11-2
152: Evans dec Frontino 10-3; Sipes dec Wheatley 2-1; Laffey dec Dobbins 2-1 TB2; Smith dec Gonzalez 8-3
160: Keslar dec Colajezzi 5-3; Morlacci dec Fairchild 11-6; Garvick dec Taylor 4-3; Barlow dec Muth 4-3
172: Welsh F Olavarria 2:00; Bechtold dec Wehler 10-6 SV; Hogan dec Furman 6-5; D'Agostino MD McGonigal 16-7
189: Collins MD McIntyre 10-2; Miller dec Shoemaker 7-5; Stout TF DiTrolio 18-2, 1:31; Sasso MD Chamberlain 16-5
215: Weightman dec DiGiorgio 8-7; Pavlechko MD Rodriguez 12-1; Volk-Klos dec Pardo 7-4; Finnerty dec Wagner 4-2
285: Kinney F Retter 1:17; Crews dec Gallagher 3-1; Cruise dec Laventure 1-0; McChesney dec Billotte 3-1

Some takeaways:
- Major upset by Campbell at 113 over returning S3 Chappell.
- FR Shaw controlled returning S2-S3 senior Shindledecker.
- Stout with a 1:31 TF!
- Weightman winning is a mild upset. DiGiorgio had looked really good this year.

AAA consis -- notable results thru blood round:
- 113: Allison, McMillon, and Parkins all lost in the blood round. This weight is nuts.
- 120: Cunningham dec Ziegler 5-3 SV in the blood round.
- 126: Undefeated senior regional champ Hershey went 0-2.
- 145: Foster dec Harmon 3-1. Beca regional champ bounced by Nazareth.
- 152: Condomitti with 2 pins in consis, will medal after the opening upset.
- 285: Tustin F Laventure 3:08. Tustin had 2 earlier pins in 0:21 and 0:09.
 
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royboy said:
From my old area, both the Williams boys into the AAA semis at 113 and 120.

also following 106 with interest -- Desmond may get a strong challenge from Willochell or McFarland
Pierson Manville of State College the real deal at 138?
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Where exactly is your old area? Where in Lancaster county?
 
AA semis:
106: Gill TF Hubert 15-0, 4:18; Seidel MD Sentipal 11-0
113: Bradley dec Botero 4-1; Wentzel dec Jackson 7-2 UTB
120: Pepe dec Bainey 10-5; Weiss dec Vargo 7-5
126: Johnson dec Granahan 5-2; Palmer dec Milheim 4-3
132: Reinsel dec Barvitskie 2-0 SV; Chletsos dec Heckman 5-2
138: Pierce TF Boni 16-0, 3:32; Crookham MD Wirnsberger 10-1
145: Harer dec Maag 11-4; Alderfer dec Wagner 1-0
152: Arrington F Richey 1:04; Christie dec Deem 6-4
160: MacKay dec Smith 6-2; Garcia dec Dubler 3-0
172: Lawrence F Parker 3:43; Jones dec Garcia 5-4
189: Karpinski dec Cutchember 8-5; Cory dec Stewart 4-0
215: Pitzer F Rafferty 1:23; Morrison dec Linkerhof 1-0
285: Robell F Sottolano 5:33; Johnson MD Perrine 10-2

Some observations:
- M2 having one hell of a tourney.
- Crookham is wrestling well, but not like a national PFP top 5 guy. Pierce is also wrestling very well. Their final could be much more competitive than expected.
- Jones won on a stall call with 1:45 left.
- This was Pitzer's longest match so far.
- For the 2nd straight year, PA has a freshman HWT finalist. If Johnson wins, he'll be the first ever champ.

Notable in consis:
- 120: S2 Hornack vs S3 Vargo in the consi semis.
- 172: Lear vs Garcia in the consi semis, for their approximately 37th mtg of the year. This should be the 3rd place match.
- 285: Muzika F 2:03 -- reminder, HS pins are a 2-count.
 
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Has there ever been an end-of-season dual where the respective AA and AAA state champs competed against each other? Generally speaking, do the AAA schools produce more Division I wrestlers? Flo did an article on this in 2020, but unfortunately it is behind their paywall and I decided to cancel my subscription recently. TIA
 
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Has there ever been an end-of-season dual where the respective AA and AAA state champs competed against each other? Generally speaking, do the AAA schools produce more Division I wrestlers? Flo did an article on this in 2020, but unfortunately it is behind their paywall and I decided to cancel my subscription recently. TIA
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Yes, was called Challenge of the Champions (highest placing Sr at each weight). Winner usually got the PA spot at Dapper Dan. Ended in the 90s maybe?
 
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El-Jefe said:
AA semis:
106: Gill TF Hubert 15-0, 4:18; Seidel MD Sentipal 11-0
113: Bradley dec Botero 4-1; Wentzel dec Jackson 7-2 UTB
120: Pepe dec Bainey 10-5; Weiss dec Vargo 7-5
126: Johnson dec Granahan 5-2; Palmer dec Milheim 4-3
132: Reinsel dec Barvitskie 2-0 SV; Chletsos dec Heckman 5-2
138: Pierce TF Boni 16-0, 3:32; Crookham MD Wirnsberger 10-1
145: Harer dec Maag 11-4; Alderfer dec Wagner 1-0
152: Arrington F Richey 1:04; Christie dec Deem 6-4
160: MacKay dec Smith 6-2; Garcia dec Dubler 3-0
172: Lawrence F Parker 3:43; Jones dec Garcia 5-4
189: Karpinski dec Cutchember 8-5; Cory dec Stewart 4-0
215: Pitzer F Rafferty 1:23; Morrison dec Linkerhof 1-0
285: Robell F Sottolano 5:33; Johnson MD Perrine 10-2

Some observations:
- M2 having one hell of a tourney.
- Crookham is wrestling well, but not like a national PFP top 5 guy. Pierce is also wrestling very well. Their final could be much more competitive than expected.
- Jones won on a stall call with 1:45 left.
- This was Pitzer's longest match so far.
- For the 2nd straight year, PA has a freshman HWT finalist. If Johnson wins, he'll be the first ever champ.

Notable in consis:
- 120: S2 Hornack vs S3 Vargo in the consi semis.
- 172: Lear vs Garcia in the consi semis, for their approximately 37th mtg of the year. This should be the 3rd place match.
- 285: Muzika F 2:03 -- reminder, HS pins are a 2-count.
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Crookham number one advantage when he won his first 2 titles was his strength. When he was a sophomore he was was benching almost 300. When he beat Howard who was a senior he was stronger than him. Albeit Howard was coming back from injury. When he beat Haines a couple of times that same year at 126 he was stronger than Levi. Competing at 138 this year the strength advantage is not so predominant.
I'm curious if he has ability to cut back to 133 in college.
 
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Has there ever been an end-of-season dual where the respective AA and AAA state champs competed against each other? Generally speaking, do the AAA schools produce more Division I wrestlers? Flo did an article on this in 2020, but unfortunately it is behind their paywall and I decided to cancel my subscription recently. TIA
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AAA produces more D1 wrestlers. Also, when looking at the AA and AAA medalists, at most weights AAA is deeper -- i.e., if there were one bracket, it would be mostly AAA guys on the podium. Also, a lot of the AA state qualifiers and probably some medalists wouldn't get out of regionals -- and some wouldn't get out of districts.

That said, in a combined bracket AA would get its share of champs. Maybe not 50-50, but close. It's further down the podium where AAA is better.

PA AA is still one of the toughest state tournaments in the country.
 
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Psalm 1 guy said:
Has there ever been an end-of-season dual where the respective AA and AAA state champs competed against each other? Generally speaking, do the AAA schools produce more Division I wrestlers? Flo did an article on this in 2020, but unfortunately it is behind their paywall and I decided to cancel my subscription recently. TIA
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Unfortunately and unexplicably, PIAA doesnt “allow” underclassmen to participate in anything of the sort.

Never understood why they can govern what a kid does in the offseason.
 
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El-Jefe said:
AAA produces more D1 wrestlers. Also, when looking at the AA and AAA medalists, at most weights AAA is deeper -- i.e., if there were one bracket, it would be mostly AAA guys on the podium. Also, a lot of the AA state qualifiers and probably some medalists wouldn't get out of regionals -- and some wouldn't get out of districts.

That said, in a combined bracket AA would get its share of champs. Maybe not 50-50, but close. It's further down the podium where AAA is better.

PA AA is still one of the toughest state tournaments in the country.
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I don't know if the rankings have changed but wasn't the degree of difficulty of state tournaments:

1. PA AAA
2. CA
3. OH AAA
4. PA AA

I may have the middle 2 wrong.
 
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Kamdyn WIlliams losing to Kilkeary was expected.

Also, that was Tan on Tan crime. Ohio State couldn't help but win that semi.
 
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