Centre County wrestling teams set to get postseason started with District 6 Championships
It’s hard to believe that another high school wrestling season has come and gone.
The District 6 Championships in Altoona are the first step toward the PIAA Championships in Hershey for Centre County’s teams.
Bald Eagle Area, Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceola kick things off first in the Class 2A tournament, which gets started on Friday morning. Bellefonte and State College will join them on Saturday morning when the Class 3A field gets underway.
Here’s a look at how each county team stacks up:
Bald Eagle Area
Top seeds: Tanner Guenot (121 pounds), Caleb Close (189)
Other seeds: Ty Corey (No. 9, 107), Liam Purcell (No. 4, 114), Caden Judice (No. 2, 133), Dawson Lomison (No. 2, 139), Easton Grimes (No. 11, 145), Alex Surovec (No. 8, 152), Chayse Kellander (No. 13, 160), Evan Spicer (No. 18, 172), Kyle Watson (No. 17, 215), Gage Gardner (No. 4, 285)
Bellefonte
Top seeds: Ezra Swisher (152 pounds), Jack McHail (215)
Other seeds: Wyatt Long (No. 2, 127), Jacob Horn (No. 6, 133), Cameron Garcia (No. 3, 139), Andrew Gall (No. 3, 145), Noah Weaver (No. 2, 160), Jackson Long (No. 3, 172), Luke Hockenberry (No. 3, 189), Logan Rarrick (No. 4, 285)
Penns Valley
Top seeds: Max Dinges (114 pounds), Erik Carlile (127)
Other seeds: Evan Lisowski (No. 3, 107), Conner Myers (No. 2, 121), Tripp Watson (No. 6, 133), Zach Rummel (No. 9, 139), Sawyer Fetterolf (No. 7, 145), Seth Fetterolf (No. 13, 152), Brayden Lisowski (No. 2, 160), Robert Martin (No. 8, 172), Shane Rimmey (No. 10, 189), Landon Hess (No. 6, 215), Riley Winkelblech (No. 17, 285)
Philipsburg-Osceola
Top seeds: None
Other seeds: Bradley Peters (No. 10, 107), Caleb Hummel (No. 2, 114), Memphis Twoey (No. 11, 121), Averi Gable (No. 5, 127), Ace Foster (No. 5, 133), Connor Guenot (No. 4, 139), Hunter Kephart (No. 15, 145), Mason Packer (No. 19, 152), Brody Jasper (No. 22, 160), Colton Chapman (No. 7, 172), Connor Eichenlaub (No. 20, 189), Evan Eichenlaub (No. 15, 215)
State College
Top seeds: Kael Davis (114 pounds), Asher Cunningham (172)
Other seeds: Nico Diaz (No. 4, 107), Jon Whitbred (No. 3, 121), Jonathan Coates (No. 4, 127), Nick Berrena (No. 5, 133), Sam Davidson (No. 5, 139), Brady Bucher (No. 2, 145), James Whitbred (No. 2, 152), Xavier Zeruth (No. 4, 160), Alijah Al-Sulaimani (No. 6, 189), Izaiah Zeruth (No. 7, 215), Michael Troupe (No. 5, 285)