Boys' Wrestling Game Summaries

It was a sweet finish in Hershey for North Allegheny ‘s Jake Woodley at the PIAA individual wrestling tournament on Saturday. The NA junior captured PIAA gold to solidify himself as the best wrestler in Pennsylvania at 182 pounds. Woodley defeated Drew Peck of Chambersburg in the semifinals by a 3-0 decision.  In the championship bout, Woodley faced the same wrestler he defeated for the WPIAL title at 182 pounds, Milton Kobaly of Belle Vernon. The end result was nearly identical as again Woodley defeated Kobaly, this time by an 8-4 decision.

Along with Woodley, two other Tigers earned PIAA medals. Junior Jake Hinkson won his fourth round consolation match with Chambersburg’s Garrett Kyner by a 5-3 decision and ultimately finished in sixth place at 138 pounds.

At 195 pounds, sophomore Francis Duggan dropped a fourth round consolation bout to Trey Hartsock of Mifflin County by a narrow 3-2 decision but bounced back in his seventh place bout with Upper St. Clair’s Eli Grape. Avenging a prior defeat to his USC foe in the WPIAL semifinals last week, Duggan squashed Grape by a 12-6 decision for a PIAA seventh place medal.

The strong finish by Woodley, Hinkson and Duggan concludes a terrific season by the North Allegheny wrestling team. Congratulations to the NA wrestlers for an outstanding year.

PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Championships - Day Three

Jake Woodley, Jake Hinkson and Francis Duggan all advanced into the third and final day of the PIAA individual wrestling tournament in Hershey. Woodley pulled off a majestic win at 182 pounds with a 5-3 decision over top-seed Kyle Gentile of Pennridge in the quarterfinals. Woodley moves on to face Drew Peck (37-5) of Chambersburg in the semifinals tomorrow.

At 138 pounds, Hinkson picked up a couple of wins in the consolation bracket to advance into tomorrow’s action. Hinkson earned up a 5-2 decision over Micah Hoffman of Northern York in his second round consolation bout. In the third round of the consolation bracket, Hinkson edged Riley Palmer of Council Rock South, 6-5.

Duggan mowed through his two opponents at 195 pounds to continue on to day three. In his second round consolation match, Duggan beat Ian Malesiewski of Cathedral Prep by a 7-2 decision and followed that up with a third round consolation victory over Brian Kennedy of Upper Darby by an 8-2 decision.

The PIAA tournament runs of Jacob Downing (106), Luke Landefeld (126) and A.J. Boeh (145) all came to a conclusion on Friday. For a look at all of NA’s results on day two, see below.

The Class AAA PIAA individual wrestling tournament continues tomorrow morning at 9:00 am at the Giant Center in Hershey. You can follow all the live action with our friends at WJPA Radio by clicking here.

PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Championships - Day Two

The exciting start of the PIAA individual wrestling tournament at the Giant Center in Hershey took place on Thursday and six North Allegheny Tigers were a part of the opening ceremonies. Through day one, only one Tiger remained in the winners bracket and that was junior Jake Woodley at 182 pounds. Fresh off a WPIAL championship, Woodley won his 38^th bout of the year with a first round major decision over  Jarell Howard-Griffin of Cedar Crest. Woodley will face top-seeded Kyle Gentile (40-3) of Pennridge in the quarterfinals this afternoon.

Sophomore Francis Duggan nearly pulled off a major victory at 195 pounds when he battled top-seeded Jake Jakobson of Stroudsburg. In an intense match, Jakobson managed to hold off Duggan by a slim 1-0 decision. Prior to his match with Jakobson, Duggan quickly disposed of Patrick Walker of Upper Moreland with a win by fall at the 1:36 mark of the first period.

At 106 pounds, sophomore Jacob Downing earned an 8-0 major decision over Brady Sittinger of Cathedral Prep in the preliminary round. In the first round, Brandon Meredith of Spring Ford narrowly defeated Downing by a 6-4 decision.

Luke Landefeld suffered a preliminary round loss to Michael Bracey of Kennard Dale at 126 pounds. The NA junior bounced back in the consolation bracket with a tech fall win over Chris Lasecki of Hazelton, 15-0.

In the 138 pound bracket, junior Jake Hinkson earned a 3-0 win in the preliminary round over Edward Hay of Bangor. However, Hinkson was upended in the first round by Carter Starocci of Cathedral Prep, 4-3.

Finally at 145 pounds, junior A.J. Boeh sustained a 6-2 setback in the preliminary round to Solanco’s Wyatt Jennings. Boeh regrouped with a consolation win over a familiar foe, Jake Hartman of Shaler, by a 6-3 decision.

All six NA grapplers remain alive in the PIAA wrestling tournament heading into day two with Downing, Landefeld, Hinkson, Boeh and Duggan all participating in the consolation bracket in their respective weight classes. Class AAA action continues at Hershey at 2:15 pm. You can follow all the action by following our friends at WJPA Radio by click here.

PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Championships - Day One

North Allegheny junior Jake Woodley won gold at the WPIAL individual wrestling tournament on Saturday and five other Tigers qualified for the PIAA tournament, including junior Luke Landefeld who won bronze at 126 pounds and sophomore Francis Duggan who took third place at 195 pounds. It was a tremendous performance overall by the NA grapplers who tallied a team score of 102 points, second behind only Belle Vernon who finished with a team score of 135.5. The Tigers also tied Belle Vernon and Waynesburg with the most wrestlers going to states with six.

On his way to a WPIAL title at 182 pounds, Woodley opened day two of the tournament with a semifinal win by fall over James Zeremenko of Canon-McMillan at 1:13 of the first period. In the championship bout, Woodley easily disposed of Milton Kobaly of Belle Vernon by a 10-4 decision.

Landefeld’s day at 126 pounds began with a loss to Ethan McCoy of Latrobe in the semifinals, but the NA junior bounced back with a consolation win over Belle Vernon’s Tyler Seliga by a 6-1 decision. In the third place bout, Landefeld topped Waynesburg’s Cole Rush for the second time in the tournament by a 3-1 decision. Landefeld will be making his second appearance at Hershey, previously reaching states as a freshman two years ago.

Like Landefeld, Duggan began Day Two with a semifinal loss, but earned an 8-3 decision over Ron D’Amico of Shaler in the consolations to advance to the third place bout. Duggan garnered bronze with a 9-3 decision over Zach Carcy of Fox Chapel. Duggan is making his second straight trip to states, also qualifying last year while at Cumberland Valley high school.

Other Tigers who qualified for states include Jacob Downing (106), Jake Hinkson (138) and A.J. Boeh (145) who all reached the third place bout in their respective weight classes. Downing had to take the long route to the third place bout at 106 pounds, impressively winning three consolation matches before falling to Jacob Dunlop of Belle Vernon by a narrow 1-0 decision in the third place match.

Hinkson punched his ticket to Hershey for the second consecutive year by finishing fourth at 138 pounds. Despite losing in the semifinals to Shaun Wilson of Waynesburg, Hinkson topped Brock Godzin of Belle Vernon by a 4-0 decision in the consolations to reach the third place bout. Similarly to Hinkson, Boeh dropped his semifinal bout at 145 pounds but bounced back with a consolation win over Keagan Lawson of North Hills by a 5-0 decision.

See below for a full listing of NA wrestling results on Day Two of the WPIAL individual tournament. For a complete look at all brackets from the tournament, click here.

The six North Allegheny representatives at states will prepare for the PIAA individual tournament which begins on Thursday morning at the Giant Center in Hershey.

WPIAL Class AAA Wrestling Championships - Day Two

North Allegheny will have six representatives in the semifinals in Day Two of the WPIAL individual wrestling tournament. Luke Landefeld (126), Jake Hinkson (138), A.J Boeh (145), Sean Hoover (160), Jake Woodley (182) and Francis Duggan (195) all won their first round and quarterfinal bouts to open the tournament on Friday at Penn Hills High School.

Landefeld picked up a win by fall over Gino Silvat of Montour to start the day at 126 pounds and followed that up with an 8-3 decision over Cole Rush of Waynesburg. At 138, Hinkson quickly pinned Upper St. Clair’s Thomas Kyle and earned a 5-0 decision over Scott Dietrich of Butler in the quarterfinals. Sean Hoover garnered a 9-3 decision at 160 pounds over Collin Eger of Chartiers Valley, and in the quarterfinals claimed a win by fall over Nate Vukovich of Armstrong. Woodley, at 182 pounds, claimed major decision wins over Bryce Biskup of Penn-Trafford and Korbin Bundy of Greensburg Salem for a trip to the semifinals. At 195 pounds, Duggan claimed a major decision over Chartiers Valley’s Salvatore DiBacco and an 8-3 decision over Jake Pickup of Franklin Regional in the quarterfinals.

Also continuing into the second day of the tournament for the Tigers will be Jake Downing (106) and Zach Stedeford (132) who will be competing in the consolation bracket. A complete listing of North Allegheny wrestlers and results are below.

Semifinal round action and second round consolations will begin at 10:00 am from Penn Hills. For extensive live coverage of the WPIAL individual wrestling tournament, follow the WJPA Radio wrestling page by clicking here.

WPIAL Class AAA Wrestling Championships - Day One