Tigers place 10th at NA Invitational
by: Girls Wrestling Contributor
The North Allegheny girls’ wrestling team hosted a 33-team field that had 250 girls from seven of the twelve PIAA districts compete on Saturday. The field included three of the top 10 and seven of the top 25 ranked teams in the state, including #1 ranked Cumberland Valley. There were over 25 girls that held state rankings that competed. The Lady Tigers were paced by two fourth place finishers and finished in 10th place as a team.
Senior Maya Scott (148) posted falls in her first two matches before losing to #4 State ranked Eve Kurtz of Pine Grove in the semifinals. Scott lost her final bout to Kendra O’Brien of Cumberland Valley to finish in fourth place.
Freshman Carly O’Connell (112) joined Scott in the semifinals as well. She picked up a fall in her first match. In O’Connell’s quarterfinal match, she faced #3 WPIAL ranked Rhiana Tolliver of Ringgold, and used a second period turn to pick up the fall to advance to the semifinals. She would drop her semifinal match to returning PIAA placewinner Trinity Moore of Connellsville. O’Connell would then fall to Emma Spencer of Saegertown in her final match to finish fourth.
Sophomore Lorelei Bungard (136) won her first match by fall before losing to Tessa Queen of Curwensville. Bungard would then secure falls in her next two matches to advance to the fifth place match. Bungard picked up a second period fall against Pine Grove’s Samantha Eisenhauer to place fifth and finish 4-1 on the day.
Sophomore Alex Gosnell (235) started her day off with a second period fall before dropping her second match to #2 State Ranked and returning PIAA runner-up Mackenna Atkinson of Souderton. Gosnell would win her next match by fall before losing to Saegertown’s Kaylee Stampin-Williams. She would then pick up a third period fall against Souderton’s Awur Mayom to finish 3-2 and place seventh.
Juniors Anna Kovacic (118), Ava Anthony (142), Ava Frailey (155) and sophomore Aleigha Revelant (124) all picked up wins for the Lady Tigers. Also competing were sophomores Anna Svoboda (130), Izabella Harrison (136), Shanmukha Gannavaram (170) and freshman Alexis Hartshorn (130).
For complete tournament results, click here.
Up next for the Tigers will be the WPIAL Individual Championships that will be held at UPMC Court on Saturday, February 15.
