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Friday, March 30, 2012

UPDATE - Local wrestler wins NHSCA Nationals

A number of local wrestlers headed to the beach this week for the National High School Wrestling Coaches Association's National Tournament, and Ligonier Valley junior Josh Patrick won the the junior national championship at 113 pounds.
The link above has the complete brackets. Once there, click on the PDF versions, they're much easier to read than the links they have.
I pored over the brackets and think I managed to find all of the local wrestlers involved. (The find function also helped). Here's what I was able to find:

Seniors
None registered. I know some of the top local guys, like North Star's Nick Roberts and Forest Hills' R.J. Brydon either have had surgery or are scheduled to, so that might be why some of our biggest local names aren't in the tournament. At least one underclassman - Forest Hills junior Cody Law - is wrestling in the Flonationals event this weekend in Philadelphia. I haven't been able to find complete brackets for it, but Law is seeded sixth at 160 pounds, which is very impressive.



Juniors
Josh Patrick of Ligonier Valley the 113-pound title, beating J.J. Johnson of South Carolina 5-3 in the finals to cap a 5-0 week.
Conemaugh Township’s Tanner Cahill went 4-2 but did not place in a 62-man bracket at 145 pounds while Chestnut Ridge’s Tyler Dibert was 4-2 at 170 pounds.
Dan Albright, Dibert’s teammate at Chestnut Ridge, went 1-2 at 195 pounds.

Sophomores
Ligonier Valley’s Justin Patrick placed second at 106 pounds in the sophomore nationals. Patrick won his first five matches before losing 11-1 to Delaware’s Brent Fleetwood in the championship match. Fleetwood had four technical falls in six matches.
Seth McLendon of Penn Cambria placed fifth at 220 pounds. McLendon went 4-2 in the tournament.
Chestnut Ridge’s Austin Buttry went 3-3 and placed sixth at 285 pounds.

Freshman
Conemaugh Township’s Taylor Cahill went 4-1 NS finished fifth at 152 pounds.

Berlin’s Bryce Fochtman went 4-3 and finished sixth at 145 pounds.
Cambria Heights’ Levi Niebauer went 2-2 at 138 pounds while teammate Dalton Waksmunski went 1-2 at 160 pounds.

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