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By Nate Gutshall

Last updated: Saturday, February 23, 2008 12:53 AM EST

Sentinel Correspondent

sportsdoor@cumberlink.com

HERSHEY -- Many of the things that were expected to happen on Friday night in Hershey for the District 3-AAA wrestling championships did.

But a few local wrestlers managed to give the crowd some surprises leading into today’s 1 p.m. start.

The most suprising outcome might have been at 135 pounds, where Cumberland Valley’s Tom Weichelt took to the mat for the quarterfinals against Central York’s undefeated Zach Grove (31-0).

Weichelt battled Grove throughout the match and eventually took the lead 6-5 with thirty seconds remaining. From there it was thirty seconds of chaos as Weichelt clung to Grove and tried to prevent him from scoring, which he did successfully.

The Eagle wrestler hung on to Grove’s foot for the 6-5 victory and trip to the semifinals.

“I was thinking don’t let that foot go,” said the senior. “I really considered this my match to go to states, but the semis should be a good match.”

In the semis, Weichelt will meet a familiar face in Big Spring’s Luke Etter.

Etter, who split with Weichelt in their two matches this season, beat the fourth and fifth seeds in order to reach the semifinals. Etter first defeated Lower Dauphin’s Jason Kane. The Bulldog led 4-2 late in the match, but an escape and a stalling point knotted the match up and sent it into overtime.

In overtime, Etter was able to win with a successful shot for the 6-4 victory.

In the quarterfinals he met Lampeter Strasburg’s Ian McClune. Etter used a second-period escape and takedown to make the difference and set up his meeting with Weichelt.

“They were good wins tonight. Everyone was saying I couldn’t beat Kane,” said the Bulldog sophomore. “It definetly gave me some confidence.”

Also reaching the semifinals at 135 pounds was Carlisle’s standout freshman Jayshon Wilson, who racked up points in a first round technical fall and quarterfinal major decision.

Another major local surprise came at 160 pounds. Mechnicsburg junior Adam Tuttle finished third at sectionals a week earlier when he lost to Chambersburg’s Joe Wilmot. Now Tuttle will again be in the semis again today after two wins.

An overtime takedown led him over Conrad Weiser’s Adam Polynone 7-5. He avoided overtime in the following round when he put Manheim Township’s Cutter Recher on his back for the victory with 10 seconds remaining in regulation.

“I was just trying to hit my move,” said Tuttle. “I didn’t think I could get it with 10 seconds, but it worked.”

Waiting for Tuttle is Mike Evans of Cumberland Valley, who advanced easily through his two opponents.

At 103 pounds, Colton Keck of Big Spring advanced after a pin in the first round and a 6-0 victory in the second round over Lower Dauphin’s Calvin Wright. Keck will now face top ranked Clayton Youtz of Central Dauphin, who has defeated Keck twice on the season.

“He beat me 4-2 last time,” said Keck. “But I almost had him cradled.”

Cumberland Valley’s Bryce Busler and Joe Napoli both seem to be on a finals collision course with the Peppelman brothers of Central Dauphin.

CV’s Tristan Warner fell to CD’s Tony Dallago 4-3 at 152 pounds.

At the same weight Big Spring’s Mallie Shuster cruised to the semifinals on the strength of a first round pin and a 5-1 victory over Central York’s DJ Zarfos.

Shuster will face Reading’s Ricardo Pena today.

“It’s been a good tournament so far,” said Shuster. “I had two matches that went exactly how I thought they would tonight and hopefully I’ll get two more tomorrow.”

Cedar Cliff’s Tom Heckman advanced by beating Red Lion’s Keith Dahlheimer 3-2. Heckman will face off against Reading’s Giovanni Ortiz.

His Colt teammate Keith Dickey is looking to return to states this year and he put his best foot forward Friday with two victories as well.

Mechanicsburg has a semifinalist in Dan Estricher at 285. Estricher got a fall in the first round before getting a nice 5-2 victory over Hempfield’s Sean Sheehe in the quarters. He will now face CD East’s 31-0 Dan Nickoli in the semis. Estricher lost to Nickoli by one point earlier in the season.

District 3 Class AAA First Round Pairings

at Hersheypark Arena, Friday

KEY: Central Dauphin (CD); Shippensburg (Ship); Spring Grove (SG); Warwick (War); Ephrata (Eph); Lower Dauphin (LD); Lampeter Strasburg (LS); Big Spring (BiS); JP McCaskey (McC); Exeter (Ext); Red Lion (RLi); Middletown (Mid); Waynesboro (Way); Daniel Boone (DB); Elizabethtown (ET); South Western (SW); Lebanon (Leb); Carlisle (Car); Conrad Weiser (CW); Hempfield (HF); Manheim Central (MC); Muhlenberg (Muh); Dover (Dov); Wilson (Wil); Chambersburg (Chb); Manheim Twp. (MT); Northeastern (NE); Dallastown (Dal); Governor Mifflin (GM); Solanco (Sol); Reading (Red); Northern (Nor); Cumberland Valley (CuV); Garden Spot (GS); Red Land (RLa); Kennard-Dale (KD); Conestoga Valley (CoV); Cocalico (Coc); Cedar Cliff (CC); Penn Manor (PM); Central York (CY); Cedar Crest (CCr); Mechanicsburg (Mbg); New Oxford (NO); Gettysburg (Get); Susquehanna Twp (ST); West Perry (WP); Hershey (Her); Greencastle (GA).

103

Clayton Youtz (CD) maj. Hunter Kyner (Ship) 9-1

Jacob Verheyen (SG) dec. Richie Reinoehl (War) 7-1

Calvin Wright (LD) dec. Austin Wealand (Eph) 7-0

Colten Keck (BiS) fall Corey Aspril (LS) 1:40

Lexis Ortiz (McC) maj. Cag Saylor (Ext) 11-0

Zack Witman (Mid) dec. Dylan Nguyen (RLi) 10-4

Jacob Smith (Way) tech. fall Eddie Lockowitz (DB) 15-0 (5:28)

Cameron Throckmorton (SW) maj. Matt Hoover (ET) 12-0

112

Simon Rice (CD) dec. Seth Wherley (SW) 7-2

Jose Martinez (Leb) default Matt McCollum (Car) 4:00

Taylor Stuart (LD) fall Nathan McClafferty (CW) :35

Tanner Bidelspach (SG) dec. Riley Mahosky (HF) 3-0

Brock Stoltz (MC) dec. Kody Frank (Muh) 8-5

Shane Miller (Mid) tech. fall Matt Nel (Way) 21-5 (6:00)

Abe Evans (Dov) fall Zach Terefenko (Wil) 3:05

Jimmy Hughes (Chb) dec. Calvin Anderton (ET) 2-1

119

Patrick Wieger (CD) tech. fall Josh Rosario (McC) 19-3 (4:00)

Tim Ravel (Wil) fall Drew Rebling (SW) 5:11

Shawn Wagner (NE) dec. Mike Mousetis (MT) 10-9

Zach Barrick (LD) dec. Alex Crown (Car) 4-2

Jonathan Childress (Dal) fall Chase Wenger (Chb) 1:37

Chris Kochinsky (Mid) dec. Kyle Demain (GM) 7-0

Dan Neff (Sol) dec. Justin Morris (BiS) 10-8 OT

Jared Rhodes (CD) dec. David Calambas (Red) 10-3

125

Zach Oberlander (Dal) tech. fall Chris Barber (CD) 15-0 (1:57)

Alex Fisher (Sol) fall Jared Ross (Nor) 1:52

Julian Castillo (CW) fall Tyler Jumper (BiS) :46

Mason Williams (Mid) maj. Grant Stanley (HF) 11-1

Luke Walker (CuV) fall Adam Supplee (GS) 2:26

Chris Albright (RLi) maj. Rob Miklos (RLa) 14-2

Tyler Buckman (CD) dec. Nick Dragonette (Wil) 6-2

Bryan Pearsall (War) maj. Victor Bracey (KD) 12-3

130

Nick Kristich (LD) fall Austin Addis (LS) :39

Bryar Robinson (KD) forfeit

Kyler Killian (Mid) dec. Ryan Irvin (BiS) 7-2

Adam Chapis (War) dec. Eric Glass (Wis) 4-3

Jon Giorgio (Ext) dec. Shawn Greevy (CuV) 5-4

Kenny Stank (CD) maj. Brandon Deamer (SW) 12-0

Russell Davidson (Ship) dec. Justin Lapp (CoV) 4-1

Nathan Warner (SG) maj. Justin Lewis (ET) 14-0

135

Zach Grove (CY) fall Oliver Thayer (ET) 3:47

Tom Wiechelt (CuV) maj. Jared Becker (Eph) 12-5

Ian McClune (LS) dec. Tyler Fittery (Coc) 7-2

Luke Etter (BiS) dec. Jason Kane (LD) 6-4

Kyle Fuller (CW) dec. Kevin Ortenzio (CC) 8-4

Sean Andel (RLi) dec. Leonard Silva (McC) 6-2

Andrew Eshleman (PM) maj. Jay Haas (RLa) 10-0

Jayshon Wilson (Car) tech. fall Shane Henry (SG) 15-0 (4:19)

140

Marshall Peppelman (CD) tech. fall Tyler Nelson (MC) 18-2

Eddie Stephenson (Nor) dec. Aaron Yohn (GS) 8-6 OT

Randy Abel (SG) dec. Mike English (LD) 8-3

Matt Boyer (Ext) dec. Brent Balmer (CCr) 4-3

Bo Cadelaria (Muh) dec. Corey Green (CY) 6-0

Blake Rosenberger (ET) dec. Evan Baer (Mbg) 7-3

Joey Wildasin (SW) dec. Ben DeMora (LS) 7-0

Bryce Busler (CuV) tech. fall Clint Morrison (CC) 20-5 (4:32)

145

Joey Napoli (CuV) tech. fall Michael Strangarity (GS) 18-3 (3:53)

Tyler Hoover (Dal) dec. Grant Dickey (CC) 5-1

Bobby Doyle (RLi) James Griffity (Wil) 4-2

Brett Graeff (LS) dec. Jake Kiessling (LD) 7-0

James English (CY) win via forfeit

Ross Stockdale (War) dec. Ian Smith (Way) 9-6

Francis Healy (DB) maj. David Walsh (CCr) 10-2

Walter Peppelman (CD) fall Bryant Foster (Car) 1:06

152

Tony Dallago (CD) tech. fall Trevor Kimmel (MC) 20-4 (6:00)

Tristan Warner (CuV) dec. Ryan Bachman (CW) 7-2

Neal Grudi (SG) tech. fall Brooks Norris (CC) 17-2 (4:50)

Eric Resch (War) tech. fall Josh Ferrari (GM) 18-3 (3:18)

Ricardo Pena (Red) fall Nick Rebert (NO) 4:33

Chad Savage (LD) maj. Patrick Towery (Car) 14-3

DJ Zarfos (CY) dec. Jedd Dillman (CoV) 6-3

Mallie Shuster (BiS) fall Pete Cameron (RLa) 2:14

160

Mike Evans (CuV) fall Dave Gurtowski (GM) 1:42

Clay Gable (Dal) fall Adam Zellman (ET) 3:24

Cutter Recher (MT) fall Ed Neiswender (LD) 3:09

Adam Tuttle (Mbg) dec. Adam Polynone (CW) 7-5 OT

Justin Aube (CD) fall Jordan Roscoe (SW) 1:17

Joey Wilmot (Chb) tech. fall Shane Bragg (CoV) 16-0 (3:58)

Matt Heisey (CCr) fall David Belousov (Eph) 1:59

Gary Lantz (KD) maj. Tate Moore-Jacobs (CC) 17-6

171

Edward Ruth (ST) tech. fall Mike Dodds (CoV) 19-3 (5:18)

Blake Crowther (Eph) dec. Cory Baker (SG) 7-0

Travis Leber (ET) dec. Bryce Shaffer (Get) 8-6

Jarvis Cummings (HF) fall Jacob Kennedy (NO) 1:06

Keith Dahlheimer (RLi) maj. Alex Swartz (Chb) 10-2

Tom Heckman (CC) fall Tim Hessels (DB) 1:30

Greg Wuestner (Car) fall Austin Schultz (MT) :54

Giovanni Ortiz (Red) tech. fall Nate Long (Mid) 17-2 (4:37)

189

Keith Dickey (CC) maj. Austin Hull (SG) 8-0

Evan Marin (HF) dec. Chaz Sheaffer (WP) 5-3 OT

Drew Sneeringer (SW) fall Matt Blessing (Car) 3:14

Gary Estella (Red) dec. Kyle Wolfe (CD) 9-5

Jordan Becker (Eph) dec. DJ Cool (Get) 7-4

Shane Rosenberry (ET) maj. Josh Pavlik (MC) 12-0

Nick Page (KD) fall Josh Sheriff (DB) 5:12

Antonio Giorgio (War) fall Matt Zdradzinski (CD) 1:00

215

Jordan Enck (MC) fall Dan Quachenbos (RLi) 3:57

Colton Weaver (Wil) fall Dustin Hicks (RLa) 1:33

Mike Smith (NE) dec. Matt Wallace (LD) 11-8

Ethan Wissler (PM) fall Evan Reed (Way) 5:30

Jaime Reitzi (Mid) fall Cody Lehman (Ship) 3:33

Zab Rineer (Coc) dec. David Heisler (Leb) 3-2 OT (ultimate tiebreaker)

Travis Friend (CuV) dec. Adam Venhuzien (SG) 2-1

Chris Carabello (GM) fall Pete Lazer (Her) 1:26

285

Josiah Beers (SW) fall Zach Zimmerman (Eph) 1:49

Tyler Watts (LD) dec. Anthony Derigo (GA) 6-3

Daniel Gettle (Leb) fall Josh Myers (BiS) 4:49

Tyler Swartz (DB) maj. Nick Stewart (CD) 15-2

Danny Estricher (Mbg) fall Alex Kirchner (ET) 2:56

Sean Sheehe (HF) dec. Clifton Ward (Dal) 3-1

Chris Butterworth (GM) dec. Brandon Kline (CCr) 9-7

Daniel Nickoli (CD) fall Andrew Huff (SG) 1:48

Championship Quarterfinals

103

Youtz dec. Verheyen 6-2

Keck dec. Wright 6-0

Ortiz fall Whitman (2:32)

Throckmorton fall Smith (1:25)

112

Rice fall Martinez 4:57

Stuart dec. Bidelspach 2-0

Miller dec. Stoltz 6-3

Hughes fall Evans (4:14)

119

Wieger tech Ravel 18-2 (3:41)

Barrick dec. Wagner 8-4

Kochinsky dec. Childress 3-2

Neff dec. Rhodes 9-2

125

Oberlander inj.def Fisher (0:35)

Williams dec. Castillo 7-5

Albright dec. Walker 4-2

Pearsall fall Buckman (1:48)

130

Kristich fall Robinson (3:10)

Killian dec. Chapis 7-3

Stank fall Giorgio (3:08)

Warner dec. Davidson 3-2 OT (RO)

135

Wiechelt dec. Grove 6-5

Etter dec. McClune 3-1

Fuller dec. Andel 11-10

Wilson maj. Eshleman 15-3

140

Peppelman dec. Stephenson 5-0

Abel fall Boyer (0:54)

Rosenberger dec. Candelario 8-5

Busler fall Wildasin (2:57)

145

Napoli fall Hoover (1:11)

Graeff dec. Doyle 1-0

English fall Stockdale 1:41

Peppelman tech Healy 17-2 (3:22)

152

Dallago dec. Warner 4-3

Resch maj Grudi 14-6

Pena dec. Savage 2-1

Shuster dec. Zarfos 5-1

160

Evans dec. Gable 7-1

Tuttle dec. Recher 6-3

Wilmot dec. Aube 6-2

Lantz dec. Heisey 5-3

171

Ruth fall Baker (3:39)

Cummings dec. Leber 5-4

Heckman dec. Dahlheimer 3-2

Ortiz tech Wuestner 16-1 (5:45)

189

Dickey dec. Marin 7-2

Estella dec. Sneeringer 7-5

Rosenberry dec. Becker 10-5

Giorgio fall Page 3:14

215

Enck tech Weaver 15-0 (4:28)

Wissler maj Smith 12-3

Reitzi dec. Rineer 6-2

Carabello dec. Friend 9-4

285

Beers fall Watts (1:14)

Swartz dec. Gettle 6-0

Etricher fall Sheehe (4:19)

Nickoli dec. Betterworth 1-0

Class AAA Consolation Round and Pairings

103

First Round

Reinoehl maj Kyner 7-3

Aspril dec. Wealand 7-6

Nguyen maj Saylor 12-2

Hoover maj Lockowitz 14-2

Second Round

Reinoehl vs. Smith

Aspril vs. Whitman

Wright vs. Nguyen

Verheyen vs. Hoover

112

First Round

Wherley won by forfeit

Mahosky tech McClafferty 17-2

Nel dec. Frank 9-4

Terefenko fall Anderton (2:09)

Second Round

Wherley vs. Evans

Mahosky vs. Stoltz

Bidelspach vs. Nel

Martinez vs. Terefenko

119

First Round

Rebling maj Rosario 12-2

Crown dec. Mousetis 10-7

Demain tech Wenger 16-0 (4:13)

Calambas maj Morris 12-4

Second Round

Rebling vs. Rhodes

Crown vs. Childress

Wagner vs. Demain

Ravel vs. Calambas

125

First Round

Ross (bye)

Stanley dec. Jumper 6-0

Miklos maj SAupplee 12-1

Dragonette dec. Bracey 5-3 (OT)

Second Round

Ross vs. Buckman

Stanley vs. Walker

Castillo vs. Miklos

Fisher vs. Dragonette

130

First Round

Addis (bye)

Irvin dec. Glass 3-0

Greevy dec. Deamer 8-2

Lapp tech Lewis 18-0 (4:08)

Second Round

Addis vs. Davidson

Irvin vs. Giorgio

Chapis vs. Greevy

Robinson vs. Lapp

135

First Round

Thayer dec. Becker 4-3

Kane dec. Fittery 5-4

Ortenzio dec. Silva 8-6

Haas dec. Henry 7-3

Second Round

Thayer vs. Eshleman

Kane vs. Andel

McClune vs. Ortenzio

Grove vs. Haas

140

First Round

Yohn ec. Nelson 6-1

Balmer dec. English 2-0

Baer dec. Green 4-3

Morrison dec. Demora 5-3

Second Round

Yohn vs. Wildasin

Balmer vs. Candelario

Boyer vs. Baer

Stephenson vs. Morrison

145

First Round

Dickey dec. Strangarity 3-0

Griffith dec. Rain 8-2

Ian Smith (bye)

Walsh maj Foster 12-1

Second Round

Dickey vs. Healy

Griffith vs. Stockdale

Doyle vs. Smith

Hoover vs. Walsh

152

First Round

Bachman dec. Kimmel 6-2

Norris dec. Ferrari 11-6

Towery inj def Rebert

Dillman maj Cameron 9-1

Second Round

Bachman vs. Zarfos

Norris vs. Savage

Grudi vs. Towery

Warner vs. Dillman

160

First Round

Gurtowski fall Zellman (1:19)

Neiswender fall Polynone (4:29)

Roscoe maj Bragg 11-0

Moore-Jacobs fall Belousov (1:52)

Second Round

Gurtowski vs. Heisey

Neiswender vs. Aube

Recher vs. Roscoe

Gable vs. Moore-Jacobs

171

First Round

Cowther maj Dodds 14-4

Shaffer fall Kennedy (4:46)

Swarts dec. Hessels 10-5

Schultz dec. Long 10-6

Second Round

Crowther vs. Wustner

Shaffer vs. Dahlheimer

Leber vs. Swartz

Baker vs. Schultz

189

First Round

Sheaffer dec Hall 5-4 (OT RO)

Wolfe dec. Blessing 7-1

Cool fall Pavlik (3:53)

Sheriff maj Zdradzinski 15-3

Second Round

Sheaffer vs. Page

Wolfe vs. Becker

Sneeringer vs. Cool

Marin vs. Sheriff

215

First Round

Quackenbos dec. Hicks 7-5

Reed fall Wallace (2:02)

Heisler fall Lehman (3:27)

Venhuizen dec. Lazar 9-2

Second Round

Quackenbos vs. Friend

Reed vs. Rineer

Smith vs. Heisler

Weaver vs. Venhuizen

285

First Round

Zimmerman fall DiRigo (2:08)

Stewart fall Myers (4:51)

Kirchner dec. Ward 5-3

Kline dec. Hull 6-4 (OT)

Second Round

Zimmerman vs. Butterworth

Stewart vs. Sheehe

Gettle vs. Kirchner

Watts vs. Kline