MEADVILLE — The Clearfield Bison wrestling team had a very successful first day at the 32nd Annual Tool City tournament at Meadville High School on Friday afternoon and evening.
Clearfield, fifth place in 201o, sits one half point behind tourney leader Erie Cathedral Prep 76.5 to 76 in the team race.
The Bisons have six wrestlers competing in Saturday morning’s semifinals at 8:30 a.m. Top seeds Shane Peters at 103, Christian Stone at 112, Derek Danver at 171, and Cliff Hill at 215 are joined by third seeded Nolan Barger at 130 and fourth seeded Dylan Graham at 119.
Peters and Stone remain undefeated on the young season. Both placed third at last year’s Tool City tourney, as did Derek Danver. Barger and Hill will look to improve upon their fourth place finishes from last year as well.
Senior Derek Danver (9-1) now has 99 wins in his Bison career and will face McGuffey sophomore Brent Blacharczyk (6-0) in search of career win number 100.
Five Bison wrestlers are still alive in the consolation bracket. They are Frankie Aveni at 125, Troy Danver at 135, Cody Lansberry at 140, Andrew Hill at 145, and Shane Harper at 152.
Note – Results copied from goerie.com (Bold face type for Clearfield results added)
Team standings: 1. Cathedral Prep (CP) 76½, 2. Clearfield (Cl) 76, 3. Howland, Ohio (H) 67, 4. DuBois (D) 63, 5. Boiling Springs (BS) and Greenville (Gv) 62½, 7. General McLane (GM) 56, 8. Cochranton 50, 9. Saegertown (Sae) 42½, 10. McGuffey (Mc) 41, 11. Conneaut Lake (CL) 40½, 12. St. Ignatius (SI) 35½, 13. Titusville (T) 34, 14. Meadville (Mv) 31, 15. Maplewood (Mw) 23½, 16. Warren (W) 20.
Championship brackets
103 pounds: Schenberg (Sae) d Boozer (Coc) 5-2; Donovan (T) p Boyd (Mv) 2:27; Gromacki (CP) md Lucarelli (H) 11-2; Wheeling (GM) p Moss (CL) :54; Swauger (D) p Klein (Mc) 1:31; Ptaszek (BS) d Dennis (Mw) 2-0.
112: Stone (Cl) p Paden (Sae) :19; Lukowich (CL) md Shorts (W) 14-2; Seabright (Mc) p Parsons (Mw) 3:36; Ward (T) p Wagner (CP) 1:32; Byers (BS) tf McCracken (Coc) 15-0; Kuntz (GM) d Luben (Mv) 7-5; Ferritto (SI) d Vizza (D) 8-7; Perry (H) tf Wall (Gv) 16-1.
119: Dietel (SI) p Marshall (D) 1:30; D.Graham (Cl) tf Chase (T) 16-0; Ferrick (GM) d Hordusky (W) 11-8; Burrows (Mv) p I.Graham (BS) :37; Juracko (CL) d Coyle (Mw) by forfeit.
125: Dias (Gv) d Capotis (CP) 6-4; Whipkey (Mc) p Hurta (GM) 1:30; Lentz (BS) p Card (W) 3:45; Smith (CL) tf Yashinski (T) 16-0; Turek (SI) d Aveni (Cl) 6-4; Stark (H) d Humes (Sae) 2-0; Brown (D) tf Nottingham (Mv) 19-1.
130: Ellis (CL) d Pollifrone (H) 9-4; Miller (BS) p Busatto (D) :29; Yori (CP) p Danley (Mc) 1:39; Barger (Cl) md Tanaglia (SI) 12-1; Byham (Sae) md Bish (T) 13-1.
135: Byham (Sae) p Mellott (BS) 2:56; Hamilton (H) d Carlini (Mv) 12-10; Danver (Cl) md McDermott (GM) 8-0; Spahn (Coc) p Alexas (Mc) 3:39; Lees (SI) d Davison 8-2; Sleigh (D) p Smead (W) 2:14; McBryde (CP) md Brown (Gv) 9-1.
140: Armstrong (Mw) p Morrow (BS) 1:12; Calton (SI) d Drass (H) 8-7; Baumgartner (GM) p Crawford (Mv) 3:31; Northcott (Coc) p Williams (W) 3:32; Wasmund (CP) p Sallack (D) 2:40; Horne (Gv) p Duda (CL) 4:52; Lansberry (Cl) p Schultz (Sae) 5:00.
145: Peterson (Coc) md DeRose (T) 12-2; Rendulic (CL) p Drum (D) 2:49; Myers (GM) p Boylan (Sae) :22; Klose (H) p Taylor (BS) 3:58; Barirde (W) p Hill (Cl) 1:38; Chase (CP) p Mounts (Mc) 3:45.
152: Harper (Cl) md Eppehimer (Coc) 14-5; Moody (Mw) p Puharich (H) 1:33; Brunst (T) d Kimble (CL) 7-0; Perkins (Gv) p Herrle (Mc) 1:16; Nickle (BS) d Brown 3-0.
160: Towers (Mv) p Caleb Phelps (CL) :18; Laird (GM) d Mitchell (Sae) 6-1; Andrews (Coc) p Marshall (D) 4:38; Riddle (BS) md Keeno (Mw) 17-4; Heynoski (CP) p Owens (Cl) :24; Capra (Mc) md Reynolds (Gv) 15-4; Johnson (W) p Daugherty (T) 4:54; Tricker (H) p Janesz (SI) 3:42.
171: Danver (Cl) d Kavinski (W) by forfeit; Merolla (H) d Shields (Mv) 4-1; Landfried (Gv) md McLaughlin 14-4; Blacharczyk (Mc) p Henderson (Sae) 1:45; Chase (CP) tf Campbell (GM) 3:42; Schmick (BS) p Baldwin (Mw) 1:40; Burnside (T) p Haines (D) 5:04.
189: Tomiczek (Sae) p Zickefoose (H) 1:05; Vijusi (SI) d Verchick (Cl) 17-10; Baker (GM) d Hall (Coc) 5-1; T.Williams (CL) p Henry (W) :58; Murphy (BS) p Jackson (Mw) :21; Gentiel (Gv) md Thompson (Mc) 10-2; Keys (CP) p Hanna (T) :16; Hanna (D) p A.Williams (Mv) :58.
215: Baughman (SI) p McDonald (Mv) :34; Chapman (Sae) d Warner (T) 3-2; Bryant (GM) p Miller (CL) :33; Sayre (H) md Barr (D) 12-0; Cyphert (Coc) p Binkert (Mw) :55; Barrick (BS) p Williamson (CP) 3:04; Weaver (Gv) p Crone (W) 1:29.
285: Baker (GM) p Walker (Mc) 1:38; Brown (W) d Stewart (Mw) 6-0; Stafford (Sae) p Lancaster (Cl) :30; Reesman (H) p Cray (SI) 3:05; Unger (BS) p Brittain (T) :43; L.Thompson (CP) p Zello (CL) :22; Gladysz (Gv) p Pintagro (Coc) 1:10; K.Thompson (Mv) d Dixon (D) 7-0.
Quarterfinals
103 pounds: Peters (Cl) p Schenberg 2:50; Gromacki tf Donovan 16-1 4:00; Zeigler (SI) md Wheeling 17-3; Swauger p Ptaszek 5:31.
112: Stone (Cl) md Lukowich 11-3; Seabright md Ward 15-4; Byers p Kuntz 1:51; Perry tf Ferritto 17-2.
119: Cornicelli (H) md Dietel 10-1; Graham d Smith (Sae) 9-4; Harris (Mc) md Ferrick 11-1; Juracko p Burrows 5:53.
125: Dias tf Whipkey 15-0; Lentz d Smith 7-6; Boozer (Coc) p Turek :36; Brown p Stark 4:00.
130: Bryer (Coc) p Ellis 1:22; Yori md Miller 14-4; Barger p Mortimer (Gv) 2:29; Bosko (W) d Byham 11-4.
135: Byham p Hamilton 3:38; Burns p Danver 1:49; Lees d Spahn 3-0; Sleigh d McBryde 6-1.
140: Armstrong d Calton 8-3; Baumgartner d Northcott 4-0; Wasmund p Moore 4:45; Horne d Lansberry 5-1.
145: Copeland p Peterson :41; Myers md Rendulic 12-3; Klose d McClintock (Mw) 4-3; Chase d Barirde 9-4.
152: Parsons (CP) md Harper 12-1; Brunst d Moody 3-0; Perkins p Hendricks (GM) 2:29; Morelli (D) p Nickle 3:42.
160: Towers p Laird :24; Andrews d Riddle 6-5; Heynoski d Capra 6-3; Tricker p Johnson 2:22.
171: Danver p Merolla 4:00; Blacharczyk d Landfried 8-6; Chase d Diodati (CL) 7-1; Burnside md Schmick 14-3.
189: Tomiczek p Vijusi 2:10; Williams p Baker :53; Murphy d Gentile 5-2; Hanna d Keys by disqualification.
215: Hill (Cl) p Baughman :56; Bryant p Chapman :24; Cyphert d Sayre 8-1; Weaver p Barrick :36.
285: Baker p Brown :40; Reeser d Stafford 7-4; L.Thompson d Unger 5-3; K.Thompson p Gladysz 2:24.
Consolation bracket
First round
103 pounds: Lucarelli p Boyd 1:52; Dennis tf Klein 20-5 5:35.
112: Shorts d Paden 2-0; Parsons p Wagner :52; Luben d McCracken 3-2; Vizza d Watt 14-7.
119: Garman d Coyle by forfeit.
125: Capotis p Hurta :32; Card tf Yashinski 15-0 4:51; Humes p Nottingham :46.
130: Busatto tf 17-1 4:46.
135: Mellott md Carlini 11-2; McDermott p Beauchat :53; Davison p Alexas 3:46; Brown p Smead 2:55.
140: Morrow d Drass 10-7; Crawford p Williams 3:47; Sallack d Lee by forfeit; Schultz d Duda 6-4.
145: Boylan tf Drum 16-0; Hill md Mounts 12-3.
152: Puharich md Kimble 15-3.
160: Mitchell p Phelps 4:40; Marshall md Keeno 15-7; Reynolds p Owens 3:44; Janesz tf 17-2 4:45.
171: Shields d Kavinski by forfeit; McLaughlin d Henderson 4-2; Haines d Baldwin 7-3.
189: Zickafoose d Verchick by disqualification; Hall p Henry 1:28; Thompson p Jackson 1:18; Hanna d A.Williams by injury default.
215: Warner p Miller 1:54; Barr p Binkert 3:58; Williamson md Crone 11-3.
285: Stewart p Walker 4:44; Cray d Lancaster 1-0; Zello p Brittain 3:37; Dixon p Pintagro 2:40.