MORRISDALE — The Bison knew going into Saturday’s second day of action at the Ultimate Warrior Tournament that they had a chance to place 10 of their 13 entrants. And also had an outside chance at the team title.
In the end, they did mange to place eight, as two lost in the “blood round”, and placed second overall behind Mifflin County in the team race 215.5 to 192.
Leading the charge for the Bison was undefeated 285 pounder Oliver Billotte (22-0), who easily marched to the title with five first period falls. HIs championship finals opponent was Gavin Thompson (22-3) of Brockway. Thompson lasted all of 33 seconds. Billotte’s career total in wins stands at 96 now, as he looks to join teammate Mark McGonigal in the Century Club this year.
The Bison had three other wrestlers make the final, but each fell short and were forced to settle for silver.
At 126 freshman Brady Collins (24-3) was taken down eight times, and escaped seven times, by nationally ranked freshman Dalton Perry (28-2) of Central Mountain. The final score ended up being an 18-7 major decision in favor of Perry.
Mark McGonigal (21-6) was involved in a back-and-forth affair with top seeded Garrett Garcia (18-3) of Southern Columbia in his 172 pound final. Garcia scored the opening takedown about a minute into the match only to be reversed to a 2-2 tie just 10 seconds later. The Southern Columbian sophomore escaped and took a 3-2 lead into the second period. McGonigal tied the match just 12 seconds in with an escape, but Garcia picked up his second takedown of the match to go out in front 5-3. McGonugal once again escaped, and then notched a takedown with nine seconds in the period to take a 6-5 lead into the final two minutes. Garcia tied it with an escape 25 seconds into the period, then took a two point lead with his third takedown of the match with 25 seconds remaining. McGonigal escaped with 10 seconds remaining to get within one, 8-7, but wasn’t able to score the winning takedown in the remaining short time.
Bison 215 pounder Hayden Kovalick (24-2) faced off with top seeded Anson Wagner (21-4) of Mifflin County in his finals match. Kovalick scored the bout’s opening takedown 30 seconds in to go up 2-0, but Wagner escaped a shortly afterwards and picked up his own takedown about a minute later to take a 3-2 lead into the second period. Kovalick immediately escaped to tie the score at the beginning of the period, but Wagner got a takedown with about a minute left to take a 5-3 lead into the final two minutes. The lone score of the period was a Wagner escape to set the 6-3 final.
The lone third placer for the Bison was sophomore Carter Chamberlain (20-6) at 189, who pinned Riley Parker (18-7) of Canton in 3:45. Parker had defeated Chamberlain 7-0 just last week at the Bison Duals.
Placing fifth was junior Evan Davis (19-8) at 113. Davis pinned Logan Rumberger (19-12) of Tyrone in 2:21. It was Davis’ second pin of Rumberger on the year, as he pinned him in the dual meet in 1:29.
Senior Karson Kline (14-9) at 152 had to injury default to Camren Klenke (15-12) of Reynolds when he ran out of injury time just 12 seconds into the match.
Freshman Ty Aveni (9-7) placed seventh at 132 pounds when he pinned Daniel Painter (14-13) of Juniata in 2:55 when he had a 4-1 lead at the time.
The two Bison to lose one win short of a medal were seniors Nolan Barr (16-11) at 138 and Luke Freeland (16-9) at 145.
The Bison (12-0) will be back in action on Thursday when they host Bellefonte (7-1) in a Mountain League match up.
Carter Davis, the 138 pound champion, of Central York was named the George Bainey Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament.
Team standings, complete second day Bison results, followed by the championship medal match results follow courtesy PA-Wrestling.com:
Team Standings
(1) Mifflin County 215.5, (2) Clearfield 192.0, (3) Central Mountain 149.5, (4) Hickory 129.0, (5) Bald Eagle Area 127.0, (6) Reynolds 120.0, (7) Central York 114.0, (8) Southern Columbia 112.0, (9) Canton 106.0, (10) Tyrone 104.5, (11) Brockway 100.5, (12) Altoona 78.5, (13) Philipsburg-Osceola 78.0, (14) West Branch 66.0, (15) Port Allegany 64.5, (16) Juniata 63.5, (17) Bentworth 60.5, (18) Towanda 49.5, (19) United 48.5, (20) Bradford 46.0, (20) Johnsonburg 46.0, (22) Mount Union 44.5, (23) Midd-West 42.5, (24) Marion Center 42.0, (25) River Valley 40.5, (26) Hollidaysburg 34.0, (27) Pen Argyl 27.0, (27) Wilson Area 27.0, (29) Bellwood Antis 23.0, (30) Lake Lehman 22.0, (31) Moshannon Valley 16.5, (32) Juniata Valley 11.0, (33) Richland 9.0, (33) Ridgway 9.0, (35) Ambridge 3.0
Bison Results
Consolation Round 4
113 – Evan Davis pinned Michael Sandacz (Central York), 2:44
132 – Ty Aveni pinned Alden Furgeson (Port Allegany), 2:39
138 – Marcus Gable (Philipsburg-Osceola) dec. Nolan Barr, 1-0
145 – Bailey Ferguson (Canton) maj. dec. Luke Freeland, 12-1
152 – Karson Kline pinned Blake Pisarchik (Brockway), 1:57
Championship Semifinals
126 – Brady Collins dec. Elias Long (Central York), 11-6
172 – Mark McGonigal maj. dec. Jalen Wagner (Reynolds), 15-5
189 – Trey Shoemaker (Mifflin County) maj. dec. Carter Chamberlain, 10-0
215 – Hayden Kovalick dec. Vitali Daniels (Bentworth), 3-2
285 – Oliver Billotte pinned Mason Nelson (Canton), 1:37
Consolation Round 5
113 – Evan Davis maj. dec. Dylan O’Brien (Hickory), 9-0
132 – Mark Palmer (Brockway) pinned Ty Aveni, 2:30
152 – Karson Kline won by forfeit over Tyler Merritt (Ridgway)
Consolation Semifinals
113 – Lucas Fye (Bald Eagle Area) dec. Evan Davis, 8-2
152 – Parker Kearns (Mifflin County) maj. dec. Karson Kline, 9-0
189 – Carter Chamberlain dec. Damien Galentine (Central Mountain), 5-0
Seventh Place
132 – Ty Aveni pinned Daniel Painter (Juniata), 2:55
Fifth Place
113 – Evan Davis pinned Logan Rumberger (Tyrone), 2:21
152 – Camren Klenke (Reynolds) won by inj. default over Karson Kline, 0-0 0:12
Third Place
189 – Carter Chamberlain pinned Riley Parker (Canton), 3:45
Championship Finals
126 – Dalton Perry (Central Mountain) maj. dec. Brady Collins, 18-7
172 – Garrett Garcia (Southern Columbia) dec. Mark McGonigal, 8-7
215 – Anson Wagner (Mifflin County) dec. Hayden Kovalick, 6-3
285 – Oliver Billotte pinned Gavin Thompson (Brockway), 0:33
| Seventh Place | |
| 106 – | Gavin Guenot (Bald Eagle Area) dec. Kayden Cominsky (Hickory), 4-3 |
| 113 – | Max Ivcic (Bentworth) dec. Dylan O’Brien (Hickory), 2-0 |
| 120 – | Nick Coudriet (Philipsburg-Osceola) dec. Devon Poe (Bradford), 10-7 |
| 126 – | Timmy Krivosh (Hickory) dec. Luke Ananea (Central Mountain), 5-4 |
| 132 – | Ty Aveni (Clearfield) pinned Daniel Painter (Juniata), 2:55 |
| 138 – | Marcus Gable (Philipsburg-Osceola) dec. Braylen Corter (Central Mountain), 5-0 |
| 145 – | Deakon Schaeffer (Mifflin County) dec. Kaden Barnhart (River Valley), 3-1 |
| 152 – | Gino Serafini (Central Mountain) won by forfeit over Tyler Merritt (Ridgway) |
| 160 – | Jacob Weaver (Central Mountain) dec. Mason Higley (Towanda), 5-0 |
| 172 – | Logan Folmar (West Branch) pinned Ty Holland (Hickory), 1:15 |
| 189 – | Brayden McCloskey (Reynolds) pinned Juuso Young (Port Allegany), 4:46 |
| 215 – | Ben Carolus (Juniata Valley) dec. Ethan Norris (Bellwood Antis), 7-3 |
| 285 – | Braden Ewing (Tyrone) dec. Ian Scully (Central York), 5-0 |
| Fifth Place | |
| 106 – | Mason Beatty (Mount Union) won by tech. fall over Giovanni Dibiagio (Wilson Area), 15-0 3:45 |
| 113 – | Evan Davis (Clearfield) pinned Logan Rumberger (Tyrone), 2:21 |
| 120 – | Matthew Smith (Midd-West) dec. Chase Bell (Reynolds), 1-0 |
| 126 – | Parker Pisarchick (Brockway) dec. Chase Weimer (Port Allegany), 9-5 |
| 132 – | Mark Palmer (Brockway) pinned Cody Miller (Hickory), 2:32 |
| 138 – | Taylor Weaver (Central Mountain) dec. Riley Vanderpool (Towanda), 10-9 |
| 145 – | Bailey Ferguson (Canton) dec. Reese Wood (Tyrone), 9-6 |
| 152 – | Camren Klenke (Reynolds) won by inj. default over Karson Kline (Clearfield), 0-0 0:12 |
| 160 – | Andrew Weaver (Tyrone) pinned Vito Gentile (Reynolds), 0:59 |
| 172 – | Caleb Close (Bald Eagle Area) dec. Bryant Green (Towanda), 1-0 |
| 189 – | Seth Stewart (Brockway) pinned Damien Galentine (Central Mountain), 2:14 |
| 215 – | Joseph Quinton (Southern Columbia) won by inj. default over Jonathan Kauffman (Juniata), 0-0 0:00 |
| 285 – | Mason Nelson (Canton) pinned Brad Miller (River Valley), 2:32 |
| Third Place | |
| 106 – | Korry Walls (Tyrone) dec. Jacob Sombronski (United), 2-0 SV |
| 113 – | Weston Pisarchick (Brockway) dec. Lucas Fye (Bald Eagle Area), 12-7 |
| 120 – | Hunter Johnson (Mifflin County) dec. Casey Smith (Juniata), 5-2 |
| 126 – | Elias Long (Central York) dec. Taylor Smith (Juniata), 3-0 SV |
| 132 – | Ashton Sipes (Tyrone) pinned Blake Aumiller (Mifflin County), 3:52 |
| 138 – | Conner Heckman (Midd-West) dec. Kole Biscoe (Southern Columbia), 2-0 SV |
| 145 – | Gage Heilbrun (Marion Center) dec. Kane Kettering (Reynolds), 2-0 |
| 152 – | Parker Kearns (Mifflin County) dec. Austin Foster (Philipsburg-Osceola), 3-1 |
| 160 – | Lucas Laktash (Bradford) dec. Aiden Zimmerman (Johnsonburg), 6-1 |
| 172 – | Jalen Wagner (Reynolds) dec. Kaden Dennis (Johnsonburg), 7-1 |
| 189 – | Carter Chamberlain (Clearfield) pinned Riley Parker (Canton), 3:45 |
| 215 – | Vitali Daniels (Bentworth) won by tech. fall over Nicklas Eppihimer (Hollidaysburg), 16-0 4:31 |
| 285 – | Ethan Miller (Central York) dec. Jaxson Pupo (Mifflin County), 4-1 |
| Championship Finals | |
| 106 – | Louie Gill (Hickory) dec. Luke Hileman (Altoona), 6-4 |
| 113 – | Nic Allison (Mifflin County) dec. Landon Bainey (West Branch), 6-3 |
| 120 – | Coen Bainey (Bald Eagle Area) dec. Chris Vargo (Bentworth), 2-1 |
| 126 – | Dalton Perry (Central Mountain) maj. dec. Brady Collins (Clearfield), 18-7 |
| 132 – | Luke Simcox (Central Mountain) dec. Mason Barvitskie (Southern Columbia), 1-0 |
| 138 – | Carter Davis (Central York) dec. Connor Saylor (Hickory), 5-3 SV |
| 145 – | Carter Gill (Hickory) dec. Griffin Walizer (Central Mountain), 7-0 |
| 152 – | Luke Sipes (Altoona) dec. Hayden Ward (Canton), 6-1 |
| 160 – | Kyler Everly (Mifflin County) dec. Macon Myers (Central York), 14-7 |
| 172 – | Garrett Garcia (Southern Columbia) dec. Mark McGonigal (Clearfield), 8-7 |
| 189 – | Trey Shoemaker (Mifflin County) pinned Noah Foltz (Bald Eagle Area), 4:50 |
| 215 – | Anson Wagner (Mifflin County) dec. Hayden Kovalick (Clearfield), 6-3 |
| 285 – | Oliver Billotte (Clearfield) pinned Gavin Thompson (Brockway), 0:33 |
