CURWENSVILLE — The Clearfield girls wrestling team had five of its nine entrants place in the Top 5 at Saturday’s Curwensville Wrestling Tournament, helping the Lady Bison to a third place finish in the team standings. The host Lady Tide ended up 11th out of 24 teams with two placewinners.
Clearfield’s Kendall Candalaria took second at 148 pounds, while Finley Gilbert (124), Makayla Taylor (155) and Aylee Johnston (190) each placed third. Alara Quickel was fifth at 190 pounds for the Lady Bison.
Curwensville’s Tessa Queen (champ at 142) and Emily Neeper (fifth at 190) were the Lady Tide’s placewinners.
Candalaria pinned her way to the finals, earning first-period falls over Curwensville’s Savannah Harley and Corry’s Ayvah Taylor. She faced defending PIAA 142-pound champion Violette Lasure (Chestnut Ridge) in the finals and was pinned in 17 seconds.
Gilbert, Taylor and Johnston each won their quarterfinals bouts, lost in the semis and then rebounded with consolation semi pins before winning their third-place bouts. All three girls were 3-1 with three pins. Taylor’s semifinal loss came to Northern Bedford’s Raegan Snider, who was third in the state at 155 last season. Snider topped Taylor 3-1 in their bout.
Quickel lost her opener by fall to Queen, won by 54-second fall in her first consey bout, dropped a 6-2 decision in her next outing to dip into the fifth-place match where she picked up a 3-0 sudden victory over Hickory’s Areia Cominsky.
After an opening bout pin of Quickel, Queen notched two more falls, decking Warren’s Emily Wiles in 50 seconds in the semis before dispatching of Reynolds’ Sophia Wise in 3:18 to win the crown. Queen trailed 13-2 after one period, but chose top to start the second and eventually turned Wise for the win.
Neeper was 2-2 with two pins, including a 59-second pin of Bald Eagle Area’s Shaylin Harter. on her way to a fifth-place medal.
The Lady Bison were 18-14 in the tournament with 17 pins. Curwensville went 11-18 with 10 pins.
Gabbie Duncan (118) and Angela Rougeaux (130) were each 2-2 with two pins for Clearfield. Jordin Peoples (118) and Taylor Shirey (170) were both 2-2 for the Lady Tide.
Corry won the team title with 147 points, just 10.5 more than runner-up Hickory. Clearfield had 106 points to take third. Both schools had two champions as did Chestnut Ridge.
Both teams are back in action Saturday, January 11 at the Mid-Winter Mayhem Tournament at IUP’s Kovalchick Center.
In the junior high tournament, Curwensville McKenzie Astorino won the 77-pound title and Brylee London took the 148-pound championship with 3-0 records, all three falls. Ali Dimmick was fourth at 96 pounds after going 2-2 with a pin.
Clearfield’s junior high team was second overall with eight placewinners in Piper Kaskan (2nd), Jocelyn Nixon (2nd) Ashley Rougeaux (third), Mya Ludwig (third), Lily McBride (third), Margaret Duke (4th), Alexa Knepp (4th) and Gabriella Hockenberry (5th).
Varsity Team Standings
(1) Corry Area 147.0, (2) Hickory 136.5, (3) Clearfield 106.0, (4) Athens 105.0, (5) Northern Bedford 83.0, (6) Mount Lebanon 80.5, (7) Chestnut Ridge 68.0, (8) Bald Eagle Area 63.0, (8) General McLane 63.0, (10) Warren 58.0, (11) Curwensville 55.0, (12) Bradford 49.0, (13) Punxsutawney 47.0, (14) Meyersdale 45.0, (15) Erie McDowell 41.5, (16) Bedford 39.0, (17) Philipsburg-Osceola 36.0, (18) Central Cambria 29.0, (19) Peters Township 28.0, (20) Reynolds 25.0, (21) Bellefonte 22.0, (22) Nativity BVM 15.0, (23) Altoona 10.0, (24) Somerset 7.0
Clearfield Results
Championship Round 1
118 – Gabbie Duncan pinned Rebekah Guenot (Bald Eagle Area), 3:08
130 – Angela Rougeaux pinned Sarah Glenny (Altoona), 1:04
136 – Ivy Sanders pinned Matilyn McCracken (Curwensville), 1:13
170 – Makenzie Glaister (Reynolds) pinned Meredith Switala, 1:57
Championship Quarterfinals
118 – Aurora Comfort (Meyersdale) pinned Gabbie Duncan, 1:20
124 – Finley Gilbert pinned Gianna Italiani (Erie McDowell), 1:09
130 – Liliana Rodriguez (Bradford) pinned Angela Rougeaux, 1:31
136 – Kaelon Connolly (Warren) pinned Ivy Sanders, 1:16
142 – Tessa Queen (Curwensville) pinned Alara Quickel, 2:32
148 – Kendall Candalaria pinned Savannah Harley (Curwensville), 1:43
155 – Makayla Taylor pinned Isela Cotto (Erie McDowell), 2:35
190 – Aylee Johnston pinned Emily Neeper (Curwensville), 1:49
Consolation Round 2
118 – Gabbie Duncan pinned Kalynn Keltz (Athens), 2:53
130 – Angela Rougeaux pinned Annika Lezak (Athens), 0:36
136 – Isabella Sleasman (Meyersdale) pinned Ivy Sanders, 0:40
170 – Taylor Shirey (Curwensville) dec. Meredith Switala, 11-9 SV
Championship Semifinals
124 – Abby Hoffman (Hickory) pinned Finley Gilbert, 1:34
148 – Kendall Candalaria pinned Ayvah Taylor (Corry Area), 1:31
155 – Raegan Snider (Northern Bedford) dec. Makayla Taylor, 3-1
190 – Kailyn Adams (Hickory) pinned Aylee Johnston, 0:50
Consolation Round 3
118 – Laikynn Bayle (Corry Area) pinned Gabbie Duncan, 1:40
130 – Lillianna Fulton (Central Cambria) pinned Angela Rougeaux, 0:36
142 – Alara Quickel pinned Janaya Henrich (Athens), 0:54
Consolation Semifinals
124 – Finley Gilbert pinned Bryndalyn Lindell (Warren), 1:33
142 – Farrah Fourspring (Corry Area) dec. Alara Quickel, 6-2
155 – Makayla Taylor pinned Adah Belajac (Mount Lebanon), 1:45
190 – Aylee Johnston pinned Shaylin Harter (Bald Eagle Area), 0:23
Fifth Place
142 – Alara Quickel dec. Areia Cominsky (Hickory), 3-0 SV
Third Place
124 – Finley Gilbert pinned Emily Shetler (Central Cambria), 2:41
155 – Makayla Taylor pinned Cameron Corl-Alton (Bald Eagle Area), 0:41
190 – Aylee Johnston pinned Haily Young (Athens), 1:36
Championship Finals
148 – Violette Lasure (Chestnut Ridge) pinned Kendall Candalaria, 0:17
Curwensville Results
Championship Round 1
112 – Erin Talmadge (Nativity BVM) pinned Kenlee Witherite, 1:22
118 – Jordin Peoples pinned Callie Breauchy (Corry Area), 0:21
118 – Carly Bair (Bellefonte) pinned Andria Moore, 0:45
124 – Abby Hoffman (Hickory) won by tech. fall over Madison Wilson, 16-1 1:08
136 – Ivy Sanders (Clearfield) pinned Matilyn McCracken, 1:13
148 – Savannah Harley pinned Abigail Curtin (Bradford), 1:17
170 – Taylor Shirey pinned Dani Ordiway (Bradford), 1:48
Consolation Round 1
118 – Callie Breauchy (Corry Area) maj. dec. Andria Moore, 17-7
124 – Brooke Clouser (Bradford) pinned Madison Wilson, 3:54
Championship Quarterfinals
112 – Yasmin Miller (Northern Bedford) pinned Peyton McGarry, 1:47
118 – Carly Bair (Bellefonte) pinned Jordin Peoples, 1:54
142 – Tessa Queen pinned Alara Quickel (Clearfield), 2:32
148 – Kendall Candelaria (Clearfield) pinned Savannah Harley, 1:43
170 – Grace Crestani (Bald Eagle Area) pinned Taylor Shirey, 1:05
190 – Aylee Johnston (Clearfield) pinned Emily Neeper, 1:49
Consolation Round 2
112 – Addison Tice (Bald Eagle Area) pinned Kenlee Witherite, 0:51
118 – Jordin Peoples pinned Lily Joyce (General McLane), 1:43
136 – Matilyn McCracken pinned Kyanna Hall (Northern Bedford), 2:05
148 – Abigail Ickes (Meyersdale) pinned Savannah Harley, 0:29
170 – Taylor Shirey dec. Meredith Switala (Clearfield), 11-9 SV
Championship Semifinals
142 – Tessa Queen pinned Emily Wiles (Warren), 0:50
Consolation Round 3
112 – Erin Talmadge (Nativity BVM) pinned Peyton McGarry, 1:54
118 – Myha Dixon (Northern Bedford) pinned Jordin Peoples, 4:50
136 – Hannah Pereira-Weil (Mount Lebanon) pinned Matilyn McCracken, 1:46
170 – Trinity Webster (Hickory) won by forfeit over Taylor Shirey
190 – Emily Neeper pinned Abbie Darr (Warren), 2:28
Consolation Semifinals
190 – Haily Young (Athens) pinned Emily Neeper, 4:33
Fifth Place
190 – Emily Neeper pinned Shaylin Harter (Bald Eagle Area), 0:59
Championship Finals
142 – Tessa Queen pinned Sophia Wise (Reynolds), 3:18
Results courtesy of PA-Wrestling.com
