INDIANA — Curwensville 107-pounder Austin Gilliland was the lone Golden Tide wrestler to advance to the second day of the Mid-Winter Mayhem Classic at Indiana’s Kovalchick Center after going 3-1 on Friday.
The sixth-seeded Gilliland opened the tournament with a pin of Crestwood’s Dylan Bellas in 4:45 after building a 12-0 lead. He moved on to down Northern Lebanon’s Carter Wolford 5-0 in the Round of 32 before scoring a 9-3 decision over LaSalle College’s Cooper Helm, the 11th seed, in the Round of 16. Gilliland was pinned by third-seeded Javeon Chambers of Highlands in the quarterfinals, dropping the Tide senior into the consolation bracket.
Gilliland (12-2) now tangles with Emmaus’ Jackson Max in the sixth round of consolations. The winner advances to the consey quarterfinals and secures a Top 8 finish in the rugged tournament.
Curwensville 215-pounder Caleb Hendershot (11-4) had a solid showing as well. Hendershot lost his opener to Bishop McCort’s ninth-seeded Marquez Gordon by technical fall in 5:21. But he rebounded to win three straight bouts in the consolation bracket, two by technical fall and one via 2-1 decision before being eliminated from the tournament by Abington Heights’ Frank Scialpi, the 12th seed.
The Tide’s Reed Hawkins went 2-2 at 160 with a pin and a major decision, while 133-pounder Dylan Deluccia and 172-pounder Alex Murawski each went 1-2.
Curwensville’s Russell Bloom (114), Dean Swatsworth Jr. (121), Hayden Queen (127), Javon Bunce (139), Cooper Haag (145), Heath Hawkins (189) and Brooks Hendershot (285) were all 0-2. Haag medically forfeited out of the tournament.
The Tide, who are in 52nd place out of 57 teams, combined to go 10-23 on the day.
Bishop McCort, which has eight semifinalists, is in first place with 178.5 points. Central Mountain is in second with 103.5 points, followed by Thomas Jefferson, which has four semifinalists and 93.5 points.
Complete tournament results can be found HERE, courtesy PA-Wrestling.com
Curwensville results
Championship Round 1
107 – Austin Gilliland pinned Dylan Bellas (Crestwood), 4:45
114 – Mateo Gallegos (DuBois) won by tech. fall over Russell Bloom, 19-4 1:04
127 – Jayce Walter (St. Mary’s) pinned Hayden Queen, 1:28
139 – Pete O’Rourke (West Chester Rustin) pinned Javon Bunce, 1:12
145 – Jackson Butler (Bishop McCort) won by forfeit over Cooper Haag
160 – Rudy Gentile (Greenville) won by tech. fall over Reed Hawkins, 19-3 3:17
215 – Marquez Gordon (Bishop McCort) pinned Caleb Hendershot, 5:21
285 – Kyle Draina (Crestwood) pinned Brooks Hendershot, 0:26
Consolation Round 1
139 – Hayes Donley (Central Mountain) pinned Javon Bunce, 0:12
Championship Round 2
107 – Austin Gilliland dec. Carter Wolford (Northern Lebanon), 5-0
121 – Matthew Velez (Parkland) pinned Dean Swatsworth, 0:30
133 – A.J. Snatchko (West Allegheny) pinned Dylan Deluccia, 2:32
172 – Mitchell Baronner (Hollidaysburg) won by tech. fall over Alex Murawski, 16-0 5:03
189 – Grant Jin (St. Mary’s) dec. Heath Hawkins, 5-2 TB2
Consolation Round 2
114 – Chase Pollino (Richland) dec. Russell Bloom, 5-4
121 – Gavin McCauley (Penn Manor) won by tech. fall over Dean Swatsworth, 17-0 2:54
127 – Bryndin Chamberlain (Clearfield) pinned Hayden Queen, 0:56
133 – Dylan Deluccia dec. Wyatt Bagley (Sullivan County), 10-4
145 – Tommy Preston (Canton) won by forfeit over Cooper Haag
160 – Reed Hawkins pinned Jack Hoover (Crestwood), 1:43
172 – Alex Murawski dec. Jacob Martinez (Quakertown), 6-3
215 – Caleb Hendershot won by tech. fall over Max Turi (West Scranton), 16-0 2:17
285 – Wyatt Holderbaum (Shippensburg) won by inj. default over Brooks Hendershot, 4-1 1:39
Championship Round 3
107 – Austin Gilliland dec. Cooper Helm (La Salle College), 9-3
Consolation Round 3
133 – Phillip Sarbo (Altoona) maj. dec. Dylan Deluccia, 11-0
160 – Reed Hawkins maj. dec. Jonyae Sostre (West Scranton), 21-7
172 – Blake Pisarchick (Brockway) dec. Alex Murawski, 8-4
189 – Robert Rose (Hatboro-Horsham) dec. Heath Hawkins, 6-2
215 – Caleb Hendershot dec. Myles Lysek (Parkland), 2-1
Championship Quarterfinals
107 – Javeon Chambers (Highlands) pinned Austin Gilliland, 0:43
Consolation Round 4
160 – Micah Atherton (Mount Union) pinned Reed Hawkins, 2:12
215 – Caleb Hendershot won by tech. fall over Dan Duran (Fort LeBoeuf), 17-2 2:50
Consolation Round 5
215 – Frank Scalpi (Abington Heights) pinned Caleb Hendershot, 1:55
