Five returning champions get top seeds for WPIAL Class AAA wrestling tournament
By: HSSN Staff
Monday, February 26, 2018 | 9:21 PM
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Norwin's Kurtis Phipps celebrates his win over Shaler Area 's Ryan Sullivan during the 106 bout finals of the 2017 WPIAL AAA Championships on Saturday at Canon-McMillan.
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North Hills’ Sam Hillegas reacts after beating Seneca Valley’s Louis Newell in the PIAA Class AAA 113lb championship at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. on Saturday March 11, 2017. Hillegas won 5-2.
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Hempfield's Luke Kemerer works against Burrell's Noah Linderman during their 145 lb. quarterfinal at the WCCA wrestling tournament Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, at Norwin High School. Hempfield inadvertently used an ineligible wrestler against Seneca Valley in the Class AAA team tournament on Jan. 31, which means the Spartans will not face Canon-McMillan in the semifinals.
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Albert Gallatin's Tim Wallace wrestles Kiski Area's Vinny Romano, below, in quarterfinals of the 2017 WPIAL AAA Championships on Friday at Canon-McMillan.
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Laurel Highlands's Ian Edenfield reacts after beating Council Rock South's Joe Doyle in the 220-lb bout during a Class AAA semifinal of the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championship tournament at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. on Saturday March 11, 2017.
Norwin's Kurtis Phipps celebrates his win over Shaler Area 's Ryan Sullivan during the 106 bout finals of the 2017 WPIAL AAA Championships on Saturday at Canon-McMillan.
Steph Chambers | Tribune-Review
North Hills’ Sam Hillegas reacts after beating Seneca Valley’s Louis Newell in the PIAA Class AAA 113lb championship at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. on Saturday March 11, 2017. Hillegas won 5-2.
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review
Hempfield's Luke Kemerer works against Burrell's Noah Linderman during their 145 lb. quarterfinal at the WCCA wrestling tournament Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, at Norwin High School. Hempfield inadvertently used an ineligible wrestler against Seneca Valley in the Class AAA team tournament on Jan. 31, which means the Spartans will not face Canon-McMillan in the semifinals.
Christian Tyler Randolph | Tribune-Review
Albert Gallatin's Tim Wallace wrestles Kiski Area's Vinny Romano, below, in quarterfinals of the 2017 WPIAL AAA Championships on Friday at Canon-McMillan.
Steph Chambers | Tribune-Review
Laurel Highlands's Ian Edenfield reacts after beating Council Rock South's Joe Doyle in the 220-lb bout during a Class AAA semifinal of the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championship tournament at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. on Saturday March 11, 2017.
Six defending champions are returning to the WPIAL Class AAA wrestling championships this weekend, and five received the inside track to repeat Monday.
Norwin's Kurt Phipps (106 pounds), North Hills' Sam Hillegas (126), Hempfield's Luke Kemerer (152), Albert Gallatin's Tim Wallace (182) and Laurel Highlands' Ian Edenfield (220) earned top seeds for the WPIAL tournament, which takes place Friday and Saturday at Canon-McMillan. All five wrestlers won titles in 2017, while Wallace also won in 2016.
A sixth returning champion, Waynesburg's Caleb Morris, was seeded second at 126 pounds behind Hillegas.
The remaining top seeds include Shaler's Ryan Sullivan (113 pounds), Canon-McMillan's Logan Macri (120), Franklin Regional's Colton Camacho (132), Kiski Area's Noah Levett (138), Penn-Trafford's Job Chishko (145), Belle Vernon's Zach Hartman (160), Waynesburg's Kyle Homet (170), Chartiers Valley's Shamil Zaynullaev (195) and Kiski Area's Isaac Reid (285).
