North Allegheny wrestling crowns 2 county champs
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Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 11:01 AM
North Allegheny’s Aiden Buggey (left) celebrates victory over Carlynton’s Braiden Sudor (left) in the 215-pound finals of the Allegheny County wrestling championships Jan. 21 at Fox Chapel High School.
North Allegheny’s Aiden Buggey (top) maintains control of Carlynton’s Braiden Sudor (bottom) during the 215-pound finals of the Allegheny County wrestling championships Jan. 21 at Fox Chapel High School.
Carlynton’s Braiden Sudor (top) maintains control of North Allegheny’s Aiden Buggey (bottom) during the 215-pound finals of the Allegheny County wrestling championships Jan. 21 at Fox Chapel High School.
North Allegheny’s Jason Flener (left) maintains control of Quaker Valley’s Logan Richey (right) during the 145-pound finals of the Allegheny County wrestling championships Jan. 21 at Fox Chapel High School.
North Allegheny’s Jason Flener (top) celebrates victory over Quaker Valley’s Logan Richey during the 145-pound finals.
North Allegheny’s wrestling team celebrated two individual champions at the Allegheny County Tournament at Fox Chapel, where senior Jayson Flener and junior Aidan Buggey each won their weight class Jan. 20-21.
Flener claimed the 145-pound title, Buggey won at 215, and the Tigers finished third overall in the team standings. It was the second year in a row that North Allegheny had two wrestlers win county championships.
North Allegheny was the defending team champion, but this season was outscored by Plum (230.5 points) and Pine-Richland (207). NA had 202.5 points.
Buggey was last year’s runner-up at 215 pounds, but left this year’s tournament with gold. He won five matches, including a 4-0 decision over Carlynton’s Braiden Sudor in the finals. Buggey also had two pins.
Flener won six matches en route to his county title. He clinched his championship with a 4-1 decision over Quaker Valley’s Logan Richey in the finals. Flener won twice by pin and had a major decision.
A year earlier, Flener placed sixth at 138 pounds. Now a senior, Flener has committed to attend Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va.
Five of their NA teammates also placed at the county tournament. Freshman Gus Stederford was the county runner-up at 107 pounds, whole Nathan Monteparte (133 pounds) and Adam Rohan (160) each finished third. Junior William Bentrim (127) and freshman Griffen Reid (121) had fifth-place finishes.
The Allegheny County tournament comes as the team is shifting from regular-season meets to postseason competition. The WPIAL team tournament was scheduled to start Jan. 30 with the finals set for Feb. 4.
The Tigers went 9-4 in the regular season and finished second in Section 2-3A with a 3-1 record pending a final match against Mars that was postponed Jan. 25. They were scheduled to face Section 1-3A champion Plum in the first round of the Class 3A tournament Feb. 1.
The individual sectional is Feb. 25, with the WPIAL individual tournament March 3-4 at Canon-McMillan.
The Tigers are led by coach Jamie Kyriazis, who returned to the team this winter for a second stint as head coach. His first stint was from 2000-15.
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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