Ultimate Warriors Tourney Preview
Now that the Greenville match is behind us, the Raiders switch gears and compete in the very tough bracketed Ultimate Warriors tournament at West Branch High School this weekend. Here's the scoop...
Tournament Overview
42 schools are entered in this Central PA tournament where Reynolds wrestlers get to test their progress against top state level competition that they don't see very often. 20 returning state placewinners and almost 100 ranked wrestlers, from both AA & AAA, will be trying to win titles and medals at this top shelf event.
Last year, the Raiders placed 6th as a team and of the returning Reynolds wrestlers, Jalen Wagner earned 3rd, Chase Bell & Vito Gentile each grabbed 6th place and Braden McCloskey came up with a 7th place medal.
Additionally, on Saturday morning, some Raider wrestlers get their chance to wrestle matches in the JV tournament. This is a great opportunity for them to get experience and show how much they improved during the year.
Event Schedule
Friday, January 27, 2023
11:00 am Pigtail Round 1:15 pm Preliminary Round (of 16) 1st Round Consey 4:00 pm Quarterfinals 2nd Round Consey 7:00 pm 3rd Round Consey 8:00 pm Projected Finish
Saturday, January 28, 2023
9:00 am 4th Round Consey JV Tournament 11:00 am Semifinals/Consey Qtrs 1:15 pm Consolation Semifinals 3:00 pm Consolation Finals (3-8) 5:15 pm (approx) Finals 7:30 pm Projected Finish
How to Follow Results
You can follow the matches on FloArena here.
If you see the message "This Bracket Not Available", wait until late Thursday night or Friday morning. You simply looked before they are ready.
Reynolds' Seeded Wrestlers
I don't have the complete seeding information for the entire tournament but we do have 6 Raiders seeded in their respective weight classes. They are:
114 Louie Gill - 1st
133 Chase Bell - 6th
145 Tino Gentile - 11th
160 Vito Gentile - 3rd
172 Jalen Wagner - 3rd
189 Brayden McCloskey - 10th
Participating Schools
The abbreviations listed are used with the wrestlers in the Rankings section.
Some schools changed classes since last year. Most Reynolds fans know Hickory moved to AAA this year. Other schools, Indiana and Juniata, moved from AAA to AA.
Teams ranked in the top twenty are:
AAA 10 Central Mountain
AA 12 Bald Eagle Area
AA 18 Reynolds
Here is the complete list of teams.
ALT-Altoona (AAA)
ARM-Armstrong (AAA)
BEA-Bald Eagle Area (AA)
BA -Bellwood Antis (AA)
BEN-Bentworth (AA)
BRD-Bradford (AAA)
BRK-Brockway (AA)
CAN-Canton (AA)
CM -Central Mountain (AAA)
CY -Central York (AAA)
CLA-Clarion (AA)
CK -Claysburg-Kimmel (AA)
H -Hickory (AAA)
HB -Hollidaysburg (AA)
IND-Indiana (AA)
J -Johnsonburg (AA)
JU -Juniata (AA)
JV -Juniata Valley (AA)
LL -Lake Lehman (AA)
MAR-Marion Center (AA)
MW -Midd-West (AA)
MC -Mifflin County (AAA)
MV -Moshannon Valley (AA)
MTU-Mount Union (AA)
MUN-Muncy (AA)
OV -Oswayo Valley (AA)
PEN-Pen Argyl (AA)
PT -Peters Township (AAA)
PO -Philipsburg-Osceola (AA)
PA -Port Allegany (AA)
REY-Reynolds (AA)
RCH-Richland (AA)
RV -River Valley (AA)
SC -Southern Columbia (AA)
SUL-Sullivan County (AA)
TOW-Towanda (AA)
TY -Tyrone (AA)
U -United (AA)
WB -West Branch (AA)
WH -Westmont Hilltop (AA)
WA -Wilson Area (AA)
WY -Wyalusing (AA)
In the following sections is first the Reynolds roster followed by a section for each weight class with all the state ranked wrestlers plus unranked wrestlers that at least placed in their regions last year.
Reynolds Raiders Roster
I anticipate the starting lineup will be the same as for the Greenville match and highlighted those names in bold-blue. The complete roster is listed since some of the others may compete in the JV tournament.
Wt Yr Name Record Pins
107 So Angelo Lomonte 12- 4 8
107 Jr Dillion Anderson 2- 0 0
114 Jr Louie Gill 17- 3 3
114 Fr Waylon Waite 10- 2 5
121 Fr Greyden Gustas 7- 7 3
127 So Connor Geiger 0- 3 0
133 Jr Chase Bell 12- 4 7
139 Sr Logan Zagorski 1- 5 1
139 Sr Wyatt Sternthal 2- 2 0
139 Jr Kevyn Malgieri 0- 1 0
145 Sr Tino Gentile 9- 6 4
152 So Louie DeJulia 5- 9 4
160 So Vito Gentile 10- 6 5
172 Sr Jalen Wagner 12- 2 6
172 Fr Rocky Floch 4- 4 1
189 Sr Brayden McCloskey 14- 5 5
215 Jr Kolton Wilkinson 5- 7 1
285 Fr Casey Resek 2-10 1
107
Rank Wrestler Rec. (st plc) 5-AAA Brody Bishop(Fr)-H 19-6 7-AA Griffin Tinsman(Fr)-MAR 19-7 8-AA Mason Beatty(Sr)-MTU 27-4 9-AAA Braiden Weaver(Fr)-ALT 24-4 10-AA Gage Swank(Fr)-MUN 22-7 11-AA Caleb Hummel(Fr)-PO 21-3 22-AA Andrew Coriaty(Fr)-OV 12-1 23-AA Angelo Lamonte(So)-REY 14-6 25-AA Lyle Vermilya(So)-CAN 16-6 nr-AA Lexi Schechterly(Jr)-LL 14-7 nr-AA Korry Walls(Sr)-TY 3-0
114
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc) 1-AA *Louie Gill(Jr)-REY 20-3 (2) 2-AA Landon Bainey(Jr)-WB 27-1 (6) 3-AAA Nico Fanella(So)-IND 20-2 7-AA Josef Garschnick(Fr)-U 22-1 8-AA Weston Pisarchick(Jr)-BRK 19-0 13-AA Colton Wade(So)-SUL 22-2 21-AA Logan Powell(So)-CLA 16-3 nr-AAA Darius McMillon(So)-PT 16-6
*Actually, Louie is not ranked because he is ineligible to compete in post season events. For all practical reasoning, I added him as ranked #1 since he is the highest returning placewinner in the weight class.
121
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
4-AA Lucas Fye(Jr)-BEA 18-1 (5)
13-AAA Hunter Johnson(Sr)-MC 10-2
14-AA Gideon Bracken(So)-U 18-1
17-AAA Dylan O'Brien(So)-H 19-7
20-AA Logan Rumberger(So)-TY 16-7
nr-AAA Luke Ananea(So)-CM 3-6
127
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
1-AA Chris Vargo(Jr)-BEN 23-1 (5)
3-AA Coen Bainey(Sr)-BEA 20-4 (3)
12-AA Collin Ramsey(Fr)-PEN 15-1
16-AA Clayton Carr(Jr)-WY 21-3
22-AA Matthew Smith(So)-MW 20-4
133
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
1-AAA Dalton Perry(So)-CM 25-2 (1)
2-AA Scott Johnson(Sr)-MUN 20-4 (1)
7-AA Casey Smith(Sr)-JU 19-1
11-AA Parker Pisarchick(So)-BRK 18-3
13-AAA Elias Long(Jr)-CY 24-5
15-AA Chase Bell(Jr)-REY 13-6
HM-AAA Blake Aumiller(Jr)-MC 18-6
139
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
1-AA Conner Heckman(Sr)-MW 23-0 (3)
3-AAA Luke Simcox(Jr)-CM 22-3(5)
6-AA Mason Barvitskie(Jr)-SC 12-5 (4)
7-AA Hayden Ward(Sr)-CAN 18-2
8-AAA Connor Saylor(Sr)-H 22-6 (5-AA)
10-AA Liam Cornetto(Sr)-MAR 25-3
19-AA Taylor Smith(Sr)-JU 22-2
23-AA Owen Ivcic(Fr)-BEN 22-6
145
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
7-AAA Griffin Walizer(Jr)-CM 22-5 (8)
12-AAA Wyatt Dillon(Jr)-CY 24-5
14-AA Gage Heilbrun(Sr)-MAR 23-5
17-AA Hudson Ward(Jr)-CAN 24-5
17-AAA Jacob Cunningham(Sr)-MC 17-9
23-AA Avery Bittler(Fr)-J 17-7
152
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
12-AA Mason Gourley(So)-CLA 20-1
17-AA Kaden Barnhart(Jr)-RV 18-6
18-AA Kaden Dennis(Sr)-J 15-5
22-AA Marcus Gable(Jr)-PO 18-6
160
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
5-AAA Carter Davis(Jr)-CY 21-4
10-AAA Luke Sipes(So)-ALT 27-3 (5)
12-AA Aiden Zimmerman(Sr)-J 15-4 (6)
13-AA Vito Gentile(So)-REY 13-6
14-AAA Parker Kearns(Jr)-MC 22-3
17-AAA Lucas Laktash(Sr)-BRD 18-3
18-AA Louden Murphy(Jr)-SC 16-7
20-AAA Deakon Shaeffer(Jr)-MC 21-7
HM-AAA Braylen Corter(Jr)-CM 18-11
172
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
3-AA Wes Barnes(Sr)-SC 7-2 (8)
4-AA Caleb Close(So)-BEA 22-2 (8)
5-AAA Macon Myers(Sr)-CY 24-1
8-AA Jalen Wagner(Sr)-REY 15-2
15-AA Kyle Scott(Fr)-TY 19-5
18-AA Rayce Milliard(Sr)-J 20-5
20-AAA Avery Aurand(So)-MC 16-8
23-AA Cole Stuchal(Sr)-RV 12-9
189
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
6-AAA Connor Jacobs(Sr)-ARM 19-3 (7)
9-AA Seth Stewart(Sr)-BRK 15-5 (6)
10-AA Riley Parker(Sr)-CAN 18-5 (6)
12-AA Vitali Daniels(Jr)-BEN 17-6
12-AAA Rocco Serafini(Jr)-CM 21-8
15-AA Brayden McCloskey(Sr)-REY 15-6
16-AA Josh Ryan(So)-MTU 25-5
17-AA Jude Bremigen(So)-SC 15-6
18-AAA Ty Holland(Sr)-H 17-7
215
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
1-AA Austin Johnson(So)-MUN 27-0 (2)
12-AA Miska Young(Jr)-PA 14-1
285
Rank Wrestler Rec.(st plc)
7-AA Braden Ewing(Jr)-TY 19-5
11-AA Gavin Thompson(Sr)-BRK 18-3
14-AA Carson Neely(So)-PA 17-0
17-AAA Brayden Blackwell(Sr)-CM 14-8
25-AA Brad Miller(Sr)-RV 18-5
HM-AAA Ian Scully(Jr)-CY 16-5