AA Consolation Semi Finals

The AA Consolation Semifinals are now underway. Stay tuned for further updates.

Zach Beitz Juniata

What a great state tournament for Zach Beitz. Zach, a Freshman at Juniata HS in Mifflintown, just earned his first trip to the State Championship. Zach started his quest for gold by defeating Tanner Hough from Westmont-Hilltop 8-7. Zach then defeated returning state silver medalist (last year at 103) Mason Beckman from Reynolds 5-4 in the quarterfinals and then defeated returning 2008 state champion Luke Frey from Montoursville 4-2 in the semifinals. Zach will now face another talented freshman in Wyomissing's Arty Walsh in the 2009 PIAA AA 112 State Championship. These two wrestlers are no strangers to each other as they met in the Finals of the District 3 Championships with Beitz coming out with a slim 3-2 win. Good luck to both wrestlers in tomorrow's PIAA State Championship.

Schedule

The AA Semi Finals and Third round Consolations are now under way. Stay tuned for play by play action of certain matches and results or accomplishments to come.

Rosenberry pulls Haber's head under and trys to snap and spin as they go out of bounds. Rosenberry trys to ankle pick as Haber shoots under, only to have Rosenberry spin for two. First period ends 2-0. Haber starts on the bottom to start the second period. Rosenberry works for a tilt but Haber slides through. Rosenberry out to the side trying to work a power half but Haber is defending nicely. Rosenberry cross faces Haber back in nearfall criteria securing three nearfall as Haber needs injury time giving Rosenberry an additional nearfall point. Rosenberry leads Haber 7-0. The match results with a fresh start in the middle with Rosenberry riding. Haber quickly escapes to close the gap to 7-1 but Rosenberry just that quick tacks on another takedown to extend his lead to 9-1 with :44 left in the second period. Rosenberry chooses top to start the third period. Leading 11-1 Rosenberry trys to tilt Haber again but to no avail. Stalemate is the call. Off the restart whistle, Haber escapes bringing the score to 11-2 in Rosenberry's favor. Rosenberry muscles Haber down again and spins for two extending his lead to 13-2. Haber stands and escapes again. 13-3. :30 left in the match, both wrestlers are trying for the takedown. Beautiful duckunder by Rosenberry for a takedown and a lead of 12, 15-3. Rosenberry rides the final fifteen seconds out to secure a win and guaranteed medal with his 15-3 win in the second round consolations.

Tony Dellago Central Dauphin vs Joey Piro Northampton

Bunch of hand flares but no action. Dallago in on a single leg to secure the takedown. The officials meet at the middle of the mat and call off the takedown. Both wrestlers remain Neutral. Dallago in on another single leg to secure the first points of the match and secure a 2-0 lead. Three nearfalls by Dallago and an escape by Piro take the score to 5-1 in Dallago's favor. Dallago again in on a single leg, reverse cradles into a headlock and secures the fall at 2:52.

Zac Haynes Council Rock North vs Kyle Demain Governor Mifflin

Flurries but no takedown. Fresh start to the middle. Both wrestlers remain in the neutral position. Haynes in on a double leg working up around the waist as they go out of bounds. Demain trys a shrug and spins behind Haynes for the match's first points to lead 2-0. Demain continues to ride Haynes. Demain turns Haynes for two nearfall. Haynes stands as they go out of bounds. Demain picks up a stalling warning. Demain stands again but right back to the mat. Second period ends 4-0. Third period Haynes is on top. Haynes turns Demain to his back for nearfall and secures the pin at 4:20.

Record Tied-Cody Kelly

With his win in the 2nd round consolations, Cody Kelly tied Mt. Pleasant graduate and former state champion Donnie Ament for career wins with 177. Cody's 6-0 win against Colin Sheridan ironically of Mt. Pleasant gave him 177 career wins. Cody advances to the third round consolations tonight at 6:30 PM where he will face Bryan Smith of Bethlehem Catholic.

AA Second Round Consolations

The Second Round Consolations are about to get underway. Right on time with the schedule. Wrestling will begin in a minute at 9:45.

Zac Bennett Westmont-Hilltop vs Dallas Brown Delone Catholic

Bennett is in deep on a double leg. Stalemate called by the official. Back to the center for a new start. Bennett secures the match's first point with a takedown to go ahead 2-0. Brown quickly reverses Bennett and puts him in a near fall situation to go ahead 4-2. Bennett again reverses Brown to tie the match 4-4. Bennett riding on top as Brown works to his base. Bennett cranks on a power half but Brown defends. Bennett attempts to roll Brown in the spladle but Brown has nothing to do with that as the first period ends. Bennett starts the second period down. Caution on Dallas Brown for a false start. Bennett escapes to go ahead 5-4 and immediatley goes in on a deep double leg takedown attempt. Stalemate is again the call. :50 remain in the second period with Bennett trying to pull Brown back in on the mat for two. Stalemate again is the call although the Squires of Delone Catholic coaching staff feel Brown had the takedown. Coach Byers from Delone walks to the head table to discuss things with the official. No changes. Third period Dallas starts in the down position trailing 5-4. Brown reverses and nearly puts Bennett in nearfall criteria to no avail. Dallas Brown wins 6-5.

Quarter Finals

This round is prooving to be an exciting round of wrestling as several favorites have been upset in the quarter final round. Mason Beckman, a returning runner-up at 103 in 2008, Derek Schmelyen a returning medalist in 2008 as well.

Zach Beitz Juniata vs Mason Beckman Reynolds

This match will be a battle of a Freshman in Beitz from Juniata and returning PIAA Silver Medalist from a year ago Mason Beckman of Reynolds. Both wrestlers are fighting as Beitz is in on a single leg. Wrestlers go out and to the middle for a fresh shot. Beckman in on a single leg as Beitz defends. Beckman in on a single leg again as Beitz defends. Beckman secures a takedown to take a 2-0 lead. The first period ends with Beckman ahead 2-0. Beitz starts in the down position to start the second period. Caution for a false start on Beckman. Beitz stands as Beckman brings him back to the mat. Beckman ties Beitz up as the official calls stalemate. Back to the center for a fresh start. Beitz stands again and spins to try to obtain an escape. Beckman takes Beitz back to the mat. Working a cross face in an attempt to turn Beitz for nearfall, Beitz has nothing to do with that. Really not much action from neither as Beckman is just laying on Beitz with a tight waist. The referee calls a stalling warning on Beckman. :51 left in the second period Beckman still holds a 2-0 lead. The second period ends with Beckman holding a 2-0 lead. Beckman chooses to start the third period in the down position. Beitz sets on top and attempts to break Beckman to the mat. Working feverishly, nothing seems to be there as Beckman escapes to take a 3-0 lead. Both wrestlers flurry as they go out of bounds. Another stalling warning on Beckman gives Beitz a point to cut the lead to 3-1. Beckman appears to be backing away in attempt to run the time off the clock. Beckman takes injury time. Beitz takes Beckman down and secures two nearfall to take a 5-3 lead. The third period ends with a 5-3 upset win for Zach Beitz of Juniata over defending PIAA runner up Mason Beckman of Reynolds.

Day 2 PIAA Championships

Day 2 of the PIAA Championships will resume this morning with the AA Quarterfinals starting at 8AM. The Quarterfinals will be followed immediately with the second round consolations at 9:45 AM. Following a short break, the AAA Wrestlers come into The Giant Center to wrestle their Quarterfinal bouts starting at 1:00 PM, with the second round consolations following, starting at 2:45. When the AAA second round consolations are finished, the AA wrestlers come back in and wrestle their Semi Final bouts as well as the third round consolations, starting at 6:30 PM with the fourth round of consolations ending tonight's program starting at 9:00 PM. Should be plenty of action-packed matches today. Stay tuned and follow the blog for more information as well as play by play of certain matchups that occur throughout the day.