Blair Academy's Marc-Anthony McGowan is ranked No. 1 nationally at 106 pounds (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com)The 27th edition of the Beast of the East is Saturday and Sunday from the Bob Carpenter Center on the campus of the University of Delaware. Ranked annually as the second best in-season high school tournament in the country, this year's edition features 13 nationally ranked teams, including seven of the top 16 teams in this week's national rankings. The entered field includes seven wrestlers ranked either No. 1 (2) or No. 2 (5) in the country at their respective weight classes. Current national No. 2 Blair Academy (N.J.) is the favorite to win this tournament for the 24th time, even absent arguably their two best wrestlers: Trevor Mastrogiovanni (126) and Shayne Van Ness (132).
Other nationally ranked teams in the field: No. 6 Bergen Catholic (N.J.), No. 8 Lake Highland Prep (Fla.), No. 10 Malvern Prep (Pa.), No. 14 Brecksville (Ohio), No. 15 Elyria (Ohio), No. 16 Delbarton (N.J.), No. 31 Mount St. Joseph (Md.), No. 33 St. Joseph Montvale (N.J.), No. 35 Notre Dame-Green Pond (Pa.), No. 41 Nazareth (Pa.), No. 43 Waynesburg (Pa.), and No. 45 Bethlehem Catholic (Pa.)
Preliminary seeds, subject to check-in and weigh-in, were released for the tournament on Thursday night. Based on those preliminary seeds, the following wrestlers that are currently ranked are not in the tournament field: Shayne Van Ness (Blair Academy, N.J.), No. 1 at 132 pounds; Noah Castillo (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.), No. 11 at 152; Isaac Righter (Mount St. Joseph, Md.), No. 3 at 285. Van Ness and Righter also did not compete in the Ironman last week.
Since only some entrant information is available, the most consistent preview information is going to be to list the nationally ranked wrestlers and the respective preliminary seed position that they hold.
106:
1. No. 1 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Blair Academy, N.J.)
2. No. 6 Mac Church (Waynesburg, Pa.)
4. No. 19 Tyler Vazquez (Delbarton, N.J.)
113:
1. No. 2 Stevo Poulin (Shenendehowa, N.Y.)
2. No. 16 Erik Roggie (St. Christopher's, Va.)
3. No. 8 Brett Ungar (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.)
120:
1. Nick Kayal (Bergen Catholic, N.J.)
2. No. 2 Dean Peterson (St. John Vianney, N.J.)
3. No. 6 Cooper Flynn (McDonogh, Md.)
4. No. 12 Ryan Miller (Blair Academy, N.J.)
6. No. 8 Alex Almeyda (St. Joseph Montvale, N.J.)
126:
1. No. 4 Eddie Ventresca (Pope John XXIII, N.J.)
2. No. 1 Robert Howard (Bergen Catholic, N.J.)
3. No. 3 Ryan Crookham (Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pa.)
4. No. 16 Chris Barnabae (Mount St. Joseph's, Md.)
5. No. 7 Dylan Shawver (Elyria, Ohio)
6. No. 13 Nico Nardone (Delbarton, N.J.)
9. No. 15 Rocco Welsh (Waynesburg, Pa.)
132:
1. Joey Olivieri (Hanover Park, N.J.)
2. Matt Vulakh (Pope John II, Pa.)
3. No. 19 Dylan Cedeno (Bergen Catholic, N.J.)
138:
1. No. 6 (at 132) Anthony Clark (Delbarton, N.J.)
2. No. 8 Mick Burnett (Elyria, Ohio)
3. No. 7 Kenny Herrmann (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.)
4. No. 11 Wyatt Henson (Waynesburg, Pa.)
5. No. 14 (at 132) Chris Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.)
145:
1. No. 2 Victor Voinovich (Brecksville, Ohio)
2. Jackson Dean (Caesar Rodney, Del.)
3. No. 17 Jagger Condomiti (Northampton, Pa.)
4. No. 12 Manzona Bryant (Hudson WRA, Ohio)
5. No. 10 (at 138) Justin Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.)
6. No. 4 Bretli Reyna (South Dade, Fla.)
7. No. 20 Deshawn Farber (Nazareth, Pa.)
8. No. 8 Joseph Zargo (Bergen Catholic, N.J.)
152:
1. No. 4 Dalton Harkins (Malvern Prep, Pa.)
2. No. 2 Travis Mastrogiovanni (Blair Academy, N.J.)
160:
1. No. 7 Andrew Cerniglia (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.)
2. No. 6 Clayton Ulrey (Lower Dauphin, Pa.)
3. Matthew Arciuolo (Saucon Valley, Pa.)
4. No. 15 Luke Nichter (Chambersburg, Pa.)
7. No. 12 Dylan Fishback (Aurora, Ohio)
8. No. 19 Thomas Stewart (Blair Academy, N.J.)
170:
1. No. 8 Domonic Mata (Blair Academy, N.J.)
2. Connor O'Neill (DePaul Catholic, N.J.)
3. No. 17 (at 160) Dylan Reinert (Gettysburg, Pa.)
4. No. 16 (at 182) Angel Garcia (Mariana Bracetti Academy, Pa.)
6. No. 15 Jaden Bullock (Oscar Smith, Va.)
182:
1. No. 3 John Poznanski (Colonia, N.J.)
2. No. 7 Rylan Rogers (Blair Academy, N.J.)
3. No. 14 Jake Evans (Elyria, Ohio)
5. No. 15 (at 195) Sam Fisher (Fauquier, Va.)
195:
1. No. 12 Nicholas Feldman (Malvern Prep, Pa.)
2. No. 14 Ben Vanadia (Brecksville, Ohio)
3. No. 9 Peyton Craft (Blair Academy, N.J.)
220:
1. No. 4 Ethan Hatcher (Brecksville, Ohio)
2. P.J. Casale (Delbarton, N.J.)
3. No. 12 Noah Pettigrew (Blair Academy, N.J.)
5. No. 18 (at 195) Kyle Jacob (Paramus, N.J.)
285:
1. No. 2 Hunter Catka (Sun Valley, Pa.)
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