Wyoming Seminary's Nic Bouzakis rides Dylan Ragusin of Montini Catholic at the Ironman (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com)Fifty-four schools from seven states will convene just south of Pittsburgh for the 2019 Powerade Wrestling Tournament at Canon-McMillan High School on Friday and Saturday. Annually one of the nation's best regular season tournaments, this year's field features three Fab 50 teams along with 36 nationally ranked wrestlers. This includes at least one ranked wrestler in every weight class, along with three or more ranked wrestlers in eight of the fourteen.
From a team perspective, the field is anchored by national No. 1 Wyoming Seminary (Pa.), which was champions of the Walsh Jesuit Ironman held at the beginning of this month. The Blue Knights have eight nationally ranked wrestlers, including three holding number one positions at the present time. The other teams in the Fab50 are No. 8 Malvern Prep (Pa.) and No. 42 Waynesburg (Pa.).
The tournament released its list of entrants and preliminary seeds, with the eight wrestlers in each weight class earning a seed by tournament management.
Below are the nationally ranked wrestlers, along with their seed position listed in parentheses.
106: (No. 1 seed) No. 9 Mac Church (Waynesburg, Pa.)
113: (No. 2 seed) No. 4 Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional, Pa.), (No. 1 seed) No. 6 Gary Steen (Reynolds, Pa.), (No. 3 seed) Brennen Cernus (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.)
120: (not seeded) No. 10 Dominic Chavez (Arlington Martin, Texas)
126: (No. 1 seed) No. 1 Nic Bouzakis (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), (not seeded) No. 20 Rocco Welsh (Waynesburg, Pa.)
132: (No. 2 seed) No. 5 Patrick Noonan (Stroudsburg, Pa.), (No. 3 seed) No. 9 Drew Munch (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), (No. 1 seed) No. 11 Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Seneca Valley, Pa.)
138: (No. 2 seed) No. 1 Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), (No. 1 seed) No. 2 Sam Hillegas (North Hills, Pa.), (No. 4 seed) No. 10 Wyatt Henson (Waynesburg, Pa.)
145: (No. 1 seed) No. 1 Lachlan McNeil (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.)
152: (No. 2 seed) No. 4 Dalton Harkins (Malvern Prep, Pa.), (No. 1 seed) No. 8 Ed Scott (DuBois, Pa.), (No. 4 seed) No. 9 Cameron Robinson (Council Rock North, Pa.), (No. 3 seed) No. 10 Brayden Roberts (Parkersburg South, W.Va.), (No. 5 seed) No. 20 Caleb Dowling (St. Joseph's Catholic, Pa.)
160: (Unseeded) No. 10 Gabe Arnold (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), (No. 2 seed) No. 11 John Martin Best (Parkersburg, W.Va.), (No. 1 seed) No. 13 Jack Blumer (Kiski Area, Pa.)
170: (No. 5 seed) No. 2 Leonard Pinto (Stroudsburg, Pa.), (No. 3 seed) No. 4 Trey Kibe (Mifflin County, Pa.), (No. 2 seed) No. 5 Tyler Stoltzfus (St. Joseph's Catholic, Pa.), (No. 1 seed) No. 6 Connor O'Neill (DePaul Catholic, N.J.), (No. 4 seed) No. 17 Shane Reitsma (Howell, N.J.), (No. 6 seed) No. 20 Jaden Bullock (Oscar Smith, Va.)
182: (No. 1 seed) No. 2 Gerrit Nijenhuis (Canon-McMillan, Pa.)
195: (No. 1 seed) No. 3 Luke Stout (Mt. Lebanon, Pa.), (No. 2 seed) No. 9 Nicholas Feldman (Malvern Prep, Pa.), (No. 3 seed) No. 19 Austin Walley (Ellwood City, Pa.)
220: (No. 1 seed) No. 1 Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.), (No. 2 seed) No. 10 Kolby Franklin (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), (No. 4 seed) No. 15 Dorian Crosby (Erie Cathedral Prep, Pa.)
285: (No. 1 seed) No. 17 Isaiah Vance (Hempfield Area, Pa.)
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