Burrell adds 4-time winner

Oswalt sweeps to crown at 138

Three wrestlers entered the WPIAL Class 2A tournament Saturday at Canon-McMillan High School with a chance to join the four-time champions club. Only one was successful.

Burrell’s Ian Oswalt became the 31st wrestler in the 86-year history of the WPIAL to win four titles with a 10-5 win against Ligonier Valley’s Ryan Harbert in the 138-pound final.

“It wasn’t my best WPIAL tournament performance, but I’m glad I came out on top,” said Oswalt who won his previous titles at 113, 120 and 132.

“We have a poster in our wrestling room with all the Burrellwrestlers who have won WPIAL titles. Now I can join Joe Makara and Jordan Shields as the schools only four-time champs.”

Derry’s Tyler Cymmerman and Freedom’s Trent Schultheis came up short in their attempts to become a four-time champs.

Cymmerman dropped a 5-2 decision to Blackhawk’s Kenny Duschek in the 145pound final. It was the second title for Duschek, who claimed his first title last season for Freedom. He is the first wrestler in Blackhawk history to win a WPIAL title.

“This title means more to me than the first,” Duschek said. “Knowing that he was a three-time champ gave me even more incentive. Us wrestlers always compete with each other.”

Schultheis had his hopes of becoming a fourtime champ dashed in the 189-pound semifinals. He dropped a 4-2 decision to Burgettstown’s Shane Kemper, but did earn a trip to next week’s Southwest Regional tournament with two wins in the consolation bracket, including a pin of Washington’s Mike Ewing in the third-place bout.

South Park’s Joey Fischer claimed his third title with a 12-3 domination of Burgettstown’s Joey Sentipal.

“It’s awesome to get No. 3,” said Fischer, who has his sights on a bigger prize. “It’s another steppingto my ultimate goal of winning a state title.”

Burrell’s A.J. Corrado won his second title with a third-period pin of Carlynton’s Oleg Melnyk at 160 pounds. “I wrestle every match with the same mentality, to score as many points as possible and dominate the match.”

Mount Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer and Laurel’s Mitch Miles were also repeat winners. Pitzer needed only 37 seconds to pin Knoch’s Eli Reese in the 215-pound title to win his second title in three years. Miles pinned Pitzer’s teammate, Ian Fasano, at 2:43 to win his second heavyweight title.

Four freshmen won titles: Burrell’s Cooper Hornack (at 106); Bentworth’s Chris Vargo (113); Mount Pleasant’s Jamison Poklembo (132) and Frazier’s Rune Lawrence (172).

The top three finishers in each weight class advance to the Southwest