Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) set its seedings for the inaugural WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Girls’ Wrestling Individual Championships presented by Pennsylvania Laborers’ Union on Tuesday afternoon. The championship tournaments will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17 at North Allegheny High School.
A total of 185 student-athletes across 35 different schools are set to compete at the WPIAL Girls’ Wrestling Individual Championships. Representing schools include Beaver, Bentworth, Blackhawk, Brownsville, Burgettstown, Burrell, Butler, Canon-McMillan, Connellsville, Ellwood City, Fort Cherry, Fox Chapel, Greater Latrobe, Greensburg Salem, Hampton, Kiski Area, Knoch, Laurel, Montour, Moon, Mt. Lebanon, New Castle, North Allegheny, North Hills, Norwin, Peters Township, Pine-Richland, Plum, Ringgold, Seneca Valley, Southmoreland, Trinity, Upper St. Clair, Valley, and Woodland Hills.
The top five finishers in each of the 13 weight classes (100, 106, 112, 118, 124, 130, 136, 142, 148, 155, 170, 190, 235) will move on to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) West Regional Championships, which will be held on Saturday, March 2 at Canon-McMillan High School. If PIAA District VIII can not fill a weight class with a wrestler, then the WPIAL’s sixth-place finisher in that weight class will qualify for the PIAA West Regional.
100 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 14
Top Four Seeds: #1 Valarie Solorio (12), Canon-McMillan; #2 Sophia Beanner (9), Mt. Lebanon; #3 Miranda Lajevic (11), Knoch; #4 Nila Bland (12), Trinity
106 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 10
Top Four Seeds: #1 Capri Chambers (12), Canon-McMillan; #2 Zainaya Jones (9), Valley; #3 Sara Breeger (9), Seneca Valley; #4 Jordan Gonzales (9), Trinity
112 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 15
Top Four Seeds: #1 McKenzie O’Neil (11), Woodland Hills; #2 Brin Zehmisch (9), Butler; #3 Malia Ramos (9), Canon-McMillan; #4 Ella Campbell (9), Burrell
118 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 16
Top Four Seeds: #1 Ana Malovich (12), Butler; #2 Trinity Moore (10), Connellsville; #3 Yunuen Ayala (9), Canon-McMillan; #4 Izzy Leighty (12), Seneca Valley
124 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 19
Top Four Seeds: #1 Saphia Davis (10), Plum; #2 Paige Jox (10), Mt. Lebanon; #3 Bailey Emery (11), Canon-McMillan; #4 Alexis Brua (12), Laurel
130 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 22
Top Four Seeds: #1 Haley Smarsh (9), Moon; #2 Maddee Fischer (11), Seneca Valley; #3 Asia Fowler (12), Woodland Hills; #4 Leilani Ramos (12), Canon-McMillan
136 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 18
Top Four Seeds: #1 Ava Golding (10), Kiski Area; #2 Janayah Nobles (11), Connellsville; #3 Abigail Dolanch (9), Fort Cherry; #4 Alexia Ashby (10), Trinity
142 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 13
Top Four Seeds: #1 Josephine Dollman (10), Norwin; #2 Grace O’Korn (12), Peters Township, #3 Anastasia Manchester (9), Butler; #4 Audrey Morrison (12), North Allegheny
148 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 14
Top Four Seeds: #1 Elaina Ashby (10), Trinity; #2 Paige Ward (11), Canon-McMIllan; #3 Meryn Zangaro (12), Greater Latrobe; #4 Contessa Cotelesse (9), Laurel
155 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 15
Top Four Seeds: #1 Leyna Rumpler (12), North Allegheny; #2 Imani Cameron-Botti (11), Connellsville; #3 Dynisty Williams (12), Canon-McMillan; #4 Linda Maxwell (11), Greater Latrobe
170 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 10
Top Four Seeds: #1 Audrey Calgaro (10), Canon-McMillan; #2 Arianna Bernard (11), Valley; #3 Octavia Walker (9), Norwin; #4 Olivia Shultz (9), Connellsville
190 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 10
Top Four Seeds: #1 Natalie Rush (11), Canon-McMillan; #2 Kaylee Dean (11), North Allegheny; #3 Liliana Giulianelli (9), Peters Township; #4 Abigail Hewitt (11), Norwin
235 LB. WEIGHT CLASS
Qualifiers: 9
Top Four Seeds: #1 Alaina Claassen (10), Plum; #2 Isabella Stewart (11), Burrell; #3 Zoey Murphy (10), Southmoreland; #4 Isabella Spotti (12), Fort Cherry
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