Mifflin County’s Parker Kearns controls Central Mountain’s Braylen Corter at 152 pounds.

ALTOONA — Mifflin County had a record-setting day at the District 6 Class 3A Championships on Saturday at the Altoona Fieldhouse.

The Huskies brought a 12-man contingent into districts, and all 12 qualified for the Northwest Regional tournament this Friday and Saturday back in Altoona. The 12 qualifiers are a new school record, breaking last season’s previous record of 11.

“Looking at the brackets and the kids that were there, we realistically thought we could get all 12 through. We had to win some key matches and those went our way,” Mifflin County coach Kirby Martin said. “I’m very excited. For many of the kids, this will be their first trip to regionals and that experience is huge. We have to get them into those situations so they know what it’s like and why we prepare the way we do. Hopefully, they have some success.”

Hunter Johnson (121) and Deakon Schaeffer (160) won district titles to lead Mifflin County, which finished second in the team race with 189.5 points, four points behind Central Mountain.

“I’m very excited for them. Now they can get their names up on the wall in the room and that’s definitely a goal for our kids,” Martin said. “They wrestled great. I want them to continue to wrestle this way deep into the postseason.”

Johnson (17-2) had a bye in the semis before crushing Altoona’s Philip Sarbo by a 15-0 technical fall in the finals. The Husky senior captured his first district title in impressive fashion with two takedowns, a reversal, six nearfall points, an escape, and two stall points.

Schaeffer brought home his first district crown with a gritty 3-2 decision over Central Mountain’s Geno Serafini. The Husky junior, down 1-0 after two periods, escaped and scored the lone takedown of the match early in the third. Schaeffer (28-8) defeated Alijah Gibson of Johnstown by fall in the semifinals.

“I am happy. One of the biggest things I wanted was to have that banner up in the mat room, so going in there next year and looking at that will make me happy every day,” Schaeffer said. “In the finals, I wanted to get my snaps going and move him around more. I didn’t do that as well as I wanted to. He circled more than I expected. Honestly, he ran the whole match. Every time we wrestle, he does that. I wasn’t happy with 3-2, but I’m going to focus on being better next week.”

Coming up short in the finals were Styers Oden (114), Parker Kearns (152), Avery Aurand (172), Truitt Davis (215), and Peyton Kearns (285).

Oden fell to Hollidaysburg’s Carson Krupka by fall in 1:25. Parker Kearns lost a tough 3-1 decision to top-seeded Luke Sipes of Altoona. Aurand suffered a fall at the hands of State College’s Carter Weaverling. Davis came up short in a 7-3 loss to Central Mountain’s Giovanni Tarantella. Peyton Kearns ran into second-ranked Nick Pavlechko of State College and lost by fall in 1:05.

The Huskies went 5-for-5 in the third-place matches (the blood round).

Kamden Everly (127), Blake Aumiller (133), Lucas Sheetz (139), Jacob Cunningham (145), and Gavin Mickey (189) moved on to regionals by finishing third.

“That was what we were hoping for. All the kids in that round wrestled great. They went out and were aggressive. It didn’t look like we were holding back, which is good. We want kids to wrestle with an open style and score points,” Martin said.

Everly took out Carnell Noone of Central Mountain 4-0; Aumiller pinned Hollidaysburg’s Mason Schenck in 1:56; Sheetz majored Johnstown’s Jorge Morales 13-5, Cunningham decked Altoona’s Eli Wisor in 1:54, and Mickey came through with a 12-1 major decision over Evan Boose of Altoona.

“That’s awesome having the whole team going to regionals. That shows how hard we work. As one of the leaders on the team, you love to see it,” Schaeffer said. “We’re all going to be having fun at regionals, and hopefully, we all make it out.”

Mifflin County moves on to the Northwest Regional this Friday with first-round action at 4:30 p.m.

Class AA

Mount Union claimed two champions and advanced five into the Southwest Regional at the District 6, Class 2A tournament on Saturday.

Mason Beatty (107) and Josh Ryan (189) brought home district gold. Jacik Hess took second at 127, while A.J. Chilcote (121) and Deegan Rittenhouse (160) were sixth. Mount Union also had a seventh from Vance Hower (139) and an eighth from Kamden Beatty (114).

Juniata had one qualifier in Taylor Smith, who finished second at 139. Harrison Mummah placed seventh at 172.

Mason Beatty (33-7) eked out a tough 4-2 decision over Tyrone’s Korry Walls in the finals. The Trojan senior had a takedown in the first and an escape in the second and third periods for the win. He reached the finals with a 5-0 win over Jacob Sombronski of United.

In the finals, Ryan (34-8) made his second-period reversal standup in a 2-0 victory over Bald Eagle Area’s Cameron Dubbs. The Trojan sophomore rode out Dubbs in the third period. Ryan reached the finals with a 10-6 win over Bellefonte’s Addison Shawley.

Hess (29-10) lost a 13-1 major decision to top-seeded Coen Bainey of BEA in the finals. The Eagle senior, headed to American University to wrestle in college, dominated on top with nine nearfall points. The Trojan freshman reached the finals with a 7-6 win over Huntingdon’s Landon Dunsmore.

Chilcote dropped his fifth-place bout to Braydon Lisowski of Penns Valley 8-5, while Rittenhouse came up short for fifth with a 10-4 setback to Penns Valley’s David Martin.

The Indians had a horrendous start to their Saturday, going 1-7 in the fourth round of consolations. Smith (31-5) was the bright spot. The senior advanced to the finals with a 6-1 decision over Bellefonte’s Noah Weaver in the semis.

“The conversation we had with those guys after that round yesterday was, basically, you’re young, you made a lot of freshman or sophomore mistakes, and you still were within one match or two of making it to regionals,” Barrick said. “We’ll go back to the drawing board, fix those mistakes, and they’ll be a year or two older and more mature, ready to compete for a district title or a high district place finish instead of trying to eke in as the fifth or sixth-place guy.”

Smith fell short in the finals, losing 4-3 to Marion Center’s Liam Cornetto.

“He wrestled well the whole way through, even the Cornetto match. We had a couple of little mistakes that cost us in the end,” Juniata co-coach Adam Barrick said. “We were winning a good chunk of that match. He wrestled solid. He won his semifinal match against a kid he should have probably scored more points on. He wrestled a smart tournament overall. He’s a little banged up right now, and he didn’t do anything to make it worse.”

After a scoreless first, Cornetto chose bottom and escaped to make it 1-0. Smith scored a takedown before Cornetto got out again to make it 2-2 heading into the third. The Indian senior took down for period three and escaped to hold a slim 3-2 advantage. Cornetto scored the winning takedown with 1:19 left in regulation.

Smith is now 0-2 against the Stinger. Cornetto defeated Smith 5-3 in sudden victory at the Ultimate Warrior in January.

“We have to put six minutes together without those little mistakes (against Cornetto). We don’t have to make any big changes,” Barrick said. “We need to clean up some little mistakes in technique, and he’ll be okay. Taylor is confident. He’s disappointed not winning the district title, but the goal isn’t to win district or regional titles. The goal is hardware at Hershey. He’s on track to do that, and we’re going to keep plugging away.”

The Southwest Regional begins in two weeks, Friday, March 3, at the Altoona Fieldhouse. This marks the first time they will hold the regional in Altoona.

District 6 AAA Results

Team Standings

(1) Central Mountain 193.5, (2) Mifflin County 189.5, (3) State College 174.0, (4) Altoona 134.0, (5) Hollidaysburg 88.0, (6) Greater Johnstown 67.0

Championship Quarterfinals

107 –

Mason Sanderson (State College) pinned Nicolas Taranto (Greater Johnstown), 2:19

114 –

Nicholas Berrena (State College) pinned Jaggar Pardoe (Central Mountain), 2:36

127 –

Carnell Noone (Central Mountain) won by tech. fall over Ken Bair (Greater Johnstown), 17-2 3:03

139 –

Jorge Morales (Greater Johnstown) dec. Wyatt Young (Altoona), 15-8

Lucas Sheetz (Mifflin County) major dec. Jacob Brua (Hollidaysburg), 14-2

145 –

Eli Wisor (Altoona) dec. Ethan Bopper (Greater Johnstown), 5-0

152 –

Aiden Schenk (Hollidaysburg) pinned Bryce Gainey (Greater Johnstown), 2:48

160 –

Alijah Gibson (Greater Johnstown) pinned Rudi Skucek (State College), 1:44

215 –

Michael Riccio (Altoona) dec. Lucas Anderson (State College), 11-4

285 –

Wyatt Maines (Hollidaysburg) pinned Charles Yingling (Greater Johnstown), 2:19

Peyton Kearns (Mifflin County) pinned Calvin Troutman (Altoona), 0:41

Championship Semifinals

107 –

Braiden Weaver (Altoona) pinned Mason Sanderson (State College), 1:08

Collin Bauman (Central Mountain) pinned Logan Krupka (Hollidaysburg), 5:35

114 –

Carson Krupka (Hollidaysburg) pinned Nicholas Berrena (State College), 3:50

Styers Oden (Mifflin County) pinned Nick Irwin (Altoona), 1:26

121 –

Phillip Sarbo (Altoona) pinned Korrie Williams (Greater Johnstown), 2:20

127 –

Hayden Cunningham (State College) pinned Carnell Noone (Central Mountain), 0:41

Caleb Fasick (Altoona) pinned Kamden Everly (Mifflin County), 1:22

133 –

Luke Simcox (Central Mountain) pinned Mason Schenk (Hollidaysburg), 0:51

Jacob Campbell (State College) pinned Blake Aumiller (Mifflin County), 2:41

139 –

Pierson Manville (State College) pinned Jorge Morales (Greater Johnstown), 0:28

Dalton Perry (Central Mountain) pinned Lucas Sheetz (Mifflin County), 0:47

145 –

Asher Cunningham (State College) pinned Eli Wisor (Altoona), 0:10

Griffin Walizer (Central Mountain) major dec. Jacob Cunningham (Mifflin County), 16-5

152 –

Luke Sipes (Altoona) pinned Aiden Schenk (Hollidaysburg), 0:39

Parker Kearns (Mifflin County) major dec. Braylen Corter (Central Mountain), 9-1

160 –

Deakon Schaeffer (Mifflin County) pinned Alijah Gibson (Greater Johnstown), 3:06

Gino Serafini (Central Mountain) pinned Mitchell Baronner (Hollidaysburg), 3:24

172 –

Carter Weaverling (State College) pinned Matthew Riccio (Altoona), 0:46

Avery Aurand (Mifflin County) dec. Jacob Weaver (Central Mountain), 2-1 TB2

189 –

Rocco Serafini (Central Mountain) major dec. Gavin Mickey (Mifflin County), 9-0

Marquan Tisinger (Greater Johnstown) dec. Evan Boose (Altoona), 6-4 SV

215 –

Giovanni Tarentella (Central Mountain) dec. Michael Riccio (Altoona), 8-5

Truitt Davis (Mifflin County) pinned Rally Hoover (Hollidaysburg), 1:56

285 –

Nick Pavlechko (State College) pinned Wyatt Maines (Hollidaysburg), 0:23

Peyton Kearns (Mifflin County) dec. Brayden Blackwell (Central Mountain), 4-3 TB2

Consolation Semifinals

107 –

Logan Krupka (Hollidaysburg) pinned Nicolas Taranto (Greater Johnstown), 0:28

114 –

Jaggar Pardoe (Central Mountain) pinned Nick Irwin (Altoona), 1:52

127 –

Kamden Everly (Mifflin County) pinned Ken Bair (Greater Johnstown), 1:16

139 –

Lucas Sheetz (Mifflin County) pinned Wyatt Young (Altoona), 0:21

Jorge Morales (Greater Johnstown) dec. Jacob Brua (Hollidaysburg), 6-5

145 –

Jacob Cunningham (Mifflin County) pinned Ethan Bopper (Greater Johnstown), 2:36

152 –

Braylen Corter (Central Mountain) pinned Bryce Gainey (Greater Johnstown), 0:58

160 –

Mitchell Baronner (Hollidaysburg) pinned Rudi Skucek (State College), 2:47

215 –

Lucas Anderson (State College) pinned Rally Hoover (Hollidaysburg), 2:08

285 –

Brayden Blackwell (Central Mountain) pinned Charles Yingling (Greater Johnstown), 2:10

Wyatt Maines (Hollidaysburg) pinned Calvin Troutman (Altoona), 2:18

Fifth Place

139 –

Wyatt Young (Altoona) dec. Jacob Brua (Hollidaysburg), 8-5

285 –

Calvin Troutman (Altoona) pinned Charles Yingling (Greater Johnstown), 0:53

Third Place

107 –

Mason Sanderson (State College) dec. Logan Krupka (Hollidaysburg), 4-2

114 –

Nicholas Berrena (State College) dec. Jaggar Pardoe (Central Mountain), 5-2

127 –

Kamden Everly (Mifflin County) dec. Carnell Noone (Central Mountain), 4-0

133 –

Blake Aumiller (Mifflin County) pinned Mason Schenk (Hollidaysburg), 1:36

139 –

Lucas Sheetz (Mifflin County) major dec. Jorge Morales (Greater Johnstown), 13-5

145 –

Jacob Cunningham (Mifflin County) pinned Eli Wisor (Altoona), 1:54

152 –

Braylen Corter (Central Mountain) pinned Aiden Schenk (Hollidaysburg), 2:22

160 –

Mitchell Baronner (Hollidaysburg) pinned Alijah Gibson (Greater Johnstown), 4:11

172 –

Jacob Weaver (Central Mountain) major dec. Matthew Riccio (Altoona), 15-5

189 –

Gavin Mickey (Mifflin County) major dec. Evan Boose (Altoona), 12-1

215 –

Michael Riccio (Altoona) pinned Lucas Anderson (State College), 4:00

285 –

Brayden Blackwell (Central Mountain) pinned Wyatt Maines (Hollidaysburg), 4:19

Championship Finals

107 –

Braiden Weaver (Altoona) pinned Collin Bauman (Central Mountain), 0:41

114 –

Carson Krupka (Hollidaysburg) pinned Styers Oden (Mifflin County), 1:25

121 –

Hunter Johnson (Mifflin County) won by tech. fall over Phillip Sarbo (Altoona), 15-0 5:26

127 –

Hayden Cunningham (State College) pinned Caleb Fasick (Altoona), 0:44

133 –

Luke Simcox (Central Mountain) pinned Jacob Campbell (State College), 2:39

139 –

Pierson Manville (State College) dec. Dalton Perry (Central Mountain), 1-0

145 –

Asher Cunningham (State College) dec. Griffin Walizer (Central Mountain), 9-5

152 –

Luke Sipes (Altoona) dec. Parker Kearns (Mifflin County), 3-1

160 –

Deakon Schaeffer (Mifflin County) dec. Gino Serafini (Central Mountain), 3-2

172 –

Carter Weaverling (State College) pinned Avery Aurand (Mifflin County), 1:54

189 –

Rocco Serafini (Central Mountain) pinned Marquan Tisinger (Greater Johnstown), 1:34

215 –

Giovanni Tarentella (Central Mountain) dec. Truitt Davis (Mifflin County), 7-3

285 –

Nick Pavlechko (State College) pinned Peyton Kearns (Mifflin County), 1:05

District 6 AA

Team Standings

(1) Bald Eagle Area 201.5, (2) Huntingdon 158.0, (3) Penns Valley 143.0, (4) Bellefonte 130.0, (5) Tyrone 129.0, (6) Mount Union 125.0, (7) United 118.0, (8) Penn Cambria 95.0, (9) Philipsburg-Osceola 93.0, (10) Glendale 90.0, (11) Forest Hills 89.5, (12) Marion Center 89.0, (13) West Branch 80.0, (14) River Valley 68.0, (15) Southern Huntingdon 64.0, (16) Juniata 54.0, (17) Moshannon Valley 47.0, (18) Claysburg-Kimmel 36.0, (19) Central Cambria 35.0, (20) Central 28.5, (21) Bellwood-Antis 26.0, (22) Richland 22.0, (23) Westmont Hilltop 20.0, (24) Juniata Valley 19.0, (25) Cambria Heights 6.0

Championship Finals

107 –

Mason Beatty (Mount Union) dec. Korry Walls (Tyrone), 4-2

114 –

Landon Bainey (West Branch) dec. Josef Garshnick (United), 2-1

121 –

Lucas Fye (Bald Eagle Area) dec. Gideon Bracken (United), 5-4

127 –

Coen Bainey (Bald Eagle Area) major dec. Jacik Hess (Mount Union), 13-1

133 –

Hunter Forcellini (Forest Hills) dec. Colten Shunk (Penns Valley), 5-2

139 –

Liam Cornetto (Marion Center) dec. Taylor Smith (Juniata), 4-3

145 –

Trent Hoover (Penn Cambria) dec. Gage Heilbrun (Marion Center), 5-2

152 –

Ty Watson (Penns Valley) dec. Marcus Gable (Philipsburg-Osceola), 3-0

160 –

Zeke Dubler (Glendale) dec. Andrew McMonagle (Huntingdon), 4-3 TB2

172 –

Caleb Close (Bald Eagle Area) won by inj. default over Tommy Cohenour (Southern Huntingdon), 2-0 1:22

189 –

Josh Ryan (Mount Union) dec. Cameron Dubbs (Bald Eagle Area), 2-0

215 –

Mitchell Hart (Southern Huntingdon) dec. Mason Raymond (Penn Cambria), 4-2 SV

285 –

Gunner Singleton (Huntingdon) dec. Daniel Williams (Glendale), 2-0

Mount Union Day Two Results

Consolation Round 4

114 – Kamden Beatty major dec. Hunter Jones (Cambria Heights), 12-3

139 – Vance Hower pinned Kilian Johnson (Central Cambria), 3:33

160 – Deegan Rittenhouse dec. Matthew Rowles (Philipsburg-Osceola), 8-4

172 – Devin Brenneman (Huntingdon) pinned Jase Ripple, 3:43

285 – Lucas DeLoatch (Forest Hills) dec. Haiden Inch, 3-2

Championship Semifinals

107 – Mason Beatty dec. Jacob Sombronski (United), 5-0

121 – Lucas Fye (Bald Eagle Area) major dec. A.J. Chilcote, 12-2

127 – Jacik Hess dec. Landon Dunsmore (Huntingdon), 7-6

189 – Josh Ryan dec. Addison Shawley (Bellefonte), 10-6

Consolation Round 5

114 – Cameron Garcia (Bellefonte) dec. Kamden Beatty, 4-1

139 – Hunter Schnarrs (West Branch) dec. Vance Hower, 3-2

160 – Deegan Rittenhouse pinned Mark Lattieri (Claysburg-Kimmel), 2:14

Consolation Semifinals

121 – Ezra Swisher (Bellefonte) dec. A.J. Chilcote, 6-4 SV

160 – Austin McCloskey (Penn Cambria) dec. Deegan Rittenhouse, 2-0

Seventh Place

114 – Kayson Tice (Bald Eagle Area) dec. Kamden Beatty, 4-2

139 – Vance Hower pinned Eric Mykut (Huntingdon), 1:51

Fifth Place

121 – Brayden Lisowski (Penns Valley) dec. A.J. Chilcote, 8-5

160 – David Martin (Penns Valley) dec. Deegan Rittenhouse, 10-4

Championship Finals

107 – Mason Beatty dec. Korry Walls (Tyrone), 4-2

127 – Coen Bainey (Bald Eagle Area) major dec. Jacik Hess, 13-1

189 – Josh Ryan dec. Cameron Dubbs (Bald Eagle Area), 2-0

Juniata Day Two Results

Consolation Round 4

107 – Wyatt Long (Bellefonte) dec. Anthony Maradiaga, 7-5 SV

114 – Tyler Biesinger (Central) pinned Joey Bomberger, 1:52

121 – Logan Rumberger (Tyrone) pinned Colton Rowles, 0:39

127 – Brodie Soler (Claysburg-Kimmel) pinned Ryder Smith, 2:04

152 – Kaden Barnhart (River Valley) pinned Charlie Telfer, 0:33

172 – Harrison Mummah pinned Ethan Fetterolf (Penns Valley), 2:03

189 – Dylan Stephens (United) pinned Kelton Bonnell, 3:53

215 – Sawyer McGinnis (United) dec. Lane Peiper, 11-5

Championship Semifinals

139 – Taylor Smith dec. Noah Weaver (Bellefonte), 6-1

Consolation Round 5

172 – Devin Brenneman (Huntingdon) dec. Harrison Mummah, 7-4

Seventh Place

172 – Kory Marsalko (Forest Hills) dec. Harrison Mummah, 7-5

Championship Finals

139 – Liam Cornetto (Marion Center) dec. Taylor Smith, 4-3