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107 POUNDS: Finalists: Dom Deputy, Chestnut Ridge vs. Tanner Guenot, Bald Eagle Area. Champion: Deputy. Comment: Deputy beat Guenot, 3-0, in the Laurel Highlands final. P-O's Caleb Hummel could face Deputy in the semifinals.
114 POUNDS: Finalists: Caden Judice, Bald Eagle Area vs. Easton Mull, Chestnut Ridge. Champion: Mull. Comment: Many ranked wrestlers at this weight. Mull will get tests against United's Jacob Sombronski and Derry Area's Anthony Mucci before the finals.
121 POUNDS: Finalists: Landon Bainey, West Branch vs. Lincoln Sledzianowski, Bishop McCort. Champion: Bainey. Comment: This one could be intense given what happened in the District 6 finals. Sledzianowski will face Northern Bedford's Wyatt Clouse before getting Central Valley's 32-0 Antonio Boni in the semis.
127 POUNDS: Finalists: Chris Vargo, Bentworth vs. Jax Forrest, Bishop McCort. Champion: Forrest. Comment: There 6 of the top 10 wrestlers in the state at this weight, but Forrest is clearly head and shoulders above them all.
133 POUNDS: Finalists: Jack Kazalas, Quaker Valley vs. Mason Gibson, Bishop McCort. Champion: Gibson. Comment: Central's Thaide Mickel could face Gibson in the quarterfinals.
139 POUNDS: Finalists: Cooper Hornack, Burrell vs. Bo Bassett, Bishop McCort. Champion: Bassett. Comment: Hornack is a returning state champion, but Bassett is a scoring machine. P-O's Marcus Gable could face Hornack in the semis.
145 POUNDS: Finalists: Mason Horwat, Derry Area vs. Jackson Butler, Bishop McCort. Champion: Butler. Comment: Either Everett's Reese Sherwood or Bellefonte's Noah Weaver will get a shot at Horwat, a freshman.
152 POUNDS: Finalists: Trent Hoover, Penn Cambria vs. Melvin Miller, Bishop McCort. Champion: Miller. Comment: Hoover could again tangle with Penns Valley's Ty Watson in the semifinals.
160 POUNDS: Finalists: Isaiah Pisano, Hopewell vs. Devon Magro, Bishop McCort. Champion: Magro. Comment: Cambria Heights' Marshall Eckenrode, who made a surprising first-day District 6 run, could get a shot at Pisano early.
172 POUNDS: Finalists: Elijah Brown, Belle Vernon vs. Owen McMullen, Bishop McCort. Champion: McMullen. Comment: I almost picked Tyrone's Kyle Scott to face McMullen again. Scott will likely face Brown in the semifinals.
189 POUNDS: Finalists: Caleb Close, Bald Eagle Area vs. Andrew McMonagle, Huntingdon/Williamsburg. Champion: McMonagle. Comment: McMonagle gains his revenge against his training partner after losing in the District 6 finals.
215 POUNDS: Finalists: Rune Lawrence, Frazier vs. Rowan Holmes, Somerset. Champion: Lawrence. Comment: This could be a close one. Three-time state champ and three-time regional champ Lawrence beat Holmes, 4-1, at the Thomas Tournament.
285 POUNDS: Finalists: Brenan Morgan, Central Valley vs. Braden Ewing, Tyrone. Champion: Morgan. Comment: Glendale's Daniel Williams will get shot at state runner-up Morgan in the semifinals.
OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: Rune Lawrence, Frazier
TEAM CHAMPION: Bishop McCort. Comment: A predicted seven champs should make this a runaway again.
-- Todd Irwin