Todd Irwin’s District 6 Class 2A wrestling picks
107 POUNDS: Finalists: Ty Matthews, Central vs. Nolan Hewitt, Bellwood-Antis. Champion: Matthews. Comment: Matthews has beaten Hewitt a couple times this season. Tyrone’s Tanner Walk will likely wrestle Matthews before the finals.
114 POUNDS: Finalists: Gaige Sholly, Huntingdon vs. William Edwards, West Branch. Champion: Sholly. Comment: Sholly wins his first district title in his second finals appearance.
121 POUNDS: Finalists: Max Dinges, Penns Valley vs. Keegan Bassett, Bishop McCort. Champion: Bassett. Comment: Dinges, down to 121 for the first time, and Bassett could put on a show in the finals. P-O’s Caleb Hummel will get a shot at Bassett in semifinals.
127 POUNDS: Finalists: Conner Myers, Penns Valley vs. Owen Dluhos, Westmont Hilltop. Champion: Myers. Comment: Central’s Joel Morris could face Dluhos in the semifinals.
133 POUNDS: Finalists: Tanner Guenot, Bald Eagle Area vs. Erik Carlile, Penns Valley. Champion: Guenot. Comment: Returning tournament OW Guenot wins his third district title.
139 POUNDS: Finalists: Burke Niebauer, Central Cambria vs. Owen McMullen, Bishop McCort. Champion: McMullen. Comment: Niebauer has a lot of obstacles at this very deep weight class.
145 POUNDS: Finalists: Bo Bassett, Bishop McCort vs. Caden Judice, Bald Eagle Area. Champion: Bassett. Comment: Interesting that Judice dropped into Bassett’s weight. It’s another deep weight class.
152 POUNDS: Finalists: Dawson Lomison, Bald Eagle Area vs. Jackson Butler, Bishop McCort. Champion: Butler. Comment: Huntingdon’s Luke Mykut could get a shot at Lomison, up to 152 for the postseason, in the semifinals.
160 POUNDS: Finalists: Melvin Miller, Bishop McCort vs. Doug McKim, Huntingdon. Champion: Miller. Comment: Tyrone’s Mason VanAllman, down to 160 for the first time, and McKim should be interesting semifinal.
172 POUNDS: Finalists: Rocco Reifer, Moshannon Valley vs. Grady Clark, Huntingdon. Champion: Clark. Comment: Both wrestlers will have very tough semifinals in a deep weight class.
189 POUNDS: Finalists: Kyle Scott, Tyrone vs. C.J. Pensiero, Bishop McCort. Champion: Scott. Comment: Scott should breeze to the finals, where he might have a tough one against Pensiero, who he beat, 4-2, in last year’s semifinals.
215 POUNDS: Finalists: Landon Erdman, Huntingdon vs. Marquez Gordon, Bishop McCort. Champion: Erdman. Comment: Erdman and Gordon have split in two matchups this season.
285 POUNDS: Finalists: Caleb Rodriguez, Bishop McCort vs. Daniel Williams, Glendale. Champion: Rodriguez. Comment: Likely semifinal between Williams and Central’s Blair Miller will be a battle. Williams beat Miller in a tiebreaker, 2-1, in the Claysburg-Kimmel Duals.
OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: Tanner Guenot, Bald Eagle Area
TEAM CHAMPION: Bishop McCort. Comment: Huntingdon and Penns Valley will be battling for the runner-up spot.




