2009 PSAC Wrestling Individual Champions
Story Courtesy of Edinboro Sports Information
Edinboro, Pa. – Edinboro captured the 67th Annual Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday at McComb Fieldhouse on the Edinboro campus. It marks the fifth straight PSAC title for head coach Tim Flynn’s squad, tying the PSAC record set by Lock Haven from 1940-42 and 1947-48. Edinboro has now won eight of the last nine and 11 of the last 13 championships.
The Fighting Scots finished with 142.5 points to edge Bloomsburg, which finished with 134.5 points. Clarion was third with 110.0 points, while Lock Haven grabbed fourth place with a total of 99.5 points. Ten teams competed in the championships.
Edinboro finished with a total of four champions, including a pair of three-time winners. Jarrod King and Pat Bradshaw became the 49th and 50th three-time champions at 165 and 184 lbs., respectively. King joins his brother Matt as a three-time champion.
Bloomsburg had three champions, including Nate Graham, who recorded his second straight title at 174 lbs.
Matt Moley of Bloomsburg was named the Outstanding Wrestler after wining all three of his bouts at 157 lbs. by fall. The two-time All-American pinned Jarrett Hostetter of Millersville in 2:10 in the finals. It was Moley’s first PSAC crown.
Edinboro ‘s Eric Morrill got the finals started with an 8-2 decision over Jason Guffey of Bloomsburg at 125 lbs., recording the matches’ only three takedowns. Cory Bowers of Gannon followed with a 4-3 decision over Clarion’s Jay Ivanco, the 125 lb. champion in 2008, in the 133 lb. title match. The two battled through two scoreless periods before Bowers posted a pair of third period takedowns to become Gannon’s first PSAC champion.
At 141 lbs., freshman Frank Hickman of Bloomsburg, the third seed, upset top-seeded Joel Webster of Edinboro by major decision, 10-2. Lock Haven’s Brock Parker, the biggest surprise of the tourney as a fifth seed, picked up a 3-1 decision in overtime over Josh Roosa of Bloomsburg, the third seed, at 149 lbs. That left Parker with wins over the first, third and fourth seeds.
Following Moley’s win at 157 lbs., King and Bloomsburg’s Ricky Schmelyun met for the second straight year in the 165 lb. championship bout. King prevailed 4-0, with a first period takedown, plus a point for stalling and riding time. King, the defending Division I national champion, won an extremely strong weight class that also included Mercyhurst’s Josh Shields, the defending Division II national champion.
Graham garnered his second straight 174 lb. title with a 5-2 decision over Shippensburg’s Chris Barrick. Bradshaw won his first two titles at 197 lbs., then moved down to 184 lbs. this year. In a wild match, he handed Shane Mallory of East Stroudsburg an 11-6 defeat thanks to a takedown and five total near-fall points.
The 197 lb. match featured a battle of top-seeded Shawn Fendone of Edinboro and Clarion freshman Alex Thomas, the second seed. Thomas need just two minutes to pin Fendone.
A year ago Chris Birchler lost the heavyweight title to Edinboro’s Joey Fendone while competing for East Stroudsburg. Now a Fighting Scot, Fendone was in Birchler’s corner as the senior won a 9-4 decision over Dan Craig of Lock Haven.
67th Annual Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships
Final Team Standings
1. Edinboro 142.5 points
2. Bloomsburg 134.5
3. Clarion 110.0
4. Lock Haven 99.5
5. Gannon 62.0
6. East Stroudsburg 49.5
7. Kutztown 48.0
8. Mercyhurst 47.5
9. Millersville 43.5
10. Shippensburg 40.0
Outstanding Wrestler: Matt Moley, Bloomsburg (157 lbs.)
Championship Matches
125 #1 Eric Morrill (Edinboro) dec. #3 Jason Guffey (Bloomsburg), 8-2
133 #1 Cory Bowers (Gannon) dec. #2 Jay Ivanco (Clarion), 4-3
141 #3 Frank Hickman (Bloomsburg) maj. dec. #1 Joel Webster (Edinboro), 10-2
149 #5 Brock Parker (Lock Haven) dec. #3 Josh Roosa (Bloomsburg), 3-1 ot
157 #1 Matt Moley (Bloomsburg) fall over Jarrett Hostetter (Millersville), 2:10
165 #1 Jarrod King (Edinboro) dec. #3 Ricky Schmelyun (Bloomsburg), 4-0
174 #1 Nate Graham (Bloomsburg) dec. #2 Chris Barrick (Shippensburg), 5-2
184 #1 Pat Bradshaw (Edinboro) dec. #3 Shane Mallory (East Stroudsburg), 11-6
197 #2 Alex Thomas (Clarion) fall over #1 Shawn Fendone (Edinboro), 2:00
Hwt. #1 Chris Birchler (Edinboro) dec. #3 Dan Craig (Lock Haven), 9-4
Third Place Matches
125 #4 Chris Sheetz (Kutztown) dec. #2 Nick Hyatt (Lock Haven), 7-5
133 #3 John Trumbetti (Lock Haven) dec. #4Austin Williams (Kutztown), 7-2
141 #4 Owen Wilkinson (Lock Haven) fall over Cameron Moran (Clarion), 2:46
149 #1 Torsten Gillespie (Edinboro) dec. #2 James Fleming (Clarion), 5-1
157 #2 Hadley Harrison (Clarion) dec. #3 Andy Lamancusa (Mercyhurst), 3-1
165 #2 Josh Shields (Mercyhurst) dec. Dave Zeek (Kutztown), 5-0
174 Aaron Ernest (Lock Haven) dec. Shane Smith (Millersville), 4-0
184 #4 Jeremie Cook (Lock Haven) dec. #2 Clint Podish (Clarion), 7-3
197 #4 Jacob Dabishinsky (Bloomsburg) fall over Chris Nocchi (Mercyhurst), 2:39
Hwt. #2 Frank McGrath (Gannon) dec. #4 Zac Walsh (Bloomsburg), 3-1
Fifth Place Matches
125 Ronald Hicks (Clarion) dec. John Fleming (Gannon), 1-0
133 Ashton Osterberg (Edinboro) fall over Andrew Arnold (East Stroudsburg), 6:59
141 Adam Hluschak (East Stroudsburg) med. forf. Nate Nauroth (Shippensburg)
149 Kevin McElhaney (Gannon) dec. #4 Jordan Shields (Mercyhurst), 6-4
157 #5 Zack McKendree (Gannon) dec. #4 Matt Laird (Edinboro) 11-8
165 David Sunderland (Shippensburg) med. forf. #5 Jeremy Brooks (Millersville)
174 #3 Joe Loffredo (Edinboro) dec. #5 Steve Cressley (Clarion), 11-4
184 #5 Derrick Coffey (Bloomsburg) maj. dec. Keith Dalheimer (Shippensburg), 15-2
197 #3 Scott Snyder (Kutztown) dec. Eddie Ebewo (East Stroudsburg), 2-1 sv
Hwt. Quintas McCorkle (Clarion) dec. #5 Nathan Sharp (Mercyhurst), 6-2