(MILLERSVILLE, PA): Edinboro captured four individual titles and edged Lock Haven by only seven points to win the team title at the 60th Annual PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) Wrestling championships Saturday night.
Hosted by Millersville University at Pucillo Gymnasium, Edinboro won the team title with 134.5 points, Lock Haven was second with 127.5 points, with Bloomsburg third at 98.5 points and Clarion fourth with 97.5 points. Rounding out the nine team field were fifth place Slippery Rock with 83.5 points, East Stroudsburg sixth with 67.5, Millersville seventh with 45, Shippensburg eighth with 31.5 and Kutztown ninth with 29.5.
Clarion heavyweight John Testa was voted the "Outstanding Wrestler" of this year's tournament. Testa defeated Lock Haven's Steve Itterly 8-4 in the finals to win his fourth PSAC title. He is only the 12th wrestler in PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) history to win four individual titles and the first to win four titles at heavyweight. (Other 11 PSAC champs listed below).
Winning individual titles for Edinboro were Jacob Gray (125), Matt R. King at 165, Alex Clemson at 184 and Dave Shunamon at 197.
Also winning individual PSAC titles were Clarion's Rad Martinez at 133, Lock Haven's Mike Maney at 141, Slippery Rock's Brad Cieleski at 149 and Bloomsburg teammates George Carter at 149 and Hunter Guenot at 174.
The team title for Edinboro is the seventh in school history and recently have won crowns in 2002, 2000, 1999 and 98. Lock Haven leads the PSAC with 19 team titles while Clarion and Bloomsburg have 13 each.
Clarion's Testa became the 103 PSAC Champion at Clarion. The previous 11 four-time PSAC champions in the 60-years of wrestling history include Steve D'Augustino (LH, 1947-50), Ralph Clark (LH, 1957-60), Gray Simons (LH, 1959-62), Fred Powell (LH, 1961-64), Bill Blacksmith (LH, 1963-66), Wade Schalles (Clarion, 1971-74), Bill Simpson (Clarion, 1971-74), Don Rohn (Clarion, 1973-76), Jim Beichner (Clarion, 1983-86) and Mike Rogers (LH, 1994-97)., Josh Koscheck (Edinboro, 1999-2002).
FINAL RESULTS - 60TH PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY
PUCILLO GYMNASIUM
JAN. 24-25, 2003
FINAL TEAM SCORES
1 EDINBORO 134.50
2 LOCK HAVEN 127.50
3 BLOOMSBURG 98.50
4 CLARION 97.50
5 SLIPPERY ROCK 83.50
6 EAST STROUDSBURG 67.50
7 MILLERSVILLE 45.00
8 SHIPPENSBURG 31.50
9 KUTZTOWN 29.50
FIRST PLACE MATCHES
125- Jacob Gray, EDINBORO dec. Adam Renner, SLIPPERY ROCK 9-2
133- Rad Martinez, CLARION dec. Shawn Bunch, EDINBORO 4-1
141- Mike Maney, LOCK HAVEN WBF Corey Ace, EDINBORO 6:59
149- Brad Cieleski, SLIPPERY ROCK dec. Brad Forbes, BLOOMSBURG 6-1
157- George Carter, BLOOMSBURG dec. Jeremy Reitz, CLARION 11-3
165- Matt King, EDINBORO dec. Jason Gilligan, LOCK HAVEN 7-2
174- Hunter Guenot, BLOOMSBURG dec. Nate Yetzer, EDINBORO 5-3
184- Alex Clemson, EDINBORO maj. dec. John Opfar, SLIPPERY ROCK 12-2
197- Dave Shunamon, EDINBORO dec. Morgan Horner, LOCK HAVEN 3-1ot
HWT- John Testa, CLARION VS Steve Itterly, LOCK HAVEN 8-4