RESULTS: First-ever PIAA girls Individual Wrestling State Championships underway
HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) – The PIAA sanctioned girls wrestling in May of 2023 and now the inaugural PIAA girls Individual Wrestling State Championships are finally here.
The historic event started today, March 7, at the Giant Center and will run until Sunday. This comes after the first District III girls wrestling tournament was held at Penn Manor High School last Saturday, March 2.
The girls from District III who won their class at districts and will be competing at the Giant Center are as follows:
100 — Jocelyn Fishel (Cumberland Valley)
106 — Isabelle Wilkes (Hamburg)
112 — Kylee Trostle (ELCO)
118 — Kallie Bower (Mechanicsburg)
124 — Eliana White-Vega (Cumberland Valley)
130 — Shannon Govern (Hamburg)
136 — Kayley Weidner (Schuylkill Valley)
142 — Olivia Tillman (Wyomissing)
148 — Charlotte Gilfoil (Central Dauphin)
155 — Kylie Monroe (Gettysburg)
170 — Veronica Guise (Cumberland Valley)
190 — Esmeralda Tellez (Reading)
235 — Kayla Henderson (South Western)
In total, 208 female wrestlers will be competing for a shot at the first-ever titles. 16 girls will go head to head in each of the 13 weight classes.
These girls have fought to stand on these mats at the Giant Center to represent their schools and the moment is finally here. In March 2020, J.P. McCaskey became the first high school in Pennsylvania to sponsor a girl’s team, with Pennsylvania becoming the 38th state to sanction girls’ wrestling. Before then, girls had to compete on boy’s teams.
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This Sunday, March 10, history will be made when the first PIAA girl’s Individual Wrestling State Champions are crowned.
The brackets for the matches can be found here: Girls PIAA Individual Wrestling State Championship brackets
The schedule for the matches can be found here: Girls PIAA Individual Wrestling State Championship schedule
RESULTS – quarterfinals, March 8
100 – Kristen Walzer (Montour) def. Jocelyn Fishel (Cumberland Valley) by decision 4-0.
106 – Isabelle Wilkes (Hamburg) def. Emily Sarr (Souderton) by fall 2-0. Wilkes will face Madilyn Enterline (Greenville) in the Semi-Finals tonight at 7 p.m.
112 – Lane Fordyce (bishop McCort) def. Kylee Trostle (Eastern Lebanon County) by fall.
118 – Anaiah Kolesar (Northeast Bradford) def. Kallie Bower (Mechanicsburg) by decision 5-1.
124 – Eliana White-Vega (Cumberland Valley) def. Hanna Rathbun (Athens) by fall. White-Vega will face Isabella DuVall (Phillipsburg-Osceola) in the Semi-Finals tonight at 7 p.m.
130 – Shannon Govern (Hamburg) def. Kayla Husti-Luca (Souderton) by decision 14-7. Govern will face Haley Smarsh (Moon) in the Semi-Finals tonight at 7 p.m.
136 – Kayley Weidner (Schuylkill Valley) def. Abigail Dolanch (Forst Cherry) by major decision 8-0. Weidner will face Jordyn Fouse (Bishop McCort) in the Semi-Finals tonight at 7 p.m.
(142 – Olivia Tillman of Wyomissing was defeated in the Round of 16 by fall by Samantha Monroe of Delaware Valley)
148 – Charlotte Gilfoil (Central Dauphin) def. Alahna Morris (Lake Lehman) by fall. Gilfoil will face Katie Brensinger (Northwestern Lehigh) in the Semi-Finals tonight at 7 p.m.
155 – Kylie Monroe (Gettysburg) def. Dynisty Williams(Canon-McMillan) by fall. Monroe will face Avry Ryhal (Hickory) in the Semi-Finals tonight at 7 p.m.
(170 – Veronica Guise of Cumberland Valley was defeated in the Round of 16 by decision 5-4 by Maya Krieger of Bensalem.)
190 – Esmeralda Tellez (Reading) def. Bryce Snyder (Palisades) by decision 2-1 TB2. Tellez will face Natalie Rush (Canon-McMillan) in the Semi-Finals tonight at 7 p.m.
235 – Kayla Henderson (South Western) def. Mylah Steinbuch (Bedford) by decision 3-2. Handerson will face Brenda Banks (Panther Valley) in the Semi-Finals tonight at 7 p.m.
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