Sunday was a busy day for the PIAA, with pairings for basketball and wrestling tournaments announced.
In boys basketball, in a first-round game of the boys Class 6A tourney, Chambersburg will face Butler on Saturday at 4:30 at Canon-McMillan H.S. in Canonsburg.
The Mid Penn champion Trojans (20-7) finished fourth in District 3 after a 53-51 overtime loss to Wilson on Thursday.
They will play Butler (20-5), which was the WPIAL (District 7) runner-up after losing 62-57 to Mt. Lebanon on Saturday night. The Golden Tornado are led by junior star Ethan Morton, a 6-foot-6 point guard who averages 28 points per game and has been offered Div. I scholarships by multiple high-level schools.
In Class 3A wrestling, seven Franklin County athletes will begin the PIAA Championships on Thursday. The preliminary round begins at 4 p.m., followed by the first round. Quarterfinals are at 2:15 Friday, semifinals at 9 a.m. Saturday and the finals are Saturday night.
Pairings are listed below.
PIAA Class 3A Wrestling Championships
Thursday’s Pairings
PRELIMINARY ROUND
113 — SC-3 Karl Shindledecker, Chambersburg (19-10) vs. SE-5 Keito Shaw, Upper Darby (38-9)
120 — SC-4 Jeffrey Russell, Shippensburg (32-9) vs. SW-3 Cole Homet, Waynesburg (41-7)
126 — SC-3 Cole Grove, Chambersburg (25-11), bye
138 — SC-2 Matt McCann, Waynesboro (30-10), bye
145 — SC-1 Tate Nichter, Chambersburg (31-4), bye
152 — SC-4 Seth Runshaw, Chambersburg (27-11) vs. SW-3 Coltin Jezioro, Peters Township (33-5)
170 — SC-2 Luke Nichter, Chambersburg (36-3), bye
FIRST ROUND
113 — Shindledecker-Shaw winner vs. SE-1 Maximino Mendez, Council Rock South (37-6)
120 — Russell-Homet winner vs. NE-1 Sean Pierson, Nazareth (36-3)
126 — Grove vs. SE-1 Braden Ricchini, Council Rock South (36-15)
138 — McCann vs. NE-2 Devon Britton, Northhampton (22-5)
145 — T.Nichter vs. winner of NE-4 Garrett Walsh, West Scranton (33-10) vs. NW-3 Dalton Woodrow, DuBois (32-4)
152 — Runshaw-Jezioro winner vs. NE-1 Cole Handlovic, Bethlehem Catholic (40-5)
170 — L.Nichter vs. NE-3 Angel Garcia, Mariana Barcetti (31-5)