Chambersburg

Local teams have rough day at Trojan Wars on Friday

Chambersburg’s Gabe Nolan pins Daniel Randolph of Owen J. Roberts in 1:32 in the first round of the 9th annual MyHOUSE Trojan Wars tournament at CASHS Field House on Friday (photo by Ed Gotwals).

 

CHAMBERSBURG — After 7 hours of wrestling Friday, only one local wrestler still had a chance to win a first-place helmet at the 9th annual MyHOUSE Trojan Wars tournament.

Chambersburg senior Aiden Hight, seeded No. 2 at 215 pounds, won all three of his bouts by pin and advanced to Saturday morning’s semifinal round at CASHS Field House.

Two other Trojans, Ben Hoover at 107 and Zach Sherman at 121, and Shippensburg’s Eddie Alcantara at 152, were alive in the consolation rounds, still hoping to win a medal.

The tournament, hosted by the Chambersburg Wrestling Booster Club, drew 51 varsity teams, and 32 of those teams had at least one wrestler advance to the semifinals.

A pair of No. 1 seeds — Evan Zombro of Berkeley Springs (160) and Cole Bartram of Northern York (189) were scratched before the action began Friday morning. By the end of the day, three more top seeds had been knocked out, including Kyle Gibson of New Kent, Va. at 121, Anthony Lucchiani of Sherando, Va. at 139 and Danny Haubert of Palisades, who had taken Zombro’s place at No. 1.

A pair of No. 2 seeds were also eliminated from title contention.

Bald Eagle Area leads the field with four semifinalists and 129 points. General McLane (106) and Conwell Egan (105) are next, with a tie for fourth between Warrior Run and Parkersburg, W.Va. with 101.5. St. Christopher’s, Va. is the other school with four in the semifinals.

Chambersburg’s Gabe Nolan had an interesting day. After he won by pin, he upset No. 4 seed Sam Stamper of New Kent, 11-9. He lost in the Round of 16, then in his first consolation match, he won by disqualification when he was thrown to his head and injured.

For the Trojans, who fought back into a tie for 12th place, Hoover won twice to reach the quarterfinals, but was pinned. Sherman has a 4-1 record so far, with two pins and two 6-3 decisions.

Shippensburg’s Alcantara has a 3-1 record so far, and Abe Luffy (103) and John Gleason (172) each won three bouts before being eliminated.

Saturday’s semifinals will begin at 11 a.m., and the finals are slated to start at 6 p.m.