Brookville Wins Fifth Straight D9 AA Wrestling Title

| February 4, 2018

DuBOIS, Pa. (D9Sports) – The Brookville Raiders rolled to their fifth straight District 9 Class 2A team wrestling championship Saturday afternoon at DuBois Area High School.

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The Raiders, seeded first, beat Brockway, 51-18, for the championship.

Watch Brookville receive its medals.

The five in a row matches the five straight AA championships Ridgway won from 2007-11.

“I thought we put together two of our better dual meets today,” Raiders head coach Dave Klepfer said. “We know it was a big for Brockway to try and knock us off this year.

“It just goes back to our training and our work in the room. Some of the kids thought it was kind of easy, but I told them all their hard work leading up to today is what makes this possible.”

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Brookville has won six of the last seven titles and has nine overall.

Brookville’s first title was in 1999, the first year team champs were crowned, and it was also the year the Raiders won the state title. Brookville won states in 2016 and was fourth in 2017

The Raiders will face a familiar foe Thursday in the first round of states – Northern Lebanon, the third-place finisher from District 3. Northern Lebanon beat Brookville in the first round a year ago and it propelled them to a runner-up finish.

“We know it won’t be easy, but you can bet we will be ready for them,” Klepfer said.

Brookville reached the finals with a 60-10 win over Port Allegany.

In the finals, their 33-point win over the Rovers was the fourth straight by a lopsided margin. The Raiders have won the last four titles by a total of 178 points, an average margin of 44.5 points. The biggest win was a 67-6 mauling of Port Allegany in 2017.

For the Brockway Rovers, it was their first appearance in the finals since 2003 when it beat Brookville, 37-30, for its second D9 title.

Brockway reached the finals with a 40-36 win over Ridgway. The Elkers made it to the semifinals with a 37-26 win over Redbank Valley. Ridgway ended up placing third when it beat Port Allegany, 41-30, in the consolation final.
Port Allegany beat Johnsonburg, 34-29, in the quarterfinals.

The finals match opened at 170 pounds with Raider Braden Macbeth edging Eric Johnson, 5-3.

Garrett McClintick gave Brockway its only lead of the day when he pinned Elliot Park in 4:41 to make it 6-3.

But the Raiders then won the next four matches to take a 27-6 lead.

Xavier Molnar pinned Pierce Yahner in 1:31 at 195 pounds and Tyler Cook pinned Justin Smith in 40 seconds to make it 15-6.

The falls kept coming for the Raiders as 285-pounder Colby Whitehill decked Hayden Thompson in 2:16.

At 106, Brockway’s Tanner Morelli led Cayden Walter 5-1 before the Raider freshman rallied to take a 10-7 lead and score a late fall with just 12 seconds remaining for a 27-6 lead.

Brockway got back on the winning side when Dom Inzana scored a 4-3 win over Parker Fleming at 113.

The Rovers added another win at 120 when Anthony Glasl scored a 6-4 overtime win over Cabe Park to make it 27-12.

But the Raiders won the next five matches to take a 51-12 lead.

At 126, Kai Sorbin scored a 30-second fall, Wyatt Kulick also scored a pin at 132, Dontae Constable beat Tino Inzana, 5-2, at 138 and Jacob Cable beat Linkin Nichols, 3-0, at 145 to make it 45-12.

Brookville’s Caleb Hetrick claimed a forfeit win before Brockway’s Andrew Hickman ended the match with a first-period pin of Cole LaBenne.

DISTRICT 9 TEAM CHAMPIONS

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2018-Brookville
2017-Brookville
2016-Brookville
2015-Brookville
2014-Brookville
2013-Redbank Valley
2012-Brookville
2011-Ridgway
2010-Ridgway
2009-Ridgway
2008-Ridgway
2007-Ridgway
2006-Port Allegany
2005-Port Allegany
2004-Brookville
2003-Brockway
2002-Brockway
2001-Brookville
2000-Ridgway
1999-Brookville


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