FINAL BRACKET

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS


ERIE—Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney) captured his second PSAC title and was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler and Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) repeated as PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) champion to lead the Bloomsburg University wrestling team to a second place finish at the 2011 PSAC Championships held at Mercyhurst College in Erie.

The Huskies had 10 placewinners for the day led by Hickman and Dessino taking first place, while Sean Boylan (Seaville, NJ/St. Marks) and Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central) both finished second. Derek Shingara (Shamokin/Shamokin), Bryce Busler (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley) and Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) were third, while Kevin Hartnett (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell) was fourth with Sam Shirey (Beaver Springs/Midd-West) and Zac Walsh (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) grabbing fifth place.

As a team the second place finish for the Huskies was the seventh straight year the team has finished in second place.

Rankings by the Wrestling Report.com
 
125 pounds--Sean Boylan (Seaville, NJ/St. Marks) opened the day with a win by fall over Chris Davis of East Stroudsburg in just 42 seconds. In the semi-finals he downed Kory Mines of Edinboro by a 3-0 score before losing in the finals to top-seed Robert Rehm of Lock Haven, 5-3.
 
133 pounds--Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central) won his first match of the day by fall beating Kody Young of Mercyhurst in 2:56, then advanced to the championship match with his second win by fall, this time in 1:01 over Evan Yenolevich of Kutztown. In the title match Wilcox lost by technical fall to 7th-ranked Aaron Schopp of Edinboro 18-2 in 6:30.
 
141 pounds--Derek Shingara (Shamokin/Shamokin) was the third Bloomsburg wrestler to open his day with fall as he beat Damien Hooper of Lock Haven in 1:21. In the semi-finals he lost to Tyler Bedelyon of Clarion by a 10-3 score. In the consolation semi-finals Shingara beat Mitch Voelker of Kutztown, 11-5, then downed Adam Hluschak of East Stroudsburg, 10-4 to take third place.

149 pounds--#24 Bryce Busler (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley) started the tournament with a win over Andrew Ritchie of East Stroudsburg, 15-6. In the semi-finals Busler dropped a 7-4 decision to #23 Owen Wilkinson of Lock Haven, 7-4. In the consolation semi-finals Busler beat Ethan Swope of Gannon by major decision, 12-2, then in the consolation finals beat beat Ritchie for the second time, 13-5 to take third place.

157 pounds--12th-ranked Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney) opened the tournament with a pin over Ryan Martini of Mercyhurst in 1:45, then scored a win by technical fall over Keneth Stank of Shippensburg with a dominating 26-11 win in 6:50. In the championship match Hickman faced off against 5th-ranked James Fleming of Clarion. Hickman was able to score a 6-1 victory to earn the PSAC title. The win also avenged two losses Hickman had to Fleming a year ago, including a technical fall defeat in the EWL Championships. Hickman also won the PSAC title as a freshman.

165 pounds--Kevin Hartnett (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell) began the day winning by medical forfeit then scored a win by fall in the quarterfinals over Raymond Grudi of Shippensburg in 4:46. In the semi-finals Hartnett lost to Thad Frick of East Stroudsburg by a 6-4 score. In the consolation semi-finals Hartnett posted a 3-1 win over Ethan Saylor of Edinboro before losing to Seth Creasy of Lock Haven 10-0 in the consolation finals.

174 pounds--Defending PSAC champion Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) opened the tournament with a win by fall in 2:09 over Keith Stoerr of Gannon, then scored a win by fall in the semi-finals in 4:04 over Shane Smith of Millersville. In the finals Dessino battled with second seed Chris Hrunka of Edinboro. Dessino scored a late first period takedown of Hrunk to lead 2-0 after one period. In the second period Dessino got the only point of the period when he escaped to lead 3-0 going to the third period. In the third period Hrunka got his first point of the match working an escape with 1:15 to go in the match. Dessino, though wasted little time and immediately scored a takedown, then worked Hrunk to his back and scored the win by fall in 6:24.

184--Sam Shirey (Beaver Springs/Midd-West) scored a 10-5 win over Zachary Hunter of Lock Haven in the quarterfinals then lost to Steven Cressley of Clarion 10-4 in the semi's. In the consolation semi-finals Shirey lost to Zack Zelec of Gannon, 4-3, before coming back to beat Tyler Zittle of Shippensburg by fall in 3:12.

197--#24 Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) began the day with a win by fall in 5:28 over Joel Suter of Millersville. In the semi-finals Perry took on #19 Alex Thomas of Clarion with Thomas scoring a 7-2 win. In the consolation semi-finals Perry beat Vinny Campanile of Kutztown, 7-2. In the third place match Perry beat Eddie Ebewo of East Stroudsburg, 2-1.

285--Zac Walsh (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) owon by default in his first bout then lost a tough 3-0- decision to #22 Earnest James of Edinboro. In the consolation semi-finals Walsh lost to Fred Hale of Mercyhurst 10-4 before coming back to knock off Charles Godfrey of Millersville by fall in 2:24 in the fifth place bout.