EDINBORO, Pa. – The pre-seeds for the 38th annual Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) Championships have been announced.
The 2013 EWL Championships are set for Saturday (March 9) at Edinboro’s McComb Fieldhouse.
Seven of Lock Haven’s 10 athletes received pre-seeds, including Bobby Rehm (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor), who was tabbed the top-seed at 125.
Dan Neff (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) and Fred Garcia (Donora, Pa./Ringgold) are seeded No. 2 at 141 and 184, respectively.
No. 16 Pittsburgh seeks its third straight EWL title before moving on to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) next year. The Panthers will battle host and No. 17 Edinboro, along with No. 15 Bloomsburg, Clarion, Cleveland State, and Lock Haven for the team title.
The EWL Championships also serve as the league’s NCAA qualifier, with the EWL allotted 23 automatic spots for the 2013 NCAA Division I National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa on March 21-23. Additional wild-card spots will be announced by the NCAA on March 13.
The final seeds will be announced Friday evening. The 2103 EWL Championships will get underway on Saturday at 10 a.m., with the first session including the first round, semifinals and consolation semifinals. Session II will begin at 5:45 with the third and fifth place matches, followed by the Hall of Fame inductions, the Parade of Champions, and concluding with the finals.
2013 EWL Championship Pre-Seeds:
125 lbs. (1)
1. Bobby Rehm Lock Haven (23-8)
2. Tyler Fraley, Clarion (14-10)
3. Ben Willeford, Cleveland State (20-16)
4. Kory Mines, Edinboro (14-17)
5. Sean Boylan, Bloomsburg (18-16)
133 lbs. (3)
1. A.J. Schopp, Edinboro (27-3)
2. Nick Wilcox, Bloomsburg (23-6)
3. Shelton Mack, Pittsburgh (15-8)
4. Cody Wheeler, Lock Haven (8-9)
141 lbs. (2)
1. Mitchell Port, Edinboro (28-3)
2. Dan Neff, Lock Haven (24-8)
3. Nick Flannery, Cleveland State (13-10)
4. Matt Rappo, Bloomsburg (17-14)
Sam Sherlock, Clarion (11-10)
149 lbs. (3)
1. Dave Habat, Edinboro (25-7)
2. Josh Roosa, Bloomsburg (20-4)
3. Ronnie Garbinsky, Pittsburgh (16-9)
4. Tyler Bedelyon, Clarion (18-12)
5. Mac Maldarelli, Lock Haven (16-11)
157 lbs. (3)
1. James Fleming, Clarion (29-2)
2. Frank Hickman, Bloomsburg (24-4)
3. Donnie Tasser, Pittsburgh (24-13)
4. Michael DePalma, Edinboro (20-10)
5. Jake Kemerer, Lock Haven (17-10)
165 lbs. (3)
1. Josh Veltre, Bloomsburg (29-5)
2. Tyler Wilps, Pittsburgh (19-6)
3. Johnny Greisheimer, Edinboro (16-12)
4. Corey Carlo, Cleveland State (14-17)
174 lbs. (1)
1. Nick Bonaccorsi, Pittsburgh (14-7)
2. Ryan Darch, Clarion (9-15)
3. Chris Smith, Bloomsburg (16-14)
4. Patrick Jenings, Edinboro (12-22)
184 lbs. (2)
1. Max Thomusseit, Pittsburgh (13-4)
2. Fred Garcia, Lock Haven (24-9)
3. Vince Pickett, Edinboro (20-14)
4. Steven Cressley, Clarion (9-18)
197 lbs. (2)
1. Matt Wilps, Pittsburgh (18-2)
2. Richard Perry, Bloomsburg (27-3)
3. Justin Ortega, Clarion (18-11)
Hwt. (3)
1. Zac Thomusseit, Pittsburgh (22-2)
2. Justin Grant, Bloomsburg (23-4)
3. Ernest James, Edinboro (21-10)
4. Harry Turner, Lock Haven (22-11)
5. Riley Shaw, Cleveland State (17-15)
BOLD: returning 2012 EWL champion
() NCAA-allotted qualifiers for EWL (23 in all)
