Crumpler, Catrabone Top Seeds for NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships; Official Brackets Released
Two WNY wrestlers have earned the top seed in their respective weight class brackets for next week’s NYS federation wrestling championships in Albany, Friday, 2/24 – Saturday, 2/25.
Niagara Falls senior Jaden Crumpler is the top seed in the large school 126-pound weight class. Crumpler is a returning NYS tournament finalist and was 3rd at Eastern States in January.
Williamsville North junior Cam Catrabone has earned the top seed in the large school 145-pound bracket. Catrabone is a two-time returning NYS place winner and an Eastern States champion this season.
Other WNY area top-4 seeds in the large school tournament are Niagara Falls junior Amarfio Reynolds, Jr (2-seed, 126-pounds) and Niagara Wheatfield junior Te’Shaun Mathews (4-seed, 138)
Reynolds, Jr is a returning 7th place winner in NYS and a 6th place winner at Eastern States this year. Mathews is a returning NYS tournament qualifier.
Newfane sophomore Aidan Gillings is the highest seeded Section VI small school representative wrestler for the state tournament opening as the 2-seed in the 132-pound bracket. Gillings is a two-time returning state tournament place winner and a 3rd place winner at Eastern States this season.
Only two other Section VI Division II wrestlers have earned top-4 seeds for the state tournament.
Newfane junior JJ Lucinksi enters as the 3-seed at 102-pounds. Iroqouis junior Trevor opens as the 4-seed in the 215-poound bracket. Barry is a returning 5th place winner in NYS last season.
Official brackets can be found here via the NYSPHSAA website:
https://nysphsaa.org/documents/2023/2/19//NYS_Final_2.pdf
**WNY wrestler Division I seeds**
102: Cullen Edwards (Frontier) – 9-seed
102: Trevor DellaPenta (Hamburg/Eden) – 16-seed
110: Eian Peterson (Niagara Falls) – 11-seed
110: Evan Azbell (Niagara Wheatfield) – 21-seed
110: Austin Zimmerman (St. Joe’s) – 7-seed
118: Kenny Schmitz (Hamburg/Eden) – 9-seed
118: Bryce DellaPenta (Hamburg/Eden) – 20-seed
**126: Jaden Crumpler (Niagara Falls) – 1-seed**
126: Amarfio Reynolds, Jr (Niagara Falls) – 2-seed
126: Nik Massaro (St. Joe’s) – 10-seed
132: Tremell Mathews (Niagara Wheatfield) – 12-seed
132: AJ Didas (Clarence) – 13-seed
138: Te’Shaun Mathews (Niagara Wheatfield) – 4-seed
138: Chase Richards (Niagara Wheatfield) – 21-seed
**145: Cam Catrabone (Williamsville North/East) – 1-seed**
145: Garrett Chase (Niagara Wheatfield) – 21-seed
152: Dylan Gagnon (North Tonawanda) – 8-seed
152: Cam Millender (Sweet Home) – 5-seed
160: Mike Syposs (Niagara Falls) – 7-seed
160: Joe Cicco (Niagara Wheatfield) – 18-seed
172: Luke Smeader (Hamburg/Eden) – 5-seed
172: Mikey Schaefer (Lancaster) – 6-seed
189: Jack MacDonald (Orchard Park) – 6-seed
189: Evan Stencel (Lancaster) – 11-seed
215: Casey Robinson (Niagara Wheatfield) – 11-seed
215: Cam Hall (Niagara Falls) – 20-seed
285: Tommy Carlsen (Lancaster) – 5-seed
285: Bryce Hawes (Clarence) – 21-seed
**WNY wrestler Division II seeds**
102: JJ Lucinski (Newfane) – 3-seed
102: Dylan Newman (Falconer/Cassadaga Valley) – 19-seed
110: Kenji Walters (Southwestern) – 7-seed
110: Dominick Callara (Medina) – 8-seed
118: Carmine Calimeri (Southwestern) – 11-seed
118: Victor Cusatis (Wilson) – 21-seed
126: Jordan Joslyn (Chautauqua Lake) – 7-seed
126: Blake Hageman (Lake Shore) – 20-seed
132: Aidan Gillings (Newfane) – 2-seed
132: Ayden Buttery (Newfane) – 7-seed
138: Xander Kirsch (Pioneer) – 9-seed
138: Martin Ohlsson (Chautauqua Lake) – 11-seed
145: Austin Chase (Falconer/Cassadaga Valley) – 6-seed
145: Trent Burchanowski (Chautauqua Lake) – 12-seed
152: John Watson (Chautauqua Lake) – 7-seed
152: Alex Schiffhauer (Iroquois) – 20-seed
160: Jacob Stephenson (Wilson) – 7-seed
160: Brodie Little (Falconer/Cassadaga Valley) – 6-seed
172: Tavio Hoose (Southwestern) – 6-seed
172: Brady Heckathorn (Pioneer) – 13-seed
189: Matt Trim (Maple Grove) – 11-seed
189: Mason Maring (Chautauqua Lake) – 14-seed
215: Trevor Barry (Iroquois) – 4-seed
215: Ison Shirley (Chautauqua Lake) – 19-seed
285: Ryan Carpenter (Randolph) – 8-seed
285: Hamza Merrick (Wilson) – 7-seed