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Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair and Chartiers Valley all finished in the Top 10 among 37 teams competing in the Allegheny County Championships.
The Blue Devils (160) led the way taking home the third-place trophy behind Thomas Jefferson (170.5) and North Allegheny (168). The Panthers placed fifth (138.5) while the Colts tied for eighth (119).
Lebo and USC crowned two champions_Mac and Luke Stout at 160 and 182; Quinn Murray and Jake Slinger at 220 and heavyweight.
{p dir=”ltr”}Luke captured his third title when he pinned Nick Whittington from Keystone Oaks in 2:45 of the final. En route to the championship, the junior also pinned three opponents within a 3-minute, 34-second time span.
Though only a freshman, Mac wrestled like a veteran. He opened with a fall in 99 seconds and a tech fall in 2:57 before he posted a 17-7 major decision against USC’s Grant Walnoha in the semifinals. He decisioned, 10-6, Patrick Cutchember for the title.
While Murray posted two pins and two decisions en route to his victory, Slinger recorded three falls before winning his division with a major decision, 8-0.
Other place winners for Lebo included: Jackson Gray (second, 145); Nathan Hoaglund (second, 285); Sean McKinney (sixth, 126) and Regis Wintermantel (seventh, 195).
Other place winners for USC included: Walnoha (third), Sean Martin and Harvey Rauch (both fourth) and Dan Kyle (eighth).
Zachary Macy was CV’s top finisher with runner-up honors at 138.
Other Colts to place included: Murat Zaynullaev (fourth at 170), Cody Trout (sixth at 132), CC Beatty (seventh at 126) and Josh Sarasnick (eighth at 195).
Top finishers SF, which placed 11th, included: Eli Brinsky, (second, 152), Quentin Franklin (fourth, 285), Michael DeD (fifth, 160), Dalton Hirt (eighth, 145) and Aaron Cardillo (eighth at 170).
Bethel Park had third-place finishers in Riley O’Mara and Luke Montgomery. Jake Dowell finished fifth and Parker Loera took sixth.