AAA Regional recap

Was it bad seeding or just parody that turned the PIAA Class AAA Southwest Regional Tournament at Norwin into a disaster for No. 1s? Only four of the top seeds won their weight class. The weakest was unquestionably 160, where No. 1 Mark brown of Albert Gallatin struggled against wrestlers with, respectively, 15-9 and 29-11 records in the first two rounds, was pinned in the semifinals and was eliminated one round later.

A similar fate was in store one weight later for North Allegheny's Rob Waltko. He never made it to the semifinals, beaten in the quarters by A.J. Brentzel of Penn Trafford and eliminated by Nate Murin of Trinity for third place.

In the Where Have I Seen Him Before category. James Fleming of West Mifflin won the 135-pound weight class, shutting out two of his last three opponents. Fleming wrestled in this season's Powerade Tournament for Greensburg Central Catholic. He was in the Lakeview School District last year.

They kept team points at the event and the two WPIAL team semifinalists – Canon-Mac and Penn-Trafford – finished 10th and 18th, respectively, over the weekend. Kiski won it with 38 points, 10 more than Greensburg Salem.