Ho-hum first round

The first round of the WPIAL Class AAA Wrestling Tournament was about as exciting as we thought it would be. Actually, as exciting as we thought it wouldn't be.

Only one of the top four seeds in any weight class was knocked off. Waynesburg's Keith Higginbotham, a fourth seed at 215, was pinned by Alex Fleming of Fox Chapel in 1:47. I don't remember a round that went so according to plan. Either the WPIAL steering committee is seeding this tournament with uncanny success or there is a vast divide in the level of wrestling in each weight class.