Johnston, Ryan in finals

Canon-McMillan hit the daily double for the PIAA Wrestling Championships Saturday morning.

Colin Johnston, a 112-pound sophomore, and Matt Ryan, a 152-pound junior, advanced to the Saturday night finals in their respective weight classes.

Johnston (47-1) got there with a 6-2 decision over Joe McCullough of Cathedral Prep. Johnston will take on Fred Rodgers (48-2) of Boyertown, a 4-2 winner over Tyler Sim of McGuffey in the other semifinals.

Ryan (46-7) won a hard-fought 4-3 decision over Justin Barrier of Big Spring and meets Ryan Goodman (40-1) of Greater Latrobe in the finals.

Grant Lowther of Trinity was beaten by Brian Polashuk of Spring Grove 7-4 in two overtimes. The match was tied 4-4 after one overtime and Polashuk caught Lowther on a roll-through for three backpoints with six seconds left.

Garrett Hunter of McGuffey dropped a 7-0 decision to Pat Flynn of Quakertown in the 189-pound quarterfinals and dropped to the wrestlebacks.

Sim, Hunter and Lowther can finish as high as third and as low as sixth.