Three-for-all for Big Macs
Canon-McMillan had three state champions and won its third straight team title in the PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Championships Saturday night in Hershey.
Connor Schram (126), Solomon Chishko (145) and Cody Wiercioch (170) each won a gold medal and Dalton Macri (120) finished with a silver medal. The Big Macs tied for the school’s best showing. In 1950, Manuel Pihakis, Joe Solomon and Don Haney each won gold medals when it was called Canonsburg High School.
Schram won a 5-3 decision over Michael Kemerer of Franklin Regional in the 126-pound finals.
Chishko put on a dynamic performance in shutting out Chris Vassar of Cedar Cliff, 8-0, in the 145-pound final.
Connor Schram (126), Solomon Chishko (145) and Cody Wiercioch (170) each won a gold medal and Dalton Macri (120) finished with a silver medal. The Big Macs tied for the school’s best showing. In 1950, Manuel Pihakis, Joe Solomon and Don Haney each won gold medals when it was called Canonsburg High School.
Schram won a 5-3 decision over Michael Kemerer of Franklin Regional in the 126-pound finals.
Chishko put on a dynamic performance in shutting out Chris Vassar of Cedar Cliff, 8-0, in the 145-pound final.
Wiercioch followed
three bouts later by tearing through Joey Gartland of Penncrest 7-2 at 170
pounds for his third title.
Dalton Macri
won silver after losing in the 120-pound finals and Alex Campbell took eighth
at 220.
A.C. Headlee of Waynesburg finished fourth at 113 pounds.
posted by Joe Tuscano at
11:09 PM
6 Comments:
Joe, has Canon-Mac/Canonsburg passed Clearfield yet in total number of individual state champions?? I know they were close a couple years ago.
The three state titles makes it 39 for Canon-McMillan/Canonsburg, one behind Clearfield. However, the PIAA does not recognize that total. They have C-M and Canonsburg as separate schools. Canon-McMillan has 18 and Canonsburg 21.
Joe I think you're mistaken. I went back and checked and it now looks like they're TIED at 40. I pulled out my state program from 2001. In there,they show (thru the 2000 season)Clearfield with 37, CM with 13 and Canonsburg with 21. Since that, CM has 6 more champs (1 each in 2006, 2010 and 2012 and 3 this year) Clearfield has had only 3 (2004, 2005, and 2008. Please re-check and see if my math is correct!!!!
The state book has Canon-McMillan entering this tournament with 15, so that means they now have 18. Canonsburg is listed with 21. Thus, 39. They could be wrong. I'll try to check today or tomorrow.
Joe, here's the list of CM State Champs:
Peterson - 1967
O'Korn - 1972-73
Marino - 1974-75
Dellorso - 1983
Rothka - 1985-86
Benjamin - 1985
K. O'Daniel - 1994
Angle - 1995
Cridge - 1996
Mockler - 1998
Johnston - 2006
Schram - 2010 and 2013
Weircioch - 2012 and 2013
Chishko -2013
That's 19 for CM and 21 for Canonsburg making 40!!
BTW I'm the poster of this chain - Nick - CM class of '67!!
1 and 3 and 5
GEORGE H. CUSTER, JR.
2-Phil Ahwesh
4-Andy Puchany
6 and 7-Mal Podrasky
8-Elias George
9-Tony George
10 and 13-Don Haney
11 and 15 and 16
Manuel Pihakis
12-Joe Solomon
14-William Hulings
17-Robert Defelice
18-Vic Defelice
19-Eugene Smittle
20-Nick Dano
21-Arthur "Bucky" Maughn
22-Les Peterson
23 and 24-George O'Korn
25 and 26-Angelo Marino
27-Craig Dellorso
28 and 30-Ron Rothka
29-Rob Benjamin
31-Keilan O'Daniel
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