Results of 25th annual Southmoreland Holiday Classic

Corry Area captures second straight team championship with Butler coming in second place

Sun Dec 29, 2024 - 9:45PM

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Corry Area finished with 200.5 points to capture the Southmoreland Holiday Classic Tournament team title for the second straight year.Corry Area finished with 200.5 points to capture the Southmoreland Holiday Classic Tournament team title for the second straight year.

Last Updated: Tue Dec 31, 2024 - 1:03AM

13 wrestlers took home gold in the 25th anniversary of the Southmoreland Holiday Classic Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Southmoreland High School.

Butler's Santino Sloboda and Baldwin's Ramil Islamov each captured their third Southmoreland titles. Sloboda pinned Fox Chapel's Landon Funk in 1:27 at 127 pounds while Islamov recorded a 10-0 Major Decision over United's Josef Garshnick in the 145 pound bout.

Cyrus Hurd of North East and Rowan Holmes from Somerset Area both claimed their second championships.

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Fort Cherry's Braedon Welsh was named Outstanding Wrestler. He pinned Nezumiiro Green of Pittsburgh Central Catholic at 1:19 of the first period to win at 189 pounds. In all, Welsh registered three pin falls and two technical falls during the tournament.

For the second straight year, Corry Area secured the team title totaling 200.5 points over the two-day tournament. Butler came in second place with 188.5 points followed by North East (179), Fox Chapel (178) and Indian Land S.C. (163) to round out the top five.

Southmoreland finished highest among Westmoreland County teams, placing 18th overall.

Championship Results

107: Nick Savannah (Butler) Dec. 5-2 over Kayden Braun (Freedom Area)

114: Victor Wagner (North Catholic) Dec. 4-3 over Alex Medlen (Bethlehem Center)

121: Rocky Kowle (North East) Fall 0:21 over Lucas Smith (Berlin Brothersvalley)

127: Santino Sloboda (Butler) Fall 1:27 over Landon Funk (Fox Chapel)

133: Cyrus Hurd (North East) Maj. Dec. 14-3 over Drake McClure (Bentworth)

139: Gideon Bracken (United) Tech. Fall 16-1 over Owen Campbell (Plum)

145: Ramil Islamov (Baldwin) Maj. Dec. 10-0 over Josef Garshnick (United)

152: Jonah Erdely (Frazier) Dec. 4-3 over Gavin Rush (Butler)

160: Jaelen Culp (Indian Land) Maj. Dec. 17-7 over Owen Ivcic (Bentworth)

172: Jackson Angelo (Frazier) Fall 5:50 over Mason Savitz (Corry Area)

189: Braedon Welsh (Fort Cherry) Fall 1:19 over Nezumiiro Green (Central Catholic)

215: Ronald Thompson (Central Catholic) Tech. Fall 19-3 over Zane Hagans (Somerset Area)

285: Rowan Holmes (Somerset Area) Fall 4:14 over Jonah McCoy (Westmont Hilltop)