Westmoreland County high school wrestling match recaps from Wednesday December 20th, 2023:

Fox Chapel 30 Kiski Area 26

It all came down to the final bout at 139 pounds as Fox Chapel's Youssef Abdelsalam topped Kiski Area's Tyler Bollinger by a 10-5 decision to give the Foxes a 30-26 win in Section 1-3A action. The Cavaliers trailed 27-20 but John Deluca and Jackson Pollick earned decisions at 127 and 133 pounds respectively to put Kiski Area with one point before the final match. Riley Shearer, Evan Artman and Abrahm Taylor registered pins for the Cavaliers (4-8, 0-2). Aidan Ortz, Landon Funk and Michael Worsen came up with falls for the Foxes (7-1, 2-0).

Franklin Regional 54 West Mifflin 17

Franklin Regional remained undefeated securing a 54-17 Section 3-3A victory at West Mifflin. The Titans had to forfeit six of the bouts while Cohen Buccicone (139) and Luke Ankney (145) claimed falls in the match for the Panthers (11-0, 1-0).

Hempfield Area 41 Gateway 24

Hempfield Area (1-2, 1-0) received pins from Ty King (127), Dom Woods (133), Dylan Gootz (139), Eli Carr (152), Pierce Turner (160) and Nicholas Marquis (172) in the Spartans Section 4-3A victory against Gateway (2-5, 0-1).

Norwin 48 Thomas Jefferson 21

Norwin (8-3, 1-0) secured falls from Jake Hall (114), Nathan Klingensmith (121), Landon Sidun (127), Gannon Conboy (133), Gage Mamie (139), Nathan Campbell (189) and Aiden Pham (215) in a Section 3-3A triumph against Thomas Jefferson (3-1, 0-1).

Ringgold 51 Penn-Trafford 21

Penn-Trafford gave up 18 points in forfeits and the point swing was costly as the Warriors fell to Ringgold 51-21 in a Section 3-3A match. Tasso Whipple and Sidney Hand claimed pins at 139 and 189 pounds respectively for Penn-Trafford (2-8, 0-1). Dylan Barrett won by technical fall at 114 pounds.

Derry Area 39 Indiana 24 WATCH BROADCAST

Derry Area trailed 21-9 but stormed back to defeat Indiana 39-24 in a Section 6-2A battle. Anthony Mucci (114), Max Doperak (152) and Brady Brown (189) each won by fall for the Trojans (7-2, 3-0) while Nathan Barkley notched a key overtime victory at 172 pounds.

Burrell 63 Valley 0

Cam Baker (114), Carter Thomas (121), Cooper Hornack (127) and Julian Bertucci (133) all earned falls in Burrell's 66-0 win against Valley in Section 6-2A. The Bucs are now 2-0, 1-0 while Valley drops to 0-2, 0-1.

Southmoreland 49 Elizabeth Forward 28

Jake Govern (285) registered a pin for Southmoreland (5-3, 2-1) in a Section 2-2A win at Elizabeth Forward (0-3, 0-3).

Greensburg Salem 48 Riverview 6

The quartet of Robby Clark (139), Keegan Young (145), Gabriel Doppelheuer (160) and Ethan Miller (172) picked up pins as Greensburg Salem (2-6, 1-2) won a Section 6-2A contest at Riverview (0-3. 0-3).

Frazier 36 Belle Vernon 28