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FI: Top PA Seniors

FI: Top PA Seniors

Oct 7, 2013 by Willie Saylor
FI: Top PA Seniors
Pennsylvania Top 50 Senior Prospects: Class of 2014

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Pennsylvania Top 50 Senior Prospects: Class of 2014
By: Corey Haddad, Flo Insider

1. Chance Marsteller: Kennard-Dale (170)
College: Oklahoma State
-Undefeated 3x 3A State Champion, 2012 FILA Cadet World Team

2. Thomas Haines: Solanco (285)
College: Ohio State
-3x 3A State Champion, 2011 Super 32 Challenge Champion

3. Solomon Chishko: Canon-McMillan (145)
College: Virginia Tech
-2013 3A State Champion, 2x State 3rd

4. Jason Nolf: Kittanning (138)
College: Penn State
-2x 2A State Champion in '11 & '13, FloNationals Runner-up

5. Joe Galasso: Father Judge (145)
College: Cornell University
-2013 3A State Champion

6. Garrett Peppelman: Central Dauphin (160)
College: University of Virginia
-2012 3A State Champion, 2013 State Runner-up

7. Ethan Lizak: Parkland (120)
College: Undecided
-2x 3A State Champion, 2011 State Runner-up

8. Zeke Moisey: Bethlehem Catholic (126)
College: West Virginia University
-2x 2A State Runner-up, 2012 FloNationals Champion

9. T.C. Warner: Cumberland Valley (152)
College: Old Dominion University
-2x 3A State Runner-up

10. Zack Zavatsky: Greater Latrobe (182)
College: Virginia Tech
-3A State 3rd, 2012 POWERade Champion

11. Tyler Smith: Franklin Regional (138)
College: Bucknell
-2013 3A State Champion, Junior Freestyle Nationals 8th

12. Zach Kelly: The Kiski School (152)
College: Bucknell
-2013 National Prep Runner-up, 2013 Junior Freestyle Nations 3rd

13. Tom Sleigh: DuBois (182)
College: Bucknell
-2013 3A State 3rd

14. Dalton Macri: Canon-McMillan (126)
College: Undecided
-2013 3A State Runner-up, 2012 Reno TOC Runner-up

15. Brock Zacherl: Brookville (145)
College: Clarion
-2x 2A State Placer, 2013 FloNationals 3rd

16. Tyrel White: Wyoming Seminary (170)
17. Michael Boykins: Coatesville (220)
18. Tristan Sponseller: Bermudian Springs (170)
19. Shane Kuhn: Kiski Area (285)
20. Ryan Preisch: Milton (152)
21. Scott Parker: Pennridge (120)
22. Ian Brown: Hanover (138)
23. Jake Scanlan: Wyoming Seminary (285)
24. Kyle Bova: Coudersport (152)
25. Jake Gromacki: Cathedral Prep (113)
26. Dom Forys: North Allegheny (120)
27. Nezar Haddad: Parkland (195)
28. Jesse Rodgers: North Allegheny (138)
29. Jovon Reyes: Dieruff (220)
30. Zach Valley: Northampton (132)
31. Evan Delong: Kane (160)
32. Sam Breese: Lakeview (285)
32. Tyree Spearman: McDowell (160)
34. Zach DeLuca: Central Catholic (285)
35. Austin Harry: Lake Lehman (132)
36. Stephen Loiseau: Lancaster Catholic (170)
37. Francesco Fabozzi: Central Bucks East (145)
38. Mikey Springer: Norristown (145)
39. Jose Ortiz: Bethlehem Catholic (182)
40. Bobby Fehr: Northampton (160)
41. Noah Wilps: Chartiers Valley (170)
42. Jeric Kasunic: Benton (160)
43. Nazar Mironenko: Mifflinburg (285)
44. Rodney Sunday: Dallastown (126)
45. Chase Zemenak: Nazareth (132)
46. Colby Ems: East Stroudsburg South (126)
47. Will Crisco: Wyoming Seminary (132)
48. Mason Bentzel: Spring Grove (145)
49. Cortlandt Schuyler: Manheim Twp. (132)
50. Chad Wickard: Big Spring (138)

Commentary: After two second-place finishes, everyone is sitting on pins and needles waiting for T.C. Warner to stand atop the podium as a state champion. No disrespect to Warner ,who is college-ready in all three positions, but there is breaking news just in! Chance Marsteller and Thomas Haines are looking to become the first wrestlers from the same class to win four state titles in the same year. They've gone unknown (kidding of course), so it is now time for a history lesson brought to you by Flo Insider about these two once-in-a-lifetime competitors.

Chance Marsteller is superhuman. Thomas Haines is long and strong without an ounce of fat on his body, and can ride legs for days. History lesson completed, if you have any questions immediately scroll to the top of your screen and hit the 'X' button to close this page.

What will be witnessed on Saturday evening, March 8th of 2014 at the Giant Center in Hershey is the celebrated careers of two of the finest high school athletes in any sport as they close out their scholastic story book with four gold medal's draped around their necks.

To say it went by too fast is the understatement of understatements. It seems like just yesterday, talk began about a "farm boy" from South Central York County beating college opponents as a middle schooler at the Nittany Lion Open. Five years later and now a full grown man, Chance Marsteller never backed down and went on to defeat SEVEN, count 'em, SEVEN, PA state champions during in and off-season matches. Those victim's were Garrett Peppelman, Cody Wiercioch, Brian Brill, Mike Ottinger, Nick Hodgkins, Nick Carr, and Travis Shaffer. All of those mentioned have or are committed to wrestle at the Division I level.

Relish every moment when given the opportunity to watch Chance this year because there is no high school opponent in this stratosphere who can hang with him for six minutes.

As for Haines, he set a record when he was the heaviest freshman state champion in PA history, winning at 215. He took less than a handful of loses during his ninth grade campaign and his only loses after that year came to his kryptonite that is Kyle Snyder, a Junior World Champion from Maryland who is forgoing high school competition as a senior to train and study at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. We forgive you, Thomas.

He will go down as the greatest upper-weight ever in Pennsylvania and upon graduation from Solanco, will become a Buckeye for The Ohio State University. And if you don't know, now you know, Chance Marsteller will be wrestling for John Smith at OK State after this season.

Starting at the Super 32 Challenege in Greensboro, NC in late October, it will be the beginning for Haines and Marsteller's final high school wrestling term and it will never be forgotten as their legacy's will live in posterity until Earth is swallowed by the sun.

Moving on, if it were not for the two superhero's named Chance and Thomas, these two star's would be the number one senior in 44 other states. That goes for you, Jason Nolf, and you, too, Solly Chishko.

Let's start with Nolf, a Penn State commit. He has only won two state titles and completely dominated the off-season circuit beating every big-name opponent while turning into a ferocious attacker on his feet. He only has one career loss in-season. To realize his upside at the next level, Cael Sanderson did pretty much everything within NCAA rules to make sure Nolf would be walking around University Park as a student-athlete in the Fall of 2014.

Then there is Solomon Chishko. Hard luck does not do justice for what he had to overcome after a gruesome injury that broke his elbow during the final of the Super 32 Challenege. He did not compete until the sectional tournament in the postseason and went onto dominate and win his first state championship. But the hard luck did not begin at Super 32 in October of 2012. How about as a freshman in the semifinal when Zach Horan of Nazareth held on for dear life to Chishko's leg not to let him escape, which would have tied the match to send it into overtime. The following year as a sophomore, Chishko was in one of the most daunting brackets ever at 138 pounds losing to another eventual champion in Steve Spearman from McDowell. But the 2013 state tournament was finally Chishko's time to bask in the glory and dominated through the 145 pound weight class with his patented double leg takedown. For all his turbulence, he accomplished the ultimate dream.

There could be a book written about the senior class from the Keystone State. Seven state champions return, two going for their fourth title, two going for their third (including unmentioned Ethan Lizak of Parkland), and three will be going for their second, which includes Garrett Peppelman from Central Dauphin.

This is why Pennsylvania is wrestling. It is the tradition, the depth of talent, and the passionate fans who let it be known that we are…the best! 





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