The final results of the 2025 calendar year are in the books — and Pennsylvania finished the year strong. Between the Beast of the East and Powerade, check out some of the biggest Pennsylvania high school storylines that capped off 2025. 

Bo Bassett and Melvin Miller Co-Outstanding Wrestler Award Winners At Beast

The Bishop McCort duo of Bo Bassett and Melvin Miller put on a clinic at the 2025 Beast of the East. Bassett picked up six technical falls, including a 15-0 win in the finals over #2 Charlie Desena of Lake Highland Prep in a Super 32 final rematch. Bassett outscored his opponents 117-20 on his way to the 150-pound title. 

Meanwhile, Miller — coming off a loss in the Ironman finals to Jayden James — was wrestling with a chip on his shoulder, and it showed. He opened his tournament with a fall, then picked up five technical falls in which he never made it past the second period for the 165-pound title. These incredible performances earned Bassett and Miller the Co-Outstanding Wrestler Award. For Bassett, it was his fourth Outstanding Wrestler award in the last two months after taking the honor at Super 32, Bill Farrell, and Ironman. 

Watch Bassett Dominate In The Beast Finals

Watch Miller Put On A Show In The Beast Finals

PIAA Beast Of The East Medalists

Pennsylvania once again left a major high school tournament with a ton of hardware. Top-ranked Landon Sidun picked up his second straight Beast title. Keanu Dillard and Dominic Sumpolec closed out their Beast of the East careers with their first titles. Bo Bassett and Melvin Miller bonused their way through the 150 and 165-pound fields and shared the Co-Outstanding Wrestler award. In total, PIAA competitors left with 24 individual medals, and four PIAA schools finished in the top 10 team scores, with Bishop McCort finishing fourth, Notre Dame-Green Pond fifth, Bethlehem Catholic seventh, and Nazareth 10th. 

106 pounds – Maximus Quarry, Notre Dame-Green Pond, runner-up 

106 pounds – Shaefer Hoffman, Downingtown West, third place

113 pounds – Cael Muller, Notre Dame-Green Pond, fifth place

113 pounds – David Dight, Thomas Edison, sixth place

120 pounds – Landon Sidun, Norwin, champion 

120 pounds – Dominick Morrison, Hatboro Horsham, fifth place

120 pounds – Sam Wolford, Northern Lebanon, sixth place

126 pounds – Carter Chunko, Saucon Valley, third place

126 pounds – Jack Cole, Bethlehem Catholic, fifth place

132 pounds – Wilmont Kai, Whitehall, third place

132 pounds – Kavin Muyleart, Cedar Cliff, fourth place

138 pounds – Keanu Dillard, Bethlehem Catholic, champion

138 pounds – Blake Boyer, Kennett, fifth place

138 pounds – Aiden Herndon, Cedar Cliff, sixth place

144 pounds – Jackson Butler, Bishop McCort, fourth place

150 pounds – Bo Bassett, Bishop McCort, champion

157 pounds – Cade Campbell, Nazareth, fourth place

165 pounds – Melvin Miller, Bishop McCort, champion

175 pounds – Brock Frable, Southern Lehigh, sixth place

190 pounds – Dominic Sumpolec, Notre Dame-Green Pond, champion

190 pounds – Brayden Zuercher, Nazareth, fifth place

215 pounds – Connor Smalley, Notre Dame-Green Pond, fifth place

285 pounds – Caleb Rodriguez, Bishop McCort, fifth place

285 pounds – Noah Knorp, Notre Dame-Green Pond, seventh place

Jax Forrest Wins Fourth Powerade Title, Announces Early Enrollment To Oklahoma State

After competing in just two duals since winning the U23 World Championships at 61 kg in October, #1 Jax Forrest made his much-anticipated return to the mat at Powerade last week. Coming into the tournament, Forrest and his Bishop McCort teammate Bo Bassett were looking to join the exclusive group of four-time Powerade champions, as only six wrestlers had ever accomplished this feat before. 

Unfortunately, Bassett was forced to withdraw from the tournament prior to the competition getting underway due to illness. Forrest bonused his way to the 139-pound finals, including a 9-1 major decision over #7 Dale Corbin in the semifinals. That set up the main event of the finals between #1 Forrest and #4 Karson Brown of St. Edward. 

In typical Forrest fashion, the match delivered, and despite Brown making an incredible push to make the comeback after going down 15-2, Forrest was able to close it out with a late takedown to become just the seventh four-time Powerade champion, with a 20-13 victory. 

Following the match, Forrest made his official announcement that he will be enrolling at Oklahoma State for the second semester and is still deciding whether he will be greyshirting and training with the Cowboy RTC this season or redshirting and training with the college team. Either way, this is certainly unprecedented in high school wrestling and Forrest will look to continue to do great things at the next level. 

Watch Forrest Win A Wild Powerade Final For His Fourth Title

Watch Forrest’s Interview After Powerade Making His Announcement To Oklahoma State Move

PIAA Medalists At Powerade

Pennsylvania had an outstanding showing at the 2025 Powerade, coming away with 43 medalists, six champions, and three teams closing out in the top 10 team standings with Bishop McCort finishing sixth, Bishop McDevitt eighth, and Notre Dame-Green Pond ninth. 

Kooper Deputy looked fantastic all weekend and won his first Powerade title to defend his #1 ranking. Chase Karenbauer won his second straight Powerade title at 114 pounds and defeated returning PIAA AA state champion Braiden Lotier to climb to #10 in the country at 113 pounds. #1 Landon Sidun won his third straight Powerade title dominantly and will look to join the four-timers next year. #13 Will Detar won his first Powerade title. #1 Jax Forrest became just the seventh four-time Powerade champion. Melvin Miller looked outstanding once again and defeated #4 Zeno Moore 16-4 in the finals for his second-straight Powerade title. 

107 pounds – Kooper Deputy, Chestnut Ridge, champion

107 pounds – Maximus Quarry, Notre Dame-Green Pond, runner-up

107 pounds – Arav Pandey, Trinity Camp Hill, third place

107 pounds – Branden Eisenhour, Montoursville, fourth place

107 pounds – Lee Dreshman, Canon-McMillan, sixth place

107 pounds – Bryce Thomas, Moon, eighth place

114 pounds – Chase Karenbauer, Grove City, champion

114 pounds – Braiden Lotier, Bishop McDevitt, runner-up

114 pounds – Camron Smith, Trinity Camp Hill, sixth place

114 pounds – Cael Muller, Notre Dame-Green Pond, seventh place

121 pounds – Landon Sidun, Norwin, champion

121 pounds – Mateo Gallegos, DuBois, third place

121 pounds – Brock Rothermel, Line Mountain, fourth place

121 pounds – Tommy Gretz, Connellsville, sixth place

127 pounds – Max Dinges, Penns Valley, runner-up

127 pounds – Dominic Deputy, Chestnut Ridge, third place

127 pounds – Zane Crouse, Bishop McDevitt, sixth place

127 pounds – Logan Stewart, Reynolds, seventh place

127 pounds – Nolan Rice, Connellsville, eighth place

133 pounds – Will Detar, Trinity Camp Hill, champion

133 pounds – Kavin Muyleart, Cedar Cliff, runner-up

133 pounds – Erik Carlile, Penns Valley, fourth place

133 pounds – Mason Whitney, Abington Heights, seventh place

139 pounds – Jax Forrest, Bishop McCort, champion

139 pounds – Camden Baum, Bishop McDevitt, fourth place

139 pounds – Aiden Herndon, Cedar Cliff, seventh place

139 pounds – Dalton Wenner, Cranberry, eighth place

145 pounds – Greyson Music, Bishop McDevitt, fourth place

145 pounds – Kai Vielma, Connellsville, seventh place

152 pounds – James Whitbred, State College, fourth place

152 pounds – Hudson Hohman, Grove City, fifth place

152 pounds – Michael Ruane, Franklin Regional, eighth place

160 pounds – Melvin Miller, Bishop McCort, champion

160 pounds – Nicky Negron, Bishop McDevitt, fifth place

160 pounds – Owen Ivcic, Bentworth, seventh place

172 pounds – Gage Wentzel, Montoursville, runner-up

172 pounds – Mason Horwat, Derry, fourth place

172 pounds – Liam Costa, Moon, eighth place

189 pounds – Dominic Sumpolec, Notre Dame-Green Pond, runner-up

189 pounds – Mario Hutcherson, Kiski Area, third place

189 pounds – Hunter Snyder, Greater Latrobe, fifth place

215 pounds – Cooper Roscosky, Kiski Area, seventh place

215 pounds – Luke Hockenberry, Bellefonte, eighth place

Pennsylvania High School Premium Rankings

Check out the Pennsylvania High School Wrestling Premium Rankings, which are generated by using an athlete’s complete match history to predict a wrestler’s performance against others in their weight class by considering factors such as win-loss records, the quality of their victories (pins, technical falls, major decisions), the strength of their opponents, and overall historical performance patterns. 

The data is updated every Monday, sourced from the Trackwrestling season results. Since each team is responsible for maintaining its season results, any data discrepancies for a wrestler should be addressed by contacting their coach to manage the information within the season. This includes the weight class assigned. Wrestlers are eligible to be ranked after competing in five matches at a single weight.