The Tigers will be sending TWO wrestlers to the PIAA State Championships in Hershey, PA this week.  Both Dylan Nuttall and Dustin Stone qualified for the PIAA Championships by finishing in the top-five in their respective weight classes at the South East Regional Championships that took place on Friday-Saturday at Oxford Area High School.  Nuttall (120lbs) fell to Derek Gulotta of Owen J. Roberts by a score of 1-0 in the first round, then rallied with wins over Nik Zimmerman (Downingtown East) 5-0; Noah Hankin (West Chester East) 6-4; then guaranteed himself a top-4 finish with a 4-3 win over Micah Visuwan of Pennridge.  Nuttall fell to Matt Marino of Garnet Valley in the Consolation Final.  

Dustin Stone (145) opened up the weekend with a pin over Ian Larson of Unioville; then fell to Dominick Petrucelli of Owen J. Roberts by a score of 1-0.  Dustin came back strong on Friday, beating Tyler Lacosta (Kennet) 7-0 and Nick Beauchamp (Spring Ford) 1-0.  In the Consolation Semi-final, Stone fell to Chase Stephens of Coatesville 11-0.  In Stones final match of the evening, he was trailing Hunter Vogels of Bopyertown 4-0 before a late third-period rally where Stone put Vogles to his back and got the pin to earn his ticket to HERSHEY.  This is both Dyaln and Dustin's first year qualifying for the State Championship tournament - they are the first two Truman wrestlers to qualify since James Bak in 2009.  Nuttall and Stone's performances allowed Truman to finish 19th overall in the South East Region, represented by 60 schools.  

Nuttall enters the State tournament with a record of 35-5 (136-22 career); Stone enters with a record of 36-8 (98-24 career).  

Congratulations to both Dustin and Dylan on their great performances!

Wrestling will begin on Thursday and continue through Saturday evening at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA.  Medals will be awarded to the top-8 finishers in each weight class.

 As always, thank you for the continued support!!

http://www.pa-wrestling.com/hs/2015_piaa_state_qualifiers.htm

http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/high-school/wrestling-schwartz-shalinsky-earn-regional-crowns/article_268ecb54-6e59-5bab-b7a2-af0b3fb04bf4.html

http://live.pa-wrestling.com/pdfs/2015_PIAA_State_AAA_results.pdf?