KIMMY AND ABERCROMBIE
SNAG MEDALS IN HERSHEY

Last year five GM wrestlers made the trip to Hershey but unfortunately, they came back empty handed. This year, Clay Kimmy was the solo boys qualifier and he battled his way to a spot on the podium. After losing his first match right out of the gate, Clay buckled down and went to work. He put together a string of three consecutive wins, including an upset of 5th ranked, Josef Garshnick of United in the blood round. Kimmy finished in 8th place to became the 32nd state medalist in McLane wrestling history.

Clay suffered a loss to #7 Riley Vanderpool of Towanda in the opening round - but then he put together those three straight victories, including two major decisions and the pin over Garshnick in the do or die blood round. Garshnick took a 3-0 edge in that match and held that lead going into the 3rd period. Garshnick chose the bottom position. That turned out to be a mistake. Clay locked up a tight cradle, took him to his back and got the fall at 3:55.

Whisper Abercrombie (155 lbs.) made history herself when she wrestled her way to a 5th place finish in the girl's division to become General McLane's first female state medalist. Whisper won her first two bouts by fall to make the semifinals, which guaranteed her a top 6 finish. In the semifinal round she came out on the short end of an 8-1 decision at the hands of eventual 155 lbs. runnerup, Reagan Snider of Northern Bedford. In the consi semis, Whisper lost a close, 4-2 decision to Clearfield's #4 Makala Taylor, who she had beaten in the opening round. Bur she wrapped up the tournament with a big first period pin, her third of the tournament! Abercrombie, who's only a freshman, wrestled all five of her contests against juniors and seniors!

Senior, Ashley Campbell (106 lbs.) went 1-2, losing a close, 10-7 decision in the opening round. She bounced back with a pin over #9 Lilly Snook of Parkland, but saw her high school wrestling career end with a loss to #4 Alexis Pancoast of Mechanicsburg in the 2nd consolation round. Ella Clark (100 lbs.) also went 1-2. She lost her first round bout to #2, 100 lbs. runnerup, Makayla Smith of Northern Bedford. She pinned #22, Marion Center's Nina Twigg in the first consolation round, but then lost by fall to #6, 100 lbs. 4th placer, Claire Gobrecht to end her sophomore season.

Notes:

Clay Kimmy's 45 wins this season was just 3 short of the McLane record of 48, which has been held by Hadley Harrison for the past 19 years. Clay now has 110 career wins which ties him for 21st place with Hudson Harrison (2003). Kimmy needs 29 wins his senior year to break Ethan Laird's record of 138. While all the stats aren't in yet, Clay will probably hold the career escapes record as well. Kimmy also has the opportunity to become just the 6th three time state qualifier in GM history if he can return to Hershey next season. Clay holds another distinction as being a 30+ match winner in each of his first 3 years on varsity. He had 31 as a sophomore, 34 as a junior and 45 this season. To be honest, I am not sure if that's ever been done before. Neither Tim or Joe Wheeling, Hadley Harrison, Ethan Laird, Magnus Lloyd or Matt Leehan managed to accomplish that feat.

Whisper Abercrombie made history becoming the very first GM female wrestler to place at the state tournament. She is just a freshman who finished her first varsity season with a 31-12 record, including an amazing 26 pins! She was a District 10 and Western Regional runnerup and placed 5th at the PIAA Tournament. It will be exciting to see what she can accomplish over the next three years!

Ella Clark also appears to have some great accomplishments ahead of her too. As a freshman, Ella had just 7 wins against 11 losses but stepped it up this season with a 25-10 record, including 16 pins. She was 2nd at the District 10 Tournament, 4th at regionals and 1-2 at states.

Last but certainly not least, Ashley Campbell finished her high school wrestling career this past weekend. Ashley's career record was 57-28 with 40 pins, 2 technical falls and 2 major decisions. She is a 2 time district place winner (2nd and 2nd), 3 time regional place winner (4th, 2nd and 2nd) and 3 time state qualifier. She was 24-10 with 16 falls as a senior! Ashley started wrestling as a sophomore the year before girl's wrestling was sanctioned by the PIAA. At that time she had to practice with the boys. Ashley will always be known as a girl's wrestling pioneer. She was GM's first varsity female wrestler - her involvement and success undoubtedly encouraged and will continue to inspire many other girls to try the sport we all love!

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TEAM SCORES:
1. Faith Christian Academy (FCA) 232.5; 2. Bishop McCort (BMCT) 218.5; 3. Bishop McDevitt (BMD) 140.5; 4. Grove City (GRC) 62.0; 5. Chestnut Ridge (CNRG) 56.5; 6. Montoursville (MNTV) 55.0; 7. Bald Eagle Area (BEA) 52.0; 8. Warrior Run (WR) 50.0; 9. Northern Lebanon (NLB) 48.0; 10. Derry Area (DER) 44.5; 10. Saucon Valley (SAV) 44.5; 12. Berks Catholic (BRKC) 41.0; 13. Trinity (TRN) 37.0; 14. Erie Cathedral Prep (ECP) 36.0; 15. Port Allegany (PAL) 35.5; 16. Somerset (SMS) 35.0; 17. Towanda (TOW) 33.5; 18. Conwell-Egan (CEC) 33.0; 19. Montgomery (MTG) 29.5; 20. Muncy (MCY) 28.0; 21. Brookville (BRV) 27.0; 22. Mifflinburg (MFB) 23.5; 23. Central Valley (CEV) 22.0; 24. Central Clarion (CCLR) 21.5; 25. Hickory (HCK) 21.0; 26. Fort Cherry (FC) 20.0; 26. Laurel (LRL) 20.0; 26. Penns Valley (PNV) 20.0; 26. United (UNTD) 20.0; 30. Line Mountain (LM) 19.5; 31. Bermudian Springs (BES) 19.0; 32. Sullivan County (SCTY) 17.5; 32. Tyrone (TYR) 17.5; 34. Midd-West (MW) 17.0; 34. Reynolds (REY) 17.0; 36. Clearfield (CLF) 16.5; 36. Delone Catholic (DC) 16.5; 36. Mid Valley (MDVY) 16.5; 39. Tussey Mountain (TM) 16.0; 40. St. Mary’s (STM) 14.5; 41. Camp Hill (CPH) 14.0; 41. Corry Area (COR) 14.0; 41. Huntingdon (HTD) 14.0; 41. West Greene (WG) 14.0; 45. Elizabeth Forward (EF) 13.0; 45. Hamburg (HMB) 13.0; 45. Southern Columbia (SCL) 13.0; 48. Bradford (BRF) 12.5; 48. Schuylkill Valley (SCV) 12.5; 50. Bentworth (BNW) 12.0; 50. Carlynton (CRLT) 12.0; 50. Northwestern Lehigh (NWL) 12.0; 53. Hanover Area (HANA) 10.5; 54. McGuffey (MCG) 10.0; 55. Frazier (FRZ) 9.5; 56. Highlands (HL) 9.0; 57. General McLane (GML) 8.0; 57. Honesdale (HND) 8.0; 59. Berlin Brothersvalley (BBV) 7.5; 59. Lewisburg (LWB) 7.5; 61. Philipsburg-Osceola (PO) 7.0; 62. Beth-Center (BCTR) 6.0; 62. Burrell (BUR) 6.0; 62. North East (NE) 6.0; 62. Westmont Hilltop (WMH) 6.0; 66. Franklin (FRA) 5.0; 66. Littlestown (LTT) 5.0; 66. Moshannon Valley (MSV) 5.0; 66. Williamson (WLMS) 5.0; 70. Big Spring (BS) 4.0; 70. Brockway (BRWY) 4.0; 70. Fort LeBoeuf (FLB) 4.0; 70. Lancaster Catholic (LCC) 4.0; 70. Saegertown (SGT) 4.0; 70. Tulpehocken (TLP) 4.0; 76. Cochranton (CRT) 3.5; 76. Mahanoy (MAH) 3.5; 76. Richland (RCHL) 3.5; 76. Union City (UC) 3.5; 76. Wyalusing (WYA) 3.5; 81. Canton (CNT) 3.0; 81. Ellwood City (EC) 3.0; 81. Mount Union (MU) 3.0; 81. Quaker Valley (QKV) 3.0; 85. Burgettstown (BGT) 2.0; 85. Central Cambria (CCA) 2.0; 85. Commodore Perry (CP) 2.0; 85. Freedom Area (FRE) 2.0; 85. Hughesville (HSV) 2.0; 85. Lackawanna Trail (LWT) 2.0; 85. Marion Center (MAC) 2.0; 85. Northern Bedford (NOB) 2.0; 85. Palmerton (PLMT) 2.0; 85. Sharpsville (SHRP) 2.0; 85. Southmoreland (SML) 2.0; 96. Avonworth (AVW) 0.0; 96. Biglerville (BGV) 0.0; 96. Blue Ridge (BR) 0.0; 96. Brandywine Heights (BH) 0.0; 96. Cambria Heights (CAH) 0.0; 96. Conemaugh Township (CMTW) 0.0; 96. Everett (EV) 0.0; 96. Greenville (GRNV) 0.0; 96. Halifax (HLF) 0.0; 96. Lake Lehman (LL) 0.0; 96. Newport (NWPT) 0.0; 96. North Penn-Liberty (NPL) 0.0; 96. Ridgway (RGW) 0.0; 96. Troy (TRY) 0.0; 96. Washington (WSH) 0.0; 111. Upper Dauphin (UD) -1.0

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FINALS
107 Braiden Lotier, Bishop McDevitt, dec. Carter Chunko, Saucon Valley, 7-1
114 Freddy Bachmann, Faith Christian Academy, dec. Sam Wolford, Northern Lebanon, 4-3
121 Dominic Deputy, Chestnut Ridge, dec. Gauge Botero, Faith Christian Academy, 4-2
127 Joey Bachmann, Faith Christian Academy, dec. Antonio Boni, Central Valley, 7-0
133 Jax Forrest, Bishop McCort, dec. Aaron Seidel, Northern Lebanon, 7-1
139 Brandt Harer, Montgomery, dec. Camden Baum, Bishop McDevitt, 1-0
145 Bo Bassett, Bishop McCort, pinned Hudson Hohman, Grove City, 1:52
152 Devon Magro, Bishop McCort, maj. dec. Ryan Lawler, Bishop McDevitt, 10-0
160 Melvin Miller, Bishop McCort, maj. dec. Reagan Milheim, Warrior Run, 11-2
172 Nick Singer, Faith Christian Academy, maj. dec. Gage Wentzel, Montoursville, 12-3
189 Adam Waters, Faith Christian Academy, maj. dec. Caleb Close, Bald Eagle Area, 11-1
215 Austin Johnson, Muncy, dec. Lucas Lawler, Bishop McDevitt, 5-2
285 Rowan Holmes, Somerset, dec. Mark Effendian, Faith Christian Academy, 4-3.

CONSOLATION FINALS
107 Chase Karenbauer, Grove City, maj. dec. Keegan Bassett, Bishop McCort, 11-1
114 Max Dinges, Penns Valley, dec. Thomas Boyce, Conwell-Egan, 3-0 SV
121 William Detar, Trinity, pinned Elijah Scriven, Hickory, 1:44
127 Greyson Music, Bishop McDevitt, dec. Colton Wade, Sullivan County, 4-0
133 Keagan Oler, Erie Cathedral Prep, dec. Caden Judice, Bald Eagle Area, 11-8
139 Sam Herring, Bishop McCort, won by tech. fall over Noah Doi, Camp Hill, 15-0 2:17
145 Mason Wagner, Faith Christian Academy, dec. Matthew Smith, Midd-West, 5-3
152 Max Stein, Faith Christian Academy, dec. Mason Horwat, Derry Area, 1-0
160 Chase Hontz, Faith Christian Academy, maj. dec. Brandon Byrd, Erie Cathedral Prep, 9-0
172 Brady Collins, Clearfield, dec. Jayden O'Farrill, Bishop McCort, 7-2
189 Aiden Bliss, Port Allegany, dec. Kyle Scott, Tyrone, 11-5
215 Braedon Welsh, Fort Cherry, dec. Sawyer Robinson, Towanda, 7-3
285 Caleb Rodriguez, Bishop McCort, dec. Colin Whyte, West Greene, 4-3.

FIFTH PLACE
107 Dakota Santamaria, Tussey Mountain, dec. Camron Smith, Trinity, 5-4
114 Eli Herring, Bishop McCort, maj. dec. C.J. Caines, Hanover Area, 13-1
121 Brock Rothermel, Line Mountain, dec. Chase Homan, Hamburg, 7-0
127 David Kennedy, Montoursville, won by forfeit over Bradley Wagner, Mifflinburg
133 Gavin Green, Delone Catholic, dec. Brayden Hartranft, Berks Catholic, 7-1
139 Gideon Bracken, United, won by tech. fall over Gunnar Maciejewski, Berks Catholic, 17-1 2:33
145 Hayden Yacoviello-Andrus, Bermudian Springs, dec. Lucas Boyer, Elizabeth Forward, 3-1
152 Jordan Thompson, Bradford, dec. Cody Hamilton, Grove City, 8-3
160 Mason Gourley, Central Clarion, maj. dec. Samuel Almedina, Mid Valley, 9-1
172 Max Wirnsberger, Warrior Run, dec. Carmine Lenzi, Berks Catholic, 2-1
189 Brady Brown, Derry Area, won by tech. fall over Easton Belfiore, Brookville, 19-3 4:50
215 Jason Singer, Faith Christian Academy, dec. Juuso Young, Port Allegany, 4-1
285 Mason Higley, Towanda, dec. Casey Wilson, Laurel, 4-0.

SEVENTH PLACE
107 Javeon Chambers, Highlands, dec. Garrett Weyandt, Chestnut Ridge, 3-2
114 Easton Mull, Chestnut Ridge, maj. dec. Ian Stearns, Grove City, 9-0
121 Liam Lawler, Bishop McDevitt, won by forfeit over Tanner Guenot, Bald Eagle Area
127 Logan Stewart, Reynolds, maj. dec. Matthew Santoro, Saucon Valley, 10-0
133 Ben Straub, Mifflinburg, dec. Drake McClure, Bentworth, 7-2
139 Colin Walther, Conwell-Egan, maj. dec. Logan Powell, Central Clarion, 12-2
145 Easton Comp, Bishop McDevitt, dec. Clay Kimmy, General McLane, 7-2
152 Ian Vitalo, Schuylkill Valley, won by forfeit over Landen Wagner, Lewisburg
160 Nicky Negron, Bishop McDevitt, dec. Jaden Wehler, St. Mary's, 9-2
172 Luke Fugazzotto, Northwestern Lehigh, pinned Jackson Angelo, Frazier, 4:57
189 Tyler Ulrich, Warrior Run, dec. Jared Rohn, Saucon Valley, 6-3 SV
215 Kael Albers, Corry Area, dec. Jude Bremigen, Southern Columbia, 7-6 UTB
285 Gavin Hannah, Brookville, won by forfeit over Carson Neely, Port Allegany.

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McLane Wrestlers at the 2024-2025 PIAA AAA Championships

145- *20 Clay Kimmy #9 R of 16: #7 R Vanderpool TOWANDA wbmd Kimmy 12-1 Cons: Kimmy WBMD #23 M Furman MONTG 14-0 Cons: Kimmy wbmd A Ickes #17 CHESTN 16-3 Cons: Kimmy wbf #5 J Garshnick UNITED 3:55 Cons QF: #12 H Andrus BERMU wbmd Kimmy 15-4 7TH/8TH: #11 E Comp BISH MC wbd Kimmy 7-2 Tourn Record: 3-3 (8TH PLACE)
100- Ella Clark #15 R of 16: M Smith #2 NORTHER wbf Clark 0:45 Cons: Clark wbf #22 N Twigg MARION 1:39 Cons: #6 C Gobrecht SOUTH wbf Clark 2:36 Tourn Record: 1-2 (DNP) (GIRLS)	106- Ashley Campbell #6 R of 16: J Suhina #11 BIG SPR wbd Campbell 10-7 Cons: Campbell wbf #9 L Snook PARKL 2:54 Cons: #4 A Pancost MECHAN wbf Campbell 1:50 Tourn Record: 1-2 (DNP) (GIRLS)
155- Whisper Abercrombie #9 R of 16: Abercrombie wbf #4 M Taylor CLEARF 4:59 QF: Abercrombie wbf wbf #3 M Lambert NORTHA 4:52 SF: #2 R Snyder NORTHER wbd Abercrombie 8-1 Cons SF: #4 M Taylor CLEARF wbd Abercrombie 4-2 5TH/6TH: Abercrombie wbf #3 M Lambert NORTHA 0:51 Tourn Record: 3-2 (5TH PLACE) (GIRLS)
	# = STATE RANKING

03/10/25

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KIMMY HEADED TO HERSHEY

Junior, Clay Kimmy secured a trip to Hershey for the second straight year with a 3rd place finish at the NW Regional Tournament this past weekend. He had 4 convincing wins and all of them against state ranked opponents. His only loss in the tournament came at the hands of two time state placer and 4th ranked, Hudson Hohman of Grove City in the semifinal round. He beat 31st ranked, Mike Reardon of Hickory by just 3 points in the opening round, but then scored a major decision over Port Allegany's 30th ranked, Brandon Ferguson in the quarterfinal. After suffering the loss to Hohman, he bounced back and decked #26 Gabe Dorman of Cathedral Prep in the consi semis. Clay nabbed a bronze medal when he scored a 17-0 technical fall over Greenville's 25th ranked, Josh Perrino in the consolation finals.

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