The Big Macs came into the WPIAL Championship weekend with ten qualifiers from the Section IV tournament, and three placed in the top 4 to advance onto the PIAA tournament. Hritsko placed 4th at 138 lbs. after losing in the semifinals to and winning in the “blood round.” At the 160 lb. weight class, Nijenhuis took home a silver medal with a great run through the bracket and a loss to Hartman of Belle Vernon in the finals. Logan Macri (120 lbs) came away with another impressive victory over Louis Newell of Seneca Valley. This is Logan's first WPIAL Title, which adds him to the list as another name on the board of WPIAL Champs.

Among the other wrestlers, Tanner Rohaley came up just short with a 2-0 loss in the blood round to Nick Acuna (Moon) while Jimmy Baxter (106), Evan Miller (170), and Giomar Ramos (Hwt) all wrestled their hearts out with valiant efforts in the 3rd Round Consys. And a hats off also goes to Jacob Gardner (113), Kenny Hayman (126), and Dimitri Pihiou (152) on wrestling some tough competition. All of these Big Macs had excellent seasons and many will be back for blood next year.

Full results can be found on FloWrestling. Macri, Hritsko, and Nijenhuis will all wrestle in Hershey on Thursday, March 8. Below are the results from the Finals and Consy Finals matches:

1st/2nd

120 Logan Macri dec. Louis Newell (Seneca Valley), 4-3 - 1st
160 Zach Hartman (Belle Vernon) dec. Gerrit Nijenhuis, 3-1 - 2nd

3rd/4th

138 Ty Linsenbigler (Hempfield) dec. Tim Hritsko, 7-2 - 4th

Learn more about the advancing wrestlers in their Wrestler of the Week profiles:

Click to read the results and articles in the Observer-Reporter:
Canon-McMillan's Macri rolls to first WPIAL title
Nijenhuis moving in right direction to win gold medal

Cover Photo Source: Observer-Reporter