Ellwood City senior standout Austin Walley collected his first WPIAL Championship over the weekend at the 2020 WPIAL AA Championship in Canon-McMillan, bringing home the first-ever WPIAL title for Ellwood City wrestling.
Walley used three consecutive victories via fall during his 182-pound weight class championship run. Walley defeated Shane Smith of Fort Cherry, Collin Milko of Carlynton, and Patrick Cutchember of Quaker Valley.
For the Ellwood City team, their Section 2 AA place-winners included: Matt King, 126-pound, 4th Place, Ryan Nazari, 132-pound, 4th Place, Austin Walley, 182-pound, 1st Place (Champion), and Rodney Grymes, 220-pound, 3rd Place.
Walley improved to 37-1 this year with a 131-25 career record. Walley, a Bucknell University signee, placed second in his weight class in the 2019 WPIAL Championships.
Walley is among five WPIAL wrestlers who received No. 1 seeds in the upcoming PIAA Class AA Southwest Region tournament. The tournament will take place this weekend at Kovalchick Center, Indiana, PA, on Friday, February 21, and Saturday, February 22, 2020.
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