Southeast Region wrestling info

Here are some helpful links, courtesy of Road to Hershey, to prepare you for this weekend's PIAA Class AA Southeast Region wrestling tournament at Wilson High School in suburban Reading.

Remember, the top five placewinners advance to next weekend's PIAA Championships.

Southeast Region timeline

Southeast Region brackets (as of Thursday night)

District 3 Wrestling: Coaches earn honors

Boiling Springs coach Rodney Wright has been named the District 3 Class AA Coach of the Year.

Wright guided the Bubblers to an 11-2 record and the Mid-Penn Capital Division championship. The Bubblers were seeded fourth for the 3-AA Team Championships and ended up winning the title. Boiling Springs avenged regular-season losses to Bermudian Springs and Biglerville in the semifinals and finals, respectively.

The Bubblers went 2-2 at the PIAA Team Championships with wins over Muncy and perennial state power Reynolds.

Cumberland Valley head coach Daved Heckard was inducted into the District 3 Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame on Saturday night.

Heckard graduated from CV in 1996 and from Villanova University in 2000. Heckard, who won the 1996 189-pound Class AAA state title, also earned a masters degree in Education Administration from Penn State University.

Heckard was inducted as both a wrestler and coach.

Football: Yonchiuk to replace Gay?

Word out of the Lancaster-Lebanon League is that current Lebanon head football coach Gerry Yonchiuk is the pick at Red Land to replace Frank Gay, who resigned after eight years as head coach in January.

Jeff Reinhart, a former sports reporter with Lancaster Newspapers, broke the news on his blog Thursday.

We'll be speaking with Red Land brass Monday to try and confirm what is so far only a rumor.

District 3-AAA: State Qualifiers

The following nine area wrestlers have qualified for the PIAA Class AAA Championships, to be held March 11-13 at Giant Center in Hershey. The top three finishers in today's District 3 Class AAA/Southcentral Region tournament advance.

Big Spring: Greg Warner (second at 103), Dereck Enders (second at 119)

Carlisle: Jayshon Wilson (first at 145)

Cedar Cliff: Grant Dickey (third at 171)

Cumberland Valley: Jon Brigham (third at 119)

East Pennsboro: Zach Nye (first at 215)

Mechanicsburg: Rustin Barrick (third at 152), Zach Thomson (first at 160)

Northern: Zach Ross (third at 135)

District 3-AA: Regional Qualifiers

The following 11 area wrestlers have qualified for next weekend's PIAA Class AA Southeast Region at Wilson High School in West Lawn (tournament schedule). The top five finishers in today's District 3 Class AA tournament advance.

Boiling Springs: Joseph Byers (first at 103), Mark Lentz (first at 125), Roland Miller (fourth at 130), T.J. Nickel (fourth at 145), John Riddle (third at 160), Logan Murphy (third at 189), Tylor Unger (first at 285)

Susquenita: Harley Mabius (fourth at 140), Zach Howell (fourth at 215)

Trinity: Devon Bentley (fourth at 103), Adam Geiger (171, finals)

Camp Hill football finds its man

Special thanks go out this morning to Sentinel reporter Tom Ash, who broke the story of Camp Hill hiring former Red Land coach Frank Gay to lead its football team.

Gay resigned from Red Land after being the head coach for eight seasons. In that span, Red Land won its first district playoff game and captured the 2006 District 3 Class AAA title.

Our earlier post on Gay resigning from Red Land can be found here.

Gay will take over the Camp Hill program pending approval from the school board, which is scheduled to meet March 14.

Now that it looks like Camp Hill has filled its opening, the only area job that remains vacant is Red Land.

Cedar Cliff nearly had a vacancy when Jim Cantafio was named a finalist for the Hempfield job but was ultimately passed over. Hempfield determined neither Cantafio nor Mark Evans, the other finalist, were qualified for the job.

The coaching search at Hempfield continues.

District 3 Class AAA: Friday's list

The following is a list of where area wrestlers stand heading into the second day of the District 3 Class AAA/Southcentral Region tournament. The top three finishers qualify for the PIAA Championships, to be held March 11-13 at Giant Center in Hershey.

SEMIFINALS
Big Spring (4): Greg Warner (103), Dustin Rook (112), Dereck Enders (119), Chad Wickard (130)
Carlisle (1): Jayshon Wilson (145)
Cedar Cliff (1): Grant Dickey (171)
Cumberland Valley (2): Jon Brigham (119), T.C. Warner (140)
East Pennsboro (2): Austin Klucker (160), Zach Nye (215)
Mechanicsburg (2): Rustin Barrick (152), Zach Thomson (160)
West Perry (1): Bobby Manning (140)

CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS
Big Spring (1): Wyatt Keck (125)
Carlisle (1): Ian Shannon (130)
Cedar Cliff (2): Jake Colello (140), Dylan Carmichael (160)
Cumberland Valley (1): Kyle Friend (285)
East Pennsboro (1): Charlie Bise (125)
Mechanicsburg (1): Mitchell Ramsey (145)
Northern (1): Zach Ross (135)
Shippensburg (1): Cary Hess (215)

ELIMINATED AFTER SECOND ROUND OF CONSOLATIONS
Big Spring (1): Danny Hockensmith (171)
Carlisle (1): Zack Stouffer (125)
Cumberland Valley (2): Wills Long (152), Dennis Zaitsev (189)
Mechanicsburg (2): Michael Capasso (189), Luke Weaver (215)
Red Land (2): Jake Green (130), Austin Hoover (152)
Shippensburg (2): Jarsed Furry (112), Hunter Kyner (130)

ELIMINATED AFTER FIRST ROUND OF CONSOLATIONS
Big Spring (1): Colby Whitten (189)
Carlisle (3): Gavin Oplinger (119), Will Warrick (152), Tim Loney (189)
Cedar Cliff (2): Marcus Clement (152), Matt McCullough (215)
Cumberland Valley (3): Alex Wolfe (112), Travis Hench (135), David Miller (160)
Mechanicsburg (1): Sawyer Mundorf (285)
Northern (1): Heath Rupp (215)
Red Land (1): Kurt Wintermyer (285)
West Perry (1): John Adams (160)