Head Coach Pat Pecora and the Pitt-Johnstown wrestling program have added 11 wrestlers in their 2021-22 recruiting class, including state champions from Maryland and Virginia, and a trio of Pennsylvania State place-winners.
 
Among this group is Virginia State Champion Trevon Gray (125 lbs.), Maryland State Champion Ty Broadway (285 lbs.), and Pennsylvania State place-winners Isaiah Vance (285 lbs.) (Hempfield Area HS) Logan Harmon (215 lbs.) (Armstrong HS), and Marvin Beatty (285 lbs.) (Marion Center HS).
 
"Despite a very challenging recruiting season due to the pandemic, I believe we have put together an interesting group of young men from multiple states and backgrounds," Coach Pecora said.
 
Gray, from Chesapeake, VA, was the 2020 Virginia State Champion and the 2019 Virginia State Runner-up at 106 lbs.  Gray finished his high school career with an 89-20 overall record in three seasons, while Broadway, in only his third year of wrestling, posted a 43-0 record as a junior on his way to winning the 2020 Maryland AAA State title at 220 lbs.  Broadway also finished with a 96-14 career record in just three years after his senior season was canceled cue to COVID-19.
 
The Mountain Cats also added Vance, a three-time PA State-Place-winner, Harmon,  who placed fourth at the 2021 PA State Tournament, and Beatty, a seventh-place PA State finisher in 2021.
 
Vance earned fourth, second, and third-place finishes at the Pennsylvania AAA State Tournament and ended his standout career with a 147-19 overall record.  Vance also pinned the  third-ranked heavyweight wrestler in the country at the 2021 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic.
 
Harmon, who wrestled at both 189 and 215 lbs. in high school for former Pitt-Johnstown National Champion Brandon Newill, placed fourth at the 2021 PA  AAA State Tournament and posted a 70-17 overall career record.  Harmon, a two-time PA State qualifier was also a two-time section champion, and a two-time regional place-winner with fourth and runner-up finishes.
 
Beatty, the brother of current Mountain Cat wrestler Charlie Beatty, had a 104-34 career record and finished seventh at the 2021 PIAA AA State Tournament at 285 lbs.  Beatty was also the 2021 District and Section champion in his weight class.
 
Three other multiple-time Pennsylvania State Qualifiers in Kyler Crawford (149 lbs.) (Milton HS), Gage Arnold (184 lbs.) (Coudersport HS), and local standout and Jake Sabol (Richland HS) join the 2021-22 recruiting class.
 
Crawford and Arnold are both three-time PIAA state qualifiers, and Sabol was a two-time state qualifier.  Crawford was 94-35 in his career at 145 lbs., and Arnold, a 2017 graduate of Coudersport High School was 103-38 in his career at 152 lbs.  Sabol posted an 85-30 overall record in just three seasons after missing out on his senior season due to injury.
 
Former fifth and sixth-place Florida State finisher Jared Fleitas (174 lbs.) (Fort Pierce HS), and Texas State Qualifier Donovan Fisher (141 lbs.) (Winston Churchill HS) join this recruiting class.  Along with placing fifth and sixth at the Florida State Tournament, Fleitas, a native of Fort Pierce, Fla., finished with a 181-36 record and was a three-time District and Regional champion, while Fisher, from San Antonio, qualified for the Texas state tournament in 2021.
 
In addition, Pitt-Johnstown signed Pennsylvania Regional Qualifier Tony Salopek (157 lbs.) (Steel Valley HS).  Salopek, whose father Tony also wrestled for Coach Pecora, went to Steel Valley High School but wrestled at West Mifflin High School through a Co-op.  Salopek was 88-42 despite having his 2020-21 season cancelled due to COVID-19.  Salopek was also a first-Team Pennsylvania All-Academic Team selection.
 
Below is an Alphabetical List of the 2021-22 Pitt-Johnstown Wrestling Recruits
 

NAME	HOMETOWN/SCHOOL	WEIGHT	RECORD	AWARDS / HONORS
Gage Arnold	Smethport, Pa. / Coudersport HS	184 lbs.	103-38	3x PA AA State Qualifier
Marvin Beatty	Marion Center, Pa. / Marion Center HS	285 lbs.	104-34	2021 PA AA State Place (7th)
Ty Broadway	Severna Park, MD / Severna Park HS	285 lbs.	96-14	2020 AAA Maryland State Champion
Kyler Crawford	Milton, Pa. / Milton HS	149 lbs.	94-35	3-time PA AA State Qualifier
Donovan Fisher	San Antonio, TX / Winston Churchill HS	141 lbs.	45-8	Texas State Qualifier
Jared Fleitas	Port St. Lucy, Fla. /  Fort Pierce HS	174 lbs.	181-36	2-time Florida State Place (5th, 6th)
Trevon Gray	Chesapeake, VA  / Oscar F. Smith HS	125 lbs.	89-20	2020 Virginia State Champion, 2019 Virginia State Runner-up
Logan Harmon	Clarksburg, Pa. / Armstrong HS	197 lbs.	70-17	2021 PA AAA State Place (4th)
Jake Sabol	Johnstown, Pa. / Richland HS	174 lbs.	85-30	2-time PA AA State Qualifier
Tony Salopek	Munhall, Pa. / Steel Valley HS	157 lbs.	88-42	PA Regional Qualifier
Isaiah Vance	New Stanton, Pa. / Hempfield Area HS	285 lbs.	147-19	3-time PA AAA State Place (4th, 2nd, 3rd)