The No. 3/6-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers took advantage of falls from No. 18 Trent Hoover (165 lbs.)  and top-ranked Isaiah Vance (285 lbs.) and three wins by technical fall to make Friday's home opener in the Sports Center a good one with a 32-10 victory over No. 19/6 Ashland.  The Mountain Cats are now 2-0.
 
Top-ranked Trevon Gray got the Mountain Cats going with a 7-3 decision over No. 10/12 Luke Acuna at 125 lbs., but Pitt-Johnstown was deducted a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct and led 2-0.
 
Ashland answered with a 12-9 sudden victory from Donovan Paes over 15^th-ranked Tyson Cook to take a one-point lead, but Pitt-Johnstown followed with an 11-4 win from Chad Ozias over Rylen Campbell at 141 lbs., and No. 9/11 Matt Sarbo dealt Brock Durbin an 18-2 technical fall loss at 5:52 in the bout at 149 lbs. to give the Mountain Cats a 10-3 advantage.
 
Pitt-Johnstown continued to add on.  At 157 lbs., No. 15/17 Cooper Warshel made it two straight tech fall wins when he defeated Mack Allen 21-6 at 2:52, before Hoover pinned Gavin Nelson :52 into the opening period to extend the lead to 21-3.
 
After true freshman Ty Morrison beat Hayden Flynn 20-1 at 6:15 at 174 lbs. to record the Mountain Cats' third tech fall of the night, the Eagles picked up wins at 184 and 197 lbs.
 
Fletcher Rose, ranked 14^th at 184 lbs., won a 17-4 major decision over Teague Conover at 184 lbs., and No. 14/17 Peyton Lemon held of 13^th-ranked Brad Morrison to make it 27-10 with one bout remaining.
 
Vance closed out the Mountain Cat victory with an exclamation point by pinning No. 9/19 Wyatt Bailey at 3:43 to set the final 32-10.
 
With the loss, Ashland slipped to 1-1.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will host a PSAC match against Shippensburg on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center, before competing in the 2025 Midwest Classic in Indianapolis on Dec. 13-14.