

Red-shirt freshman
Trent Hoover (165 lbs.) and true freshman
Ty Morrison knocked off the No, 3 and No, 1-ranked wrestlers in the most recent Division II Open Mat rankings to lead the fifth-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers to a dominating, 31-11, PSAC victory at Kutztown on Friday. The Mountain Cats improved to 8-0 and 2-0 in the PSAC.
The Mountain Cats jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead with top-ranked
Trevon Gray's 17-2 technical fall at 7:00 over Nic Allison.
Kutztown cut it to 5-3 with a decision win at 133 lbs., but Pitt-Johnstown responded with five straight wins to build a commanding 25-3 advantage.
At 141 lbs.,
Gideon Bracken ran out to a first period lead and dealt Joey Ortega a 16-6 major decision setback, and fourth-ranked
Matt Sarbo took just 1:40 to pin Logan Hrenenko at 149 lbs.
After
Cooper Warshel won a 17-8 major decision over Hunter Horton at 157 lbs. the Mountain Cats got the huge upset wins at 165 and 174 lbs. when 18
th-ranked Hoover defeated No.3 Bailey Gimbor, 10-3, and No. 15 Morrison followed by shutting out No. 1-ranked Dalton Gimbor, 6-0, to increase it to 25-3 and put the match away.
With the outcome already determined, the Golden Bears got a 2-1 TB-1 victory from No. 9 Cole Casilio at 184 lbs., and No. 19 won by technical fall at 197 lbs. to make it 25-11, but
Michael Mazurek's forfeit win at 285 lbs., gave the Mountain Cats six more points and set the final at 31-11.
Kutztown fell to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the PSAC.
Pitt-Johnstown will take on Saint Vincent in a non-conference match at Bishop McCort High School on Thursday, before returning to the Sports Center to celebrate Winterfest Weekend with a PSAC match against Seton Hill on Friday at 7 p.m.
No. 5 Pitt-Johnstown at Kutztown – 01/16/26
125 lbs. #1 Trevon Gray (UPJ) Technical Fall Nic Allison (KU) 17-2 (7:00) 5-0 UPJ
133 lbs. Javien DeLeon (KU) Decision
Brady Baker (UPJ) 5-0
5-3 UPJ
141 lbs. Gideon Bracken (UPJ) Major Decision Joey Oetega (KU) 16-6
9-3 UPJ
149 lbs. #4
Matt Sarbo (UPJ) Fall Logan Hrenenko (KU) 1:40
15-3 UPJ
157 lbs. Cooper Warshel (UPJ) Major Decision Hunter Horton (KU) 17-8
19-3 UPJ
165 lbs. #18 Trent Hoover (UPJ) Decision #3 Bailey Gimbor (KU) 10-3
22-3 UPJ
174 lbs.
#15 Ty Morrison (UPJ) Decision #1 Dalton Gimbor (KU) 6-0
25-3 UPJ
184 lbs. 9 Cole Casilio (KU) Decision
Noah Gnibus (UPJ) 2-1 TB-1
25-6 UPJ
197 lbs. #16 Wayne McIntyre (KU) Technical Fall
Aiden Hight (UPJ) 19-3 (7:00)
25-11 UPJ
285 lbs. Michael Mazurek (UPJ) Won by Forfeit
31-11 UPJ