Penn State wrestling has several commitments competing at this week’s PIAA State Championships, and although Teag Sanderson isn’t one of them (yet), his performance is still of note.
Sanderson, the son of Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson and nephew of assistant coach Cody Sanderson, is a freshman at State College High School.
In his first-ever PIAA tournament match, Sanderson took on Ephrata’s Deric Hoover and beat him in 2:43, getting a 16-1 tech fall.
Sanderson will now move into the quarterfinals at 172 pounds, where he’ll take on Elijah Simak, a senior from Nazareth.
Sanderson wrestled at the PIAA West Regionals Saturday, Feb. 28, and went 4-0 with two bonus point wins.
In the first round, Sanderson, seeded first, took on Armstrong’s Kaleb Kinsey (No. 16) and tech-falled him, 21-5. Next up was No. 9 Carter Morvay of North Hills, who Sanderson dispatched, 15-1. The next two matches were tougher for Sanderson.
He had his biggest scare of the weekend against Franklin Regional’s Ethan Cartwright. In the third period, Cartwright, seeded No. 13, took a 5-3 lead with a near-fall. Sanderson then got a reversal to tie the bout at five, but a technical violation on Sanderson with 54 seconds left gave Cartwright a 6-5 lead. Sanderson then got a near fall at the buzzer to win, 8-6.
The next match was less stressful for Sanderson.
Facing No. 2 Zach Labryer (Thomas Jefferson), Sanderson got out to a 12-2 lead and ended up bringing it home, 13-6. Overall, this was the continuation of what’s been a successful freshman season. He’s 38-9 with 29 of his wins being via bonus point(s), and has wrestled up to 189 pounds.
Overall, Sanderson is 39-9 with 32 bonus-point wins.
Here is the remaining schedule for the PIAA State Wrestling Championships.
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8 a.m. ET — Class 2A boys quarterfinals/second round consolations
10:30 a.m. ET — Class 2A boys third round consolations
2:15 p.m. ET — Class 3A boys quarterfinals/second round consolations
4:45 p.m. ET — Class 3A boys third round consolations
7 p.m. ET — Class 2A/3A boys semifinals
9 p.m. ET — Class 2A/3A boys fourth round consolations,
Saturday
9:30 a.m. ET — Class 2A/3A boys fifth round consolations
11:30 a.m. ET — Class 2A/3A boys third-/fifth-/ seventh place medal matches
4 p.m. ET — Class 2A/3A boys championship finals
