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WELCOME FROM PIAA DISTRICT                                               OFFICIAL DISTRICT III PIAA
                        III CHAIR MIKE CRAIG                                          WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP

                                                                                               PROGRAM
                             Welcome to the 2024 District 3 Wrestling Championships.
                             We are excited to add Girls Wrestling to this year’s
                                                                                      Celebrating the Success of Student
                             championships, and look forward to watching this sport   Athletes in South Central Pennsylvania
                             grow over the next several years.  I encourage you to read
                             the articles by legendary writer Rod Frisco in this program
                                                                                    Table of Contents
                             about District 3’s role in the emergence of girls wrestling.
                                                                                    HomeTown Ticketing .......................... 2
                             I am very happy to serve as PIAA District Chairman for the   District III Committee Members ......... 4
                             2023-2024 school year. I would like to thank all our schools  2024 Tournament Schedules .............. 5
         in District 3 and their coaches and administrators for all of their hard work   All-time Individual Champions ....... 8-15
         throughout the year to provide the opportunities for our student-athletes to com- Past Team Champions ...................... 16
         pete.                                                                      D3 State Champions ......................... 17
         It is a great honor to work for the benefit of our schools’ student-athletes.  We   D3 NCAA Placewinners ..................... 18
                                                                                    D3 Wrestling Hall of Fame ........... 19-21
         have an outstanding group of people serving on the District 3 Committee and
         other outstanding people working throughout the District’s ten-county jurisdic-  D3 Head Coaches .............................. 22
                                                                                    2024 AA Brackets ......................... 24-36
         tion serving as game managers and staff at our championship events.
                                                                                    2024 AAA Brackets....................... 37-49
         As evidenced by the difficulties of the last several years, we should not take for   2024 Girls Brackets ...................... 50-62
         granted the benefits of competition, sportsmanship, and enjoyment these athletic   2023 Individual Champions .............. 63
         events offer to all of us.  We look forward to having another great year in PIAA   2024 Team Champions ..................... 64
         District 3.                                                                Student Awards ................................ 66
         The Committee appreciates the support it receives from our sponsors, and we are
         very pleased to be partnering with The Peyton Walker Foundation to increase
         heart health and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness and with River Rock Academy
         as a supporting sponsor.

         Lastly, we would like to thank all our PIAA Game Officials.  We could not have our
         events without the dedication of our PIAA Officials.  If you have an interest in be-
         coming an official, we encourage you to go to the PIAA website at www.piaa.org.

         Thank you for supporting our student-athletes in District 3 and enjoy the
         championships!









                                                                                    About the Cover:
                                                                                    Top:  Manheim Township’s Kaedyn
                                                                                    Williams attempts to become District 3’s
                                                                                    21st four-time champion.(Chris Knight, LNP)
                                                                                    Middle:  Northern Lebanon junior Aaron
                                                                                    Seidel is a returning two-time District
                                                                                    champion. (Andy Blackburn, LNP)
                                                                                    Bottom:  JP McCaskey’s Journie Rodriguez
                                                                                    enters the inaugural District 3 Girls
                                                                                    championships with a 25-0 record this year.
                                                                                    (Chris Knight, LNP)
                       Mobile Download:
                                                                                    Special Thank You:
                       Scan the QR code to download the 2024                        Retired D3 Communications Director Rod
                       Wrestling Championship Program to your mobile                Frisco for compiling and maintaining the
                                                                                    historical records in this program.
                       device.

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