When it comes to premier wrestling events on the east coast, the Trojan Wars Tournament in Chambersburg is well on its way to becoming a national destination.
With a sprawling gymnasium built to host dozens of schools and championship trophies that come in the form of Trojan helmets, there’s plenty to love about this tournament, which completed its eighth running on Thursday and Friday.
While the brightest lights at Chambersburg were reserved for the high school grapplers, the Junior High program showed that there is plenty to look forward to in the years to come.
In a tourney that featured 36 teams, the Local.News area produced nine placewinners, including champion Anthony Ausherman of Waynesboro, who won the 190-pound weight class. Frank Barrientos, from Chambersburg, finished as the runner-up at 250.
The tournament was won by Northern York with 247.5 points, while Chambersburg claimed sixth with 163 points. Waynesboro finished in 12th with 118.5 points, while Greencastle landed in 30th with 64.
Below is a school-by-school, wrestler-by-wrestler look at how locals performed at the Trojan Wars Tournament:
WAYNESBORO
87: Will Suchaneck (0-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:27 to Andrew Gomez (Bangor)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, by fall in 1:17 to Brody Hivner (Northeaster)
94: Sam Young (0-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:54 to Alysiana Ierly (York Suburban)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:34 to Nabiulla Nasiri (Gettysburg)
108: Miley Smetzer (0-2)
1st Round: L, by fall in 3:43 to Kolsen Lomonaco (Perkiomen Valley East)
Cons. 2nd Round: L, by fall in 1:58 to Rhys Rawlings (Tyrone)
115: Carter Reed (0-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 3:42 to Jacob De La Torre (Benedictine College Prep, Va.)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, 6-0 to Ben Russell (Downingtown)
122: Mason Mowen (2-2)
1st Round: W, by fall in 1:54 over Ethan Hunter (Norwin)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:59 to Josh Knoebel (Southern Columbia)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, by fall in 0:29 over Giovanni Matias-Ort (Gettysburg)
Cons. 4th Round: L, 7-2 to Vincent Sulpizio (Northeastern)
130: Colton Biser (5-2, 7th place)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 2:32 over Reiken Bechtel (Emmaus)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 2:42 to Hudson Fenicle (Donegal)
Cons. 4th Round: W, 10-5 over Josh Diaz (Emmaus)
Cons. 5th Round: W, by fall in 1:23 over Isaiah Suhoney (Tyrone)
Cons. 6th Round: W, by medical forfeit over Chase Marshall (Donegal)
Cons. Quarterfinals: L, 6-1 to Landon Geidel (Northern)
7th Place: W, by medical forfeit over Aden Shepard (West Perry)
130: Ethan Tweed (0-2)
1st Round: L, 4-2 (SV1) to Lucas Hollenboch (Milton)
Cons. 2nd Round: L, 3-2 to Jacob Brinkerhof (Lower Dauphin)
130: Annabelle Tracy (1-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 1:06 over Christian Cottman (Gettysburg)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:43 to Aden Shepard (West Perry)
Cons. 4th Round: L, by fall in 0:37 to Isaiah Suhoney (Tyrone)
138: Logan Karle (3-2)
1st Round: W, 11-2 over Carson Singer (Shippensburg)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 1:32 to Reid Grossman (Gettysburg)
Cons. 2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:16 over Yaretzy Celeya-Herna (Biglerville)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, 2-0 over Miguel Huffman (Selinsgrove)
Cons. 4th Round: L, by fall in 1:43 to Kyler Suhoney (Tyrone)
138: Tyler Rooney (3-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 1:59 over Steven Hutchins (Northeastern)
3rd Round: L, 4-3 to Quintin Palm (West Perry)
Cons. 4th Round: W, by fall in 0:42 over Ty Venable (Central York)
Cons. 5th Round: W, by fall in 0:54 over Aiden Smith (York Suburban)
Cons. 6th Round: L, by fall in 1:38 to Xander Harrison (Donegal)
138: Madison Geeseaman (1-2)
1st Round: L, by fall in 5:23 (SV1) to Aiden DeJesus (Northeastern)
Cons. 2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:27 over Lucas Jaques (Shippensburg)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, 16-3 to Ty Venable (Central York)
145: Chase Mumma (2-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 1:57 over Christian Miller (Donegal)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:42 to Gabe Johnson (Northern)
Cons. 4th Round: W, 7-6 over Keegan McGrew (Gettysburg)
Cons. 5th Round: L, 5-3 to Eugeen Stokes (Donegal)
155: Wyatt Lowans (2-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 1:30 over Sebastian Stasiak (Northeastern)
3rd Round: W, by fall in 2:09 over Blane Wesneski (Canton)
Quarterfinals: L, by fall in 1:28 to Gavin Boyd (Biglerville)
Cons. 6th Round: L, 7-1 to Owen Gilbert (Northern)
155: Isic Snively (1-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 2:12 to Gavin Boyd (Biglerville)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, by fall in 1:35 over Jonathan Ramos (York Suburban)
Cons. 4th Round: L by fall in 2:59 to Landon Hinkle (Greencastle)
155: Wyatt Hewitt (0-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:26 to Hunter Derk (Selinsgrove)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:56 to Tyler Goughnour (Unattached)
170: Camm Knox (4-2, 4th place)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:25 over Tyler Whitmire (Boiling Springs)
3rd Round: W, by fall in 0:33 over Tyler Shiposh (Warrior Run)
Quarterfinals: W, by fall in 3:43 over Kaiden Ketty (Lower Dauphin)
Semifinals: L, 19-4 (3:24) to Leland Pepper (Canton)
Cons. Semifinals: W, by fall in 1:53 over Bryan Clafferty (Red Lion)
3rd Place: L, 9-1 to Jadon Niner (Northern)
170: Devyn Swope (1-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 2:54 over Brody Gardner (Bald Eagle)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:39 to Nolan Wittig (Southern Columbia)
Cons. 4th Round: L, by fall in 2:48 to Owen Hoffman (Selinsgrove)
190: Anthony Ausherman (4-0, 1st place)
3rd Round: W, by fall in 0:33 over Elliot DeVos (Chambersburg)
Quarterfinals: W, by fall in 0:51 over Dominic Cherry (Chambersburg)
Semifinals: W, 20-4 (4:10) over Kyle Watson (Bald Eagle)
Final: W, by fall in 0:58 over Gavin Bucek (Northern)
GREENCASTLE
94: Chance Zimmerman (3-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 3:59 over Uriah Walk (Tyrone)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 1:00 to Vinny DiVello (Skyline Middle School, Va.)
Cons. 4th Round: W, by fall in 0:47 over Nabiulla Nasiri (Gettysburg)
Cons. 5th Round: W, 8-4 over Will Wojtowicz (Southern Columbia)
Cons. 6th Round: L, 6-0 to Abram Luffy (Shippensburg)
94: Kahl Cordell (1-2)
2nd Round: W, 4-0 over Brice Ficks (Milton)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 1:05 to Cody Johnson (Biglerville)
Cons. 4th Round: L, by fall in 2:33 to Will Wojtowitz (Southern Columbia)
101: Blaine Martin (1-2)
2nd Round: L, 14-0 to Carter Storm (Donegal)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, by fall in 1:22 over Jessica Li (Chambersburg)
Cons. 4th Round: L, by fall in 0:23 to Blake Fumia (Red Lion)
101: Aidan Coyle (0-2)
1st Round: L, by fall in 1:07 to Jessica Li (Chambersburg)
Cons. 2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:39 to Nick Lessner (York Suburban)
108: Aidan Crouse (2-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:18 over Reece Kline (West Perry)
3rd Round: W, 7-4 over Salviano (Boiling Springs)
Quarterfinals: L, by fall in 2:37 to Keegan Barrick (Big Spring)
Cons. 6th Round: L, 3-0 to Dominic Butera (Norwin)
115: Griffin Fair (1-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 1:04 over Oliver Long (Bald Eagle)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:19 to Colby Hibner (Belle Vernon)
Cons. 4th Round: L, by fall in 1:35 to Canaan Robinson (Milton)
122: Ben Jansen (2-2)
1st Round: W, 11-1 over Giovanni Matias-Ortiz (Gettysburg)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:16 to Braxton Gingerich (Northern)
Cons. 2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:46 over Logan Schaeffer (Northeastern)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, 2-0 to Ethan Hunter (Norwin)
130: Alfredo Castillo (2-2)
1st Round: W, by fall in 2:57 over Riley Lockhart (Shippensburg)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 1:18 to Zachary Plymire (Belle Vernon)
Cons. 2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:16 over Gage Hering (Warrior Run)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:24 to Ryder Pawelczyk (Northeastern)
155: Landon Hinkle (3-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:49 over Jacob Hertzler (Shippensburg)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 1:40 to Mark Silvestri (Donegal)
Cons. 4th Round: W, by fall in 2:59 over Isic Snively (Waynesboro)
Cons. 5th Round: W, by fall in 0:58 over Dale Cummings (Shippensburg)
Cons. 6th Round: L, 4-2 to Hunter Derk (Selinsgrove)
170: Nathan Painter (2-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 2:13 to Kaiden Ketty (Lower Dauphin)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, by fall in 0:46 over Zachary Zortman (Central York)
Cons. 4th Round: W, by forfeit over Kayden Ansman (Tyrone)
Cons. 5th Round: L, by fall in 0:28 to Tyler Whitmire (Boiling Springs)
CHAMBERSBURG
80: Isaac Brambley (4-3, 8th place)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:35 over Julian Panebianco (West Branch)
3rd Round: L, 11-0 to Tyler Mintz (Bangor)
Cons. 4th Round: W, 7-0 over Ethan McCombs (Central York)
Cons. 5th Round: W, 4-2 over Christian Warner (Donegal)
Cons. 6th Round: W, 4-2 over Ridge Casner (West Perry)
Cons. Quarterfinals: L, 8-0 to Rylee Doppelheuer (Unattached)
7th Place: L, 6-1 to Tyler Mintz (Bangor)
87: Demetry Benner (0-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 2:52 to Xavier Henry (Gettysburg)
Cons. 4th Round: L, by fall in 0:25 to Aaron Crisman (Warrior Run)
94: Cody Seabolt (2-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 1:11 over Tanner Teats (Selinsgrove)
3rd Round: L, 4-0 to Abram Luffy (Shippensburg)
Cons. 4th Round: W, by fall in 1:54 over Grady Rupe (Perkiomen Valley)
Cons. 5th Round: L, 2-0 to Nathan Gulibon (Norwin)
101: Jessica Li (1-2)
1st Round: W, by fall in 1:07 over Aidan Coyle (Greencastle)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 1:08 to Evan Shepard (West Perry)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, by fall in 1:22 to Blaine Martin (Greencastle)
115: Cooper Stevens (1-2)
1st Round: W, 3-0 over Ella Nevada (Gettysburg)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:51 to Brayden Pearce (Biglerville)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, 8-0 to Jake Adams (Northern)
115: Gabe Nolan (3-3, 6th place)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:28 over Jake Adams (Northern)
3rd Round: W, 6-2 over Brayden Pearce (Biglerville)
Quarterfinals: W, by fall in 1:54 over Trajan Anderson (Central York)
Semifinals: L, 7-0 to Gavin Richard (Southern Columbia)
Cons. Semifinals: L, 6-1 to Gavin Ciampoli (Tyrone)
5th Place: L, by forfeit to Trajan Anderson (Central York)
122: Caleb Swartz (3-2)
1st Round: W, by fall in 3:41 over Hayden Arbogast (Northeastern)
2nd Round: L, 7-0 to Cain Carter (Selinsgrove)
Cons. 2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:09 over Evelyn Ramirez (Biglerville)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, 2-1 (UTB) over Wyatt Shuler (Lower Dauphin)
Cons. 4th Round: L, 1-0 to Xyler Sallit (Emmaus)
122: Reagan Evans (2-2)
1st Round: W, by fall in 1:23 over Christopher Folk (West Perry)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 3:27 Cristian Marquez (Biglerville)
Cons. 2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:13 over Justin Lemelin (Lower Dauphin)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, by 0:31 to Kameron Holtzapple (Central York)
130: Justin Deneen (4-2)
1st Round: W, by fall in 1:50 over Spencer Osbaugh (Big Spring)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 2:22 over Ryder Pawelczyk (Northeastern)
3rd Round: L, 6-2 to Zachary Plymire (Belle Vernon)
Cons. 4th Round: W, by fall in 2:47 over Gavin Brown (Southern Columbia)
Cons. 5th Round: W, 6-2 over Elias Contres (Central York)
Cons. 6th Round: L, 8-0 to Riley Shaffer (Norwin)
130: Viondre Hawkins (2-2)
1st Round: W, by fall in 1:16 over Wyatt Morrison (Unattached)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:59 to Alex Kadryna (Selinsgrove)
Cons. 2nd Round: W, 8-5 over Molly Leaf (Donegal)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, 7-0 to Josh Diaz (Emmaus)
130: Karson Bowser (0-2)
1st Round: L, 15-0 (3:00) Gavin Brown (Southern Columbia)
Cons. 2nd Round: L, by fall in 1:36 to Jaykob Sample (West Branch)
138: Zethan Sleighter (5-3, 6th place)
2nd Round: L, 4-0 to Cayden Oseen (Biglerville)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, by fall in 0:51 over Damien Raup (Warrior Run)
Cons. 4th Round: W, by fall in 0:40 over Blake Dion (Warrior Run)
Cons. 5th Round: W, 4-0 over Zeke Jackson (York Suburban)
Cons. 6th Round: W, 4-2 over Quintin Palm (West Perry)
Cons. Quarterfinals: W, 4-2 over Cayden Oseen (Biglerville)
Cons. Semifinals: L, 11-0 to Luke Knox (Perkiomen Valley)
5th Place: L, 4-0 to Tanner Shaffer (Norwin)
138: Josiah Martinez (0-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:58 to Maddox Ceccarelli (Belle Vernon)
Cons. 2nd Round: L, by fall in 2:40 to Benjamin Bradley (Northeastern)
145: Loudon Jones (1-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 1:53 to Eugeen Stokes (Donegal)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, by fall in 0:29 over Cooper Karalus (Biglerville)
Cons. 4th Round: L, by fall in 1:53 to Chase Gerber (York Suburban)
145: Colton Horst (1-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:53 to Chace Petrosky (Belle Vernon)
Cons. 3rd Round: W, by fall in 0:29 over Draven Stout (West Perry)
Cons. 4th Round: L, 6-2 to Eugeen Stokes (Donegal)
155: Jett Rugh (0-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 1:15 to Jaxson Kreider (Bangor)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, by fall in 2:41 to Zachary Bain (Donegal)
155: Isaiah Tasker (5-3, 6th place)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:36 over Jonathan Ramos (York Suburban)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 4:03 to Gavin Boyd (Biglerville)
Cons. 4th Round: W, by fall in 0:49 over Elijah Brown (York Suburban)
Cons. 5th Round: W, by fall in 0:37 over Blane Wesneski (Canton)
Cons. 6th Round: W, 5-0 (SV1) over Denyn Beachel (Warrior Run)
Cons. Quarterfinals: W, 4-2 over Hunter Derk (Selinsgrove)
Cons. Semifinals: L, by fall in 1:56 to Mark Silvestri (Donegal)
5th Place: L, 4-1 to Jaxson Kreider (Bangor)
170: Alex Lozius (0-2)
2nd Round: L, by fall in 0:22 to Nolan Wittig (Southern Columbia)
Cons. 3rd Round: L, by fall in 1:55 to Brody Gardner (Bald Eagle)
190: Dominic Cherry (5-1, 3rd place)
3rd Round: W, by fall in 2:55 over Zahvai Harding (Central York)
Quarterfinals: L, by fall in 0:51 to Anthony Ausherman (Waynesboro)
Cons. 6th Round: W, by fall in 2:33 over Atzin Tovar (Chambersburg)
Cons. Quarterfinals: W, by fall in 2:28 over DeVon Jackson (Lower Dauphin)
Cons. Semifinals: W, by fall in 1:39 over Silas Day (Palisades)
3rd Place: W, 6-0 over Kyle Watson (Bald Eagle)
190: Atzin Tovar (1-2)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 3:24 to Ian Hawkins (Downingtown)
Cons. 5th Round: W, 2-1 over Aulana Stanton (Chambersburg)
Cons. 6th Round: L, by fall in 2:33 to Dominic Cherry (Chambersburg)
190: Elliot DeVos (0-2)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:33 to Anthony Ausherman (Waynesboro)
Cons. 5th Round: L, 10-1 to Zahvai Harding (Central York)
190: Aulana Stanton (0-2)
3rd Round: L, by fall in 0:46 to Silas Day (Palisades)
Cons. 5th Round: L, 2-1 to Atzin Tovar (Chambersburg)
210: Omar Hanchey (3-2)
2nd Round: W, by fall in 0:35 over Connor Dye (Northern)
3rd Round: L, 2-0 (SV1) to Alex Alvarado (Bangor)
Cons. 4th Round: W, 5-4 over Christian Burns (Emmaus)
Cons. 5th Round: W, 3-0 over Cody Schaffer (Boiling Springs)
Cons. 6th Round: L, 2-1 (SV1) to Dustin Summers (Bald Eagle)
250: Frank Barrientos (3-1, 2nd place)
3rd Round: W, by fall in 1:29 over Andrew Alves (Boiling Springs)
Quarterfinals: W, by fall in 0:49 over Christopher Dugan (Biglerville)
Semifinals: W, by fall in 0:59 over Nate Lopez (Milton)Final: L, by fall in 2:56 to Hunter Stoak (Lower Dauphin)
