Rockets鈥� Frameli 3-peats at TriCADA
CANONSBURG 鈥� Jefferson-Morgan鈥檚 Chase Frameli pulled off the three-peat Saturday afternoon in the TriCADA championships at Canon-McMillan High School.
Frameli clenched the title at 160 with a 7-1 decision in the finals.
Frameli did not compete as freshmen at TriCADA because the event was canceled in 2021 due to COVID-19.
Frameli scored a takedown and two near-fall points early in his finals bout with Waynesburg Central鈥檚 Brock Evans for a 5-0 lead. Frameli allowed an escape in the second but scored an escape and a second takedown in the third to secure his third TriCADA gold.
Frameli improved to 19-2 this season. He has a career record of 96-21, and although he hasn鈥檛 decided on what school he would like to attend, Frameli wants to wrestle in college.
鈥淚 really never think too far ahead when it comes to future tournaments,鈥� Frameli said. 鈥淚 just work on wrestling one match at a time. I thought I wrestled well neutral, and I was able to finish on my shots this weekend.
鈥淚 grew up watching wrestlers at Jefferson-Morgan like Gavin Teasdale, so I knew all about the expectations of competing at a school that has such a strong wrestling tradition.鈥�
Evans didn鈥檛 win the gold, but the Mapletown student who wrestles for the Raiders defeated Peters Township鈥檚 Darius McMillon, 2-0, in the semifinals. McMillon was seeking a second TriCADA championship.
Waynesburg sophomore Roan Tustin battled through injuries the early part of the season but plans on being ready to go the rest of the season. Tustin had a big confidence builder in earning a 3-1 decision over Burgettstown鈥檚 Joey Baronick in the finals at 285.
鈥淚 had a match on Wednesday, but before that, I was off for about three weeks,鈥� Tustin said. 鈥淒espite not getting a lot of mat time this season because of the injury, I still worked on my conditioning, and I felt pretty good out there. I am pretty light for a heavyweight. I only weigh about 210, but I try to use my speed to my advantage against these bigger guys.鈥�
Canon McMillan鈥檚 Geno Calgaro hit a takedown and three back points as time wound down in the second period for a 6-0 lead over Ringgold鈥檚 Jake Conroy in the 215-pound final. Conroy would escape and score a takedown in the third, but Calgaro was able to deny Conroy a second TriCADA championship and hand the Ram junior his first setback of the season in a 6-3 decision.