Medals, certificates, and trophies are cool, but do you know what’s a real conversation-starter: A battle-ready trojan helmet.
Nearly 50 teams will descend upon CASHS Field House to compete for the coveted top prize at this weekend’s 10th MyHouse Trojan Wars, hosted by the Chambersburg wrestling program. Two tournaments — at the high school and junior high levels — will be held across 12 mats.
Chambersburg, Greencastle-Antrim, and Fairfield are slated to be among the squads in attendance for this season’s event, which we’ve selected as our Tournament of the Week. Nearly 500 grapplers in total will be competing for championships, and helmets, in 13 different weight classes.
In the weeks and months to come throughout the high school sports season, we plan on spotlighting multiple teams and sports with our Game of the Week. Any big upcoming contests we should know about? Send suggestions to Andy Sandrik via email at big_andy76@yahoo.com.
10th My House Trojan Wars
Start time: Wrestling through the quarterfinal round will go down on Saturday at 10 a.m. The semifinal round will begin on Sunday at 11 a.m., with the Parade of Champions slated for 6 p.m.
Last year: Bald Eagle blasted off for the team title with 181.5 points to top the field of 51 squads, with Conwell Egan (156) and St. Christopher’s (152) rounding out the podium.
Meet the Trojans: Chambersburg will be aiming to improve upon last season’s 13th-place finish in the team standings with the assistance of returning placewinner Zach Sherman (6th at 121) … Sherman, the No. 7-seed at 127 pounds, is off to a 6-3 start this season with two falls … The Trojans have a number of potent grapplers we could see this weekend, including Issac Brambley (107, 5-3, 2 falls), Cody Seabolt (114, 4-4, 2 falls), Ashton Romberger (139, 5-3, 4 falls), Justin Deneen (145, 3-5, 1 fall), Logan Mickey (152-160, 6-3, 3 falls), Isaiah Tasker (172, 5-2, 1 fall), Jaccob Stoner (189-215, 6-2, 2 falls), Omar Hanchey (215, 2-3, 1 fall), and Frank Barrientos (285, 9-2, 6 falls) … Chambersburg has crowned nine champions at the Trojan Wars, with the most recent being Zach Evans (215) in 2022.
Meet the Blue Devils: Greencastle-Antrim will be taking on its first Trojan Wars tourney since 2021, when the Blue Devils finished 48th as a team … Three undefeated wrestlers — Kahl Cordell (114, 1 fall), Chance Zimmerman (121, 2 falls), and Jackson Polifka (127, 1 fall) — all enter this tournament with 6-0 records … Other projected entrants for Greencastle include Aidan Crouse (133, 5-1, 2 falls), Carter Kuykendall (139, 3-3, 1 fall), Ethan South (160-172, 2-3), Landon Hinkle (160-172, 4-2, 4 falls), Ayden Amsley (189, 1-1, 1 fall), Gerard Dominguez (189-215, 2-3, 1 fall), and Nathan Painter (215-285, 1-3) … The Blue Devils are coached by Brandon Crouse.
Meet the Knights: Fairfield will be making its first appearance at the Trojan Wars since 2018, when the Knights finished 45th as a team … Fairfield is led by two-time district qualifier Lincoln Kearchner, who enters this weekend with a 5-4 record at 285 pounds, including five falls … We could see a number of other Knights wrestlers in action at the Trojan Wars, including Riley Stoner (121-127, 2-4, 1 fall), John Perez (127-133, 0-4), Gavin Cramer (145, 0-5), Heath Cramer (152, 1-5, 1 fall), Jeremiah Harbaugh (152, 0-2), and Nathan Anders (160-172, 3-4, 3 falls) … Fairfield is coached by Jeffrey Hickock.
Notable: There will be 47 teams in attendance for the varsity tournament and 34 squads geared up for the junior high tourney … Aside from Chambersburg, Greencastle-Antrim, and Fairfield, other District 3 teams in the field include Big Spring, Biglerville, Elco, Gettysburg, Hershey, Lower Dauphin, Northeastern, Northern York, Palmyra, Red Land, South Western, Trinity, and West Perry … The Top 5 teams from last year’s tourney — Bald Eagle, Conwell Egan, St. Christopher’s (Va.), Warrior Run, and Owen J. Roberts — are all back for competition this season … Wrestlers seeking their first title at the Trojan Wars face a steep challenge as the tournament is projected to return up to eight returning champions, including Bald Eagle’s Tanner Guenot (107), Trinity’s Will Detar (114), West Perry’s Jackson Rush (121), St. Christopher’s Walker Turley (139) and Mitchell Faglioni, Warrior Run’s Reagan Milheim (160), Skyline’s Joey Divello (172), and Owen J. Roberts’ Dean Bechtold … Projected No. 1 seeds for the tournament include Benedictine College’s Royce Wetzler (107) and Lane Foard (189), Skyline’s Jacob Buffum (114) and Divello (172), Washington’s Kai Plinski (121), Trinity’s Detar (127), West Perry’s Rush (133), Sherando’s Anthony Lucchiani (139), St. Christopher’s Turley (145), Warrior Run’s Cameron Milheim (152) and Reagan Milheim (160), Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown (215), and York’s Eliedxander Jarquin-Torres (285) … Local wrestlers seeded for the junior high tournament include Waynesboro’s Wyatt Hewitt (No. 2 at 190) and Lucas Mummert (No. 2 at 250), Greencastle-Antrim’s Benjamin Jansen (3rd at 190), Silas Robertson (No. 3 at 130), Landon Koontz (No. 4 at 155), Damien Johns (No. 5 at 170), and Noah Winebrenner (No. 7 at 250), and Chambersburg’s Deakon Snavely (No. 1 at 210), Loudon Jones (No. 2 at 155), Nathan Chambers (No. 4 at 145), Axel Hernandez (No. 6 at 250), and Corey Rivera (No. 8 at 115).
