Benton junior Alan Diltz beat Abe Guariello from Fort LeBoeuf 6-1 in the 106lb PIAA State "AA" quarterfinals from the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday morning.
Then at 113lbs Line Mountain's Cameron Newman won 3-1 in the tiebreaker to beat Ryan Carlson from Brockway to improve to (40-2) on the season and advance to Friday's AA Semi-Finals.
At 120lbs Brian Courtney from Athens improved to (34-0) with a 3-2 win over Brendan Howard from Jefferson-Morgan.
Charles Johnson from Wyoming Area next in the winning column at 126lbs with a nice 9-3 win over Stone Kepple from Derry Area. Johnson only a junior for the Warriors improves to (36-0) and advances to Friday night's AA semi-finals.
Collin Edsell from Wyalusing improves his overall record to (43-5) with a 3-0 win over Luke Walter from Grove City. Edsell at 138lbs moves into the AA semi-finals.
Kent Lane at 145lbs from Southern Columbia won 3-1 over Giovonne Sanders from Jeannette. Lane the senior and state runner-up from a year ago is now (42-1) on the season.
Nick Stephani the Troy senior at 170lbs improves to (39-0) with a 2-1 rideout win over Taylor Cahill from Berlin Brothers.
Saul Wilkins the Wilkes-Barre GAR won 2-1 on the rideout over Tyler Beal from Keystone. Wilkins the senior from District II improves to (38-4).