Central Mountain’s Emily Chapman earned the title at 108-116 pounds and Makenna Stratts won a title at 135-140 pounds.

The tournament was a one-day event.

Chapman won by decision in Round 1, 6-4, against North Allegheny’s Aleigha Revelant before pinning Canon McMillan’s Madi Mansmann in 2:32 in Round 2. In the fourth round, Chapman won via decision against Big Spring’s Ava Weibley, 3-1. She fell in Round 5 to Hanover’s McKenna Nay by decision, 3-1.

“The girls had a good day. Every one of them (from Central Mountain) placed in the top 3 of their brackets and two of them won their bracket.,” Central Mountain coach Biff Walizer said. “Another 125 girls there, it was a great event.”

TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Central Mountain’s Leeah Eisenhower wrestles against Parkland’s Ella Hessener at the 99-106 division during Sunday’s Queen of the Mountain tournament. Eisenhower took third.

Chapman won by decision in Round 1, 6-4, against North Allegheny’s Aleigha Revelant before pinning Canon McMillan’s Madi Mansmann in 2:32 in Round 2. In the fourth round, Chapman won via decision against Big Spring’s Ava Weibley, 3-1. She fell in Round 5 to Hanover’s McKenna Nay by decision, 3-1.

Stratts won by tech fall over Canon McMillan’s Chloe Ault in 3:25 in Round 1 before falling to Parkland’s Janaye Saunders via decision, 4-3. Stratts decisioned Athens’ Lilly Galasso, 7-0, in Round 3 and pinned Gettysburg’s Peyton Kissel in Round 5, 2:43.

In addition to Chapman and Stratts, the Wildcats had a handful of other wrestlers finish as placewinners.

“It was a full gym, lot of wrestling going on. It was a full weekend with hosting King of the Mountain on Friday Saturday and then Queen of the Mountain on Sunday and the JV tournament,” Walizer said. “It’s a stressful weekend to be able to pull it off and lot of help from parents and community members and wrestlers themselves.”

Central Mountain’s Leeah Eisenhower took third place at 99-106. After she lost by pin to North Allegheny’s Hannah Williams in 4:23, she responded with a pinfall victory against Big Spring’s Emma Barrick in 2:55 in Round 2. In the third round, she lost to Parkland’s Ella Hessener by fall in 1:30. She defeated Sugar Valley’s Kylee Hill with a pin in 30 seconds in the fourth round to place third.

TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Central Mountain’s Jess Bathurst tries to take down Big Spring’s Faither Warner during their match in the 105-113 division on Sunday. Bathurst finished third in her division.

Central Mountain’s Jess Bathurst was also a third-place finisher at 105-113. She opened the first round with a pin against Selinsgrove’s Navaeh Strouse in 3:36 before falling by major decision to Big Spring’s Faith Warner, 18-6, in the second round. In the fourth round, Bathurst pinned Hanover Area’s Santina Saraka in 1:29. She finished with a pinfall loss in Round 5 to Gettysburg’s Zoey Haines in 46 seconds.

Walizer noted the gym had a great-sided crowd for the event on Sunday, something he was happy to see.

“The girls tend to have the whole family there to watch because most of the girls, they’re new to it and their famlies are new to it and they’re excited. It was a neat atmosphere,” Walizer said.

Central Mountain’s Brayden Gurrierro took third in the 125-130 B Division. Gurrierro pinned Canon McMillan’s Alaina McDaniel in 3:54 before being pinned in Round 2 by Gettysburgh’s Montana Lewis in 1:11. Gurrierro responded with a sudden victory-1 win, 11-9, against Selinsgrove’s Kratzer in Round 3 and won in Round 5 via injury default over Delaware Valley’s Danielle Eisoleffel.

The Wildcats’ Austyn Falls finished second at 125-132. Falls pinned Hanover’s Kaidence Ankner in 2:34 in Round 1 and pinned Cumberland Valley’s Aubrey Kuhn in 37 seconds in Round 2. Falls was pinned by Cannon McMillan’s Nadia McGee in 48 seconds in the third round before defeating Cassidy Walzer of Delaware Valley via decision, 6-4, in Round 5.

TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Shown is a view of all of the wrestlers who competed in Central Mountain’s Queen of the Mountain tournament on Sunday. The one-day event featured more than 120 participants.

At 177-191, Central Mountain’s Kendall Wagner finished third. Wagner lost to Gettysburg Colleen Giglio by pin in 1:03 in the first round. She responded in Round 3 by pinning Crawford’s Chelsea Wilson in 1:46 and Hanover’s Lindsey Snook in Round 4 in just 33 seconds. Wagner lost in Round 5 via pin to Cumberland Valley’s Aja’nai Jumper in 3:47.

Bald Eagle Area’s Grace Crestani took fourth at 143-148. The Eagles’ wrestler lost in the first round by decision, 9-7, to North Allegheny’s Brenna Collery and was pinned in Round 2 by Cumberland Valley’s Olivia White in 1:00. In Round 3, Crestani pinned Canon McMillan’s Amillyone Williams in 2:07 before falling to Parkland’z Zehra Saymaz in Round 4 via major decision, 10-0.

Twenty-six different schools were represented, from North Allegheny and Cannon McMillan to District 11 outside of Philadelphia.

“Our location lended itself to attract those teams form all over the state,” Walizer said.

Sunday’s Queen of the Mountain tournament is something Walizer and others helps push for sanctioning girls wrestling in Pennsylvania and helping garner more interest from individuals in the sport.

“The people who are trying to push for the sanctioning, they were all there and taking pictures and promoting it on social media to get the PIAA’s attention,” Walizer said.