King of the Mountain Part 1

Teams at the 2012 King of the Mountain: Bedford, Bellefonte, Bethlehem Catholic, Biglerville, Boiling Springs, Boyertown, Brooks School (MA), Bucktail, Central Mountain, Colonial Forge (VA), Council Rock South, Cumberland Valley, Cuyahoga Valley Christian (OH), Dieruff, DuBois, Erie McDowell, Fort LeBoeuf, General McLane, Greater Latrobe, Jersey Shore, Juniata, Kittanning, Lansing (NY), Line Mountain, Mifflinburg, Mifflin County, North Hunterdon (NJ), Parkland, Pen Argyl, Penn Trafford, Phillipsburg (NJ), Redbank Valley, Reynolds, South Western, Stroudsburg.

New teams for this year: Bethlehem Catholic, Boyertown, Brooks School, Bucktail, Colonial Forge, Cumberland Valley, Cuyahoga Valley Christian, Fort LeBoeuf, General McLane, Lansing, North Hunterdon, Redbank Valley.

Defending champion: Erie McDowell.

Nationally ranked wrestlers expected at this tournament (rankings by Intermat and Flowrestling)
106 - Luke Pletcher, Greater Latrobe freshman, #2 Intermat, #3 Flo
113 - Ethan Lizak, Parkland junior, #6 Intermat, #11 Flo
120 - Nathan Tomasello, Cuyahoga Valley Christian senior, #1 Intermat, #1 Flo
120 - Darian Cruz, Bethlehem Catholic senior, #5 Intermat, #4 Flo
126 - Zeke Moisey, Bethlehem Catholic junior, #8 Intermat, #5 Flo
132 - Jason Nolf, Kittanning junior, #6 Intermat, #5 Flo
145 - Michael Racciato, Pen Argyl senior, #7 Intermat, #2 Flo
152 - Austin Matthews, Reynolds senior, #7 Intermat, #8 Flo
160 - Zack Zavatsky, Greater Latrobe junior, #11 Intermat
160 - T.C. Warner, Cumberland Valley junior, #17 Intermat, #12 Flo at 152
170 - Ty Walter, Mifflinburg senior, #19 Flo

Bedford returnees with KoM records and placings from 2011
Jake Warren, junior, 0-2 DNP at 106
Ryan Easter, junior, 4-1 2nd at 113
Garrett Thomas, junior, 3-2 DNP at 120
Toby Brett, junior, 3-2 DNP at 126
Caleb Grimes, senior, 0-2 DNP at 132
Tanner Williams, senior, 3-3 8th at 152
Michael Brett, senior, 4-3 8th at 195
Justin Easter, senior, 0-2 DNP at 285

Seedings are expected to be released on Thursday. I will have more on that once I have them.