PHOTO PROVIDED Central Mountain’s Aiden Kunes recorded his 100th career victory on Friday at the Ultimate Warrior Tournament at West Branch.

Central Mountain’s Aiden Kunes recorded his 100th career victory on Friday at the Ultimate Warrior Tournament at West Branch. Kunes, who is committed to the US Air Force Academy, was seeded No. 1 at 145 pounds and had a 49-second fall over River Valley’s Oskar Olsen in the first round for the 100th victory and added three more wins. Kunes pinned Reynolds’ Emmett Floch in 1:08, Juniata’s Ty Fahnestock in 1:40 and defeated Brandon Furgeson of Port Allegany by tech fall, 18-1, 2:30.

The wins put Kunes into the semifinals at 145 and he’ll face Bald Eagle Area’s Dawson Lomison in Saturday’s semifinals.

Kunes is one of three Wildcats to reach the semifinals at the tournament.

Gain Heverly is into the 127 semifinals and Patrick Tarantella is into the 133 semifinals.

Heverly defeated Port Allegeny’s Collin Ferguson in the championship quarterfinals by decision, 8-5, and faces Muncy’s Gage Swank in Saturday’s semifinals. Heverly earned a 7-3 decision vs. Stroudsburg’s Chase Fetherman, an 18-1, 3:34 tech fall over Mount Union’s Jacob Morgan and a 19-3, 5:17 tech against Philipsburg-Osceola’s Devin Long.

Tarantella majored Ace Foster of Philipsburg-Osceola in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals. In the first round, Tarentella pinned Bald Eagle Area’s Logan BUrns in 1:21 and then pinned Juniata’s Easton Matthews in 2:50.

Collin Bauman (121), Hayes Donley (139) and Mario Serafini (172) fell into the consolations.

Hughesville’s Colton Woolever (215) and Kile Hartman (160) fell into the consolations. Woolever opened the tournament with a loss to Port Allegeny’s Aiden Bliss by fall in 61 seconds but picked up three consolation wins to stay alive.

Woolever earned a 1-0 decision against West Branch’s Payton McCloskey and pinned Hickory’s Evan Woge in 1:35.In the Consolation of 16, Woolever decisioned Jesse Horning of Penn Cambria, 5-4.

For Hartman, he defeated Mount Union’s Daniel Hartman by tech fall, 15-0, 1:40 in the first round and picked up a 6-3 decision in the second round over Towanda’s Rese Sluyter. Hartman suffered a quarterfinal loss against Central York’s Nathaniel Replogle, 22-6, 4:59.

Muncy has two semifinals competing in addition to two wrestlers who will compete in the consolations on Saturday.

Chase Boozer (139) and Gage Swank (127) are in the semifinals while Gannon Swank (107) and Kase Snyder (133) are in the consolation brackets still vying for medals.

Boozer went 4-0 on Friday. The Indian had a 2:41 fall over Central Clarion’s Jackson Mravintz in the first round and had a 51-second pin in the second round over West Branch’s Brayden Williamson. In the Round of 16, Boozer pinned Richland’s Parker Encisco in 2:29 and then picked up a 10-1 major decision in the championship quarterfinals against Mifflin County’s Jake Knable.

In the 127 bracket, Swank opened the bracket with a 13-0 major win vs. DuBois’ Luca Morelli and then pinned West Branch’s Aiden Evans in 1:33. In the Round of 16, Swank had a 15-0, 1:17 tech fall win vs. Liam Purcell of Bald Eagle Area and defeated Central York’s Aaden Schiefer by decision, 10-6. The win moves Swank into the championship semifinals against Heverly of Central Mountain.

Gannon Swank fell into the consolations after a loss to Derry’s Mason Keesecker in the quarterfinals at 107. At 133, Snyder suffered a quarterfinal loss to Richland’s Brady Kostick by fall in 40 seconds.