Girls Wrestling: At Regionals, Four LebCo Wrestlers Earn Medals, Two Moving on to States

This marked the 2^nd year that Regionals were held as the final stop before the PIAA Girls Wrestling State Championships. With the sport growing across Pennsylvania, wrestlers from forty-six schools converged upon Penn Manor High School on Saturday to compete for the four spots in each weight class that would advance to Hershey.

Among the competitors were ten young women representing LebCo schools: Cedar Crest, ELCO, Lebanon, and Northern Lebanon.

When all of the wrestling was complete, four LebCo wrestlers had finished in the top six, earning medals. Two of them finished in the top four, securing their spots at next week’s State Championships.

Finishing 3^rd at 112 pounds was ELCO’s Kylee Trostle. The finish means that the sophomore will be making a return trip to the Giant Center after finishing 6^th in 2024.

Joining Trostle at States will be Northern Lebanon’s Dakota Dengler, a freshman who finished 4^th competing at 142 pounds.

Also medaling were Northern Lebanon’s Anna Lanka and Palmyra’s Shayla Carl.

The PIAA Championships begin on Thursday, as Trostle and Dengler will join seven other area wrestlers in battling to reach the podium: ELCO’s Kyle Miller, Klint Miller, & Kane Kline; Palmyra’s Jason Foutz & Aaron Andrew; Northern Lebanon’s Aaron Seidel & Sam Wolford.

Below are brief recaps of each of the performances by each of our LebCo wrestlers at this weekend’s Regional Championships. Orange* indicates State Qualifier. Green indicates medalist.

Photos for this article were provided courtesy of Susan Dengler (Owlcatraz Photography)

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South Central Regional Championships

ELCO

Team Finish – 30^th

3rd     Kylee Trostle* – So. (112 pounds) – The sophomore earned bronze and a State Championship berth after going 3-1 in the tournament. In the match to determine which medal she’d receive, Trostle pinned her opponent from York Suburban in just twenty-three seconds. She is currently 30-3 and will return to Hershey seeking the 2^nd State medal of her career after bringing home 6^th in 2024.

Trostle in control

Northern Lebanon

Team Finish – 17^th

4^th      Dakota Dengler* – Fr. (142 pounds) – The freshman lost an opening round match to Manheim Township’s Laila Colon before reeling off three straight victories to secure her spot in States. Dengler will head to Hershey carrying a season record of 29-9.

Dengler works to take down her opponent

6^th     Anna Lanka – Jr. (124 pounds) – The junior won her first-round match by pinning her opponent from Central Dauphin. Lanka then battled hard in her next three matches on her way to a 6^th place medal. She finishes her season with a 21-13 record.

Sadie Ostermayer – Sr. (136 pounds) – The senior went 2-2 in the tournament, pinning her opponents in each of her victories. Ostermayer finishes her season with a record of 30-13.

Rebecca Hilton – So. (148 pounds) – The sophomore started off her tournament by pinning her opponent from Carlisle before two lengthy matches that resulted in losses. Hilton finishes the season with a 22-13 record.

Palmyra

Team Finish – 36^th place

5^th   Shayla Carla – Jr. (148 pounds) – After losing in the first round, Carla won her next two matches before suffering a close 8-7 decision in the consolation semis. In the match for 5^th place, Carla regrouped to earn an 8-1 decision. She finishes her season with a 25-9 record.

Cala Hipple – Jr. (112 pounds) – The junior was knocked out of the tournament with a close 5-3 decision. Hipple finishes 2024 with a 12-12 record.

Cedar Crest

Team Finish – 43rd

Lily Harchuska – Fr. (130 pounds) – The freshman lost her first-round match but recovered to pin her second opponent of the day. In her last match, she lost in a decision to a wrestler from Manheim Township. Harchuska finishes the season after going 26-7.

Madelyn Shanfelder – Fr. (136 pounds) – The freshman made her first appearance at Regionals and lost two lengthy matches. Shanfelder finishes the season with a 27-9 record.

Lebanon

Team Finish – 41^st

Isabella Poole Martinez – So. (100 pounds) – The sophomore started the tournament by pinning her opponent from Muhlenberg. Poole Martinez then battled but lost her next two matches. She finishes the season with a record of 18-11.

Poole Martinez readies to strike

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Social Media

Dakota Dengler- first PIAA State qualifier in NL history! pic.twitter.com/RrdmyZlMIx

— NL Wrestling (@NL_Wrestling_) March 2, 2025

Sophomore Kylee Trostle placed 3rd in the 112lb weight class today at the District III Regional Girls Wrestling Championships. Kylee is a @PIAASports qualifier for next weekend’s state championships @ the Giant Center. Congratulations & good luck Kylee! @LebCoSports1 @elcosd pic.twitter.com/NMFqycj1qu

— ELCO Athletics (@ELCOAthletics) March 1, 2025

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