Just confirmed: the 2025 Trojan Wars tournament will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 27th and 28th.

Of the Trojan Wars finalists, 10 are No. 1 seeds -- including 6 defending champions -- and only 4 are No. 2 seeds.

In the semifinals, the No. 2 seed was beaten by the No. 3 seed at 8 weights. Hmm.

Just a reminder that Aaron Brooks will be in the house for the Trojan Wars finals tonight. The former Penn State star, a 4-time NCAA champion from nearby Hagerstown, MD, will help give out the awards.

Congratulations to Grassfield, Va., which captured the team championship in its first year at the Trojan Wars tournament. Grassfield won by 1.5 points over Sun Valley, with St. Christopher's in 3rd, Chambersburg in 4th and Gettysburg in 5th.

Trojan Wars champions: 107 -- Royce Wetzler (Benedictine); 114 -- Max Tancini (Perkiomen Valley); 121 -- Elijah Hewitt (Northeastern); 127 -- Will Detar (Trinity); 133 -- Jackson Rush (West Perry); 139 -- Myles Grossman (Gettysburg); 145 -- Walker Turley (St. Christopher's) ...

152 -- Luke Knox (Perkiomen Valley); 160 -- Reagan Milheim (Warrior Run); 172 -- Tucker Seidle (West Perry); 189 -- Lane Foard (Benedictine); 215 -- Elijah Brown (Belle Vernon); 285 -- Eliedxander Jarquin-Torres (William Penn, Del.)

Most Outstanding Wrestler Award went to Lane Foard of Benedictine College Prep, ranked No. 3 nationally, who held off West Perry's Tyler Morrison in the final, 1-0. That weight was the deepest in the tournament.

And that's a wrap for the 10th Trojan Wars. Remember to mark down the dates for 2025 -- Saturday, Dec. 27 and Sunday, Dec. 28.

A couple of leftover stats from the 10th Trojan Wars: Of the 47 varsity teams, 37 produced at least one place-winner.

At Trojan Wars, Grassfield, the team champion, had 7 wrestlers earn top-8 finishes. Sun Valley, Elco, Warrior Run and St. Christopher's each had 5 take medals.

Teams with 4 place-winners at Trojan Wars: Skyline, Conwell Egan, St. Mary's Ryken, Washington, Gettysburg, Bald Eagle Area and General McLane.

The 2025 Trojan Wars wrestling tournament in Chambersburg, PA will be held Dec. 27-28 this year and will feature 51 varsity teams and 32 middle school teams.

Six teams from 2024 have dropped out, including Benedictine College Prep (Va.), Gen. McLane, Grassfield (Va.), New Kent (Va.), St. Christopher's (Va.) and Trinity.

However, 10 new teams will compete in 2025, including Easton, Hempfield (Dist. 7), Abington Heights, Bangor, Mercersburg Academy, Poquoson (Va.), Strath Haven, West Chester Rustin, West Springfield (Va.) and York Suburban.

Apparently, seeing some of the new teams involved must have messed up my (pick 1: eyesight, math ability, typing skills) because the actual number of teams in varsity is 50.

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