Kollin Rath & Pierson Manville Set For All-PA Rematch At Who's Number One

Pennsylvania Wrestling fans will see a PIAA rematch between Kollin Rath and Pierson Manville at Who's Number One!

Aug 18, 2023 by David Bray

Kollin Rath & Pierson Manville Set For All-PA Rematch At Who's Number One

Two of the top guys on the Pensylvania scene will square off in a 145 lbs rematch at Who's Number One when Bethlehem Catholic's Kollin Rath toes the line against State College's Pierson Manville.

Sep 2, 2023, 9:00 PM UTC

2023 Who's Number One

If their last three meetings are any indication, this rematch should be high-paced, physical, and incredibly competitive. Manville got the better of Rath when they met a year and a half ago in freestyle at the Ultimate Duals in an exciting 9-5 match. Since then, Rath earned a 3-1 victory in the Escape the Rock finals and a 4-2 win in the PIAA finals. In both of the last two matches, one takedown has separated Rath from Manville.

Kollin Rath vs Pierson Manville in the PIAA finals

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Rath's PIAA finals victory over Manville capped one of the more impressive high school seasons of any wrestler in the country. Many high school wrestlers waltz through their scholastic schedules, but Rath beat Manville twice, #5 Eligh Rivera, #6 Omar Ayoub twice, #7 Dalton Perry twice, #9 Hunter Mason twice, #10 Mac Church, and #14 Gabriel Bouyssou. His lone loss came against #1 Kannon Webster at Ironman.

Manville also faced a tough slate of competition, and he's only ramped up his competition since the conclusion of the high school season. During the spring and summer, Manville went a combined 20-0 at Elite 8 Duals, the Journeymen World Classic, and Ultimate Duals. That was just a warmup for his 6th place finish at the U20 US Open, 10-0 showing at NHSCA Duals, 7-0 performance at Junior Duals, and 3rd place finish in Fargo. During that time, Manville added numerous ranked wins to his resume.

After his final year of high school competition, Pierson Manville will head to Tempe to join Zeke Jones's squad at Arizona State. Rath, the #3 ranked recruit in the class of 2025, will have lots of options for college, but he's still in the early stages of his recruiting process.