Posts by Jeff Upson
WPIAL Quarterfinals Conclude Setting up Monster Semifinals on Saturday
Updated brackets and results can be found on the FloArena. Quarterfinal Results 106 Pounds #2 Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional) TF Troy Hohman (Penn Trafford), 16-1 2:55 #18 Costa Moore (Canon-McMillan) DEC #21 Vince Citrano (Plum), 6-0 #12 Mason Prinkey (Connellsville) DEC #22 Briar Priest (Hempfield), 9-7 #1 Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) F Tyler…
Read MoreEleven Can’t Miss Quarterfinals From the Southwest Regional Championships
126 Pounds #9 Jared Keslar (Connellsville Area) vs. #12 Jordan Watters (West Allegheny) These two faced off in the 2018 POWERade during the 7th place bout with Keslar winning it (6-2). Wattters is a junior who last season was a PIAA State Qualifier while Keslar is only a freshman. Jared turned heads when he won…
Read MoreEight Must See Quarterfinals From The Class 3A Northeast Regional
Updated brackets from the Northeast Regional are on the FloArena here! 106 Pounds #10 Braxton Fries-Appello (Easton Area) vs. #20 Austin Fashouer (West Scranton) Fries-Appello made a splash last weekend when he wont the District XI Tournament beating Dante Frinzi o BECAHI. He shouldn’t look past Austin Fashouer who is a sophomore with a…
Read MoreShaler State Champ Ryan Sullivan is One of Several State Finalists Missing This Weekend
By Ken Wunderley Tri-State Sports & News Service Shaler senior Ryan Sullivan, a two-time PIAA Class 3A finalist and one-time champ, has scratched from Friday’s WPIAL Class 3A Tournament with a broken right hand. “It happened in the first 10 seconds of the section finals,” said Sullivan, referring last Saturday’s Section 3 title match against…
Read MoreDon’t Blink! State and Regional Rankings Updated In Last Weekend Before PIAA State Championships
In two days the 2019 PIAA State Wrestling Championships brackets will be set! After last weekend’s results there were major shake-ups in both Class 2A and 3A State Rankings. In Class 2A at 145 pounds returning PIAA State Champion Nathan Haubert (Palisades) fell to Notre Dame – Green Pond junior Andrew Cerniglia in the District…
Read More3A WPIAL Breakdown With Guest Nick Coy Plus Class 2A SW Regional Recap on WarUp
PAW28: The WPIAL/Southwest Class 3A Regional seeds are out as many of the State’s top wrestlers prepare for another weekend of action. Who will make it out of the always difficult region and on to Hershey? WarUp on the WPIAL recaps Class 3A Section results from the WPIAL and also the action from the Class…
Read MoreWPIAL/Southwest Regional Class 3A Seeds and Entries Released
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Read MoreTake It From Me – You Will Regret Not Working Hard When Your Wrestling Career is Over
I was feeling rather nostalgic on the drive home to Pittsburgh from Hershey late Saturday night. Maybe it was the black mold I sat in front of for two days inside the Old Barn. More likely – it was being back inside an arena where I never had the success I wanted. Seeing my high…
Read MoreBishop McDevitt’s #5 Nate Smith Comes Out Swinging Against #6 Wickard to Win District 3 Title
HERSHEY – After his semifinal match on Saturday morning Bishop McDevitt junior Nate Smith, ranked fifth in the State by PA Power Wrestling. sat in his car outside the Hersheypark Arena and mentally prepared for #6 Caydin Wickard. He ran through his head and visualized what he would do in the bout. It was an…
Read MoreClass 3A South Central Regional Matches To Watch from Hershey
106 pounds #6 Aiden Lewis (Cedar Cliff) vs. #9 Mason Leiphart (Dover) Lewis and Leiphart haven’t met this season, but they do share three common opponents. Both have shined in outings against Canon McMillan’s Jacob Houpt, Shippensburg’s Tristyn Keefer, and Manheim Central’s Uriah Warner, scoring bonus point in each bout. Still, Lewis might have…
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