Ten Must See Class 2A Quarterfinals In The PIAA State Tournament on Friday Morning
120 Pounds #2 Beau Bayless (Reynolds) vs. #5 Nathan Smith (Bishop McDevitt) Bayless didn’t look great on Thursday against Baylor Shunk and will need to be on his top game to get past junior Nate Smith. The two wrestled last season with Bayless winning in 3-1 and both have been defeated by rookie #1…
Read MorePIAA Class 3A State Championship Results and Match-Ups From Hershey
Championship Preliminary Round Results 106 #12 Keanu Manuel (Downingtown East) DEC #22 Ryan Stilgenbauer (Northampton), 6-2 106 #10 Mason Prinkey (Connellsville) DEC #15 Noah Clawson (Carlisle), 7-3 106 #21 Dominic Findora (Downingtown West) DEC #17 Connor Werner (Liberty), 11-4 106 #14 Wyatt Fox (Red Land) DEC #16 Costa Moore (Canon McMillan), 2-1 …
Read MoreKiski Area’s Nick Delp Rides To Win, Hands Dillon Keane First Loss
HERSHEY – The scoring recap of Nick Delp’s 6-3 victory over Dillon Keane shows that nothing happened in the second period. Don’t believe it. No. 9 Delp rode out No. 10 Keane for the entire two minutes, rarely allowing the Bradford senior to get back to his base, let alone scoring an escape or a…
Read MoreHempfield Area’s Ty Linsenbigler Knocks Off Defending State Champion Jeffrey Boyd
HERSHEY, Pa.: A year ago, Hempfield Area’s Ty Linsenbigler walked on to the floor at Hershey’s Giant Center and could barely contain his nerves. He managed to win a pig-tail match, but he lost his next two bouts and left the venue full of disappointment and without a medal. That served as motivation over the…
Read MoreFreedom’s Bryson Miller Starts and Finishes Strong in Decision over Garrett McClintick
HERSHEY, Pa.: Freedom’s Bryson Miller hasn’t been himself the last two months of the high school wrestling season. It wasn’t a technique issue. There was no slump. Miller tweaked his calendar during the MAC Tournament in early January and has been dealing with some pain and inability to train as needed. That’s made it difficult,…
Read MorePope John Paul II’s Matt Vulakh Pulls The Early Upset Over State Champ Gary Steen
HERSHEY, Pa.: Pope John Paul II’s Matt Vulakh had a stunned, and almost uncomfortable, look as five reporters stood around him at Hershey’s Giant Center. It wasn’t just the unnatural process of answering rapid-fire questions. Vulakh was a little overwhelmed by what he just accomplished during the opening rounds of the PIAA Championships. Most wrestlers…
Read MoreChampionship Round Results and Quarterfinal Match-Ups From State 2A Tournament in Hershey
Full Results from Hershey can be found on the FloArena! Championship Preliminaries 106 #7 Matt Vulakh (Pope John Paul II) F #16 Bryce Beatty (Mount Union), 0:58 106 #21 Mark Palmer (Brockway) DEC #15 Luke Geibig (Mount Pleasant), 11-4 106 #18 Eric Alderfer (Faith Christian) DEC #14 Andrew Johnson (Danville),…
Read MoreBreaking Down The Five Best Weights In This Year’s PIAA Championships
Class 3A 120 Pounds You want star power and depth, this weight has both and might be the best of the tournament. There are seven returning state medalists with a combined record of 241-28 scattered across the 20-man bracket. Check out this first-round match: Northeastern’s Cole Wilson, the No. 6-ranked wrestler in the…
Read MoreThursday’s Best First Round Class 2A Match-Ups In The PIAA State Championship
113 Pounds #7 Gabe Gramly (Mifflinburg Area) vs. #11 Luke Fegley (Middletown Area) Sophomore Gabe Gramly was a State Qualifier last season as was junior Luke Fegley. The two have never faced-off but have wins over common opponents. Gramly fell to #1 Gable Strickland in the regional finals while Fegley was third in a…
Read MorePIAA State Championship Fan Guide: Schedule, Defending Champions, Storylines to Follow
Schedule Thursday Class 2A: Weigh-ins, 8 a.m.; Preliminaries and First Round, 9 a.m.; First Round Consolations, 1:15 p.m. Class 3A: Weigh-ins, 3 p.m.; Preliminaries and First Round, 4 p.m.; First Round Consolations, 8:15 p.m. Friday Class 2A: Weigh-ins, 8 a.m.; Quarterfinals and Second Round Consolations, 9 a.m.; Third Round Consolations, 11:45 a.m.;…
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