State Qualifiers Set: Southwest Regional Medal Round Matches
106 Pounds 1st #2 Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional) vs. #1 Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) 3rd #18 Costa Moore (Canon-McMillan) vs. #12 Mason Prinkey (Connellsville) 113 Pounds 1st #1 Alejandro Herrera (Seneca Valley) vs. #2 Kyle Burkholder (Hempfield) 3rd #9 Finn Solomon (Franklin Regional) vs. #17 Marino Angelicchio (Greater Latrobe) 120 Pounds 1st #1…
Read MoreMars Junior Jake Richardson Looks To Make History in Southwest Regional Finals
Last season’s ending left a sour taste in Jake Richardson’s mouth. In his sophomore season he lost in the consolation round and failed to place top four and earn a spot in Hershey. A year later and the Mars junior is on the cusp of history in the Southwest Regional finals. If Richardson is able…
Read MoreWhy State Champs #1 Hillegas and #2 Chlebove Will be on the Same Side of the State Bracket
Everyone has been asking and speculating. Will Sammy Hillegas and Julian Chlebove be on the same side of the 132 pound PIAA State bracket? The answer? Probably. There seems to be some confusion in the Wrestling Community about what classifies as automatic separation. According to PIAA Executive Director Bob Lombardi – the only automatic separation…
Read MoreFive Highlighted Semifinals To Watch From The Southwest Regional
132 Pounds #3 Colton Camacho (Franklin Regional) vs. #7 Kenny Hayman (Canon-McMillan) These two of wrestled twice this season and both times only 1 point separated them. The first was at the POWERade where Camacho won (4-3) in tiebreaker #2. Then in a dual meet he won (1-0). Camacho is a returning PIAA State runner-up…
Read MoreWPIAL 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…
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