Pennsylvania Advances 31 into the NCAA Round of 16 in Cleveland
31 of 53 Pennsylvania Wrestlers advanced into the 2018 NCAA Round of 16. In front of over eighteen thousand fans Pennsylvania wrestlers competed well inside the Quicken Loans Center. Check out the results from all 53 Keystone State wrestlers below. 125 lbs. Champ. Round 1 – Darian Cruz (Lehigh) won by decision over RayVon…
Read MoreFive NCAA First Round Matches Will Feature PA vs. PA Wrestlers
133 lbs. Bout 37 (11) Dom Forys (PITT/North Allegheny) vs. Corey Keener (PSU/Blue Mountain) 149 lbs. Bout 73 (15) Ronald Perry (LH/Solanco) vs. Cortlandt Schuyler (LEH/Manheim Twp.) 157 lbs. Bout 75 (1) Hayden Hidlay (NCST/Mifflin County) vs. Garett Hammond (DREX/Chambersburg) 184 lbs. Bout 131 (3) Ryan Preisch (LEH/Milton) vs. Greg Bulsak (CLAR/South…
Read More53 Pennsylvania Wrestlers Will Look to Make Statements in Cleveland at NCAAs
Qualifiers by PA High School Bethlehem Catholic: 4 (Moisey, Cruz, Karam, Dunn) Franklin Regional: 4 (Lee, Smith, Shields, Kemerer) Qualifiers by College Lehigh: 7 (Cruz, Parker, Karam, Schuyler, Brown, Preisch, Weiler) Lock Haven: 6 (Shoop, Perry, Klucker, Marsteller, Hazel, Haines) Drexel: 5 (DeSanto, Hammond, Rose, DiCiantis, Loiseau) Qualifiers by PA District District…
Read MoreDefending National Champ Cruz Focused on Legacy, Style, & Title #2
CLEVELAND, OH – Not many undefeated, defending NCAA champions go through the course of their senior season as one of the least-discussed athletes in their respective weight-class, but that’s been the story of Lehigh senior Darian Cruz’s final go-around. Wrestling media outlets across the nation have focused on any one of a number of story-lines…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Jake Evans Earns NCAA Division III National Championship – Six total All-Americans for PA
Waynesburg University junior Jake Evans knew what he would be up against at the 2018 NCAA Division III Nationals. The Elizabeth-Forward graduate qualified for the 2017 National Tournament at 285 pounds where he took seventh place for the Jackets. A year later Evans was one of four returning All-Americans at heavyweight, two of which finished…
Read MoreWarUp Episode 15 Recaps the PA State Tournament with all seven State Champs from the WPIAL
PAW15: The season concluded in Hershey and a total of seven WPIAL wrestlers came home with PIAA State Championship. PA Power Wrestling’s Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle break down all the action from the 2018 PIAA State Tournament in both Class AA and AAA with guest appearances from all seven State Champs from the WPIAL. Take a…
Read MorePennsylvania Wrestlers Chris Eddins and Cody Law win NCAA Division II Nationals, eight total All-Americans
Two Pennsylvania wrestlers claimed National Championships as the 2018 NCAA Division II National Tournament took place over the weekend. Both wrestlers hail from Pitt-Johnstown as Greensburg-Salem graduate Chris Eddins won the 141 pound title and Cody Law (Forest Hills) took home gold at 157 pounds (Photo credit Kutztown Athletics). Eddins, a sophomore for the Mountain…
Read MorePAPC30: NCAA Tournament Previews, Predictions, & Storylines
PAPC30: The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on an hour’s worth of a wrestling adventure in Episode 30. The best time of year has finally arrived! The NCAA Tournament starts in just a few days and the boys are here for one final podcast to preview each weight, give some thoughts on dark horses and storylines,…
Read MoreWPIAL and Pennsylvania Teams Selected for 44th Annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic
PITTSBURGH – Teams for the 44th Annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic have been finalized to include the State’s top seniors. Highlighting Team PA is 4-time State Champion Gavin Teasdale (Jefferson Morgan) and 3-time State Champion Gavin Hoffman (Montoursville). Additionally Class AAA studs Sammy Sasso and Trent Hidlay, both 2-time PA State Champions, will look to lead…
Read MoreCanon-McMillian’s Logan Macri turns past state tournament disappointments into a satisfying gold-medal victory
HERSHEY: Canon-McMillan’s Logan Macri doesn’t have many fond memories of being on the big stage at the PIAA Wrestling Championships. At least not as a competitor. Macri remembers watching his brother Dalton win a state title … the intensity, the excitement, the celebration afterward. But the last three seasons haven’t been that way for Logan…
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