PAWF State Freestyle Champions Crowned
Norwin senior and Bucknell recruit Drew Phipps won his fourth straight PAWF Freestyle State Championship over the weekend in Chambersburg. Phipps, a PIAA runner-up in March, won by forfeit over Wyoming Seminary’s Christian Dietrich, a Pitt recruit, for the 195-pound junior title. Phipps was never tested in the eight-man bracket, as he recorded a technical fall and…
Read MoreNHSCA Academic All-Americans Include 13 Pennsylvania Wrestlers
A total of thirteen Pennsylvania High School wrestlers were named to the NHSCA’s 23rd Annual Academic All-Americans released this week. Pennsylvania Prep school Malvern Prep was head of the class with a total of 12 Academic All-Americans on the list. The lone PIAA representative on the list was Northern Lehigh’s Ryan Farber who is a…
Read MoreJunior World Team Trials Conclude for Team Pennsylvania
The 2016 UWW Junior World Team Trials concluded on Sunday in Irving, Texas and Team Pennsylvania’s participants all wrestled well but were unable to secure a spot on the UWW Junior World Team. Photo of Jason Nolf by Bill Rudick for PA Power Wrestling. Four Pennsylvania wrestlers competed on Day 2 of the Tournament with…
Read MoreNine Pennsylvania Women Wrestlers Medal at Body Bar Nationals
Pennsylvania’s top women’s wrestlers travelled to Irving, Texas to compete in the prestigious 2016 Body Bar Nationals. Overall five different age divisions were competed and a total of 12 Pennsylvania Wrestlers made the trip south. Photo of Caitlyn and Amanda Walker by Bill Rudick for PA Power Wrestling. In Division I, consisting of wrestlers born…
Read MoreSpencer Lee and Jordan Wood Make Freestyle Junior World Team
Two Pennsylvania wrestlers qualified for the 2016 United States Freestyle Junior World Team on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. Both Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional / Iowa) and Jordan Wood (Boyertown Area / Lehigh) each wrestled their way to a spot on the Junior World Team on the first day of competition. Photos of Lee and…
Read MorePAP 02: Catching up with North Carolina Coach Coleman Scott
Conversation following Young Guns Freestyle Clinic with North Carolina Head Coach and PA Native Coleman Scott. Subscribe to the PA Power Wrestling Podcast and listen anytime iTunes | Stitcher Radio | Spreaker | Google Play Music | SoundCloud | RSS Check out this episode!
Read MoreSchool's Decision Could Send Young Studs to a Different District
The race for the 2020 PIAA Class AA title might have been dramatically altered on Tuesday. That’s when, Billy Dubler says, Glendale School District in PA’s District 6, gave him an ultimatum – sign an “improvement plan” or, in all likelihood, give up his position as head coach of the Vikings varsity team. Dubler, a…
Read MorePennsylvania Wins 43 MAWA Eastern National Championships
For years the Middle Atlantic Wrestling Association’s Eastern Nationals have attracted a long list of talented wrestlers from Pennsylvania. 2016 saw many familiar names from the Keystone State compete in Salisbury, MD. Additionally some of the top up-and-coming grapplers excelled against wrestlers from the Mid-Atlantic Region. In the Bantam Division Pennsylvania earned 39 Medalists including…
Read MoreA Second Chance: Marsteller Transfers to Lock Haven
After months of speculation it has been confirmed that 4x undefeated PIAA State Champion Chance Marsteller will be transferring to Lock Haven to compete for head coach Scott Moore. (Photo of 2015 UWW Junior World Team Trials, held in Madison, Wisconsin, USA photo by John Sachs, www.tech-fall.com) proud to say im a new bald eagle…
Read More2016 POWERade Field to Feature 3 of Nation's Top 10 Teams
The participants for the 2016 POWERade tournament were released on Monday, and the 50th Annual event will again bring in one of the top fields in the nation. Last year’s event was ranked as the toughest tournament in Pennsylvania and the second-toughest in the nation. It’s hard to imagine this year’s being ranked much lower,…
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