Jared McGill Changes Mind, Picks Pitt

By Eric Knopsnyder | July 17, 2018

Jared McGill flipped the script to Pitt. McGill, who had announced 10 months ago that he planned to wrestle for Army West Point, said Tuesday that he has changed his mind and will instead accept an offer from Pitt. “It’s tough,” said McGill, who will be a senior at Chestnut Ridge. “I just felt like…

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Pennsylvania’s Cole Nye Transfers to Pitt

By Eric Knopsnyder | July 11, 2018

After an injury- and illness-plagued season more than 500 miles from home, Cole Nye was looking to get a fresh start with an up-and-coming program where his family could come see him on a regular basis. For him, Pitt was the perfect fit. The two-time PIAA 2A champion from Bishop McDevitt said Wednesday that he…

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PAPC32: College Podcast Returns With 2019 Penn State and Lehigh Team Previews

By Jeff Upson | July 5, 2018

PAPC32:  The PA Power College Podcast returns with new hosts Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee as they debut with “The Open Room with Rob and Joe.” The two take a look ahead at the 2018-2019 NCAA Season by previewing two of Pennsylvania’s top Division I programs; Penn State and Lehigh. Line-ups, recruits, and predictions are discussed…

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Pennsylvania’s Hayden Hidlay Cracks United States Under 23 World Team

By Jeff Upson | June 5, 2018

Hayden Hidlay (Mifflin County) has been testing the United State’s Senior Freestyle circuit ever since the redshirt freshman capped his first year of competition at N.C. State with an NCAA Finals appearance. It started in April at the 2018 U.S. Open where Hidlay competed at 70 kilograms against Senior level competition. The Lewistown, PA native…

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31 Pennsylvania Wrestlers Named NWCA Division I Academic All-Americans

By Jeff Upson | April 19, 2018

The National Wrestling Coaches Association announced it’s Academic All-Americans for 2018, and 31 of the 155 selected wrestlers all come from Pennsylvania. Leading the charge are three NCAA National Champions from the Keystone State; Spencer Lee (Iowa/Franklin Regional), Zain Retherford (Penn State/Benton Area) and Jason Nolf (Penn State/Kittanning).    NWCA 2018 Academic All-Americans [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018nwca-d1-allacademic.pdf”…

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Where will Pennsylvania’s Austin DeSanto land?

By Jeff Upson | April 2, 2018

Now, after weeks of speculation, it has been confirmed by multiple sources, and first reported by Flowrestling, that Drexel true freshman Austin DeSanto has been granted a release. It has been a wild ride for DeSanto over the last year – doing the unthinkable and defeating Spencer Lee in the Pennsylvania State Finals, dominating at…

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