PA High School Wrestling News
Pennsylvania Claims 35 Beast of The East Medalists Including Three Champions
The Beast of The East is considered one of the toughest tournaments in the Nation for a reason – it features ten teams ranked in Intermat’s Fab 50 including the top three ranked teams; Blair Academy, Wyoming Seminary, and Bergen Catholic. The Pennsylvania contingent, in addition to National Prep power Wyoming Seminary, included nine State…
Read MoreWith Four State Ranked Teams Friday’s WPIAL Showcase is an Early Gift for Fans
Busy getting all the last second gifts you need on Friday? Well if you are in the Pittsburgh Region you should be making an additional stop at Canon-McMillan High School on Friday evening. No, it is not to save a seat for next week’s POWERade. It will be for the first ever “WPIAL Showcase” featuring…
Read MoreCentral Dauphin Ram’s in Unfamiliar Territory This Season
Central Dauphin head coach Jeff Sweigard chuckled when he said, “I got a lot of phone calls from people wanting to put us on the schedule.” But, it’s true. Now that the Rams aren’t one of the top high school wrestling teams in Pennsylvania, one loaded with returning state qualifiers and nationally ranked talent, everyone…
Read MoreState Dual Team Rankings Heading into Holiday Tournaments
It may not be full-on Dual Season just yet, with the numerous Holiday Tournaments set to take place, but some major dual meets have started to shake the State landscape. In Class AA the top remains the same with #8 Saucon Valley earning a quality win over #12 Notre Dame-Green Pond in the first week…
Read MoreKOM & Panther Holiday Recaps Plus Seneca Valley Coach Wildrick on WarUp on The WPIAL Podcast
PAW18: PA Power Wrestling’s Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap the King of The Mountain and Panther Holiday Classic Tournaments and speak with Seneca Valley head coach Kevin Wildrick. The duo also preview the WPIAL Quad Meet featuring four of the top teams this season taking place on Friday. Take a listen today! You can now listen…
Read More6 Panther Holiday Classic Takeaways
The Panther Holiday Classic has changed quite a bit in the past few years. A few years ago, it shifted from Penn Cambria High School to Mount Aloysius College in Cresson. Last year, it dropped Sheetz as its title sponsor. And this year, its field got a new look with a heavier emphasis on AAA…
Read MoreUnseeded Mason Spears takes 138-pound KoM title, team title to Council Rock South
MILL HALL, Pa.: Mason Spears had plenty of time to think about his first two years of high school wrestling after a disappointing sophomore season. But Spears didn’t worry about the broken thumb that hindered his freshman season. He didn’t wallow in self-pity or blame anyone but himself for a lackluster second year in which…
Read MoreKollin Myers makes Boiling Springs history with late takedown for King of the Mountain title
MILL HALL, Pa.: All Kollin Myers heard in the back of his head was, ‘You’ve got 22, 22.’ Turns out, that was the voice of his coach, Rod Wright. Myers was down by one point to Penn-Trafford standout Nick Coy with 22 seconds left in his 145-pound title match during the prestigious King of the…
Read MoreMcGill Tops Gorring In Finals as King of The Mountain Champions Crowned
106 1st Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional) MD Kai Burkett (Chestnut Ridge), 12-0 3rd Nic Allison (Mifflin County) DEC Owen Reinsel (Brookville), 3-2 5th James Day (Philipsburg NJ) M FOR Jay Maldonado (Boyertown) 7th Hunter Swedish (Seneca Valley) DEC Easton Toth (Forest Hills), 6-0 113 1st Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) DEC Braden Bower (Williamsport), 4-0…
Read MoreLive bout-by-bout updates from the Championship Finals of the King of The Mountain
This year’s King of the Mountain Tournament started with over 300 wrestlers vying for a title in this prestigious event. Now, the field is down to 28. The championship finals are scheduled for 5 p.m., and only 14 of those wrestlers will walk out of Central Mountain High School with a championship trophy under their…
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