PA High School Wrestling News
Baker Claims Third Title To Lead Junior Girls
FARGO, N.D. – Vayle Baker is experienced enough to know not to panic when she was put on the shot clock in the 117-pound finals of the Girls Junior National Freestyle Tournament on Wednesday. Instead, she stayed with her game plan against Phoenix Dubose of Washington. A few seconds after giving up a point for…
Read MoreSeymour Leads Three Cadet Champs As PA Finishes Third
FARGO, N.D. – Greco-Roman might not be Sheldon Seymour’s favorite style of wrestling, but when he won a stop sign in it, he wasn’t about to complain. Seymour captured the 106-pound title at the Cadet National Greco-Roman Tournament on Thursday – the first of three championships for Team Pennsylvania, which finished third in the team…
Read MoreFischer Lands Junior Title To Lead Team PA
FARGO, N.D. – Joey Fischer has been hungry for the past four months – and not just because of the weight he needed to cut to wrestle 100 pounds at the Junior National Freestyle Tournament. Fischer, who will be a sophomore at South Park High School, said not medaling at the PIAA 2A tournament in…
Read MoreJared McGill Changes Mind, Picks Pitt
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…
Read MoreStout, Manville Take Different Paths To Fargo Titles
FARGO, N.D. – Carson Manville and Luke Stout both come from strong wrestling backgrounds, but they’re different in many ways. The one common bond? They each won Cadet National Freestyle Tournament championships on Monday as Team Pennsylvania captured the team title. Manville, who won freestyle and Greco-Roman titles for Minnesota last year before his family…
Read MoreFinalist Joey Fischer Leads Team PA’s Eight Junior All-Americans
FARGO, N.D. – Pennsylvania will have eight All-Americans – and just one finalist in Joey Fischer – at the Junior Freestyle National Tournament, which wraps up at the Fargodome on Tuesday. “We’re a little disappointed,” said Team PA coach Brad Dillon, who is an assistant at Lehigh. “You want to keep as many guys in…
Read MoreManville, Stout Lead Cadets To Team Championship
FARGO, N.D. – Winning a team title at the Cadet Freestyle National Tournament is very difficult – as evidenced by the fact that only five states have done it in the event’s 33-year history. Doing it without two of your top team members? That’s nearly unheard of. That’s exactly what Team Pennsylvania did on Monday.…
Read MoreStarocci Leads Quartet Into Junior Semifinals At Fargo
FARGO, N.D. – So far, so good as Carter Starocci makes the jump from Cadets to Juniors. The Erie Cathedral Prep rising senior advanced to the 170-pound semifinals and locked up his status as an All-American at the Junior Freestyle National Tournament on Monday, to join Pennsylvania teammates Joey Fischer (100) pounds), Jackson Henson (132)…
Read MoreCadets Lock Up Fargo Team Title
FARGO, N.D. – The medal round won’t begin until 2 p.m. Eastern, but Pennsylvania has already locked up the team title at the Cadet Freestyle National Tournament. Four Team PA wrestlers will wrestle on the main stage in the final round while 10 others will be wrestling in the placement rounds. Carson Manville (145 pounds),…
Read MoreAfter Day 1 Doug Zapf Leads Team Pennsylvania Juniors into Fargo Round of 16
Day 1 of the 2018 USMC/USAW Junior Freestyle Nationals in Fargo, ND are in the books and fans will likely remember the day when Pennsylvania’s Doug Zapf (Downingtown West/UPenn) took down the #1 ranked wrestler in the Nation, Patrick McKee of Minnesota. Doug was just one of seventeen Keystone State wrestlers who find themselves in…
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