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MAWA Blue Destroys Disney Duals, Captures All-Star Division Crown
To describe MAWA Blue’s performance at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex as domination would be selling them short. It was more along the lines of destruction. Competing in the AAU Scholastic Duals, better known around these parts as simply the “Disney Duals” MAWA Knight Point Blue returned home with the All-Star Division title.…
Read MoreWhat The PIAA’s Address to the Athletic Oversight Committee Means for Wrestling
On Monday, PIAA Executive Director Dr. Robert Lombardi addressed the Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Committee in Harrisburg to discuss the growing concern over athletic transfers, student-athlete eligibility, and school classification. For those fans who rarely pay attention to other high school sports outside of wrestling, myself included, apparently these are issues that almost all sports and…
Read MoreFinal X Takes Over State College on Saturday; Preview and Picks
It’s Final X day here in State College, PA as some of the Nation’s top wrestlers invade the Keystone State for the second of three World Team qualifications. PA Power Wrestling will be on hand to give you all the updates. You can watch live on Flo with action kicking-off at 6:00 PM. PA Power’s…
Read MorePA Power Wrestling Announces Inaugural Pre-Season Tournament “The Surge”
PITTSBURGH -– The Pennsylvania Wrestling Media Company, PA Power Wrestling, has announced an inaugural preseason tournament, The Surge, which will place on Saturday, Nov. 3 and Sunday Nov. 4, 2018, on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. The Surge will serve as a guide to PA Power Wrestling’s preseason State Rankings for returning…
Read MorePennsylvania Falls Short in Akron at Cadet World Team Trials
Pennsylvania was unable to secure a spot on USA’s Cadet World Team over the weekend in Akron, OH despite efforts from some of the Keystone State’s top young talent. Overall there were eight top eight finishers in Freestyle and six in Greco-Roman Only one Pennsylvania wrestler advanced into the best-of-three Championship finals with 2018 PIAA…
Read MoreHow the TIF of 2018 Performed This Season
Every season that PA Power Wrestling has put out the Top Incoming Freshmen (TIF) Report – we can a look back and see how list of rookies performed in their first year of competition. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes wrestlers are overlooked, which makes going back all the more fun. Take a look below…
Read More2018 POWERade Field Set – Major Additions Include Malvern, St. Joe’s, St. Ed’s and Oak Park
Just when you thought the POWERade Tournament couldn’t get any tougher – think again. Tournament Director Frank Vulcano Jr. and his team announced the 2018 Team Field and it features some scary competition from across the Nation. In addition to returning programs Reynolds, Cathedral Prep, Parkersburg South, and St. Paul’s – new teams for 2018…
Read MoreFour Pennsylvania Wrestlers Claim Spots on USA’s Cadet Pan-American Team
Four Pennsylvania wrestlers will head to Guatemala City for the 2018 UWW Cadet Pan American Championships on May 25-27 as they came away winners in East Stroudsburg, PA. On Saturday Pennsylvania wrestlers Sheldon Seymour (Troy Area), Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary), and Gerrit Nijenhuis (Canon-McMillan) all claimed spots on Team USA’s Cadet Freestyle Pan-American squad while…
Read MoreRookie Brock McMillen Wins FloNationals Title; 30 Overall Medalists for Pennsylvania
INDIANA, PA – It was a bittersweet ending to the 2018 FloNationals on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania wrestlers went 1-for-8 in the Championship finals with the lone winner being Glendale rookie Brock McMillen at 113 pounds. Overall Pennsylvania totaled 30 medalists at FloNationals. In the finals McMillen, a 2018 PIAA State…
Read MorePennsylvania Dominates NHSCA Sophomore Nationals with Seven Champions
Half of the 2018 NHSCA Sophomore National Champions are from Pennsylvania. The Keystone State brought home seven individual Champions from the sophomore division including 18 overall medalists in Virginia Beach. State Champion Hunter Catka (Sun Valley) captured the 220 pound title in the Sophomore Division with four falls including one in the finals against Cody…
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