PA High School Wrestling News

The 2016 WPIAL Championship Quarterfinals are some of the best matches of the two day Tournament and this season fans will see 75 State Ranked wrestlers compete for a spot in the semifinals. Below is a look at the match-ups that will take place with their current State Ranking listed with matches in red being…

The WPIAL/South West Regional Tournament is underway at Penn Hills High School with Friday seeing action through the Championship Quarterfinals. Below is a look at some intriguing Preliminary Round match-ups that will be taking place this afternoon. Full brackets of the WPIAL Tournament and all other Regionals taking place this weekend can be found at…

Nazareth’s Sammy Sasso burst on the high school wrestling scene a year ago, when he carved his way to the state finals. Now a sophomore, Sasso is one of the best in the state and a favorite to battle Greater Latrobe hammer Luke Pletcher for the 138-pound title in next week’s PIAA Wrestling championships. Sasso…

The last time #1 Austin Bell (Belle Vernon Area) and #3 Nino Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) faced off it was in the POWERade Finals where Austin Bell came from behind and scored a narrow (5-4) decision over the junior. Bell used two takedowns in the third period to notch the win and secure his first POWERade…

The 2016 District 3 Semifinals will feature a total of 78 wrestlers who entered the Tournament with a PA State Ranking in either Class AA or AAA. The District 3 Class AAA Tournament, which also serves as the PIAA’s South Central Regional, qualifies the top five medalist to the PIAA State Tournament next door at…

The WPIAL Sectional Brackets for Class AAA have been released and can be found below! All brackets have been released expect the Section 2 Tournament which is still pending due to a lawsuit filed by Jarod Verkleeren (Belle Vernon Area).   WPIAL Class AAA Section 1 [embeddoc url=”http://www.wpial.org/stuff/15-16/wr/wr%201aaa%20brax%20fv.pdf” download=”all”]   WPIAL Class AAA Section 2…

Ken Wunderley of the Post-Gazette Belle Vernon wrestler Jarod Verkleeren was ruled ineligible to wrestle in the Class AAA Section 2 tournament Saturday at Ringgold High School due to a misinterpretation of PIAA rules by Leopards coach Mike Doppelheuer. The family has responded with a lawsuit against Doppelheuer, the Belle Vernon School District, Superintendent Dr.…

The PIAA’s District 3 has released official brackets for the South Central Regional Championship. If any changes are made they will be updated when provided. [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WR-AAA-BRAX-2016-1.pdf” download=”all”]

According to Flo Wrestling’s Ryan Holmes 2015 UWW Cadet World Freestyle Champion Jarod Verkleeren (Belle Vernon Area) will not be competing in the 2016 PIAA Individual Post-Season. On the final day of the PIAA State Dual Team Championship PIAA State Medalist Jarod Verkleeren weighed in at 152 lbs. and bumped up to 160 lbs. where…

Jeff Karam’s Bethlehem Catholic squad is the king of Pennsylvania Class 3A dual-meet wrestling. (Photo from Matt Smith of NJ Advanced Media) That makes it four Class 2A titles to go along with a Class 3A championship in only their second year in the upper class. Karam joined PennLive’s Jeremy Elliott and Jeff Upson, of…