PA High School Wrestling News

On Saturday at Penn Hills High School the WPIAL will crown a Class AAA Dual Team Champion and for the first time in two years it will not be Franklin Regional. The last two seasons the Panthers captured both WPIAL and PIAA Championships but this season fell to North Allegheny in the quarterfinal round.  …

Tonight in the District 3 Dual Team semifinals the #6 Central Dauphin Rams will tangle with #13 Exeter Township. There are several keys for each time in order to come away with a win and advance into the Championship Finals where in all likelihood awaits #7 Cumberland Valley. On the bottom half #7 Cumberland Valley…

Pennsylvania’s top wrestler #1 Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional) has made his season debut. The Franklin Regional junior has been sidelined since September with a shoulder injury that he suffered prior to winning a UWW Junior World Championship in Freestyle. “The Kid” was cleared to return to the mat by doctors last week and weighed in…

Think about big shoes to fill. You are the younger brother of Ed “The Truth” Ruth one of the most decorated college wrestlers of all time. A 3x NCAA Champion for Penn State Ed Ruth is now competing in the Freestyle circuit at 86 kg. and has already signed a MMA contract with Bellator. Rookie…

On this week’s edition of “The Mat Report” Jeremy Elliott and Jeff Upson kicked the show off in Segment 1 with a look back to last week’s Central Dauphin-Cumberland Valley tilt. In segment two Exeter head coach Jonathan Rugg joined the pair to discuss the Eagles post-season. In Segment 3, the duo critiqued the power-ranking…

The Dual Team Post-Season is getting underway and with that come updated State Rankings. Class AA State Dual Team Rankings saw the most change after #1 Brookville Area left their home gym with an undefeated record (5-0) at the Ultimate Duals against the best teams in the State. Northern Lebanon is a big mover in…

#1 Gage Curry (North Hills) won his fourth Allegheny County Championship on Sunday night and the American University recruit continued his undefeated senior season. Curry defeated #18 Alex Salas (Pine-Richland) in the 113 lbs. finals (6-0). The featured bout of the finals at 182 lbs. lived up to the hype as PIAA State Champion #2…

The 2016 Allegheny County Tournament will feature 18 State Ranked wrestlers in the finals alone which are set to kick-off at 6:00 PM at Fox Chapel Area High School. The feature bout will be 182 lbs. where Class AAA #1 Jake Woodley (North Allegheny) will meet PIAA State Champion #2 Greg Bulsak (South Park) who…

Twenty wrestlers Ranked in the State found themselves on the medal stand at the 2016 Mercer VFW Tournament on Saturday night. The biggest of those came at 220 lbs. where a loaded bracket unfolded. #2 Jacob Robb (Armstrong) was the top seed and now competing in Class AAA the PIAA State Runner-up had an impressive…

The PA State Wrestling landscape is taking shape as the post-season quickly approaches. Two freshmen made statements over the weekend and put the rest of the field at 113 lbs. on alert. Not surprisingly PA Power Wrestling’s Class of 2016 Top Incoming Freshman #3 Julian Chlebove has ascended near the top of the State Rankings…