Posts Tagged ‘Corey Keener’
Five NCAA First Round Matches Will Feature PA vs. PA Wrestlers
133 lbs. Bout 37 (11) Dom Forys (PITT/North Allegheny) vs. Corey Keener (PSU/Blue Mountain) 149 lbs. Bout 73 (15) Ronald Perry (LH/Solanco) vs. Cortlandt Schuyler (LEH/Manheim Twp.) 157 lbs. Bout 75 (1) Hayden Hidlay (NCST/Mifflin County) vs. Garett Hammond (DREX/Chambersburg) 184 lbs. Bout 131 (3) Ryan Preisch (LEH/Milton) vs. Greg Bulsak (CLAR/South…
Read MoreBig 10 Conference Tournament Pre-Seeds Announced; Pennsylvania Totals 11
The biggest, baddest, and most competitive conference championship in NCAA Wrestling is the B1G and pre-seeds include eleven wrestlers from Pennsylvania. Leading the charge is 2-time NCAA Champion and undefeated senior Zain Retherford (Benton/Penn State) who once again is the favorite at 149 lbs. Joining Zain are two Pennsylvania studs who share the top seed…
Read More#1 Penn State Downs the #3 Iowa Hawkeyes in front of Record Crowd
STATE COLLEGE – In front of a record crowd of nearly 16,000 fans the #1 Penn State Nittany Lions outpaced the #3 Iowa Hawkeyes (28-13) inside a sold out Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday night. Pennsylvania wrestling was well represented between the two squads with a total of five Pennsylvania natives taking the mat and…
Read MoreMighty Cassar Propels #2 Penn State past #1 Ohio State in Sold Out Rec Hall
State College – Despite missing undefeated #1 Jason Nolf at 157 lbs. and dropping a swing bout at 141 lbs. the Penn State Nittany Lions found a way to surpass #1 Ohio State in front of a sold-out Rec Hall crowd on Saturday night. The win was highlighted by several factors but most notably at…
Read MoreUPenn's Keystone Classic To Feature Pennsylvania's Best
PHILADELPHIA – One of the more premier early season tournaments will take place here in Pennsylvania with the 2017 Keystone Classic on the campus of UPenn. In total there will be 32 Pennsylvania natives competing inside the historic Palestra. Five of the ten top seeded wrestlers all hail from Pennsylvania and half of the 32…
Read MorePenn State Opens Season with 45-3 Win Against Army
STATE COLLEGE – Things quickly went from banners to bonus points for Penn State’s top-ranked wrestling team Thursday night. It wasn’t long after Penn State raised yet another commemorative NCAA championship banner in Rec Hall before 6,320 onlookers that it flattened Army West Point 45-3 and made the Black Knights its 32nd straight victim. Three…
Read MorePenn State Preview: Lions Eye Another Title
When the NCAA finals drew to a close in St. Louis last March, it looked like Penn State had not only won its sixth team championship in seven years, but that another one in 2018 would be little more than a formality. After all the Nittany Lions would return five individual champs – Zain Retherford…
Read MoreCorey Keener's Goals Haven't Changed Since Arriving in Happy Valley
STATE COLLEGE – Pennsylvania Wrestling fans should remember the name Corey Keener. After all he was a 2-time PIAA State Champion for Blue Mountain with a career record in high school of (190-16). After graduating from Blue Mountain in 2012 Corey went on to Central Michigan University where he spent the last four years competing.…
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