Posts Tagged ‘Darian Cruz’
PAPC20: Spencer Lee is Free, Plus What We Learned at Midlands & Scuffle
PAPC20: The New Year is here and with it comes a slew of results from Midlands and the Southern Scuffle that start to paint a clear picture about who is and who is not a national title contender. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on more than an hour’s worth of a wrestling adventure. They discuss a…
Read MorePenn State Survives Scare, Downs Lehigh 23-19 in Front of Record Crowd
ALLENTOWN, PA. – Defending national champion and top-ranked Penn State won the final four bouts to survive a serious scare and defeat Lehigh 23-19 in front of a Lehigh home-record 9,896 fans in Allentown’s PPL Center. All five defending national champs won their bouts today with Darian Cruz, Zain Retherford, and Jason Nolf picking up…
Read MorePAPC12: Brock Zacherl Opens Up About Culture, Attitude, & Purpose
PAPC12: Pennsylvania native and Clarion NCAA Qualifier Brock Zacherl joins the podcast to talk about culture changes, why attitude matters as much as wrestling, and wrestling with a purpose. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take listeners on more than an hour’s worth of a wrestling adventure. They discuss a variety of topics in episode 12 including opening weekend results, Nick Lee’s…
Read MoreNCAA Champion Darian Cruz Talks About Staying Focused for 2018
PAPC3: 2017 NCAA National Champion Darian Cruz joins the PA Power College Podcast to talk about re-focusing for 2018 and what he has been up to this summer. The dynamic duo of @WarnTriz and @Beck_Diggity take a stab at the best ever college wrestling families from Pennsylvania. They discuss a variety of topics in episode 3 including Aaron Pico,…
Read MoreOne for District 11: Darian Cruz wins NCAA Title, Credits His Roots
ST. LOUIS – It might have been wrestled on college’s wrestling’s biggest stage, in front of nearly 20,000 fans at the Scottrade Center and millions more watching on television, but Darian Cruz’s NCAA championship was all about the Lehigh Valley. The Bethlehem Catholic grad beat Ethan Lizak, his old elementary school rival from Parkland, 6-3…
Read MorePennsylvania's Elite Four Win NCAA National Championships in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – Pennsylvania Wrestling was guaranteed at least one National Champion coming into the Saturday night finals but left with the maximum number. The four Keystone State wrestlers all accomplished the feat in their own unique ways. It started at 125 lbs. when District XI foes Darian Cruz (BECHAI) and Ethan Lizak (Parkland) clashed…
Read MorePennsylvania Goes Five-for-Five in NCAA Semifinals; 8 will All-American
ST. LOUIS – A total of eight Pennslyvania Wrestlers will leave St. Louis with NCAA Hardware and five of those wrestlers are going to put it all on the line in the NCAA National Finals. Pennsylvania is guaranteed at the bare minimum one NCAA National Champion as the 125 lbs. finals bout will feature former…
Read More11th Heaven: Two Lehigh Valley Wrestlers to Meet for NCAA Title
ST. LOUIS – Pennsylvania is guaranteed to have a national champion at 125 pounds. So is District 11. Darian Cruz of Lehigh had the Scottrade Center rocking on Friday night with his 4-2 win over previously unbeaten Thomas Gilman of Iowa in sudden victory. Ethan Lizak of Minnesota’s path to the final was much less…
Read MorePenn State vs. Lehigh Will be Keystone State Showdown
When the Lehigh Mountain Hawks arrive in Happy Valley to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Bryce Jordan Center it will be a display of #PAPOWER. Both line-ups are littered with former Pennsylvania studs as a combined total 28 PIAA State Championships are owned between the two rosters. #4 Penn State is looking…
Read MoreState Champ Darian Cruz Commits to Lehigh
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] It came as no surprise when Bethlehem Catholic’s 2012 PIAA State AA 106 lbs. Champion Darian Cruz committed to Lehigh University. His older brother Randy is a freshman for the Mountain…
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