Posts Tagged ‘Erik Gibson’
The Surge Bracket Results and Finals Video Replay
The 2nd Annual Surge Pre-Season Tournament is in the books! In case you missed the results here is a breakdown of place winners plus final brackets from a day where fans saw AHR, Erik Gibson, and Jalen Stephens all win their second straight Hammers. If you missed the finals on the Westmoreland Sports Network you…
Read MorePennsylvania Wins Second Straight Fargo Cadet Freestyle Nationals; Pinto & Franklin Champions
For the second straight year Team Pennsylvania will leave Fargo, ND with the Cadet National Championship in Freestyle. With a total of 12 All-Americans, including two Champions, the Keystone State pulled away late as they locked up 61 team points, ten ahead of second place Minnesota, on Monday afternoon. At 94 pounds incoming rookie Jaden…
Read MorePennsylvania Advances 12 Into Fargo Cadet Freestyle Quarterfinals; 19 Alive in Wrestle Backs
The day started out with 60 Cadets competing in Freestyle for Team Pennsylvania and it ended with 31 still alive. Twelve advanced into the Championship Quarterfinals in Fargo including returning All-Americans Jacob Van Dee (Cathedral Prep) at 106 pounds and Kolby Franklin (St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy) at 220 pounds (Photo of Franklin by Sam Janicki)…
Read MoreForest Hills Freshman Jackson Arrington and Erik Gibson Make State 2A Semifinals In Different Fashion
HERSHEY, PA – The Rangers are here – and they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. The future looks bright as rookies Jackson Arrington and Erik Gibson each found themselves sitting in the Class 2A State Semifinals on Friday night. The way they got there was much different. For Arrington, ranked #3 in the state…
Read MoreSaegertown’s Kenny Kiser avenges Surge loss to Erik Gibson, earns KoM semifinal berth
MILL HALL, Pa.: There were some nerves bouncing around Kenny Kiser’s stomach as he approached the mat Saturday morning at Central Dauphin High School. The Saegertown junior’s opponent, Forest Hills freshman Erik Gibson, the No. 6 wrestler in the state at 145 according to PA Power Wrestling. The same wrestler who beat him the finals…
Read MoreFive Can’t Miss Quarterfinals from the King of The Mountain Tournament
145 pounds #11 Kenny Kiser (Saegertown) Jr. vs. #6 Erik Gibson (Forest Hills) Fr. This is a rematch of the 2018 Surge finals where freshman sensation Erik Gibson of Forest Hills won the Championship hammer with a (3-1) decision over Kiser. Gibson, the sixth seed, collected two falls to advance into the KOM quarters while…
Read MoreThe 2019 Top Incoming Freshmen Report Released
The 8th Annual Top Incoming Freshmen Report brought to you by PA Power Wrestling has arrived just in time for the season. Compiled by PA Power Wrestling’s Jeff Upson the TIF of 2019 ranks the Top 75 freshmen and includes 36 Honorable Mentions for a total of 111 wrestlers. Pennsylvania’s Top Incoming Freshmen have faced…
Read MoreFive Takeaways From The Surge Pre-Season Tournament
Below are my five takeaways from The Surge on Sunday. Although it was the first ever Tournament we ran – I was able to observe some high quality wrestling and made several notes on the day. Let me know what you think of the following on Twitter @PAPowerWrestle or comment below! #1. Freshmen Jared Keslar…
Read MoreErik Gibson captures The Surge title in his own backyard
There were several young wrestlers making a name for themselves during The Surge on Sunday. None of them had as close of a tie to the area where the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown is like Erik Gibson. Gibson goes to Forest Hills, which is only 7.7 miles away from Pitt-Johnstown’s campus. The freshman may have made…
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