Pennsylvania’s Sammy Sasso Talks Midlands Performance and More on The Open Room

PAPC42:  Back for 2019 The Open Room returns with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee, as they recap the Southern Scuffle and Midlands. They look give a mid-season outlook and look ahead at some future must-see-matches happening. Nazareth’s 2-time Pennsylvania State Champion Sammy Sasso of The Ohio State University stops in to talk about his third place…

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Pennsylvania’s Weekend Recap of NCAA Division I Action

In dual meet competition across the week many of Pennsylvania’s top NCAA Division I wrestlers were in action and had their hands raised. During the Iowa vs. Princeton dual meet Pennsylvania wrestlers went undefeated (5-0) including four Hawkeyes headlined by National Champion Spencer Lee. At 133 lbs. #5 Luke Pletcher (Greater Latrobe/Ohio State) went (2-0)…

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31 Pennsylvania Wrestlers Named NWCA Division I Academic All-Americans

The National Wrestling Coaches Association announced it’s Academic All-Americans for 2018, and 31 of the 155 selected wrestlers all come from Pennsylvania. Leading the charge are three NCAA National Champions from the Keystone State; Spencer Lee (Iowa/Franklin Regional), Zain Retherford (Penn State/Benton Area) and Jason Nolf (Penn State/Kittanning).    NWCA 2018 Academic All-Americans [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018nwca-d1-allacademic.pdf”…

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NCAA Semifinal Preview and Pennsylvania Recap Live From Cleveland

PAPC31: We are in Cleveland for the 2018 NCAA National Championship and PA Power Wrestling’s Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle and Mason Beckman @Beck_Diggity recap all the action from Pennsylvania’s top wrestlers and preview the Championship Semifinals. We are broadcasting from the Winking Lizard so buckle up and tune in!

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Pennsylvania Advances 9 into NCAA Semifinals on Friday Night

Quarterfinal Results   125 lbs. Quarterfinal – Darian Cruz (Lehigh) won by decision over Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) (Dec 2-0) Quarterfinal – Spencer Lee (Iowa) won by fall over Nicholas Piccininni (Oklahoma State) (Fall 3:58)   133 lbs. Quarterfinal – Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) won by decision over Scott Parker (Lehigh) (Dec 3-1) Quarterfinal –…

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Pennsylvania Wrestlers Have Tall Task in NCAA Quarterfinals on Friday

At 125 pounds defending National Champion Darian Cruz (Lehigh/Bethlehem Catholic) will take on a similar wrestler in the quarterfinals – Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State who, like Cruz, has a unique style of wrestling. Spencer Lee (Iowa/Franklin Regional) gets a re-match with Oklahoma State All-American Nick Piccininni who he defeated earlier this season 10-5. Two…

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