Penn 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…

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UPenn'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…

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Penn 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…

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Penn 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…

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Zain Retherford Will Represent Pennsylvania Wrestling at World Championships

LINCOLN, Neb – Pennsylvania Wrestling will be represented at the UWW Senior World Championships in Paris, France come August 2017. 2-time NCAA National Champion Zain Retherford (Benton Area/Penn State) qualified for his first Senior Freestyle World Team in Lincoln, Nebraska with an impressive performance against his former coach and training partner Frank Molinaro. Retherford, a…

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Jordan Oliver Leads Pennsylvania Wrestling at U.S. Open

LAS VEGAS – Jordan Oliver (Easton Area) leads a contingent of Pennsylvania wrestlers in Las Vegas at the 2017 U.S. Open (Photo of Oliver by Tony Rotundo of Wrestlers Are Warriors). The 3-time PIAA State Champion is the lone Keystone Wrestler who advanced into the Senior Men’s Freestyle Finals. Overall ten wrestlers from Pennsylvania are…

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Pennsylvania Wrestlers Prepare for U.S. Open in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – The 2017 U.S. Open returns to Las Vegas this weekend and Pennsylvania Wrestling will be represented by some of the Nation’s best. The event is broken down into several different age and style divisions including Senior Men’s Freestyle and Junior Men’s Freestyle. The Keystone State will also be represented in the Senior…

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