Posts Tagged ‘Spencer Lee’
Austin DeSanto Stuns Nick Suriano as Iowa Rolls Rutgers in Carver-Hawkeye
Once again Pennsylvania grapplers went undefeated for the Iowa Hawkeyes as they topped visiting Rutgers (30-6) on Friday night. Photo of Austin DeSanto by Sam Janicki. The highlight bout, one that Iowa head coach Tom Brands said should be pay-per-view on the Big Ten Network, took place at 133 pounds between #3 Nick Suriano and…
Read MorePennsylvania’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…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Austin DeSanto Wins Midlands and Sammy Sasso Steamrolls to Third
If you were a betting type of person and asked to pick the Iowa Hawkeye from Pennsylvania most likely to win a 2018 Midlands Championship – Austin DeSanto (Exeter Township) likely wouldn’t be your first choice. But, when the dust settled on the 56th Ken Kraft Midlands Championship from Northwestern University, it was Austin DeSanto…
Read MorePitt’s Big Win, Penn State’s Line-up and Lehigh’s Injuries all on The Open Room Podcast
PAPC38: The Open Room with Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU and Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee discuss Pitt’s big win over UNI, Penn State’s line-up following the Keystone Classic and Lehigh’s nagging injuries. They also dive into recaps from Iowa, Nebraska, Arizona State and Virginia Tech. You can now listen to all of PA Power Wrestling’s podcasts on Spotify! Photo of Micky Phillippi from…
Read MorePennsylvania’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)…
Read More31 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”…
Read MoreWhere will Pennsylvania’s Austin DeSanto land?
Now, after weeks of speculation, it has been confirmed by multiple sources, and first reported by Flowrestling, that Drexel true freshman Austin DeSanto has been granted a release. It has been a wild ride for DeSanto over the last year – doing the unthinkable and defeating Spencer Lee in the Pennsylvania State Finals, dominating at…
Read MoreGolden Boy: True Freshman Spencer Lee Soars to the Top in Cleveland
CLEVELAND – You wouldn’t be able to tell based on his walk out music – the theme song to Pokémon, but Spencer Lee is good at wrestling – even if he enjoys catching them all. When asked if anything surprises him, Spencer never thought he would actually select that as a walk out song. “I…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Spencer Lee was reminded of Nick Suriano everyday for a year
CLEVELAND – For an entire year Spencer Lee thought about Nick Suriano every time he entered his room. After throwing his Super 32 second place medal in the trash, Spencer hung it on the back of his bedroom door, to be reminded every day of what needed to be done. It was October 2012, when…
Read More6 National Finalists & 15 NCAA All-Americans for Team Pennsylvania in Cleveland
CLEVELAND – Out of 53 Pennsylvania wrestlers who qualified for the 2018 NCAA National Tournament 15 will earn All-American honors in Cleveland. Seven of those fifteen of are from the WPIAL and five of those seven are from Westmoreland County. The total All-American number could have been as high as 23, but Pennsylvania had a…
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