Schopp has come a long way in his career
Three years ago, hours after dropping a 4-3 decision to Shady Side Academy’s Frank Martellotti in the 103-pound finals of the PIAA Class AA Championships, Tyrone freshman A.J. Schopp grudgingly walked back into the Giant Center before the Class AAA session started. The glum Schopp didn’t want to be there for an interview. He had pounded Martellotti at the Southwest Regional Tournament the week before, which made the loss all the more difficult to handle. Schopp still doesn’t like losing — although we didn’t see him do that this year. When he came down off of the medals stand after losing to Keystone Oaks’ Anthony Zanetta, 4-3, last year, the two-time runner-up’s jaw was set and his eyes were looking past everybody as he walked quickly away toward the locker room. It was that hatred of losing that helped drive him as he battled through two classicly tough wins over Hodgkins and then, a day later, over Montoursville’s 2008 state champion Luke Frey in the 135-pound final.
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For Tyrone’s A.J. Schopp, the PIAA Championships have on one hand been a showcase of his immense talent, and on the other hand, they’ve been a frustrating three-day weekend in which the gold has just been out of his reach.
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Tyrone’s 1-2 punch of Ronnie Garbinsky and A.J. Schopp have been showing their improvement from last year the entire season. Not many have challenged Garbinsky, and only one wrestler, Bald Eagle Area’s Jacob Taylor, has gone the distance with Schopp.
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Julius Walter thought his senior season was finished. The Hollidaysburg wrestler had lost to Lock Haven’s John Harvey, 2-1, in the 154-pound finals of the 1948 District 6-9 Tournament at the Clearfield Armory.
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Chestnut Ridge and Northern Bedford think they can stop Bedford’s two-year run of winning the District 5 Tournament team title, but it says here that Bedford will be hoising the team trophy again.
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