Many area athletes were recognized recently when the Inter-County Conference released its all-star teams for the 2018-19 winter sports season. In boys basketball, Juniata Valley’s Quinn Zinbobile and Cameron Collins, along with Bellwood-Antis’ Nathan Wolfe and Mason Yingling, as well as ...

106 POUNDS 1. Kai Burkett Chestnut Ridge So 35-6 2. Suds Dubler Glendale Fr 41-4 3. Luke Hileman Altoona Fr 29-13 4. Zach Brandis Central Cambria Jr 24-12 5. Nick Bryan Philipsburg-Osceola Jr 23-14 Ones to watch: Ashton Sipes, Ty; Trevor Husick, TM; Jaxon Matthews, Cent 113 ...

WINS 1. McMillen Glen 43-1 2. Johnston Glen 43-7 3. Sossong Port 42-8 4. Dubler Glen 41-4 5. McGill CR 40-0 6. Brown PC 38-5 7. Cassidy Bed 36-2 8. Sarbo Alt 36-5 9. Cornell Ever 36-6 10. Burkett CR 35-6 PINS 1. Cornell Ever 25 Dubler Glen 25 3. ...

HERSHEY — When Chestnut Ridge’s Jared McGill beat McGuffey’s Christian Clutter, 8-2, in the 170-pound finals of the PIAA Class 2A Championships, it marked the end of an outstanding career. The only thing missing on his wrestling resume was a state title. He finally added that to his ...

The most anticipated bout of the state tournament was the Class 3A 132-pound semifinal bout between North Hills two-time state champion Sam Hillegas and Northampton two-time state champion Julian Chlebove. Why were two-time state champions meeting in the semifinals when they could have ...

HERSHEY — Glendale has had a number of pretty good wrestlers over the years, including Tom Ross and Brock McMillen, both of whom finished second at the PIAA Class 2A Championships in 1986 and 2018, respectively. The Vikings had never produced a state champion. But McMillen changed that on ...

HERSHEY — Coming off of a dominant Southwest Regional Tournament title, Bedford’s Kaden Cassidy was one of the favorites to win the 132-pound title at the PIAA Class 2A Championships. But when he suffered a 3-2 loss in the semifinals on Friday night to Saucon Valley’s eventual champion ...

HERSHEY — When he gave up the opening takedown in his Friday night semifinal against Valley’s Noah Hutcherson, Chestnut Ridge’s Jared McGill didn’t think about last year’s PIAA Class 2A Championships. He didn’t think about when he gave up an early five-point move to Port ...

HERSHEY — Nothing is a given at the PIAA Championships. It’s why the tournament is regarded as the toughest tournament in the nation and why college coaches flock to it. Three top-ranked Class 3A wrestlers lost on Friday at the Giant Center, and many more returning medal winners didn’t ...

By Todd Irwin tirwin@altoonamirror.com HERSHEY — Chestnut Ridge’s Nate Holderbaum saw his opportunity quickly at the start of the second period against East Pennsboro’s Adam Jacob. Down 2-0 entering the second period of his preliminary bout at the PIAA Class 2A Championships on ...

By Todd Irwin tirwin@altoonamirror.com HERSHEY — Altoona sophomore Matt Sarbo had a much better start to this year’s state tournament than he did in last year’s PIAA Class 3A Championships. Sarbo was dominant on his feet and from the top position in a 20-7 thumping of West Chester ...

By Todd Irwin tirwin@altoonamirror.com They have gone to the extra workouts, experienced the highs and lows of the wrestling season and have made it to the PIAA Class 3A Championships. The four area wrestlers, including two from Altoona and two from Hollidaysburg, are few in numbers, but ...

The following are Mirror wrestling writer Todd Irwin’s picks for this weekend’s PIAA 3A state wrestling tournament in Hershey: 106 POUNDS: Finalists: Aiden Lewis, Cedar Cliff vs. Dylan Chappell, Seneca Valley. Champion: Chappell. Comment: Mifflin County’s Nic Allison could meet Chappell ...

Glendale’s Brock McMillen has come as close as a wrestler can get to standing on top of the medals stand at the PIAA Class 2A Championships. McMillen finished second at 113 as a freshman in Hershey last season, dropping a 7-3 decision to Mount Union nemesis Josh Boozel in the finals. “I ...

The following are Mirror wrestling writer Todd Irwin’s picks for this weekend’s PIAA 2A state wrestling tournament in Hershey: 106 POUNDS: Finalists: Gary Steen, Reynolds vs. Joey Fischer, South Park. Champion: Steen. Comment: Returning state champ Steen will possibly have go through ...

Hollidaysburg’s Gus Dellinger traveled a stressful road through the consolation rounds of the Northwest Regional Class 3A Tournament. The road ended up taking him to Hershey. Dellinger won three straight consolation bouts on Saturday to reach the third-place bout. He pinned Bellefonte’s ...

Cathedral Prep’s Kawaun DeBoe outweighed Altoona’s Nate Simmers by about 50 pounds when they took the mat in the 285-pound championship of the Northwest Regional Class 3A Tournament. DeBoe also has a more gaudy wrestling resume — returning state runner-up, three-time state placewinner, ...

106 POUNDS 1. Kai Burkett Chestnut Ridge So 32-4 2. Suds Dubler Glendale Fr 39-2 3. Luke Hileman Altoona Fr 29-13 4. Zach Brandis Central Cambria Jr 24-12 5. Nick Bryan Philipsburg-Osceola Jr 23-14 Ones to watch: Ashton Sipes, Ty; Trevor Husick, TM; Jaxon Matthews, Cent 113 ...

WINS 1. McMillen Glen 39-1 2. Dubler Glen 39-2 3. Johnston Glen 39-4 4. Sossong Port 38-5 5. McGill CR 36-0 6. Sarbo Alt 35-3 7. Link CH 35-9 8. Brown PC 34-4 9. Knisely CR 34-6 10. Cassidy Bed 32-1 PINS 1. Seace CR 23 Dubler Glen 23 3. Cornell Ever 22 ...

Class 3A Preliminary and first round pairings for the PIAA Class 3A wrestling championships which begin Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey. Wrestlers’ names are followed by school, regional finish, grade and record. (x-denotes returning champion). Preliminary Round 106: Ryan ...