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Forfeit victories more than enough for Tyrone

TYRONE — Six forfeit wins and two falls propelled Tyrone to a 53-18 win over Bellwood-Antis in high school wrestling action on Tuesday. Logan Rumberger and Rhys Rawlings earned the falls for Tyrone, and Kyle Scott won by technical fall. Bellwood’s Jayce Quick won by fall. 107—Malakai Wicker, T, (For.) 114—Tanner McElravy, BA, (For.) 121—Double Forfeit 127—Vince Shank, BA, over Coltyn Frye, (Injury) 133—Logan Rumberger, T, over Sean McFarland, (Fall 1:05) 139—Rhys Rawlings, T, over Grady Rabenstein, (Fall 2:43) 145—Andrew Detwiler, T, (For.) 152—Mason VanAllman, ...

Altoona wrestlers go 4-1 in Clearfield Duals

CLEARFIELD — Altoona went 4-1 at the Bison Duals on Saturday in high school wrestling with wins over Butler (42-31), Cranberry (47-24), Ridgway (66-0) and Saegertown (52-13) and a loss to Port Allegany (39-33). Braiden Weaver went 5-0 at 121 pounds with four wins by fall and one major decision, and Luke Sipes went 5-0 at 160 pounds with three technical falls and two pins. ALTOONA 42, BUTLER 31 107: Savannah, B, over Nardozza (Dec 3-2) 114: Chirdon, A, over Dickey (Fall 5:52) 121: Weaver, A, over Stutz (Fall 2:20) 127: Barr, A, over Swidzinski (Fall 2:20) 133: Sloboda, B, won by ...

Central uses pins to take down Golden Eagle wrestlers

TYRONE — As snow began to fall and pile up outside of Tyrone Area High School on Thursday night, the Central and Tyrone wrestling teams were piling up pins inside the gymnasium. There were pins in 11 of the 13 bouts, with the two non-fall results being forfeits. Eight of the pins were ...

Comeback win for Altoona

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com HUNTINGDON — With a combined 21 wins between Altoona and Huntingdon, the dual meet on Tuesday night before a large crowd figured to be a good one. It didn’t disappoint. The Bearcats charged out to 13-point lead after first five weights, but a major decision from Altoona’s Liam Chirdon at 114 and a pin from teammate Tabor Baker in his season debut at 121 kickstarted the Mountain Lions to a 36-30 victory. “It was back and forth, and Huntingdon’s always a good team,” Altoona coach Joel Gilbert said, “so you never know what ...

Central coach hits historic milestone with victory

PATTON — Central received nine victories by forfeit in a 60-9 rout of Cambria Heights that gave coach Dave Marko his 350th career dual meet win Tuesday in high school wrestling. “The most important thing to me was that the team got another win tonight,” Marko said. “Hopefully we’re building towards what we can do at the district duals. The (number) of wins is just the by-product of it all. I actually didn’t realize where I was until the kids asked me over the weekend how many wins I had, and I started to count everything up at that point.” Blair Miller (215-pounds) ...

Weaver, Sipes runners-up at tourney

INDIANA — Altoona’s Braiden Weaver and Luke Sipes lost close bouts in the finals to finish second in the 57-team Mid-Winter Mayhem on Saturday at IUP’s Kovalchick Convention Center & Athletic Complex. Weaver, ranked third by PA Power Wrestling, dropped a 4-2 decision to Butler’s Santino Sloboda, ranked second in Class 3A, in the 121-pound finals. The second-ranked Sipes dropped a 9-6 decision to Bishop McCort’s returning Class 2A state champion Melvin Miller, a sophomore who’s ranked first in the state in Class 2A and the nation at 160. Hollidaysburg’s Mitchell ...