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Girls are falling in love with wrestling

The Associated Press MECHANICSBURG — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls’ wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport. “I fell in love with it the first time,” she said. Unlike previous generations, she’s hardly alone. Girls’ wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the country, sanctioned by a surging number of states and bolstered by a movement of medal-winning female wrestlers, parents and the male-dominated ranks of coaches and administrators ...

Williamsburg student McMonagle captures PIAA title for Bearcats

HERSHEY — Andrew McMonagle is still probably going through the texts and voicemails on his cell phone two days after capturing the 189-pound title at the PIAA Class 2A Championships at Hershey’s Giant Center. “Oh, my phone’s blowing up right now,” McMonagle said after winning the ...

Two close losses put Sipes in 4th

HERSHEY — Altoona’s Luke Sipes won another close bout against Central Mountain’s Griffin Walizer, 1-0, in the consolation semifinals of the PIAA Class 3A Championships on Saturday morning at the Giant Center. But his hopes of finishing third at 152 pounds were dashed when he just ...

McMonagle advances to Class 2A title round

Sipes loses in semis By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com HERSHEY — At this point last year, Andrew McMonagle was hurting from an injured knee he sustained in the first round of the PIAA Class 2A Championships. “It motivated the heck out of me,” McMonagle said. “I ate hard ...

NBC’s Snider falls in semis

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com HERSHEY — As expected, Northern Bedford’s Raegan Snider made the semifinals of the inaugural PIAA-sanctioned girls state tournament. But her goal of making the state finals ended in the semifinals when she was pinned in the ultimate tiebreaker by North Allegheny’s Leyna Rumpler. She beat Avon Grove’s Kaitlynn Arnold, 7-1, in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals. Bellwood-Antis’ Juliette Cuevas (100) and Northern Bedford’s Kaylee Ebersole (106) lost in the quarterfinals, but will place in the tournament. Here’s a ...

Three area girls capture openers at first state tourney

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com HERSHEY — Bellwood-Antis sophomore Juliette Cuevas said she was nervous on the first day of the first PIAA-sanctioned girls state tournament on Thursday afternoon at the Giant Center. Cuevas, who got a fire truck escort out of town on Wednesday, ...