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Lions counting on experience

By Todd Irwin tirwin@altoonamirror.com Altoona junior Luke Sipes (152) and sophomore Braiden Weaver (114) have wrestled and placed in the PIAA Class 3A Championships before. They know the emotions they’ll be experiencing at Hershey’s Giant Center. They know the talent they’ll be going up against. When the tournament starts for the Class 3A wrestlers at 4 p.m. on Thursday, they’ll be using that experience to draw on in their wrestling. Sipes has earned two medals at 152 in Hershey, placing seventh last season after questionable calls by officials and fifth as a freshman, ...

Hoover, McMonagle earn silver

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover and Huntingdon/Williamsburg’s Andrew McMonagle earned championship rematches with the opponents who beat them in their respective District 6 title bouts. But again they lost frustratingly close bouts in the finals of ...

Cuevas, Ebersole, Snider earn regional titles

By Zach Powell For the Mirror MILTON — Being one of three girls on Bellwood-Antis’s girls wrestling team, and one of two remaining in the postseason, sophomore Juliette Cuevas felt she needed to represent her school. Heading into Saturday’s PIAA Central Girls Regional Tournament, the lightweight Cuevas wanted to put Bellwood on the map. Cuevas won four consecutive matches from Saturday morning through the evening to capture her first-ever regional title at 100 pounds in the PIAA’s inaugural tournament. Two of Cuevas’s four victories came by fall, both being on their ...

Snider among area wrestlers in semifinals

Northern Bedford’s Eion Snider knows the feeling of just missing out on wrestling in the PIAA Class 2A Championships because he finished seventh at the Southwest Regional Tournament. But that bitter taste in his mouth has been replaced with a smile because the Black Panther senior has ...

NBC girls getting ready for step 2 at regionals

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Northern Bedford sophomore 106-pounder Kaylee Ebersole and junior 155-pounder Raegan Snider had very little trouble winning their weight classes last Saturday at the first girls District 5-6-9 Tournament. Ebersole pinned State College’s Anna Lackey in 51 seconds in the finals. Snider, ranked fourth at 155 by PA-Wrestling.com, pinned Bedford senior Camryn Steinbuch in 1:21. This week, they’ve turned their attention to the Saturday’s Central Regional Tournament at Milton High School. Ebersole (17-8) and Snider (19-3) are top seeds at ...

H.S. girls wrestling PIAA Central Regional picks

100 POUNDS: Finalists: Mia Gifford, Western Wayne vs. Autumn Shoff, Moshannon Valley. Champion: Shoff. Comment: In a battle of pinners, I’m giving the edge to Shoff. 106 POUNDS: Finalists: Kaylee Ebersole, Northern Bedford vs. Sadie Wagner, Montgomery. Champion: Ebersole. Comment: Bald Eagle Area’s Eden Eveleth could knock off Wagner in the quarterfinals. 112 POUNDS: Finalists: Lillian Rumsey, Williamsport vs. Lane Fordyce, Bishop McCort. Champion: Rumsey. Comment: Rumsey is ranked second PA-Wrestling.com, while Fordyce is ranked third. 118 POUNDS: Finalists: Saige Oliver, ...