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Rematches can be seen throughout regionals

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Rematches from the championship finals of the District 6 Class 2A Tournament are a strong possibility in the Southwest Regional Tournament this weekend at the Altoona Fieldhouse. Tyrone’s Braden Ewing and Glendale’s Daniel Williams could tangle again at 285 and go to another tiebreaker. Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover and Bishop McCort’s Melvin Miller could meet up again at 152, as could Tyrone’s Kyle Scott and McCort’s Owen McMullen at 172 and Huntingdon/Williamsburg’s Andrew McMonagle and Bald Eagle Area’s Caleb Close at 189. ...

PIAA Class 2A SW Regional Picks

107 POUNDS: Finalists: Dom Deputy, Chestnut Ridge vs. Tanner Guenot, Bald Eagle Area. Champion: Deputy. Comment: Deputy beat Guenot, 3-0, in the Laurel Highlands final. P-O’s Caleb Hummel could face Deputy in the semifinals. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Caden Judice, Bald Eagle Area vs. Easton Mull, Chestnut Ridge. Champion: Mull. Comment: Many ranked wrestlers at this weight. Mull will get tests against United’s Jacob Sombronski and Derry Area’s Anthony Mucci before the finals. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Landon Bainey, West Branch vs. Lincoln Sledzianowski, Bishop McCort. Champion: ...

Altoona junior Sipes makes it 3-for-3

Altoona’s Luke Sipes wasn’t letting his three opponents in the Northwest Regional Class 3A Tournament get any breathing room over the weekend. After outscoring his first two opponents 34-3, including a 15-0 technical fall in the semifinals, Sipes, ranked third by PA Power Wrestling, ...

Northern Bedford ends Chestnut Ridge’s reign

JOHNSTOWN — Chesnut Ridge has dominated the team race in the District 5 boys wrestling tournament for over a decade, bringing a 12-year winning streak into Saturday’s event at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Sports Center. Northern Bedford enjoyed an exemplary day Saturday, however, and brought Ridge’s long streak to an end. With Wyatt Clouse and Eion Snider winning individual titles at 121 and 189 pounds, respectively, and Rece Dibert and Brock Beach taking respective second places at 215 and 285 pounds, the Black Panthers racked up 182 team points, nosing out ...

Tiger Sidney cashes in on free pass

Hollidaysburg sophomore Brayden Sidney didn’t qualify for the Northwest Regional Class 3A Tournament because he finished fourth at the District 6 Tournament last week. But Sidney and Altoona’s Dominic Nardozza were added to the regional tournament at 107 after District 8 and District 4-9 ...

UPJ will host both boys, girls tournaments this weekend

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Northern Bedford senior Eion Snider will look to capture his second straight title in the District 5 Tournament on Saturday at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Snider, who is is the top seed at 189 pounds, is 34-6 entering the District 5 Tournament. Berlin Brothersvalley’s Trace Hay (24-12) is the second seed for the weight. “He’s definitely the favorite,” Northern Bedford coach Brian Dutchcot said. “He’s been there before. He has experience with that atmosphere and being in the finals wrestling all by himself out there ...