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Weaver, McMonagle Ewing all get top seeds

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Three wrestlers from the Mirror coverage area are seeded No. 1 going into the District 6 Class 2A and 3A Tournament this weekend at the AAHS Fieldhouse. Tyrone’s Braden Ewing and Huntingdon/Williamsburg’s Andrew McMonagle were tabbed top seeds at the zoom District 6 Class 2A Tournament seeding meeting on Tuesday night. The District 6 Class 3A zoom seeding was held Wednesday night, and Altoona’s Braiden Weaver is the lone Blair County top seed, holding down the top spot at 114. Teammate Luke Sipes, a two-time district champion, is ...

District 6 Class 3A predictions

107 POUNDS: Finalists: Gavin Heverly, Central Mountain vs. Andrew Alexander, Mifflin County. Champion: Heverly. Comment: Hollidaysburg’s Brayden Sidney could get a shot at Heverly in the semifinals. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Braiden Weaver, Altoona vs. Paxton Shawver, Mifflin County. Champion: Weaver. Comment: Weaver should roll in this tournament and might face Hollidaysburg’s Landon Krupka. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Aiden Kunes, Central Mountain vs. Logan Krupka, Hollidaysburg. Champion: Kunes. Comment: Krupka will have stiff battle against Mifflin County’s Jake Knable in the ...

Two-time champ Sipes faces tough road at 152

Altoona junior star Luke Sipes said he “kind of felt disrespected” when he was selected a second seed for the Ultimate Warrior in January despite having won the tournament twice. Sipes, who won the Ultimate Warrior in a tiebreaker, will likely use his No. 2 seed for Saturday’s District 6 Class 3A Tournament at the AAHS Fieldhouse as motivation. Sipes (28-5) has won two District 6 Class 3A titles and two Northwest Regional Tournament titles and has earned two state tournament medals, including seventh last season. The Princeton University commit, however, is seeded second ...

Postseason high school wrestling

D6 Class 2A Predictions 107 POUNDS: Finalists: Tanner Guenot, Bald Eagle Area vs. Caleb Hummel, Philipsburg-Osceola. Champion: Guenot. Comment: Guenot and Hummel haven’t wrestled yet, so returning state qualifier Hummel can’t be counted out. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Caden Judice, Bald Eagle Area vs. Jacob Sombronski, United. Champion: Judice. Comment: Sombronski and Marion Center’s third-seeded Griffin Tinsman have waged some battles this year. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Landon Bainey, West Branch vs. Lincoln Sledzianowski, Bishop McCort. Champion: Bainey. ...

Hoover in search of PC history

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Penn Cambria senior Trent Hoover has captured titles at the last two District 6 Class 2A Tournaments in relative ease, going 7-0 with five pins and two decisions, with both decisions coming in the championship finals. Hoover is looking to become only the second Penn Cambria wrestler to win three District 6 titles, joining Evan Link, who won titles from 2009 to 2011. Hoover’s journey to a third district title doesn’t appear to be as easy in this year’s tournament, which begins Friday at the Altoona Fieldhouse. Hoover (34-3) lost to ...

Scarlet Dragons beat Highlanders

MARTINSBURG — Avery Campbell (215) and Brooks Matthews (107) won by fall for Central in a 65-12 win over Cambria Heights Thursday night in high school wrestling. John Pulcine was victorious by technical fall at 189, while the Scarlet Dragons won eight other matches by forfeit. Thomas ...