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Williams earns Fred Bell title

GROVE CITY — Glendale’s top-seeded Daniel Williams recorded pins in all five of his bouts at the Fred Bell High School Wrestling Tournament to capture the 285-pound title on Saturday at Grove City High School. Williams (26-2 with 16 falls) built a 9-0 lead on Laurel’s Casey Wilson before pinning him in 2:54 in the championship finals. George Campbell finished eighth at 172 for the Vikings, who finished 16th with 97 points in the 41-team tournament. General McLane won the team title by 4.5 points over Penns Valley, 187.5-182. Altoona wins jr. high title The Altoona Area ...

Milestone victory earned by Sipes

MORRISDALE — Six wrestlers from the Mirror coverage area, including Altoona’s returning champions Braiden Weaver (114) and Luke Sipes (152), advanced to today’s Ultimate Warrior semifinals at West Branch High School. In addition to Weaver and Sipes, three Tyrone wrestlers won their quarterfinals bouts on Friday in returning tournament runner-up Braden Ewing (285), Kyle Scott (172) and Andrew Weaver (189). Hollidaysburg’s Mitchell Baronner (172) also advanced. The 44-team tournament resumes at 9 a.m. today with the fourth round of consolations. The championship semifinals and ...

Vikings pin defeat on Penn Cambria

EBENSBURG — Glendale won eight matches by pins in earning a 46-26 win over Penn Cambria Thursday in high school wrestling. Ryder Krise (139), Zach Vereshack (145), George Campbell (172), Daniel Williams (285), Hayden Kohn (107), Dominic Kaufman (114), Tanner Ammerman (121), Ethan Gilbey (127) all won by fall. Isaiah Chyr (133) and Nick Summerville (215) had pins for the Panthers, while Drew Mardula (160) and Jesse Horning (189) tacked on major decisions. 133–Chyr, PC pinned Storm, no time; 139–Krise, G, pinned Filak, no time; 145–Vereshack, G, pinned Lynch, no time; ...

Tigers use toss-up bouts to earn win

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com MARTINSBURG — Hollidaysburg wrestling coach Christian Harr expected a donnybrook of a battle when the Golden Tigers visited Central Wednesday night for a Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference dual meet. The toss-up bouts played a vital role in the overall outcome, and Hollidaysburg wound up taking a majority of those in a 31-27 victory. “I knew this was going to be a tight one,’’ said Harr, whose Golden Tigers improved to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in the conference. “(Central coach) Dave (Marko) always has his wrestlers prepared, ...

Youthful Central helps deliver win at Penn Cambria

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com CRESSON — The first time Central and Penn Cambria wrestled at the Red Devil Duals, the Scarlet Dragons won by nine points in a match that came down to the last bout. Despite Central holding a 23-point lead after the first six bouts, thanks in ...

Tyrone topples Devils

BELLWOOD — Tyrone won eight matches by forfeit in a 60-12 victory over Bellwood-Antis in high school wrestling action on Tuesday night. Dominic Pluebell and Steven Buck won by fall for the Golden Eagles. Both of B-A’s wins were by forfeit. 114—Patterson, BA, won by forfeit. 121—Pluebell, T, over Shank, (Fall 5:52) 127—Detwiler, T, won by forfeit. 133—Whitby, T, won by forfeit. 139—Fleck, T, won by forfeit. 145—Wallace, T, won by forfeit. 152—Buck, T, over Alley, (Fall 3:38). 160—Riling, T, won by forfeit. 172—Double forfeit 189—Weaver, T, won by forfeit. ...