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Dragons knock off Bedford

BEDFORD — Central downed Bedford, 44-27, with the help of falls by Thaide Mickel, Cody Clapper and Carsen Mowery in high school wrestling on Thursday. John Pulcine and Brooks Matthews won by major decision for the Scarlet Dragons. 139—Thaide Mickel, C, over Job Hagen, B, (Fall 1:59) 145—Isaac Smith, C, won by forfeit. 152—Kross Cassidy, B, won by forfeit. 160—Cody Clapper, C, over Bryce Wertz, B, (Fall 1:51) 172—Carter Koontz, B, over Blair Miller, C, (Dec 5-3) 189—John Pulcine, C, over Carson Lynch, B, (MD 17-7) 215—Ceaton Hale, B, over Avery Campbell, C, (Fall 0:34) ...

McMonagle gives OW effort

TYRONE — It was a weekend of firsts for three wrestlers from the Mirror coverage area in the first Laurel Highlands Tournament on Saturday at Tyrone High School. Huntingdon wrestler and Williamsburg student Andrew McMonagle captured the 189-pound title by beating Bald Eagle Area’s Caleb Close, 6-3. Later, McMonagle was voted the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler by the coaches. It’s believed to be the first time a Williamsburg student has been voted the OW of any tournament. Williamsburg has never had a wrestling program. “This is my first one,” McMonagle said as he held ...

Nine area wrestlers advancing at LHAC tourney

TYRONE — Nine wrestlers from the Mirror coverage area advanced to the semifinals of the first Laurel Highlands Championships on Friday at Tyrone High School. Tyrone advanced four to the semifinals in Logan Rumberger (127), Kyle Scott (172), Andrew Weaver (189) and Braden Ewing (285). Penn Cambria advanced three in Layton Munyon (121), Trent Hoover (152) and Nick Summerville (215). The Golden Eagles are ninth in the team standings with 69.5 points, while the Panthers (56.5) are 11th. Central Cambria’s Burke Niebauer (114) and Huntingdon/Williamsburg’s Andrew McMonagle (189) ...

Trojans wind up at 6-0

EBENSBURG — Mount Union went 6-0 on Friday at the Central Cambria Duals with victories over South Williamsport (39-24), Richland (50-24), Penn Cambria (54-18), Central (55-18), Central Cambria (57-6) and Cambria Heights (66-12). Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover won by fall for the Panthers in their loss as did Central’s Thaide Mickel. The Scarlet Dragons went 3-3 with wins over Penn Cambria (39-30), Conemaugh Township (45-27) and Cambria Heights (48-24) and losses to South Williamsport (39-32), Bedford (39-36) and Mount Union. MOUNT UNION 54, PENN CAMBRIA 18 215: Ryan, MU, over ...

Krupka’s fall locks up victory for Tigers

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Logan Krupka’s pin in the 121-pound match sealed the victory for Hollidaysburg with one match remaining as the Golden Tigers defeated Everett 36-30. Blake Kennedy (152) and Mitchell Baronner (172) also logged falls for Hollidaysburg. 133–Cornell, E, won by forfeit; 139–Schenk, H, dec. Hall, 3-1; 145–Sherwood, E, dec. Brua, 8-1; 152–Kennedy, H, pinned Hauze, 0:42; 160–Clark, E, won by forfeit; 172–Baronner, H, pinned Shaffer, 1:17; 189–Grove, E, pinned Mayhle, 3:16. 215–Bridenbaugh, H, dec. Beagle, 2-0; 285–Brambley, E, dec. Maines, 13-8; ...

Slow start hinders Tyrone

CLEARFIELD — With Tyrone forfeiting three weight classes and Clearfield recording four pins and a technical fall, there wasn’t much drama in the first nine weight classes. There was some drama in the next two as Clearfield and Tyrone matched up talented wrestlers at 172 and 189, respectively. The Bison split those two weights as returning Class 3A state fourth-placer Brady Collins moved up to 172 and beat Class 2A state qualifier Kyle Scott, 7-2 and Tyrone’s Andrew Weaver edged Carter Freeland by one point for the second straight year, 6-5. The 4-6 Golden Eagles won the last ...