By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com HERSHEY — Altoona’s Luke Sipes was in one of those odd positions on Friday he’s been finding himself in this year to get winning pins or takedowns. Sipes was tied 1-1 in overtime with Boiling Springs’ two-time Class placewinner Michael ...
HERSHEY — Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover wasn’t happy about his performance in last year’s PIAA Class 2A Championships. The District 6 and Southwest Regional champion won his first bout, but then lost his next two to be eliminated from the state tournament on Day 2. A motivated ...
HERSHEY — Altoona’s Braiden Weaver turned 16 years old on Wednesday. On the first day of the PIAA Class 3A Championships, the freshman was celebrating with a win in the first round. Weaver earned a hard-fought 3-2 decision over Wyoming Valley West’s Dorian Hoffman in the first round ...
By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Altoona sophomore Luke Sipes has been saying since early in his freshman season last year that he wants to be a state champion. Sipes got within sniffing distance of the finals last year, reaching the PIAA Class 3A Tournament semifinals before ...
107 POUNDS: Finalists: Luke Sirianni, Abington Heights vs. Keanu Dillard, Bethlehem Catholic. Champion: Dillard. Comment: Altoona’s Braiden Weaver is in a good spot in the lower bracket. Central Dauphin’s Thunder Beard has the best name in the tournament. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Nathan Desmond, Bethlehem Catholic vs. Luke Willochell, Latrobe. Champion: Desmond. Comment: Willochell could have big semifinal against Manheim Township’s Williams. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Cael Nasdeo, Williamsport vs. Mason Ziegler, Quakertown. Champion: Nasdeo. Comment: Nasdeo was a state runner-up ...
Glendale’s Zeke Dubler’s last two losses to Laurel’s Grant MacKay have been by paper thin margins — 1-0 in the Southwest Regional Tournament finals the last two years. Dubler’s march to a rematch in last year’s PIAA Class 2A Championships was halted by Notre Dame-Green Pond’s eventual champion Holden Garcia, 3-0, in the semifinals. Dubler went on place fourth for his first state medal. Dubler and two-time finalist MacKay are in the opposite brackets of the state tournament again this season. So there’s a chance they could be wrestling in the state finals at 160 pounds ...
