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High school wrestling picks: PIAA Class 2A Championships

107 POUNDS: Finalists: Aaron Seidel, Northern Lebanon vs. Dominic Deputy, Chestnut Ridge. Champion: Seidel. Comment: I want to pick Deputy, but returning state champ Seidel beat Deputy, 6-2, in the finals of the King of the Mountain. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Ayden Smith, Notre Dame-Green Pond vs. Landon Bainey, West Branch. Champion: Bainey. Comment: Bainey beat two highly ranked wrestlers at the Southwest Regional. I’m going with the District 6 kid who’s placed sixth twice. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Gage Botero, Faith Christian Academy vs. Brandt Harer, Montgomery. Champion: ...

Hoover is all business

Winning a Southwest Regional Class 2A Tournament title is a pretty big accomplishment for most wrestlers because of the depth of the tournament. Penn Cambria junior Trent Hoover won his second regional title on Saturday night before a large crowd at the Altoona Fieldhouse. Hoover earned a ...

Tyrone frosh in the semifinals

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Tyrone freshman 172-pounder Kyle Scott was admittedly nervous before his quarterfinal bout in the Southwest Regional Class 2A Tournament on Friday night. Well before both of his bouts, he was pacing up and down the gym floor between the four mats at ...

PC’s Hoover bringing experience to mat

Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover made a big leap at the Southwest Regional Tournament last season when he captured the 126-pound title after going 0-2 in the tournament the year before. Hoover enters this weekend’s regional tournament at the Altoona Fieldhouse as the only wrestler from the Mirror coverage area with a regional title under his belt. Another title could possibly propel him toward his first medal at next week’s PIAA Championships. “Nothing is a guarantee by any means,” Penn Cambria coach Todd Niebauer said. “There are real, real tough kids coming in. We obviously ...

Southwest Regional wrestling picks

107 POUNDS: Finalists: Mason Beatty, Mount Union vs. Dominic Deputy, Chestnut Ridge. Champion: Deputy. Comment: Tyrone’s Korry Walls should get a shot at Deputy in the semifinals. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Landon Bainey, West Branch vs. Nico Fanella, Indiana. Champion: Bainey. Comment: Bainey will get a huge quarterfinal test against Burgettstown’s Parker Sentipal. Ridge’s Easton Mull could meet Fanella in the semis. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Lucas Fye, Bald Eagle Area vs. Jack Kazalas, Quaker Valley. Champion: Fye. Comment: Ridge’s Brock Holderbaum could face Fye in the ...

Success for Sipes, Weaver continues

When Altoona freshman Braiden Weaver won his championship finals bout at the Northwest Regional Tournament, the 107-pounder flexed toward the Altoona section of the Altoona Fieldhouse. A little later on Saturday night, sophomore teammate Luke Sipes held up two fingers at the same section ...