JOHNSTOWN — Chestnut Ridge won the District 5 Class 2A team championship for the 12th year in a row Saturday at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Dom Deputy, Easton Mull, Kobi Burkett, Calan Bollman and Sam Albright won District 5 individual titles. It was Bollman’s fourth ...
By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Altoona stars Braiden Weaver and Luke Sipes didn’t just win their quarterfinal bouts in the Northwest Regional Class 3A Tournament on Friday night at the Altoona Fieldhouse. They dominated those bouts with an impressive display of chain wrestling. Moving fluidly from one move to another from the top position, Weaver and Sipes overwhelmed their opponents. Weaver racked a pin of Cathedral Prep’s Aiden Carter in 51 seconds at 107 pounds. Sipes, the returning regional champion, nearly won by technical fall in the first period at 152, but ...
By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com After waging three tight battles en route to a 152-pound title at last year’s Northwest Regional Class 3A Tournament, Altoona’s Luke Sipes knows what it’s going to take to repeat this weekend. The Mountain Lion sophomore is coming off of another District 6 title and another close 3-1 win over Mifflin County’s Parker Kearns in the championship finals. Battle tested, the fourth-ranked Sipes (35-3) could face Kearns or even McDowell’s 16th-ranked Artis Simmons. Sipes beat Simmons, 3-1, in the regional quarterfinals last season, but ...
107 POUNDS: Finalists: Braiden Weaver, Altoona vs. Brody Bishop, Hickory. Champion: Weaver. Comment: Weaver is on a roll heading toward the state tournament. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Logan Sallot, McDowell vs. Alex Reed, Shikellamy. Champion: Sallot. Comment: Sallot and Punxsutawney’s Gould could be an interesting semifinal. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Cael Nasdeo, Williamsport vs. Hunter Johnson, Mifflin County. Champion: Nasdeo. Comment: Top-ranked Nasdeo will win his third regional title. 127 POUNDS: Finalists: Hayden Cunningham, State College vs. Caleb Fasick, Altoona. Champion: ...
By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com The PIAA passed on a first-reading basis supporting taking over jurisdiction of high school girls wrestling Wednesday afternoon at its board meeting. “We met in the media center in the capitol (with senators),” PIAA executive director Robert Lombardi said. “We had a presentation of the 101 schools that have worked really hard with Sanction PA to sponsor girls wrestling. We had given them the 100-school benchmark as is our policy, and as of yesterday they exceeded that to 101.” The board will need to pass Wednesday’s motion ...
By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Northern Bedford junior Eion Snider and sophomore Aaron Bowers will look to step up further on the medals stand at the District 5 Tournament after finishing third at last year’s tournament. Snider (29-9), who is the top seed at 172, seems to have the best chance among the Panther wrestlers to claim a district title. Bowers (20-2) is seeded second behind Somerset’s returning state qualifier Rowan Holmes (26-3). “Eion had a really nice junior year,” Northern Bedford coach Brian Dutchchot said. “He ran into some really stiff ...
