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History repeats itself in a bad way for PC

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com WINGATE — To avoid a repeat of the first time they wrestled Forest Hills on Jan. 17, Penn Cambria’s wrestlers had to stay off their backs in the first round of the District 6 Duals. Unfortunately for the Panthers, that didn’t happen. The sixth-seeded Rangers recorded eight pins against the 11th-seeded Panthers, including the final three bouts to pull away and win, 48-25, on Tuesday evening at Bald Eagle Area High School. The Rangers beat the Panthers, 42-30, in that first meeting two weeks ago. “There were probably three pivotal ...

Hoover, McMonagle continue their successes

BEDFORD — Both Trent Hoover and Andrew McMonagle are juniors this year, and both have one previous appearance in the PIAA Class 2A state wrestling tournament under their belts, with both hoping to earn a second trip to Hershey this March. The Bedford Thomas Automotive Tournament, which unveiled its 34th annual chapter Saturday at a jam-packed Bedford Area High School gymnasium, provides an excellent midseason tune-up for the postseason, and both Hoover and McMonagle did their best to capitalize on the opportunity. Hoover, a Penn Cambria standout, won his second straight Bedford ...

Sipes squeaks out another title

MORRISDALE — Altoona sophomore Luke Sipes has wrestled a lot over his two-year career at the high school, as well as in junior high, elementary and the offseason. Sipes couldn’t remember winning the way he did in the 152-pound finals of the Ultimate Warrior Tournament on Saturday at West ...

Ridge in control after opening day

BEDFORD — Chestnut Ridge leads the Thomas Automotive Tournament after the first night Friday in high school wrestling at the Bedford Area High School. Ridge has 123 team points, and Clearfield sits in second place with 117.5 in the 32-team field. Northern Bedford is currently 18th, Penn Cambria is 19th, Central is 27th, Central Cambria is 29th, Cambria Heights is 32nd. Advancing to the semifinals from the Mirror’s core coverage area are Northern Bedford’s Brock Beach (285 pounds) and Eion Snider (172), Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover (145), Central Cambria’s Karter Quick ...

Penn Cambria pins its way to victory

CRESSON — Penn Cambria picked up a 66-12 win over Johnstown Thursday night in high school wrestling action. The Panthers earned falls from Trent Hoover (145), Austin McCloskey (160), Ethan Kunowsky (172), Braedan Oravecz (189), Mason Raymond (215), Brandon Yeoman (285), Layton Munyon (12), Bane Mallory (133) and Jorge Morales (139). 145: Trent Hoover (PCH) over Ethan bopper (GJH) (Fall 1:19) 152: Bryce Gainey (GJH) over Colin Goshey (PCH) (Fall 3:01) 160: Austin McCloskey (PCH) over Alijah Gibson (GJH) (Fall 4:21) 172: Ethan Kunowsky (PCH) over Jamarcus Cox brown (GJH) (Fall ...

PC falls to Eagles on tiebreaker

CRESSON — Penn Cambria and Somerset entered their dual meet at the Penn Cambria gymnasium with matching 9-3 records. So, it figured to be a close match. It turned out to be the closest wrestling teams can get. The Panthers got a pin from Austin McCloskey in the final bout at 172 pounds, which knotted the score at 36-36. That sent the outcome to dual meet tiebreaker. After referee Ed Bishop conferred with the rule book and the scorebook, Somerset won the dual meet on tiebreaker criteria D — most individual matches won by one team. The Eagles had the 7-6 edge in individual ...