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Locals face minefield at Hershey

By Todd Irwin tirwin@altoonamirror.com Five of the eight Mirror coverage area qualifiers to the PIAA Championships have wrestled in both this postseason’s District 6 Tournament and regional finals. Those five will have to battle through tremendously deep weight classes beginning today at Hershey’s Giant Center in the toughest high school state tournament in the United States to match what they’ve done so far in the postseason. Altoona’s Northwest Regional Class 3A champion Luke Sipes (152) and runner-up Luke Hileman (106) are wrestling in stacked weight classes. Penn ...

Trio of girl wrestlers headed for state finals

Northern Bedford’s Jordyn Fouse, Chestnut Ridge’s Patton Plummer and Camryn Steinbuch of Bedford will compete this weekend in the PA Girls High School State Wrestling Championships. The event will be held at Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg this Sunday. Recently, the trio competed against nearly 200 other girls from around the state in regional wrestling tournaments. Plummer claimed gold by going 3-0 at her tournament. She got two pins and a major decision at 148 pounds. Fouse also won the 130-pound title. She went 3-0 with a technical fall, a pin and a regular ...

Altoona freshman adds regional gold to his resume

By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror.com Luke Sipes is just a freshman wrestler for the Altoona Area High School wrestling team, but he’s already set some very lofty goals for himself. “Honestly, my whole life, I’ve wanted to become a district, regional and state champion in ...

Hoover has better regional experience this time

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com McMURRAY — Penn Cambria sophomore Trent Hoover couldn’t hide his joy on his Saturday evening in the AHN Arena at Peters Township High School. When the final second ticked off the clock of his 3-2 win over Tussey Mountain’s Trevor Husick in the 126-pound title bout of the Southwest Regional Class 2A Tournament, Hoover clapped his hands and jumped into coach Todd Niebauer’s arms after his hand was raised. His emotions were far different after losing both of his bouts at the regional tournament as a freshman. “It feels great after ...

Young earns semi berth

Altoona Area High School senior wrestler Will Young is ranked in the top of his class academically, and he also possesses some brawn to go with his brains. “He’s a smart kid who is ranked fourth in his class, and he’s a scrappy, physical wrestler who welcomes a challenge,’’ Altoona coach Joel Gilbert said of the 145-pounder. “His hard work in the wrestling room has been a big factor in his success.’’ Young joined Altoona teammates Luke Hileman (a senior 106-pounder) and Luke Sipes (a freshman 152-pounder) in Saturday’s noon semifinal round of the Northwest 3A ...

6 area hopefuls advance

Six wrestlers from the Mirror coverage advanced to the semifinals of the Southwest Regional Class 2A Tournament on Friday at Peters Township High School’s AHN Arena in McMurray. They did in dominating fashion, combining for seven pins, a major decision and four decisions in the first round and quarterfinals. Tyrone’s Korry Walls (106) and Ashton Sipes (132), Glendale’s Zeke Dubler (160) and Suds Dubler (172), Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover (126) and Central Cambria’s Ethan Kubat (189) all advanced to the semifinals and automatically qualified for next week’s PIAA ...