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Wins send Eagles into the semifinals

ARMAGH — The Tyrone Area High School wrestling team advanced to the District 6 Class 2A Team Duals semifinals with a 36-30 win over United on Tuesday. Braden Ewing, Reese Wood, Zack Lash and Jason Barr had falls for the Golden Eagles, and Korry Walls and Andrew Weaver won by decision. Tyrone had beaten Southern Huntingdon in the first round earlier Tuesday, 57-16. Ewing, Wood, Lash, Barr, Logan Rumberger, Remington Fleck and Brody Klein had falls for Tyrone. Ashton Sipes won by technical fall, and Lukas Walk won by major decision. The Eagles will wrestle against Bald Eagle Area ...

Altoona’s Sipes crowned champ

MORRISDALE — Altoona freshman Luke Sipes continued to have a sensational first high school season at the rugged Ultimate Warrior Tournament over the weekend at West Branch High School. Sipes won his second tournament title in his third finals appearance this season by claiming the ...

Panthers’ Hoover wins title

BEDFORD — With a second-place finish at 113 pounds as a freshman last season in the District 6 Class 2A wrestling tournament, Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover established a good building block for himself. This year as a sophomore, with more seasoning under his belt, Hoover is developing and maturing into a top-flight competitor. Hoover added another feather to his cap Saturday night by winning the 126-pound championship in the high-profile Thomas Automotive Wrestling Tournament at the Bedford Area High School gymnasium. Seeded third at his weight class entering the tournament, ...

PC, Central get 2 each in semis

BEDFORD — After one night of wrestling at the Thomas Chevrolet Tournament at Bedford High School, Penn Cambria sits in seventh place with 76 team points in the 31-team field. The Panthers have two wrestlers in the semifinals, including Trent Hoover who won at 126 over Huntingdon’s Landon Dunsmore, and Braeden Oravecz, who won at 215 over North Schuylkill’s Jared Tinari Central, in 24th place with 26 points, also has two wrestlers in the semifinals. Ty Biesinger at 113, who beat Northern Garrett’s Mathew Beitzel, and Jaxon Matthews at 132, who defeated Beaver Falls’ Gabe ...

Coach, McCort wrestlers say rights violated

By Phil Ray pray@altoonamirror.com JOHNSTOWN — The wrestling coach and parents of 15 Bishop McCort High School wrestlers began their attack Wednesday on recent sanctions imposed by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. The PIAA rulings could end up hurting the ability ...

United upsets Glendale

FLINTON — Glendale wrestling coach Brian Storm shifted his lineup up from 113 to 145 in an attempt to gain an advantage on once-beaten United on Wednesday night at Kitko Gymnasium. But the Lions responded by winning six of the first eight weights, including four pins and two forfeit wins, to lead by 24 points. The Vikings won four of the remaining five bouts, but they couldn’t climb out of the early hole and had to settle for a 42-34 loss in their last scheduled home dual meet of the season. “I thought we wrestled okay,” said Storm, whose team dipped to 12-7. “We tried to ...