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BM coach suspended, no postseason also

From Mirror reports The Bishop McCort varsity wrestling team was placed on probation on Oct. 6 for a period of three years, and the fallout from an investigation into allegations of recruiting continued Thursday. The District 6 committee met and suspended Crushers head coach Bill Bassett for one year, beginning Thursday, on a unanimous 17-0 vote. In addition, a motion passed 16-1 to suspend Bishop McCort wrestling from competing in District 6 or PIAA individual and team wrestling championships for a period of no less than 20 months and no greater than 36 months. Bishop McCort ...

Bellwood-Antis hires new wrestling coach

By Walt Frank wfrank@altoonamirror.com BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis School Board members named a new varsity wrestling coach Tuesday night and created a new position to oversee the wrestling program. Kyle Fink, a 2012 Bellwood-Antis graduate who coached in the junior high program last year, was hired as coach for the 2021-22 school year at a stipend of $4,953.13. “He is bringing a younger movement to our wrestling program along with his staff,” said Athletic Director Charlie Burch. Fink will replace Tim Andrekovich, who retired as coach in April after four years of heading ...

Tyrone plans wrestling reunion

Bob Bubb and Pete Dutrow served as Tyrone Area High School’s head wrestling coaches during separate tenures from 1959 through 1979, and both men believed that it was important for the wrestlers, coaches, cheerleaders, managers, fans and their associated family members and friends from that era to periodically renew their acquaintances with one another as time has passed. Dutrow and Bubb were the driving forces for two previous reunions for the 1959-1979 Tyrone wrestling contingent in 2012 and 2015, and the third and final one will be held this August. Known as “The Last ...

Now is the Wright time for Tyrone coach

When the Tyrone head wrestling positioned opened up five years ago, Quentin Wright thought about applying for the job. But in the end, the Bald Eagle Area and Penn State great decided not to. Terry Tate ended up getting the job. “I love coaching kids,” he said, “but it just wasn’t ...

B-A wrestling coach says it’s time to retire

Tim Andrekovich had been a long-time assistant coach within the Bellwood-Antis wrestling program before being named Ron Wilson’s successor four years ago at the high school level. Andrekovich, who turns 57 in the fall, turned in his letter of resignation to the school board right before Easter after four years as the Blue Devils’ head coach. “I’ve been thinking about it for awhile,” Andrekovich said. “I figured when I got the job I’d do it for four or five years. I’m near the end of my teaching career, which is kind of hard to believe. I’m also the union president. ...

2021 Mirror wrestling all-stars

Wrestlers and coaches in the Altoona Mirror coverage area were certainly presented with challenges during a delayed 2020-2021 regular season and an extended postseason. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they were told to wrestle with masks and maintain social distancing off the mat. They had to accept no fans or limited attendance and qualify for regional tournaments by placing in the top two or three of their weights classes in their district tournaments. They also had to be ready to shut everything down if someone on their team tested positive for the virus or if they were exposed ...