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Blue Devils pin loss on Warriors

BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis picked up pins from Tyler McCaulsky, Aiden Taylor, Ethan Norris and Aaron Laird in scoring a 35-24 victory over West Branch in high school wrestling action Friday night. The Blue Devils also got an impressive technical fall win from Alex Taylor. 126: Double Forfeit 132: Double Forfeit 138: Tyler McCaulsky (BA) over Parker Johnson (Fall 3:56) 145: John Myers (WB) over Nicholas Kost (Fall 1:04) 152: Xander Shank (BA) (For.) 160: Aiden Taylor (BA) over Tyce Cantolina (Fall 1:11) 172: Alex Taylor (BA) over Hayes Jones (TF 17-2 3:45) 189: Ethan Norris (BA) ...

Wrestle rivals finally get to go at it on the mat

TYRONE –– With so many questions being asked about how and when the high school season was going to be wrestled and dual meets being canceled because of COVID-19, Tyrone and Bellwood-Antis were just glad to wrestle Thursday night. The now 6-4 Golden Eagles won convincingly, 54-11, at home in the wrestling version of the Backyard Brawl, recording four falls, four forfeit wins, a technical fall and two decisions, including an overtime win by freshman 285-pounder Braeden Ewing. “I was a little bit worried because I heard just with the conferences and stuff, we might not get a ...

Panthers beat Bedford

BEDFORD — Penn Cambria recorded two falls and three forfeit wins in beating Bedford, 39-25, in high school wrestling action on Thursday. Trent Hoover and Bane Mallory won by fall for the Panthers, and Trey Talko, Austin McCloskey and Austin Wagner won by decision. 120: Trent Hoover (PC) over Thomas Steinbrunner (Fall 1:32) 126: Camden Koontz (B) over Brody Vinglish (Fall 0:34) 132: Brandt Patterson (PC) (For.) 138: Trey Talko (PC) over Ashden Koontz (Dec 9-3) 145: Jacob Dawson (B) over Nathan Little (MD 14-0) 152: Austin McCloskey (PC) over Matt Batzel (Dec 9-6) 160: Connor Clarke ...

Full slate of wrestlers helping Lions out this year

HOLLIDAYSBURG – The Altoona Area High School wrestling team is 5-0 in dual meets this season, and one of the biggest reasons why is that the Mountain Lions can field a full varsity lineup. While many schools are leaving several weight classes open, Altoona has been fortunate enough to be ...

Forfeits a big part of B-A wrestling win

BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis recorded seven forfeit wins in beating United, 45-0, in high school wrestling action on Tuesday. Bellwood’s Nate Jennings won the only match wrestled with a 7-5 decision over Maximillian Clevenger at 285 pounds. 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double Forfeit 120: Double Forfeit 126: Double Forfeit 132: Tyler McCaulsky (BA) (For.) 138: Nicholas Kost (BA) (For.) 145: Xander Shank (BA) (For.) 152: Double Forfeit 160: Aiden Taylor (BA) (For.) 172: Alex Taylor (BA) (For.) 189: Ethan Norris (BA) (For.) 215: Aarron Laird (BA) (For.) 285: Nate Jennings (BA) over ...

Sarbo third at Powerade

MONROEVILLE — Altoona’s Matt Sarbo placed third at the prestigious Powerade Wrestling Tournament Saturday in the 138-pound weight class. Sarbo pinned Chestnut Ridge’s Colton Bollman, got a technical fall victory over Canon-McMillan’s Glanmarco Ramos, won a 5-2 decision over DuBois’ Chandler Ho, pinned Malvern Prep’s Reed Fulmer, lost to eventual champion Cole Homet of Waynesburg, 4-3, and defeated Hempfield’s Lucas Kapusta, 12-3. Altoona finished 20th in the event out of 44 teams. Chestnut Ridge finished 18th, and Calan Bollman placed seventh at 113. Walk wins ...