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To coach or wrestle at Hershey, coaches discuss which is harder

HERSHEY — Terry Tate, Brad Pataky and Billy Dubler are part of a select group in the area who have both wrestled and coached in the PIAA Championships. Tate won a Class 2A state title at 275 pounds as a senior at Tyrone in 2005 and coached Hunter Walk to a sixth-place finish at 113 on ...

Mirror wrestling leaders

WINS 1. Knisely CR 43-4 2. C. Bollman CR 40-4 3. Ka. Burkett CR 40-7 4. Mills Hunt 40-8 5. Johnston Glen 39-6 6. Walk Ty 39-9 7. Dull CR 39-11 8. Cassidy Bed 38-0 9. N. Holderbaum CR 37-12 10. McMillen Glen 36-3 PINS 1. Johnston Glen 25 2. Crouch Cent 21 Jasper Glen 21 Z. Dubler Glen 21 5. Sarbo Alt 20 6. Pellegrine B-A 19 Knisely CR 19 Dull CR 19 Dudurich Glen 19 Dunsmore Hunt 19 QUICKEST PINS 1. Pellegrine B-A :06 2. Jasper Glen :08 Moore-Betres JV :08 4. Smeal MV :09 Brown C-K :09 6. Sarbo Alt :10 ...

Good as gold: McMillen, Cassidy return home as champs

HERSHEY — It’s been a challenging year off of the mat for Glendale’s Brock McMillen, who has dealt with an arrhythmia, which affects the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat, as well as blood pressure problems. So, an overtime tiebreaker in the 132-pound finals bout with Burrell’s Ian ...

Ridge’s Knisely rebounds from tough loss to finish in third

HERSHEY — Shortly after his controversial 3-1 overtime loss to Wilson Area’s Kolby Flank in the PIAA Class 2A semifinals late Friday night, Chestnut Ridge’s Duane Knisely wasn’t feeling great. He was slumped against a wall near the entrance to the floor of Hershey’s Giant Center. In about 45 minutes or so, he was going to have to wrestle Mount Union’s Jake Ryan in the 220-pound consolation semifinals. “I really was just tired, and I didn’t want to wrestle at first for about 30 minutes it seemed like,” Knisely said on Saturday afternoon. “But I was able to get ...

Three make it to finals

HERSHEY — The semifinals of the PIAA Class 2A Championships have been a hurdle that Bedford’s Kaden Cassidy hasn’t been able to clear in two previous appearances. Cassidy cleared that hurdle in convincing fashion on Friday night at Hershey’s Giant Center. After recording two ...

A good day for 2A

HERSHEY — Being that it was his first appearance in the PIAA Class 2A Championships, Philipsburg-Osceola junior Parker Moore admitted he didn’t know what to expect. “This is crazy,” Moore said, “but it’s awesome.” Moore made it look easy in his first-round bout, rolling to an ...