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PIAA Class 2A Southwest Wrestling Regional — Todd Irwin’s wrestling picks

PIAA 2A Southwest Regional 107 POUNDS: Finalists: Kooper Deputy, Chestnut Ridge vs. Mason Keesecker, Derry Area. Champion: Deputy. Comment: Central’s Ty Matthews will have to clear some big hurdles, including a possible semifinal against Keesecker. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Patrick Bulger, Derry Area vs. Carter Ickes, Chestnut Ridge. Champion: Bulger. Comment: West Branch’s Will Edwards could wrestle Ickes in the semifinals. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Keegan Bassett, Bishop McCort vs. Max Dinges, Penns Valley. Champion: Bassett. Comment: Dinges will probably wrestle Tussey Mountain’s ...

Lady Pirates nearly win, despite no Gorsuch in lineup

WINGATE — The Williamsburg Lady Pirates have faced a lot of adversity recently, but head coach Angela Detwiler and her players are adopting a glass half-full approach. With star junior post Levada Gorsuch sidelined with an ankle injury, the significantly undersized Lady Pirates played with the heart of a lion Thursday night in their District 6 Class 1A third-place consolation game against Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy at the Bald Eagle Area High School gymnasium. In a matchup in which both teams, win or lose, were guaranteed to move on to next week’s PIAA state tournament, both ...

Bulldogs’ successful year reaches end in high school basketball

CLAYSBURG — Sometimes in a basketball game, you just run into a team that just shoots the lights out. During its District 6 Class 2A boys basketball consolation game Thursday night against No. 4 Northern Cambria, second seed Claysburg-Kimmel ran into that perfect storm bringing a historic season to sudden halt. The Colts’ Parker Shutty and Zachary Cavallo combined for 41 points as they upset the Bulldogs, 60-46, to clinch their spot in the PIAA postseason. “They’re two very good shooters,” Northern Cambria coach Clint Gochnour said. “Parker can hit from anywhere from the ...

Casses, Bishop Carroll hurting after D6-1A title loss

CRESSON — Jace Casses made it his mission to get Bishop Carroll Catholic back to the District 6 championship game in his senior year, and when Wednesday’s opponent turned out to be Conemaugh Valley — the team that ended his junior season — it was a perfect script for revenge. Casses ...

Ruggery rewards coach’s faith in helping BG win title

CRESSON — Bishop Guilfoyle Academy’s girls basketball team has a lot of players that can take over a game at any given time. But throughout the Lady Marauders’ run the last three seasons, the main cog in getting the most out of all those options has been junior Morgan ...

Hershey on minds of 13 area wrestlers

Thirteen Blair County Class 3A boys wrestlers — eight from Altoona and five from Hollidaysburg — will be trying to secure spots in the PIAA Championships while competing in Canonsburg this weekend. The 13, led by two-time regional champ Braiden Weaver of Altoona, will be participating in ...