Breaking News

Wrestling

Tyrone wrestling loses at Bedford

BEDFORD — Bedford captured two of the last three matches on the night to pull out a 42-35 win over Tyrone in high school wrestling action. For the Golden Eagles, Kayden Ansman (215-pounds) and Mason VanAllman (152) won by fall, while Kyle Scott had a tech. fall decision at 189. 215–Ansman, T, pinned Gardner, 2:38; 285–Rose, B, Eaken, 0:59; 107–Wicker, T, won by forfeit; 114–Brambley, B, pinned Hunter, 0:22; 121–Ednie, B, won by forfeit; 127–Boone, B, pinned Frye, 1:45; 133–Rumberger, T, won by forfeit; 139–Kozielec, B, pinned Rawlings, 1:46; 145–Detwiler, T, won ...

Black Knights too much for visiting Vikings

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com HOUTZDALE — The dual meet between rivals Moshannon Valley and Glendale was close going into the last five bouts — with the Black Knights holding a seven-point lead. But then the Mo Valley upperweights took over in the dual-meet opener for both teams. The Black Knights swept the final five weights, posting four falls and a major decision, to beat the Vikings, 53-18, on Tuesday night under dimmed lights of a packed Moshannon Valley Elementary gymnasium. “They’re stacked,” Glendale coach Brian Storm said of Mo Valley’s wrestlers ...

Bulldogs pick up victory over B-A

CLAYSBURG — Claysburg-Kimmel got falls from Brodie Soler (145-pounds) and Parker Knisley (139) in a 53-15 victory over Bellwood-Antis Tuesday night in high school wrestling. The Bulldogs, which got a tech fall win by Rylan Quarello at 127-pounds, also received six wins via forfeit. Payton McCloskey earned a pin for the Blue Devils in the 215-pound match. 145–B. Soler, CK, Nagle, 3:22; 152–Brown, CK, won by forfeit; 160–Slowik, CK, won by forfeit; 172–Double forfeit; 189–Neary, won by forfeit; 215–McCloskey, BA, pinned Lehman, 1:45; 285–Knisley, CK, won by forfeit; ...

Tigers earn fifth-place finish in Hickory Tournament

HERMITAGE — Hollidaysburg finished fifth as a team at the Hickory Invitational on Saturday in high school wrestling action. Brayden Sidney went 3-1 for the Golden Tigers and finished as the runner-up at the 114-pound weight class. Connor Sidney (107 pounds) and Landon Krupka (121 pounds) each went 4-1 and finished third. Jacob Brua (139) went 5-2, and Mason Schenk (252, 4-2) and Scott Payne (285, 4-2) each finished fourth. Blake Kennedy went 4-2 at 160 and placed fifth. Logan Krupka (127, 4-3) and Mitchell Baronner (2-2, 172) were sixth, and Aiden Schenk (160, 4-2) and Lucas ...

Ridge comes from behind to defeat Mountain Lions

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com It was a heck of a season opener on Friday night with a large crowd watching at the Altoona Fieldhouse — traditional Class 2A state power Chestnut Ridge tangling with Class 3A rising power Altoona. In the end, Chestnut Ridge rallied to win, 39-24, with five straight victories to close the dual meet, including the last two bouts involving state-ranked wrestlers. Ridge’s Easton Mull, ranked fifth in Class 2A by PA Power Wrestling, pulled off a sudden second-period pin of freshman star Deklan Barr, ranked ninth in Class 3A, in a scoreless ...

Tigers, Eagles both getting used to new system

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com TYRONE — Hollidaysburg and Tyrone opened the 2024-25 wrestling season with a flurry of points under the PIAA’s new scoring system and falls on Thursday night at Tyrone’s home gym. The experienced Golden Tigers asserted their ability to score points and falls as they racked up seven pins, including five in the first period, to beat the young Golden Eagles, 51-20. “Awesome,” Hollidaysburg coach Christian Harr said of his team’s performance. “It was the first night out, and it’s about the same lineup as last year. We expected ...