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PIAA 3A NW Regional wrestling picks

107 POUNDS: Finalists: Gavin Heverly, Central Mountain vs. Andrew Alexander, Mifflin County. Champion: Heverly. Comment: Hollidaysburg’s Brayden Sidney could face Heverly in the semifinals. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Braiden Weaver, Altoona vs. Elijah Scriven, Hickory. Champion: Weaver. Comment: Weaver should roll to the finals to face Scriven in a rematch of the Ultimate Warrior semifinal Weaver won, 6-3. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Brody Bishop, Hickory vs. Aiden Kunes, Central Mountain. Champion: Kunes. Comment: Kunes will have to battle Shikellamy’s Alex Reed in the semifinals. 127 ...

Sipes named OW after winning 3rd title

Altoona’s Luke Sipes certainly didn’t have an easy road in wrestling for his third District 6 Class 3A Tournament title on Saturday at the AAHS Fieldhouse. Sipes ranked third in the state at 152 by PA Power Wrestling, had to face Mifflin County arch-rival and eighth-ranked Parker Kearns ...

Tyrone senior Ewing rises to the top at 285

Tyrone senior Braden Ewing has amassed 113 wins in his career, but he had been waiting and waiting to climb to the top of the medals stand of the District 6 Class 2A Tournament. Ewing, who finished second at 285 pounds as a sophomore and third last season, finally made that climb on ...

12-seed Eckenrode among semifinalists

Cambria Heights junior Marshall Eckenrode had a solid regular season, earning 20 wins and coming up one win shy of placing at the Panther Holiday Classic in December. Eckenrode entered the District 6 Class 2A Tournament as the 12th seed at 160 pounds. He’ll be leaving it by at least ...

Weaver, McMonagle Ewing all get top seeds

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Three wrestlers from the Mirror coverage area are seeded No. 1 going into the District 6 Class 2A and 3A Tournament this weekend at the AAHS Fieldhouse. Tyrone’s Braden Ewing and Huntingdon/Williamsburg’s Andrew McMonagle were tabbed top seeds at the zoom District 6 Class 2A Tournament seeding meeting on Tuesday night. The District 6 Class 3A zoom seeding was held Wednesday night, and Altoona’s Braiden Weaver is the lone Blair County top seed, holding down the top spot at 114. Teammate Luke Sipes, a two-time district champion, is ...

District 6 Class 3A predictions

107 POUNDS: Finalists: Gavin Heverly, Central Mountain vs. Andrew Alexander, Mifflin County. Champion: Heverly. Comment: Hollidaysburg’s Brayden Sidney could get a shot at Heverly in the semifinals. 114 POUNDS: Finalists: Braiden Weaver, Altoona vs. Paxton Shawver, Mifflin County. Champion: Weaver. Comment: Weaver should roll in this tournament and might face Hollidaysburg’s Landon Krupka. 121 POUNDS: Finalists: Aiden Kunes, Central Mountain vs. Logan Krupka, Hollidaysburg. Champion: Kunes. Comment: Krupka will have stiff battle against Mifflin County’s Jake Knable in the ...