Breaking News

Wrestling

Nine area wrestlers advancing at LHAC tourney

TYRONE — Nine wrestlers from the Mirror coverage area advanced to the semifinals of the first Laurel Highlands Championships on Friday at Tyrone High School. Tyrone advanced four to the semifinals in Logan Rumberger (127), Kyle Scott (172), Andrew Weaver (189) and Braden Ewing (285). Penn Cambria advanced three in Layton Munyon (121), Trent Hoover (152) and Nick Summerville (215). The Golden Eagles are ninth in the team standings with 69.5 points, while the Panthers (56.5) are 11th. Central Cambria’s Burke Niebauer (114) and Huntingdon/Williamsburg’s Andrew McMonagle (189) ...

Trojans wind up at 6-0

EBENSBURG — Mount Union went 6-0 on Friday at the Central Cambria Duals with victories over South Williamsport (39-24), Richland (50-24), Penn Cambria (54-18), Central (55-18), Central Cambria (57-6) and Cambria Heights (66-12). Penn Cambria’s Trent Hoover won by fall for the Panthers in their loss as did Central’s Thaide Mickel. The Scarlet Dragons went 3-3 with wins over Penn Cambria (39-30), Conemaugh Township (45-27) and Cambria Heights (48-24) and losses to South Williamsport (39-32), Bedford (39-36) and Mount Union. MOUNT UNION 54, PENN CAMBRIA 18 215: Ryan, MU, over ...

Krupka’s fall locks up victory for Tigers

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Logan Krupka’s pin in the 121-pound match sealed the victory for Hollidaysburg with one match remaining as the Golden Tigers defeated Everett 36-30. Blake Kennedy (152) and Mitchell Baronner (172) also logged falls for Hollidaysburg. 133–Cornell, E, won by forfeit; 139–Schenk, H, dec. Hall, 3-1; 145–Sherwood, E, dec. Brua, 8-1; 152–Kennedy, H, pinned Hauze, 0:42; 160–Clark, E, won by forfeit; 172–Baronner, H, pinned Shaffer, 1:17; 189–Grove, E, pinned Mayhle, 3:16. 215–Bridenbaugh, H, dec. Beagle, 2-0; 285–Brambley, E, dec. Maines, 13-8; ...

Slow start hinders Tyrone

CLEARFIELD — With Tyrone forfeiting three weight classes and Clearfield recording four pins and a technical fall, there wasn’t much drama in the first nine weight classes. There was some drama in the next two as Clearfield and Tyrone matched up talented wrestlers at 172 and 189, respectively. The Bison split those two weights as returning Class 3A state fourth-placer Brady Collins moved up to 172 and beat Class 2A state qualifier Kyle Scott, 7-2 and Tyrone’s Andrew Weaver edged Carter Freeland by one point for the second straight year, 6-5. The 4-6 Golden Eagles won the last ...

’Cats ride momentum to top Eagles

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com TYRONE — Three of the first six bouts in Tyrone’s home dual meet against Huntingdon set the tone for the Tuesday night wrestling match. The Bearcats’ Eric Mykut and Dominic Peruso scored in the final minute to pull out respective 4-3 wins at 145 and 152 to start the meet. Later, at 215, Lincoln Miller got a takedown with 6 seconds left to win, 3-1, and help 3-0 Huntingdon beat the Golden Eagles, 48-15. “I was telling them we could have gotten three more matches there if things just went a little differently,” Tyrone coach Quentin ...

Hollidaysburg knocks off PC

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Mason Schenk, Jacob Brua, Mitchell Baronner, Wyatt Maines, Landon Krupka and Carson Krupka all won by fall, and those bonus points were enough to help Hollidaysburg edge Penn Cambria, 42-32, Tuesday in high school wrestling. Trent Hoover, Jesse Horning, Nick Summerville and Jacob Dignan pinned their opponents for the Panthers. 139: M. Schenk, H, over Barnish, (Fall 3:22) 145: Brua, H, over Filak, (Fall 5:48) 152: Hoover, PC, over Blake Kennedy, (Fall 0:42) 160: Watt, PC, won by forfeit. 172: Baronner, H, over Drew Mardula, (Fall 1:08) 189: Horning, PC, over A, ...