Seven area wrestlers will receive top-seed billing

February 14, 2023

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com Seven wrestlers from the Mirror coverage area were named top seeds for the District 6 Class 2A and 3A tournaments in the respective seeding meetings on Monday night at The Bullpen in Tyrone. The tournaments will share the Altoona Fieldhouse on Saturday for the first time this year. The District 6 Class 2A Tournament begins at 10 a.m. on Friday. It resumes at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, along with a few Class 3A quarterfinals. There are only six teams in Class 3A this season. Altoona’s Braiden Weaver (107) and Luke Sipes (152) and ...

More than 50 years later, Johns still making impact on Golden Tigers’ program

February 11, 2023

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Mitch Johns has strong ties to the Hollidaysburg wrestling program dating to 1968. That’s when he quit basketball to join the wrestling team. A year later, while a member of the junior high squad, Johns got an up-close view of the Golden Tigers’ golden boy, Wade ...

NB wrestling triumphs

February 8, 2023

LOYSBURG — Norther Bedford picked up falls from Aidan Pittman (152), Eion Snider (172) in a 54-6 win over Bellwood-Antis in high school wrestling action on Tuesday. Not counting forfeits and double forfeits, there were only four wrestled bouts. Bellwood-Antis received decisions from Elias Alley at 145 and Ethan Norris at 285. 121—Bryson Free, NB, (For.) 127—Paeden Logue, NB, (For.) 133—Haidyn Dively, NB, (For.) 139—Double Forfeit 145—Elias Alley, BA, over Austin Bartholow, NB, (Dec 15-8) 152—Aidan Pittman, NB, over Kolben Alley, BA, (Fall 1:17) 160—Tyler Paris, NB, ...

Ridge captures another D5 title

February 6, 2023

NEW PARIS — Chestnut Ridge won its 11th straight District 5 Class 2A Wrestling Duals championship on Saturday. The Lions defeated Somerset in the finals, 62-12, after disposing of Berlin Brothersvalley in the semifinals, 55-18. Ridge will face West Perry in the first round of the PIAA Duals on Thursday in Hershey. D5 2A SEMIFINALS CHESTNUT RIDGE 55, BERLIN 18 121—Brock Holderbaum, CR, over, BB, (For.) 127—Kobi Burkett, CR, over Samuel Riggs, BB, (Fall 0:36) 133—Mason Weyant, CR, over, BB, (For.) 139—Aaron Ickes, CR, over, BB, (For.) 145—Calan Bollman, CR, over Landon ...

History repeats itself in a bad way for PC

February 1, 2023

By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com WINGATE — To avoid a repeat of the first time they wrestled Forest Hills on Jan. 17, Penn Cambria’s wrestlers had to stay off their backs in the first round of the District 6 Duals. Unfortunately for the Panthers, that didn’t happen. The sixth-seeded Rangers recorded eight pins against the 11th-seeded Panthers, including the final three bouts to pull away and win, 48-25, on Tuesday evening at Bald Eagle Area High School. The Rangers beat the Panthers, 42-30, in that first meeting two weeks ago. “There were probably three pivotal ...

Hoover, McMonagle continue their successes

January 30, 2023

BEDFORD — Both Trent Hoover and Andrew McMonagle are juniors this year, and both have one previous appearance in the PIAA Class 2A state wrestling tournament under their belts, with both hoping to earn a second trip to Hershey this March. The Bedford Thomas Automotive Tournament, which unveiled its 34th annual chapter Saturday at a jam-packed Bedford Area High School gymnasium, provides an excellent midseason tune-up for the postseason, and both Hoover and McMonagle did their best to capitalize on the opportunity. Hoover, a Penn Cambria standout, won his second straight Bedford ...