Isaac Selder has faced bigger challenges in his life than just what he’s faced in his first year in high school wrestling at Central Cambria. Selder was born prematurely with cerebral palsy. According to the Mayo Clinic, cerebral palsy is a disorder caused by damage that occurs to the ...
JOHNSTOWN — Penn Cambria rolled to a 73-0 victory over Westmont Hilltop with the help of eight forfeit wins in high school wrestling action on Thursday. Braedan Oravecz, Mason Raymond and Nick Summerville recorded falls for the Panthers, Trent Hoover won by major decision, and Isaiah Chyr won by regular decision. 160: Austin McCloskey (PCH) over (WHH) (For.) 172: Ethan Kunowsky (PCH) over (WHH) (For.) 189: Braedan Oravecz (PCH) over Joe Nibert (WHH) (Fall 0:51) 215: Mason Raymond (PCH) over Joe Gustkey (WHH) (Fall 1:05) 285: Nick Summerville (PCH) over Jonah McCoy (WHH) (Fall 3:00) ...
By Todd Irwin sports@altoonamirror.com CLEARFIELD — The Tyrone wrestling team waited patiently as Clearfield recognized its youth and junior high wrestling stars before a large crowd Tuesday night at Arthur J. Weiss Gymnasium. Later, the Bison rolled out to a 27-point lead after the first six bouts over the Golden Eagles. The Eagles chipped into that lead with some patient and tough wrestling, winning five of the final seven bouts. But the strong start carried the 6-0 Bison to a 42-24 victory. “I thought we wrestled well,” Tyrone coach Quentin Wright said. “I’m happy ...
LOYSBURG — Four forfeits and three falls led Northern Bedford to a 42-27 win over Claysburg-Kimmel in high school wrestling action on Tuesday night. Bryson Free, Eion Snider and Aaron Bowers recorded the falls for the Black Panthers. Claysburg received falls from Brodie Soler, Cole Claycomb and Mason Campagna, and decisions from Tyler Mowry, Parker Knisley and Mark Lattieri. 285—Beach, NB, forfeit. 107—Replogle, NB, forfeit. 114—Free, NB, pinned Lamborn, 1:16. 121—Clouse, NB, forfeit. 127—Soler, CK, pinned Logue, 1:09. 133—Mowry, CK, dec. Dively, 8-4. 139—Knisley, ...
PHILIPSBURG — It shouldn’t have been too much of a shock to anybody familiar with 152 pounds that Altoona’s Luke Sipes stood out from the rest on Saturday in the 20th annual Mountaineer Duals at Philipsburg-Osceola. Sipes went 5-0, including wins over P-O’s District 6 Class 2A champion and Southwest Regional eighth-placer Marcus Gable and Glendale regional seventh-placer George Campbell. Four of the six tournament head coaches voted Sipes the Leroy E. Myers Outstanding Wrestler. “I’m excited,” Sipes said after accepting the award from Leroy E. Myers’ grandchildren ...
EVERETT — United topped Forest Hills, 46-26, to win the championship match of the Everett Bloody Run Duals on Saturday. Central, Hollidaysburg and Juniata Valley all went 2-3 as a team in the tournament. The Scarlet Dragons topped Hollidaysburg and James Buchanan, the Golden Tigers beat James Buchanan and Tussey Mountain, and Juniata Valley topped Cambria Heights and James Buchanan. Full results from Heights and Claysburg-Kimmel were not reported, though the Bulldogs did defeat Central and Hollidaysburg and lost to eventual champion United. SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON 51, CENTRAL ...
