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McMillen earns third D6 crown

Glendale’s Brock McMillen has faced stiffer adversity in his young life, including battling a heart condition, but his third District 6 Class 2A Tournament title was certainly no walk in the park. The two-time state champion had to battle through a nasty cut on his lip that forced three ...

Ridge takes D5 title

BOSWELL — Chestnut Ridge won its 10th straight District 5 Class 2A team wrestling championship with nine regional qualifiers and five champions on Saturday at North Star High School. Calan Bollman (113 pounds), Ross Dull (126), Colton Bollman (138), Luke Moore (152) and Daniel Moore (172) won titles for the Lions. Tussey Mountain’s Trevor Husick (120) and Hunter Horton (132) won championships, and Bedford’s Ashton Dull won the title at 189. Northern Bedford had two third-place finishers in Reyan Imler (126) and Eion Snider (152) and a fourth-place finisher at 285 in Derek ...

Senior Sarbo gets another D6 title

The 2020-21 wrestling season has been a weird one with COVID-19 protocols, a late start to the season and teams having to halt competition, just to name a few oddities. One thing that hasn’t changed is Altoona senior Matt Sarbo dominating in the postseason. Sarbo breezed to his fourth ...

3 wrestling tourneys set for weekend

While the District 6 Class 2A wrestlers have been trying to advance to the District 6 Tournament, the Class 3A and District 5 teams have been waiting their turns for the postseason to start. All three tournaments will take place over the next two days. The District 6 Class 3A Tournament starts at 2 p.m. today at the Altoona Fieldhouse. The District 6 Class 2A Tournament begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fieldhouse. The District 5 Tournament is at North Star this year, and it begins at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Here’s a closer look at the tournaments: History awaits Altoona’s ...

Young Eagle wrestler soars in Tyrone’s win

HUNTINGDON — Tyrone and Huntingdon fought nip and tuck for the team title throughout the District 6 Class 2A Section 1 Tournament on Wednesday at Huntingdon High School. And wouldn’t you know it, the team title came down to the very last bout of the night between Tyrone’s Braden Ewing and Bellwood-Antis’ Nate Jennings in the true second bout at 285 pounds. With the Bearcats holding a four-point lead over the Golden Eagles going into the final bout, Ewing, a freshman, pounced on an opening in a scoreless bout with Jennings, put the Blue Devil junior on his back and pinned him ...

Central crowns four champions en route to title over Glendale

EBENSBURG — Glendale figured to be the favorite to win the team title of Tuesday’s District 6 Class 2A Section 3 Tournament at Central Cambria High School The Vikings were riding the momentum of winning their first District 6 Class 2A Tournament last year and an 8-0 regular season record ...