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Panthers beat Bedford

BEDFORD — Penn Cambria recorded two falls and three forfeit wins in beating Bedford, 39-25, in high school wrestling action on Thursday. Trent Hoover and Bane Mallory won by fall for the Panthers, and Trey Talko, Austin McCloskey and Austin Wagner won by decision. 120: Trent Hoover (PC) over Thomas Steinbrunner (Fall 1:32) 126: Camden Koontz (B) over Brody Vinglish (Fall 0:34) 132: Brandt Patterson (PC) (For.) 138: Trey Talko (PC) over Ashden Koontz (Dec 9-3) 145: Jacob Dawson (B) over Nathan Little (MD 14-0) 152: Austin McCloskey (PC) over Matt Batzel (Dec 9-6) 160: Connor Clarke ...

Full slate of wrestlers helping Lions out this year

HOLLIDAYSBURG – The Altoona Area High School wrestling team is 5-0 in dual meets this season, and one of the biggest reasons why is that the Mountain Lions can field a full varsity lineup. While many schools are leaving several weight classes open, Altoona has been fortunate enough to be ...

Forfeits a big part of B-A wrestling win

BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis recorded seven forfeit wins in beating United, 45-0, in high school wrestling action on Tuesday. Bellwood’s Nate Jennings won the only match wrestled with a 7-5 decision over Maximillian Clevenger at 285 pounds. 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double Forfeit 120: Double Forfeit 126: Double Forfeit 132: Tyler McCaulsky (BA) (For.) 138: Nicholas Kost (BA) (For.) 145: Xander Shank (BA) (For.) 152: Double Forfeit 160: Aiden Taylor (BA) (For.) 172: Alex Taylor (BA) (For.) 189: Ethan Norris (BA) (For.) 215: Aarron Laird (BA) (For.) 285: Nate Jennings (BA) over ...

Sarbo third at Powerade

MONROEVILLE — Altoona’s Matt Sarbo placed third at the prestigious Powerade Wrestling Tournament Saturday in the 138-pound weight class. Sarbo pinned Chestnut Ridge’s Colton Bollman, got a technical fall victory over Canon-McMillan’s Glanmarco Ramos, won a 5-2 decision over DuBois’ Chandler Ho, pinned Malvern Prep’s Reed Fulmer, lost to eventual champion Cole Homet of Waynesburg, 4-3, and defeated Hempfield’s Lucas Kapusta, 12-3. Altoona finished 20th in the event out of 44 teams. Chestnut Ridge finished 18th, and Calan Bollman placed seventh at 113. Walk wins ...

Tigers struggle to find continuity in loss to Golden Eagles

TYRONE — By the end of January in most wrestling seasons, Hollidaysburg would be coming down the home stretch of the dual meet season and beginning its preparation for the postseason. This season, delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, has been far from ordinary for the Golden Tigers and many other teams in the state. After opening the season in the Big 7 Tournament last weekend, the Tigers finally wrestled a dual meet Thursday night at Tyrone. The senior night match was the sixth meet for the Terry Tate-coached Golden Eagles (3-3), who recorded four falls and three forfeit wins ...

Highlanders get big bonus points in win over Red Devils

EBENSBURG — Zach Weakland recorded a 37-second fall to help Cambria Heights top Central Cambria, 42-9, in high school wrestling Thursday. Deklan Estep, Jonathan Hajzus and Karter Quick won matches by decision for the Red Devils. The Highlanders received four forfeit victories. 106: Hunter Jones (CHH) over (CCH) (For.) 113: Bryce Blake (CHH) over (CCH) (For.) 120: Zach Beckers (CHH) over (CCH) (For.) 126: Jack Sheredy (CHH) over Brendon Johnson (CCH) (Dec 6-0) 132: Issac Westrick (CHH) over Cole Keiper (CCH) (Dec 7-0) 138: Deklan Estep (CCH) over Tanner Trybus (CHH) (SV-1 9-7) ...