In a fabulous four-year wrestling career at Northern Bedford Area High School, Tyler Chesney won 119 matches, four District 5 championships, and took a third-place bronze medal as a senior in the PIAA Class 2A state tournament. But Chesney, who passed away unexpectedly in his sleep recently ...
It is often the case that outstanding athletes don’t necessarily always make the best coaches. Sometimes, their skills are so highly-refined and second nature to them that they have trouble imparting their knowledge to those under their charge who may not be nearly as gifted. James ...
From Mirror reports Top-notch wrestling competition featuring some of the best scholastic talent that the state of Pennsylvania has to offer will be on tap this Saturday night at the Tyrone Armory/Tyrone Community Center. An 18-match dual-meet card will kick off at 6 p.m. Saturday that will be comprised of 15 high school boys matches, two high school girls matches, a junior high boys match, and a featured bout between two former PIAA high school standouts who went on to become collegiate NCAA All-Americans. The event will be closed to the public because of COVID-19 concerns, but ...
When Ted Castel was a standout heavyweight for the Portage Area High School wrestling program back in the early 1990s, the Mustangs were known for their grit, determination and fight. Castel, 46, who spent the last three seasons as Portage’s head junior high wrestling coach, was recently promoted to the position of varsity head coach. He hopes to restore that drive in the program this upcoming winter, if COVID-19 pandemic restrictions allow for a 2020-21 season to be held. “Portage hasn’t been known for wrestling for a while,’’ said Castel, who was a District 6 Class AA ...
Kai Burkett was a quiet, family-loving star on the state power Chestnut Ridge High School wrestling team. He had just begun his senior year at Ridge and was looking forward to — barring a cancellation or interruption as a result of COVID-19 — adding to his illustrious wrestling resume ...
Commentary Making a move that had been long overdue, the PIAA Board of Control recently voted to reduce the number of weight classes for varsity wrestling events from 14 down to 13, effective in the 2020-21 season. The 14th weight class was added back in the 2002-03 season with the idea of affording more wrestlers the opportunity to compete at different weights, but in the past two decades, numbers in many wrestling programs at schools throughout the state have generally been dwindling. Wrestling is a difficult and demanding sport, and it’s equally difficult for many high school ...
