Wrestling

Yough junior Glenn Christner is a member of the 2019-20 wrestling team.
Yough champs enter school’s wrestling record books, still have goals to achieve
February 18, 2020
Shane Momyer and Glenn Christner did something Friday at the WPIAL Class AA section tournament that is a rare occurrence in Yough wresting history. They won section titles.

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McGuffey’s Rocco Ferraro wrestles South Park’s Anthony Weil at 145 pounds Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 in the WPIAL wrestling championship at Canon-McMillan High School.
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings for Feb. 18, 2020
Class AAA

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Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Burrell’s AJ Corrado
Burrell’s AJ Corrado has turned in a dominant junior wrestling season, and he earned his first WPIAL title in the same fashion this weekend.

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Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Burrell
Burrell’s wrestling team turned in quite the weekend at Canon-McMillan on Friday and Saturday.

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Penn-Trafford’s Luke Paszek (right) is 19-9 this season.
Penn-Trafford wrestlers look to take next step at individual section tournament
February 17, 2020
Coming into the 2019-20 season, Penn-Trafford first-year wrestling coach AJ Brentzel knew it might be a tough winter as he tried to rebuild the program’s winning culture.

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Franklin Regional’s Caden Smith attempts to block a shot by Mars’ Mihali Sfanos (33) while Franklin Regional’s Kadyn Hannah (14) looks for a potential rebound Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in WPIAL basketball at Franklin Regional High School.
Trib HSSN broadcasts for Week of Feb. 17-23
February 16, 2020
The Path to the Pete continues with more opening-round and second-round WPIAL basketball postseason play this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Burgettstown’s Shane Ilgenfritz, left, won a Section 1 title Friday night. Burrell’s Niko Ferra, right, took third in Section 3.
Burgettstown, McGuffey start strong as WPIAL wrestling tournaments begin
February 14, 2020
Burgettstown and McGuffey got off to a quick start on the road to Hershey on Friday night.

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Gateway’s Evan Whiteside (right) has a 25-6 record this season with 23 pins.
Whiteside leads hopeful Gateway contingent into section wrestling tourney
Led by senior Evan Whiteside, seven Gateway wrestlers enter the Section 1-AAA tournament Feb. 22 at Kiski Area with medal-winning aspirations.

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Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert celebrates his state championship last season.
Iron sharpens iron for Franklin Regional state title hopefuls Dibert, Solomon
At every practice in the Franklin Regional wrestling room, Finn Solomon and Carter Dibert are paired. When they wrestle, it typically becomes a spectacle.

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Mt. Pleasant sophomore Dayton Pitzer, the defending PIAA Class AA champion at 182 pounds, had season-ending surgery.
Wrestling notebook: Teams using female wrestlers for free points
February 12, 2020
Saucon Valley and Reynolds presented a girl during their matches against Notre Dame-Green Pond, a catholic school in Easton, to collect a forfeit at the PIAA Team Championship in Hershey over the weekend.

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Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert (right) and Penn-Trafford’s Boaz Chisko compete in the Eastern Area Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Dec. 6, 2019, at Gateway.
TribHSSN individual wrestling rankings for Feb. 12, 2020
Tribune-Review Individual Rankings

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Ty Cymmerman hopes to be the next Derry wrestler to hang his uniform on the wall in the wrestling room. Here he poses for a photo Feb. 11, 2020, at Derry.
Derry’s Ty Cymmerman would give singlet off his back to be a state champ
There are five wrestling uniforms hanging on the wall inside the Derry wrestling room.

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Burrell’s Ian Oswalt works to pin Southmoreland’s Andrew Johnson at 132 pounds during their Section 3-AA semifinal Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at Elizabeth-Forward High School.
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Burrell nabs three top seeds for sectional tournament
WPIAL Class AA wrestlers will converge on Canon-McMillan high school this weekend for their sectional and WPIAL individual tournaments.

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Trib HSSN wrestler of the week: Luca Augustine, Waynesburg
In his team’s run to the state championship, the Raiders’ 160-pounder went 4-0 and picked up two pins, a technical fall and a 2-1 second tiebreaker win in the state championship match against Nazareth Area.

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Trib HSSN wrestling team of the week: Waynesburg
The Raiders finished as the runner-up in the PIAA Class AAA state championship this weekend in Hershey, falling just short of their ultimate goal.

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Kiski Area’s Jack Blumer wrestles South Fayette’s Praicen Long in the 160-pound weight class Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at Hempfield.
TribHSSN state team wrestling rankings for Feb. 12, 2020
State team rankings

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Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer points out to the crowd after defeating Freedom’s Bryson Miller for the 182-pound Class AA championship final during the PIAA state wrestling tournament on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Giant Center in Hershey.
Injury keeps Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer from defending state wrestling title
February 10, 2020
When the WPIAL wrestling committee releases the Class AA section tournament pairings Tuesday, at least one big-name wrestler will be missing.

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Woodland Hills’ Velton Kenney (1) looks to get by Penn Hills’ Wes Kropp (3) Jan. 14, 2020 at Woodland Hills.
Trib HSSN broadcasts for Week of Feb. 10-15
February 8, 2020
The Path to the Pete is about to tip off as the WPIAL basketball postseason begins on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Waynesburg poses with its Class AAA runner-up trophy in the PIAA team wrestling tournament Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at Giant Center in Hershey.
Waynesburg’s 2nd-place finish at PIAA team wrestling start of something big
HERSHEY — The path to the PIAA Class AAA team wrestling championship next year could run through Greene County.

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AJ Corrado gets a takedown against Hamburg’s Ayden Kauffman at 152 pounds in the PIAA team wrestling tournament Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at Giant Center in Hershey.
Burrell wrestling team comes up short of PIAA goal
HERSHEY — Burrell wrestling coach Josh Shields gave his team a stern message after it fell one step shy of its goal in the PIAA team championship Saturday at the Giant Center.

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