Wrestling

Penn Hills junior wrestler Daemon Phipps reaches to take off his headgear after winning the 114-pound championship match Dec. 28 at the Penn Hills Holiday Tournament.
Pair of Penn Hills wrestlers earn spots in WPIAL tournament
February 23, 2025
Daemon Phipps flashed potential as a freshman for the Penn Hills wrestling team. The now-114-pound junior wrestler earned his spot at the WPIAL Class 3A championships for the first time by placing fourth at the Northern Section.

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Thomas Jefferson’s Bode Marlow beats North Hills’ Carter Morvay in the 172-pound bout in the Allegheny County Wrestling Championship on Jan. 18, 2025 at Fox Chapel Area High School.
Thomas Jefferson wrestlers find success at sectional tournament
Maddox Shaw, Bode Marlow and Shep Turk are three of a kind.

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Quaker Valley wrestling coach Austin Heinl, at left, talks strategy with 121-pound junior Eoin Parnell during the 2024-25 season.
Quaker Valley wrestlers show championship form at section tournament
Quaker’s Valley’s dominance on the mat was on full display at the WPIAL Class 2A Northern Sectional tournament Feb. 15 at Keystone Oaks.

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Hempfield junior Nico Kapusta has his hand raised after winning the 114-pound title at the WPIAL Class 3A wrestling championships.
Hempfield’s Kapusta, Waynesburg’s Stephenson win WPIAL 3A wrestling titles despite missing much of season
February 22, 2025
Hempfield junior Nico Kapusta and Waynesburg’s Jake Stephenson missed most of the season with injuries.

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Highlands’ Javeon Chambers (right) maintains control of Burgettstown’s Darius Simmons (left) during the 107-pound finals at the WPIAL Class 2A championships Saturday.
Top seeds mostly reign at WPIAL Class 2A wrestling
Although there were some surprises peppered in the semifinals of the WPIAL Class 2A wrestling championships Saturday at Chartiers Valley, the finals were another story.

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Southmoreland’s Zoe Murphy is a member of the 2024-25 wrestling team.
Westmoreland County athletes of the week: Southmoreland’s Zoe Murphy, Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown
The Westmoreland County Athletes of the Week is presented by Smail Kia. Look for the tags and look for the savings at Smail Kia in Greensburg.

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Knoch’s Braylee Ireland is a junior on the 2024-25 girls wrestling team.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Knoch’s Braylee Ireland, Highlands’ Javeon Chambers
Braylee Ireland

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Latrobe senior Luke Willochell lifts the leg of West Allegheny junior Cael Yanek during a 133-pound semifinal Feb. 22, 2025 at Canon-McMillan.
Latrobe’s Luke Willochell among 10 defending champs to reach WPIAL Class 3A finals
The finals are set for the WPIAL Class 3A individual wrestling championships after a couple of battles in Saturday’s semifinals at Canon-McMillan.

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A trio of Plum girls wrestlers will take part in the PIAA Western Regional Championship tournament on March 1 at North Allegheny High School.
Plum girls wrestling trio advances to PIAA regional tournament
Alaina Claassen knew Valley’s Arianna Bernard well by the time they met for the 190-pound championship at the WPIAL girls wrestling championships Feb. 15 at North Allegheny High School.

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Norwin’s Karsyn Champion scrambles to maintain position on North Allegheny’s Sophia Folks during the 155-pound final at the WPIAL championships Feb. 15.
North Allegheny girls wrestling program takes solid steps forward
In the second year of PIAA-sanctioned girls wrestling, North Allegheny found itself in a similar position as the first.

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Fox Chapel’s Jack Viti looks to pin Brashear’s Antonio Roa during their 172-pound match at the 2024 Allegheny County tournament.
Postseason grind tests mettle of Fox Chapel wrestlers
The path to qualifying for the PIAA Class 3A wrestling championships has an extra step to the process this season. For the first time in the larger classification, wrestlers must qualify for a regional instead of going straight from the WPIAL tournament to states.

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Bethel Park’s Ethan Higgins competes during the 2024-25 season.
Balanced Bethel Park lineup filled with 20-win wrestlers
Eight athletes assumed leading roles in the Bethel Park wrestling program this season.

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Bethel Park senior wrestler Ethan Higgins celebrates his 100th career win.
100th win highlights season for Bethel Park wrestler Ethan Higgins
Career win No. 100 arrived as expected for Bethel Park’s talented senior wrestler Ethan Higgins.

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Burrell’s Julian Bertucci talks to coach Steve Ansani during a break in the 139-pound match on Feb. 7.
Burrell leads way with 5 in semifinals at Class 2A WPIAL wrestling
February 21, 2025
Burrell led the way with five wrestlers in the semifinals at the WPIAL Class 2A wrestling tournament Friday at Chartiers Valley.

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Kiski Area senior Mark Gray pins Pine-Richland’s Solomon Weigard for his 100th career victory during the WPIAL Class 3A individual wrestling championships Friday.
FR’s Titus Colangelo pulls off upset, Kiski Area’s Mark Gray hits milestone at WPIAL Class 3A wrestling
Even though he hadn’t beaten Norwin freshman Coleton Klipa in five tries this season, Franklin Regional sophomore Titus Colangelo did not consider the victory over his section rival in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals Friday an upset.

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Thomas Jefferson’s Maddox Shaw beats South Fayette’s Luke Dunlap in the 152-pound final at the Allegheny County Wrestling Championship on Jan. 18 at Fox Chapel.
2025 WPIAL wrestling championship preview
February 20, 2025
WPIAL Boys Individual Wrestling Championship

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Latrobe’s Luke Willochell flashes a No. 4 signifying his fourth WCCA wrestling title after winning the 133-pound final Jan. 11 at Greensburg Salem.
Quest for 4th title by Latrobe’s Luke Willochell headlines WPIAL wrestling championships
Earlier this season, Latrobe senior Luke Willochell became the second wrestler in school history to become a Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association four-time champion.

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Southmoreland’s Zoey Murphy, shown during the PIAA championships last March, won the WPIAL title at 235 this season.
Wrestling notebook: Hempfield’s Kapusta returns with a bang after injury layoff, quick rehab
February 18, 2025
When Nico Kapusta injured his left elbow during a preseason wrestling tournament in October at Edinboro, he was told by his doctor (James Bradley) that recovery time would be six months.

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Latrobe’s Hunter Snyder tries to escape the grasp of Derry’s Brady Brown at 189 pounds Dec. 11, 2024.
Trib HSSN high school wrestling rankings for Feb. 18, 2025
Class 3A

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Kiski Area’s Ava Golding (left) grapples against Connellsville’s Janayah Nobles during the 136-pound final at the WPIAL wrestling championships Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, at North Allegheny.
Kiski Area’s Ava Golding 1 of 5 to win 2nd WPIAL girls wrestling titles
February 15, 2025
Kiski Area junior Ava Golding knew she’d be in for a battle in the 136-pound final against Connellsville senior Janayah Nobles.

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