Zach Snyder named Mt. Pleasant wrestling coach

By: Paul Schofield
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | 9:31 PM

Mt. Pleasant has a new wrestling coach. It’s former Hempfield assistant Zach Snyder, who was hired at Monday’s school board meeting.

Snyder replaces Zach Sheridan, who was not rehired after serving as coach for the past five seasons. Mt. Pleasant coaches work on a one-year contract.

Snyder was an assistant under Tommy Dolde at Hempfield and Connellsville, his alma mater where he also wrestled.

Mt. Pleasant’s numbers were low the past few seasons, but Sheridan had a strong group of underclassmen coming back and a good group of middle school wrestlers set to join the team.

The group included freshmen PIAA Class AA champion Dayton Pitzer and PIAA southwest regional qualifiers Luke Geibig (32-12, 106), Noah Gnibus (21-9, 113) and Noah Teeter (35-11, 120).

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

Tags: Connellsville, Hempfield, Mt. Pleasant