WPIAL (District 7) officials went into this week’s PIAA meetings hoping to keep their qualifiers to the state wrestling tournament from dropping from four to three in Class 3A.What they came away with is a possible five qualifiers, if the plan is approved in mid-May by the PIAA Board of ...
McMURRAY –Zander Phaturos will soon be on the move again.The senior wrestler from Waynesburg High School arrived here from Arizona two years ago and played a big role on the Raiders’ PIAA Team Tournament championshp victory.His parents had retired and moved to Western Pennsylvania, landing ...
<strong>Wrestler of the Year</strong>: Mac Church, Waynesburg<strong>Class AA Coach of the Year:</strong> Joey Vigliotti, Burgettstown<strong>Class AAA Coach of the Year:</strong> Kyle Szewczyk, ...
If there was any extra satisfaction to Mac Church’s second straight state wrestling title, it was that it came against Matt Repos of Central Dauphin.For as much as one can be established with two wrestlers who compete nearly four hours away from one another, quite a rivalry has developed ...
HERSHEY – Maybe it was the right weight after all.When Jacob Houpt found he couldn’t drop to 113 pounds this season because his coaches misinterpreted the weight-loss rule, Houpt felt “betrayed.”Houpt, a senior from Canon-McMillan, felt he had been let down by the coaching staff.Now he ...
HERSHEY – Bacterial meningitis took his leg but it couldn’t take his spirit.Deven Jackson has been handed a crate full of lemons in his young life and he is busy turning them into heaping glasses of lemonade.Jackson, a senior wrestler at West Perry High School, lost parts of both legs to ...
