Washington was strong in the middle and upper weights and held off Keystone Oaks for a 36-30 victory in a Class 2A match Wednesday night.The Prexies had to battle back from a 12-0 deficit, doing so with wins in three consecutive weight classes from 145 to 160. Pins by Kyle Slesh (152) and Cody ...
The Brian Krenzelak era opened with a bang for Canon-McMillan High School’s wrestling team.The Big Macs went on a pinning spree Wednesday night and came away with a 59-15 drubbing of Chartiers Valley in Subsection 4A of Section 4 in Class 3A.Krenzelak was hired as the Big Macs’ head coach ...
Luca Augustine was the leader, the best wrestler on the best team in the PIAA, a sure six team points in most cases.The Waynesburg senior let nothing get in his way during a season when getting in the way of the Raiders could be bad for one’s health.His victory over Trey Kibe of Mifflin ...
ROGERSVILLE – Revenge can come in all sizes.This one was wrapped up in a 160-pound body.For Trevor Pettit, his revenge came in the Subsection 1B Tournament at West Greene High School.Pettit lost to Bentworth’s Owen Petrisek earlier in the season.Pettit got a measure of revenge Tuesday ...
HOUSTON – It was a breezy night for Burgettstown’s freshman sensation Parker Sentipal at Tuesday’s WPIAL Class AA Sub-Section 1A Round Robin at Chartiers-Houston High School.The 106-pounder only had to wrestle one match, and that bout lasted a little over a minute. Sentipal quickly ...
In my 40 years of covering wrestling for this newspaper, I have handled some amazing stories in the sport.There was the time a wrestling coach got suspended for bringing a handgun to a match.Another time, a school board attempting to fire the basketball coach opened all the winter coaching ...
