Jackson Henson knew this was going to be a different experience.After winning two West Virginia state wrestling titles while at University High School in Morgantown, Jackson and his brother, Wyatt, transferred to Waynesburg this season looking for new challenges and a third state title.It ...
Not many wrestlers or coaches in Pennsylvania have found themselves in position to be part of four individual PIAA wrestling championships.Beginning Thursday morning at the Giant Center in Hershey, Jefferson-Morgan High School’s Gavin Teasdale and Rockets’ head coach Mike Lesko get dibbs on ...
Preliminary and first-round pairings for the PIAA Class AA wrestling championships which begin Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey. Wrestlers' names are followed by school, regional finish, grade and record. (x-denotes returning champion).<strong>Preliminary ...
CANONSBURG – Logan Macri must be in Louis Newell’s nightmares by now.Macri, a senior from Canon-McMillan, defeated Newell, a state runner-up from Seneca Valley, for the third straight time and in front of the home crowd Saturday night in the 120-pound finals of the WPIAL Class AAA Wrestling ...
CANONSBURG – Gerrit Nijenhuis lost only twice in last year’s wrestling postseason.The first one cost him a gold medal in the WPIAL Class AAA Championships. The second cost him a gold medal in the state tournament in Hershey.The goal for the 160-pound sophomore from Canon-McMillan is to have ...
INDIANA – For the second week in a row, Gavin Teasdale passed a milestone.And for the second week in a row, the three-time PIAA wrestling champion from Jefferson-Morgan treated it like a mile marker on the turnpike.There are more down the road.Teasdale accomplished the rare feat of becoming a ...
