INDIANA – There is no better place for your biggest victory than the postseason.Just ask Mike Cusick.The senior from South Fayette High School slept well Friday night, secure in knowing that he earned a berth in the state wrestling tournament.Cusick did so with a 7-4 upset of Alex Caldwell, a ...
The first thing you notice about Shane and Riley Kemper is their size.Riley is nearly a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier.There is only one grade difference between them, Shane being a freshman and Riley a sophomore at Burgettstown High School. They are members of the Blue Devils’ wrestling ...
CANONSBURG – It would be a mistake – especially for opposing coaches and wrestlers – to believe Gavin Teasdale has lost some of his punch.The three-time state champion from Jefferson-Morgan High School hit two rough patches this season, both times resulting in losses that derailed what ...
CANONSBURG – OK, maybe Christian Clutter and Jaden Datz will never be on each other’s Christmas Card list.But they put on an entertaining wrestling match.In this version, Clutter, a junior from McGuffey, got the better of Datz, a senior from Southmoreland, 6-2 in overtime to win the WPIAL ...
Manny Dovshek is happy Gavin Teasdale grew a little over the past two seasons.Dovshek, a senior from Bentworth High School, could be wrestling for his fourth WPIAL individual title had Teasdale, a three-time PIAA champion from Jefferson-Morgan, not been on the other side of the bracket in his ...
Mention the name “Gene” to most living in Canonsburg, and they knew who you were talking about.Gene Bowman.He was an icon in this area’s wrestling world, a three-time WPIAL champion who graduated from Canonsburg High School in 1947 and one of the founding fathers of the dapper Dan ...
