Tag: Burrell

WPIAL wrestling teams find out opponents for PIAA team tournament

February 3, 2019

Now that the Burrell and Kiski Area wrestling teams have successfully defended their WPIAL titles, they can focus on winning PIAA championships. The PIAA team tournament begins Monday in both Class AAA and Class AA. Canon-McMillan, which defeated Waynesburg for third place in Class AAA, will travel to Pittsburgh to

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Burrell wrestling rolls to 13th straight WPIAL team title

February 2, 2019

There wasn't a huge celebration from the Burrell wrestling team after winning its 13th consecutive WPIAL Class AA on Saturday. Don't get them wrong, they were pleased to take home another gold trophy, their 15th in school history. But the Bucs have larger goals, and there was no need to

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Five things to watch at Saturday’s WPIAL wrestling semifinals, finals

February 1, 2019

The WPIAL Class AAA and AA wrestling championships will be held Saturday. Kiski Area (Class AAA) and Burrell (AA) are the returning champions, and both are seeded No. 1 in each classification. Here are some interesting facts about the team tournament. Can Burrell do it again Burrell has reached the

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Looking back at Burrell’s 12 straight WPIAL wrestling championships

It's hard to imagine now, but Burrell left the WPIAL Class AA championship match disappointed in back-to-back years, falling to Mt. Pleasant in both 2005 and '06. The Bucs had plenty of success to look back on, including WPIAL championships in 1997 and 2004 and runner-up finishes in 2003, '05

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No. 1 Burrell wrestles ‘complete’ match en route to WPIAL quarterfinal victory

January 30, 2019

Something about late January and early February brings out the best in Burrell. As the weather grows colder, the Bucs get even hotter, and that proved true again Wednesday. Class AA No. 1 Burrell rolled to the WPIAL semifinals for a 17th consecutive season with a dominant 58-16 victory over

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Alle-Kiski Valley Athletes of the Week: Kiski Area’s Brenden Brzozowski, Burrell’s Abby Horcicak

Brenden Brzozowski School: Kiski Area Class: Senior Sport: Swimming Report card: Brzozowski made his last splash at last Saturday's Westmoreland County Coaches' Association's swimming championships. The four-year starter and Edinboro swimming commit finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.37) and the 100 butterfly (54.37). Brzozowski swam anchor in the Cavaliers'

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Deer Lakes boys boost section mark to 9-0 with win over Burrell

January 29, 2019

The 2019 polar vortex is about invade Western Pa. and bring with it some of the coldest temperatures and wind chills in years. Schools are closed, and cars will struggle start. If folks around Deer Lakes School District are looking for a nearby warming center, all they need to do

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High school wrestling notebook: WPIAL tournament will go as planned Wednesday

With school districts canceling classes for Wednesday ahead of the frigid temperatures that are expected in Western Pennsylvania, WPIAL officials said Tuesday the wrestling team tournament will go on as scheduled. There are eight sites hosting first-round and quarterfinal matches: four in Class AAA (Kiski Area, Canon-McMillan, Hempfield and Seneca

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Strategy key for Burrell, Kiski Area wrestling coaches in team postseason

Josh Shields took a rough, if facetious, estimate of when he begins preparation for the team wrestling postseason. andquot;Last year, right around March,andquot; Burrell's sixth-year coach said with a laugh. andquot;The brackets for the team things relatively stay the same, so I knew the types of teams we would be

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Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 28, 2019

Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 17-2, 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 9-1, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 11-0, 3 4. Cedar Cliff (3), 12-0, 4 5. Council Rock South (1), 8-0, 6 6. Seneca Valley (7), 10-2, 10 7. Nazareth

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