Tag: Burrell

Trib HSSN WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Feb. 4, 2019

February 5, 2019

Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 15-0, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 13-3, 2 3. Canon-McMillan, 10-3, 4 4. Waynesburg, 15-3, 6 5. Hempfield, 13-3, 3 6. Thomas Jefferson, 16-2, 5 7. Norwin, 15-4, 7 8. Connellsville, 11-5, NR 9. Mt. Lebanon, 10-4, 8 10.

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Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Feb. 4, 2019

TribHSSN state team rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 12-1, 2 2. Kiski Area (7), 15-0, 3 3. Northampton (11), 17-3, 8 4. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 19-4, 1 5. Cedar Cliff (3), 16-0, 4 6. Council Rock South (1), 12-0, 5 7. Seneca Valley (7),

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Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Burrell Buccaneers

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Burrell Burrell winning a WPIAL Class AA championship is a tradition unlike any other -- each February, the Bucs end up on top. The longest WPIAL wrestling championship streak in WPIAL history reached 13 years Saturday as Burrell beat Freedom, 54-21, at Chartiers-Houston. Seven different wrestlers

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Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Kiski Area’s Jack Blumer

WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: Jack Blumer, Kiski Area, jr. Blumer wrestled four matches over the course of the week. All four ended the same way. The junior 160-pounder typified Kiski Area's team dominance in the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs, getting four pins to help the Cavaliers win their third consecutive

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A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Feb. 4, 2019

February 3, 2019

MONDAY Girls basketball: The Section 1-4A playoff race is muddied, with Apollo-Ridge (14-5, 6-5) and Knoch (8-10, 6-5) holding on to the last two spots and Greensburg Salem (10-9, 6-5) right behind. Apollo-Ridge visits Highlands (2-16, 0-12), Knoch visits Freeport (14-3, 6-5) and Greensburg Salem hosts Indiana (7-13, 5-7). Leechburg

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Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Hampton Talbots

Three unbeaten teams entered this past week's action in the PIHL. One survived: Division II's Burrell. The other, Montour, from Class A, fell to Meadville on Monday. This week's TribLIVE High School Sports Network PIHL Team of the Week knocked off the previously-unbeaten, and top-ranked Pine-Richland Rams Monday night, to

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WPIAL wrestling teams find out opponents for PIAA team tournament

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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