Tag: Frazier

Mt. Pleasant’s Pitzer denies Miller shot at 3rd title in WPIAL semifinals

February 16, 2019

Freedom senior Bryson Miller was hoping to become a three-time champion at the WPIAL Class AA wrestling championships Saturday at Canon-McMillan.

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5 things to watch at Saturday’s WPIAL Class AA wrestling championships

February 15, 2019

The WPIAL Class AA individual wrestling championships began Friday with preliminary round bouts at Canon-McMillan. The tournament resumes Saturday. The finals are slated for 5 p.m. The top seven finishers in each of the 14 weight classes will advance to the PIAA Southwest Regional at IUP's Kovalchick Complex on Feb.

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5 things to watch at Saturday’s WPIAL Class AA wrestling championships

The WPIAL Class AA individual wrestling championships began Friday with preliminary round bouts at Canon-McMillan. The tournament resumes Saturday.

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5 players to watch in the opening round of the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs

February 14, 2019

The postseason is a time for stars to shine bright. Legends are made at this time of year as the games are more meaningful, and the performances have to be better to win and advance. Here are five players to watch during the opening round of the 2019 WPIAL girls

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Gaul, Ward look to become four-time section champions

February 13, 2019

While some wrestling coaches in Class AA would like to see the section tournaments eliminated, there are just as many who think the section tournaments are important to the athletes. The WPIAL wrestling committee agrees, and because the PIAA southwest regional at IUP's Kovalchik Center can be contested only Feb.

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Breaking down the 2019 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs

February 12, 2019

Here is a breakdown of the 2019 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs: Class 6A Favorite: Last season's WPIAL runner-up, Peters Township made it through the regular season unscathed at 22-0, posting signature wins over Class 4A top seed North Catholic, defending PIAA Class 5A champion Mars and section rival Bethel Park,

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All-American Wresting Club has rich history of training young wrestlers

January 29, 2019

Rob Waller's All-American Wrestling Club couldn't have asked for a better endorsement. Penn State senior Jason Nolf, a Kittanning graduate, credited Waller and his club's training after he won his second NCAA Division I title last March. Nolf sustained a serious knee injury late in the regular season, which forced

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WPIAL wrestling brackets to be released in Thursday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports

January 23, 2019

Is anybody up for a little mat bracketology The first team brackets of the winter high school sports season will be released Thursday afternoon when the WPIAL unveils the 2019 team wrestling postseason matchups. The one-week tournament will begin Monday, with four Class AAA preliminary-round matches. Then, on Jan. 30,

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High school wrestling notebook: Dolde to get 1st taste of Hempfield-Greensburg Salem rivalry

January 15, 2019

When Tommy Dolde coached wrestling at Connellsville, the Falcons really didn't have a rivalry match. Mt. Pleasant was the Falcons' rival for a few years when Rob Waller coached the Vikings in the late 1970s, and Uniontown was another rival in the early '80s. Connellsville then left Fayette County and

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PIAA spirit championship highlights Saturday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports

January 11, 2019

Last week was the district championships, now it's time to be aggressive, b-e aggressive as the PIAA holds its competitive spirit state championships. Last week at the WPIAL championships, it was a repeat performance as Bethel Park in Class AAA, Elizabeth Forward in AA and Chartiers-Houston in A won back-to-back

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