Henninger pin leads Bald Eagle girls past rival Bellefonte
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Aiyana Henninger gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Ariana Mayes gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bellefonte's Carly Bair wrestles Bald Eagle's Cami Walker at 124 pounds during a dual match against Bald Eagle Area on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Red Raiders fell 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Aiyana Henninger wrestles Bellefonte's Victoria Schellenberg at 136 pounds during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bellefonte's Bailee Scott gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bald Eagle Area on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Red Raiders fell 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Addison Tice gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Cami Walker wrestles Bellefonte's Carly Bair at 124 pounds during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bellefonte's Ella Johnsonbaugh gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bald Eagle Area on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Red Raiders fell 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Aiyana Henninger gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Ariana Mayes gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bellefonte's Carly Bair wrestles Bald Eagle's Cami Walker at 124 pounds during a dual match against Bald Eagle Area on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Red Raiders fell 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Aiyana Henninger wrestles Bellefonte's Victoria Schellenberg at 136 pounds during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bellefonte's Bailee Scott gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bald Eagle Area on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Red Raiders fell 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Addison Tice gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bald Eagle Area's Cami Walker wrestles Bellefonte's Carly Bair at 124 pounds during a dual match against Bellefonte on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Eagles won 24-18.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Bellefonte's Ella Johnsonbaugh gets her hand raised during a dual match against Bald Eagle Area on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at Bellefonte. The Red Raiders fell 24-18.
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BELLEFONTE – A new rivalry is brewing.
With the emergence of PIAA girls wrestling, two familiar schools led off the action Tuesday evening when the Bellefonte girls squad hosted the Eagles of Bald Eagle Area. The night belonged to the Bald Eagle girls as they held on for a tight 24-18 victory.
The night started at the 100-pound weight class where neither team were able to fill the weight class.
Opening things officially at 106 pounds was Ariana Mayes of Bald Eagle. Mayes received the win by forfeit.
Things continued prosperous for Bald Eagle at 112 pounds, where Lily Spicer notched a forfeit victory.
Rounding out the Bald Eagle Area win bys forfeits on the night was 118-pounder Addison Tice. Tice picked up the bonus points within the forfeit win.
Things started rolling at 124, when Bellefonte's Carly Bair went head-to-head with Bald Eagle's Cami Walker.
Bair opened things with a quick takedown. She controlled the first period as she tried to put Walker on her back. After almost a whole period, Bair was able to notch four back points in the final seconds, leading 7-0 after one.
In the second, Bair notched a reversal and then finished things off with a pin at the three-minute mark.
Bald Eagle took the 136-pound weight class when Aiyana Henninger pinned Victoria Shellenberger at the 2:14 mark.
At 142, Bellefonte's Ella Johnsonbaugh picked up the forfeit victory.
Rounding out the night at 155, it would be another Bellefonte victory as Bailee Scott also picked up the forfeit, ending the match score at 24-18 Bald Eagle’s way.
Bald Eagle Area 24 , Bellefonte 18
100: No bout. 106: Ariana Mayes (BEA) won by forfeit. 112: Lily Spicer (BEA) won by forfeit. 118: Addison Tice (BEA) forfeit. 124: Carly Bair (BEL) pinned Cami Walker (BEA), 3:00.136: Aiyana Henninger (BEA) pinned Victoria Schellenberg (BEL), 2:14. 142: Ella Johnsonbaugh (BEL) won by forfeit 155: Bailee Scott (BEL) won byforfeit.