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Bald Eagle, Penns Valley advance 7 combined wrestlers to semis at Southwest AA Regional

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ALTOONA - Of the 14 combined regional qualifiers representing Bald Eagle and Penns Valley, all 14 kept their regional runs alive through Day One of the Southwest Class AA regional on Friday. For Bald Eagle, Tanner Guenot (133), Caden Judice (145) and Dawson Lomison (152) advanced to their respective semifinals with 2-0 outings. Ty Corey (114), Liam Purcell (127) and Gage Gardner (285) remain alive in consolations. Guenot finished his day not surrendering a takedown, tech falling Juzef Betts (Valley) and pinning Eli Mullen (North Star) to reach his third straight regional semi. ...

Central Mountain, Bellefonte see three wrestlers advance to semis at West AAA Regional

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CANONSBURG - On Friday evening, the West Class AAA Regional officially kicked off at Canon-McMillan High School. Central and Bellefonte were in attendance, each having eight wrestlers striving to keep their championship bracket runs alive. Of those 16 wrestlers, three made it to championship semifinals. Central Mountain juniors Patrick Tarantella and Aiden Kunes made it at 133 and 145 respectively. And Bellefonte senior Ezra Swisher made it at 152. Kunes saw little resistance on the way to his second regional semifinal appearance, tech falling No. 28 Zach Hill (Seneca Valley) and No. ...

Jersey Shore has plenty of wrestlers compete on Day 1 of Northeast Class AAA Regional

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Jersey Shore's Gabriel Fisher advanced to the championship semifinals at 121 pounds. Fisher had a 15-2 major decision in the quarterfinals against Archbishop Ryan's Dillon Carr thanks to a flurry of points in the third period. The win moved him to the semifinals where he'll face Bethlehem Catholic's Nico Emili. Fisher led 6-1 going to the third period. In the first round, Fisher beat Notre Dame-Green Pond's Cole Schwartz with a pin in 4:18 after he trailed narrowly, 6-5. At 152, Jersey Shore's Louden Spotts had a Round of 16 win in dominating fashion, 17-2, 4:39 against Archbishop ...

Bellefonte’s Scott used freshman woes as a wake-up call

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At the tail end of a tumultuous freshman campaign, things had started taking a turn for the better for Bellefonte’s Bailee Scott. After starting with a record of 6-10, the Red Raider put together a strong showing at Southern Tier Memorial before carrying that success into regional bid. ...

Kennevan’s 3 in final seconds secures win for LHU

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BLOOMSBURG — Luke Kennevan drilled a trifecta in the closing seconds to cap off an 18-point comeback to secure a 68-67 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference victory at Bloomsburg, sending the Bald Eagles to the postseason for the seventh straight season. The Bald Eagles outscored Bloomsburg 42-23 in the second half to mount the comeback. They won the rebounding battle 42-37 and generated 19 offensive rebounds that created second and third opportunities throughout the comeback. Lock Haven trailed by as many as 18 points in the first half, staring down a 44-26 deficit at ...