Posts by Jeff Upson
WarUp on The WPIAL Previews Action From The PIAA State Tournament Plus Guest Jake Slinger
PAW29: PA Power Wrestling’s Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle sit down and digest all the action from the Southwest Regional Tournament. They breakdown and preview the PIAA State Tournament happening this week in Hershey and chat with Upper Saint Clair senior Jake Slinger who is looking for PIAA gold. You don’t want to miss this…
Read MoreOfficial PIAA State Tournament Brackets Released
Here they are!! Official PIAA State Tournament brackets! We have been working with our friends over at PA-Wrestling.com to ensure we provide you with accurate brackets. The Class AAA brackets released by the PIAA are correct, however, there were two issues on the Class AA brackets. The 132 pounds bracket has been updated to reflect…
Read MoreSouthwest Regional Finals Conclude With State’s Top Wrestlers Putting It on The Line
106 Pounds 1st #1 Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) DEC #2 Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional), 5-1 TB2 3rd #12 Mason Prinkey (Connellsville) DEC #18 Costa Moore (Canon-McMillan), 5-1 TB2 113 Pounds 1st #1 Alejandro Herrera (Seneca Valley) MD #2 Kyle Burkholder (Hempfield), 8-0 3rd #9 Finn Solomon (Franklin Regional) MD #17 Marino Angelicchio…
Read MoreState Qualifiers Set: Southwest Regional Medal Round Matches
106 Pounds 1st #2 Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional) vs. #1 Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) 3rd #18 Costa Moore (Canon-McMillan) vs. #12 Mason Prinkey (Connellsville) 113 Pounds 1st #1 Alejandro Herrera (Seneca Valley) vs. #2 Kyle Burkholder (Hempfield) 3rd #9 Finn Solomon (Franklin Regional) vs. #17 Marino Angelicchio (Greater Latrobe) 120 Pounds 1st #1…
Read MoreMars Junior Jake Richardson Looks To Make History in Southwest Regional Finals
Last season’s ending left a sour taste in Jake Richardson’s mouth. In his sophomore season he lost in the consolation round and failed to place top four and earn a spot in Hershey. A year later and the Mars junior is on the cusp of history in the Southwest Regional finals. If Richardson is able…
Read MoreWhy State Champs #1 Hillegas and #2 Chlebove Will be on the Same Side of the State Bracket
Everyone has been asking and speculating. Will Sammy Hillegas and Julian Chlebove be on the same side of the 132 pound PIAA State bracket? The answer? Probably. There seems to be some confusion in the Wrestling Community about what classifies as automatic separation. According to PIAA Executive Director Bob Lombardi – the only automatic separation…
Read MoreFive Highlighted Semifinals To Watch From The Southwest Regional
132 Pounds #3 Colton Camacho (Franklin Regional) vs. #7 Kenny Hayman (Canon-McMillan) These two of wrestled twice this season and both times only 1 point separated them. The first was at the POWERade where Camacho won (4-3) in tiebreaker #2. Then in a dual meet he won (1-0). Camacho is a returning PIAA State runner-up…
Read MoreWPIAL Quarterfinals Conclude Setting up Monster Semifinals on Saturday
Updated brackets and results can be found on the FloArena. Quarterfinal Results 106 Pounds #2 Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional) TF Troy Hohman (Penn Trafford), 16-1 2:55 #18 Costa Moore (Canon-McMillan) DEC #21 Vince Citrano (Plum), 6-0 #12 Mason Prinkey (Connellsville) DEC #22 Briar Priest (Hempfield), 9-7 #1 Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) F Tyler…
Read MoreEleven Can’t Miss Quarterfinals From the Southwest Regional Championships
126 Pounds #9 Jared Keslar (Connellsville Area) vs. #12 Jordan Watters (West Allegheny) These two faced off in the 2018 POWERade during the 7th place bout with Keslar winning it (6-2). Wattters is a junior who last season was a PIAA State Qualifier while Keslar is only a freshman. Jared turned heads when he won…
Read MoreEight Must See Quarterfinals From The Class 3A Northeast Regional
Updated brackets from the Northeast Regional are on the FloArena here! 106 Pounds #10 Braxton Fries-Appello (Easton Area) vs. #20 Austin Fashouer (West Scranton) Fries-Appello made a splash last weekend when he wont the District XI Tournament beating Dante Frinzi o BECAHI. He shouldn’t look past Austin Fashouer who is a sophomore with a…
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