Posts by Jeff Upson
POWERade Seeds and Entry List Released! See Who Made The Top 8
For full information on the POWERade visit their website here and check out the entry list and Top 8 Seeds below! Don’t forget to check out the WarUp on The WPIAL Podcast POWERade Preview below! [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Powerade-Seeds-1.pdf”]
Read MoreMidlands & Southern Scuffle Previews Plus Guest Zeke Jones on The Open Room Podcast
PAPC41: The Open Room returns during the Holiday Season to deliver some much needed College Wrestling talk. Rob Waltko @Rob_SwagginU is joined by PA Power Wrestling’s Jeff Upson, who fills in for Joe Youngblood @CoachYBee, as they recap the Wilkes Open and preview some of the best Tournaments of the year with The Midlands and Southern Scuffle. Joe…
Read MorePennsylvania Claims 35 Beast of The East Medalists Including Three Champions
The Beast of The East is considered one of the toughest tournaments in the Nation for a reason – it features ten teams ranked in Intermat’s Fab 50 including the top three ranked teams; Blair Academy, Wyoming Seminary, and Bergen Catholic. The Pennsylvania contingent, in addition to National Prep power Wyoming Seminary, included nine State…
Read MoreWith Four State Ranked Teams Friday’s WPIAL Showcase is an Early Gift for Fans
Busy getting all the last second gifts you need on Friday? Well if you are in the Pittsburgh Region you should be making an additional stop at Canon-McMillan High School on Friday evening. No, it is not to save a seat for next week’s POWERade. It will be for the first ever “WPIAL Showcase” featuring…
Read MoreState Dual Team Rankings Heading into Holiday Tournaments
It may not be full-on Dual Season just yet, with the numerous Holiday Tournaments set to take place, but some major dual meets have started to shake the State landscape. In Class AA the top remains the same with #8 Saucon Valley earning a quality win over #12 Notre Dame-Green Pond in the first week…
Read MoreKOM & Panther Holiday Recaps Plus Seneca Valley Coach Wildrick on WarUp on The WPIAL Podcast
PAW18: PA Power Wrestling’s Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap the King of The Mountain and Panther Holiday Classic Tournaments and speak with Seneca Valley head coach Kevin Wildrick. The duo also preview the WPIAL Quad Meet featuring four of the top teams this season taking place on Friday. Take a listen today! You can now listen…
Read MoreMcGill Tops Gorring In Finals as King of The Mountain Champions Crowned
106 1st Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional) MD Kai Burkett (Chestnut Ridge), 12-0 3rd Nic Allison (Mifflin County) DEC Owen Reinsel (Brookville), 3-2 5th James Day (Philipsburg NJ) M FOR Jay Maldonado (Boyertown) 7th Hunter Swedish (Seneca Valley) DEC Easton Toth (Forest Hills), 6-0 113 1st Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) DEC Braden Bower (Williamsport), 4-0…
Read MoreKing of The Mountain Semifinal Results, Finals Match-ups, and Predictions
SEMI-FINAL RESULTS 106 #2 Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional) TF #9 Nic Allison (Mifflin County), 15-0 106 #4 Kai Burkett (Chestnut Ridge) DEC #5 Jay Maldonado (Boyertown), 11-4 113 #1 @ 106 Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) DEC #9 Finn Solomon (Franklin Regional), 5-1 113 #17 Braden Bower (Williamsport) DEC #5 @ 106 Jackson Arrington…
Read MoreSaturday Semifinals to Watch and Sleepers at King of The Mountain
106 pounds #2 Carter Dibert (Franklin Regional) So. vs. #9 Nic Allison (Mifflin County) Fr. Allison is a small 106 pounder but is tough as nails. Dibert is a monster from top, like most Franklin Regional Panthers, and can score in bunches. Allison will need to win the match from neutral if he wants to…
Read MoreFive Can’t Miss Quarterfinals from the King of The Mountain Tournament
145 pounds #11 Kenny Kiser (Saegertown) Jr. vs. #6 Erik Gibson (Forest Hills) Fr. This is a rematch of the 2018 Surge finals where freshman sensation Erik Gibson of Forest Hills won the Championship hammer with a (3-1) decision over Kiser. Gibson, the sixth seed, collected two falls to advance into the KOM quarters while…
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