Posts by Jeff Upson
State Qualifiers Determined as District 3 Medal Round Set; Lower Dauphin & Central Dauphin Lead Team Race
The first wrestlers to punch their tickets to the PIAA Class AAA State Championship were determined on Friday night inside the GIANT Center. The medal round matches will take place Saturday morning with the top four wrestlers in each weight advancing to the State Tournament in two weeks. District 3 programs Central Dauphin and Lower…
Read MoreDistrict 3 Class AA Semifinals Set; Boiling Springs Holds Commanding Lead
There were quite a few surprises on Day 1 of the Class AA District 3 Championships with several State ranked wrestlers falling in the early rounds. Most notably #23 Collin Nestor (Boiling Springs) took down 2x PIAA State Medalist and #2 Bronson Garber (Upper Dauphin) in the 126 lbs. quarterfinals. At 195 lbs. unranked Chase…
Read MoreDistrict 3 Semifinals Set to Feature 48 State Ranked Wrestlers
HERSHEY, PA – District 3 may be down – but they aren’t out. After Day 1 of the Class AAA District 3/South Central Regional Tournament, Chambersburg holds the lead with 50.5 points while Central Dauphin is close behind at 48. The biggest surprise of the day came at 170 lbs. when rookie #11 Jacob Lucas…
Read MoreWPIAL Class AAA Sectional Seeds Revealed
The District 7 Class AAA Sectional Seeds have been released. Check out the top seeds at each weight in all four WPIAL Sections below. Section 1 Seeds [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1-aaa-section-seeding-1.pdf” download=”all”] Section 2 Seeds [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2-aaa-section-seeding.pdf” download=”all”] Section 3 Seeds [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3-aaa-section-seeding.pdf” download=”all”] Section 4 Seeds [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/4-aaa-section-seeding.pdf” download=”all”]
Read MoreWarUp Recaps WPIAL and Previews SW Regional with Guest Trent Schulthesis
PAW12: The Class AA WPIAL Section and District Tournaments took place over the weekend and PA Power Wrestling’s Greg Warnock @GWarnock24 and Jeff Upson @PAPowerWrestle recap the action and also look ahead to the South West Regional Tournament and where WPIAL wrestlers fall. The pair welcome on rookie Trent Schulthesis of Freedom Area who had an outstanding and surprising…
Read MoreDistrict 3/South Central Regional Brackets Released
Brackets for both the Class AA District 3 Tournament and the Class AAA South Central Regional have been released. Take a look at them below! Class AAA District 3/South Central Regional Brackets [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WR-2017-2018-AAA-Brackets.pdf” download=”all”] Class AA District 3 Brackets [embeddoc url=”https://www.papowerwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WR-2017-2018-AA-Brackets-1.pdf” download=”all”]
Read MoreWPIAL Champs Crowned on Historic Night; Rookie Schultheis Shocks 132 lbs. Field
On a historic night Jefferson Morgan senior Gavin Teasdale became a 4x WPIAL Champion and freshman Conner Redinger became Quaker Valley’s first ever Champion. The Championship finals featured 23 wrestlers currently ranked Top 25 in the State but one of the biggest surprises came by unranked Trent Schultheis of Freedom Area at 132 lbs. The…
Read MoreDistrict 6 Class AA Champions Crowned in Altoona; Daubert Takes Out #2 Witmer
Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy ran away with the team championship on Saturday night with 208 points, nearly 60 points ahead of second place Mount Union with 148.5. The Wolves were lead by four Champions and eight total medalists. The most impressive performance came at 120 lbs. where Forest Hills junior #14 Byron Daubert upset #2…
Read MoreDistrict 4 Sectional Tournament Results; #2 Klock downs #1 Rhone
District 4’s Sectional Tournaments are in the books and there were few surprises across the three sites. One of the more notable results came in the Central Section where the top two wrestlers in the State at 132 lbs. clashed. It was the second time this year #1 Cole Rhone (Benton) and #2 Joe Klock…
Read MoreDistrict 1 Sectional Tournament Results
District 1 Sectional results are in for all seven of the League Championships. Check out the place winners below who will advance into the three District 1 Championships. Suburban One National Championship Finals 106 #16 Kyle Hauserman, Council Rock North, dec. #7 Kyle Waterman, Council Rock South, 3-1 113 #2 Luke Lucerne, Council…
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