Posts by Jeff Upson
Pennsylvania Earns 9 Champions and 56 Overall Medalists at the NHSCA Virginia Beach Nationals
Pennsylvania’s best wrestlers once again travelled to Virginia Beach to take part in the NHSCA High School Nationals. 2019 was the 30th Annual for the NHSCA and Pennsylvania had success in all six levels. In the NHSCA Freshman Nationals Pennsylvania finished in third with 219 points. The Keystone State crowned one champion and earned seven…
Read MoreJason Nolf & Bo Nickal Make NCAA History Becoming 51st and 52nd Three Time National Champions
By Ken Wunderley Tri-State Sports & News Service Penn State’s dynamic duo of Jason Nolf and Bo Nickal joined an exclusive club at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament, which concluded Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Both hit the trifecta by winning a third consecutive NCAA Division I title, Nolf at 157…
Read MoreFinal Results From The 2019 NCAA Tournament In Pittsburgh; Spencer Lee and Jason Nolf Claim Titles
2019 NCAA Division I Tournament Final Results Team Standings 1. Penn State 137.5, 2. Ohio State 96.5, 3. Oklahoma State 84, 5. Iowa 76, 5. Michigan 62.5. Championship Matches 125 – Spencer Lee, Iowa dec. Jack Mueller, Virginia, 5-0. 133 – Nick Suriano, Rutgers dec. Daton Fix, Oklahoma State, 4-2 SV2. 141 –…
Read MoreNCAA Medal Round Match Results for Pennsylvania; Marsteller Finishes Career Third
125 Pounds 1st #5 Jack Mueller (Virginia) vs. #3 Spencer Lee (Iowa) 3rd #1 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) DEC #8 Vitali Arujau (Cornell), 8-3 5th #2 Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) F #7 Patrick Glory (Princeton), 5:30 7th #9 RayVon Foley (Michigan State) DEC #4 Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State), 7-4 133 Pounds 1st #1 Daton Fix…
Read MorePenn State Puts Five Into NCAA Finals, Takes Commanding Hold On Team Race
By Ken Wunderley Tri-State Sports & News Service Ten champions will be crowned Saturday at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament, which is being held at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena. However, one title has already been decided. Penn State clinched the team title for the fourth consecutive year and eighth time in nine years with…
Read MorePennsylvania Leads Nation With 16 Total All-Americans From NCAAs In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA – Once again the state of Pennsylvania no only qualified the most wrestlers to the NCAA Tournament – but the Keystone State leads the Nation with 16 total All-Americans. The next closest state was New Jersey with 10 All-Americans. Five wrestlers from Pennsylvania fell in the blood-round, one win shy of an All-American…
Read MoreIowa’s Spencer Lee Talks About Getting Revenge on Oklahoma State Nick Piccininni
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Read MoreN.C. State’s Hayden Hidlay Is Hitting His Stride In Pittsburgh at NCAA Tournament
By Ken Wunderley Tri-State Sports & News Service North Carolina State sophomore Hayden Hidlay began his second NCAA Division I appearance with a much different place in the 157-pound bracket. Hidlay, a Mifflin County graduate, was the No. 1 seed in last year’s NCAA debut. He advanced to the title match before dropping a 6-2…
Read MoreElite 8 From Pennsylvania Advance Into the NCAA Semifinals on Friday Night From Pittsburgh
Quarterfinals Results 125 – Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) dec. Vitali Arujau (Cornell), 6-2. 125 – Jack Mueller (Virginia) dec. Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State), 4-1. 125 – Spencer Lee (Iowa) pinned Sean Russell (Minnesota), 6:00. 125 – Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) dec. Patrick Glory (Princeton), 9-5. 133 – Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) major dec. John Erneste…
Read MorePennsylvania’s NCAA Quarterfinals Preview: A Tale Of The Rematches
Quarterfinal Match-Ups 125 – #3 Spencer Lee (Iowa) vs. #6 Sean Russell (Minnesota) These two have wrestled three times in the last two years with Spencer Lee winning all of them. Russell was an All-American in 2017 for Edinboro but was teched by Spencer last season and defeated by him 4-0, and 8-0 this…
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