PA High School Wrestling News
State Champ Darian Cruz Commits to Lehigh
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] It came as no surprise when Bethlehem Catholic’s 2012 PIAA State AA 106 lbs. Champion Darian Cruz committed to Lehigh University. His older brother Randy is a freshman for the Mountain…
Read MoreRetherford Wins Cadet World Championship
Simply amazing. That is what Benton Area High School senior Zain Retherford has been this off-season. We all know the story of how Retherford won the 103 lbs. PIAA State AA Championship his freshman season at Line Mountain, then placed third the following season at 112 lbs., before being ruled ineligible by the PIAA in…
Read MoreSolomon Chishko Gives Verbal to Virginia Tech
Although he will only be a junior at Canon-McMillan High School this academic year, Solomon Chishko has already decided where he will be taking his mat skills following graduation. According to InterMat, the current Big Mac will be a Virginia Tech Hokie in Fall 2014 and stated “I’ve always liked the school and the setting,” said…
Read MoreTop Incoming Freshmen of 2013: Part Two
After the first issue of the 2013 Top Incoming Freshmen was released feedback began pouring in and several revisions/additions have been made. Two of the previous Top 20 wrestlers, Altoona’s Cole Manley and Belle Vernon’s Derek Verkleeren, have been removed due to the pair only entering eighth grade this school year. In addition, Bethlehem Catholic…
Read MoreTop Incoming Freshmen of 2013
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Below is PA Power Wrestling’s list of the top incoming freshmen for the upcoming season. If I have missed a wrestler you felt should have been included, please post a topic…
Read More#7 Matt McCutcheon Commits to Penn State
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] The second top ten recruit from PA’s class of 2013 has made his college selection. For 2012 PIAA State Champion Matt McCutcheon he will be staying in state to wrestle for…
Read More#1 Ryan Diehl Commits to Maryland
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] It didn’t take long for PA’s #1 recruit in the class of 2013 to decide where he would continue wrestling. Ryan Diehl, who is from Berkley Springs, West Virginia but…
Read MoreNumber One Newsletter
The “Number One Newsletter” is a complete list of the current #1 ranked wrestler is Pennsylvania. The list includes separate rankings for both PIAA Class AA & AAA and features the #1 ranked wrestlers, in each weight-class, for each region as well as in the State. The Newsletter, current and future issues, can be located under the…
Read MoreTeam PA Blue Wins Cadet National Duals in Freestyle
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Last month in Daytona Beach, FL team Pennsylvania Blue broke team Illinois ‘ stranglehold on the Cadet National Duals. In the Championship finals team PA Blue secured a 33-31 victory over…
Read More2013 Top Returners: Class AA
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Although still roughly four months until high schools across Pennsylvania begin official practices in their wrestling rooms it is never to early to examine the top returners from the 2011-2012 season.…
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