Canon-Mac’s Head Coach Chris Mary Resigns

[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”] By Joe Tuscano Assistant Sports Editor [email protected] Thirteen years ago, Canon-McMillan High School hired Chris Mary to breathe new life into a wrestling program that needed a different direction. Not even…

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PA’s Brown and Lee win FILA Cadet Freestyle Nationals

[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”] Saegertown’s Devon Brown and Spencer Lee were the two lone National Champions for Team Pennsylvania at the FILA Cadet Freestyle Nationals held in Akron, Ohio. Brown is coming off a PIAA…

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Top 200 Remaining Recruits of 2013 Class

[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”] Wrestling is a physically and mentally grueling sport that demands full commitment from participants. Those wrestlers who continue their educational aspirations also face the difficult decision of whether to continue their…

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Young Guns wins PAWF Junior Club Duals over Blair

[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”] There is a reason Young Guns Wrestling Club is the #1 ranked wrestling club in the Nation by FloWrestling. Headed by the former Iowa Hawkeye grapplers Eric Juergens and Jody Strittmatter…

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Retherford Wins Dave Schultz High School Excellence National Award

[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”] Pennsylvania’s Zain Retherford becomes the Keystone State’s second ever wrestler named the Dave Schultz High School Excellence National Award. Retherford joins 2012 Olympian Coleman Scott as Pennslyvania’s award recipients. Below is an…

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PA Wrestlers Dominate MAWA Eastern National Championships

[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 2013 MAWA Eastern Nationals in Salisbury, MD was filled with PA wrestlers from the Bantom aga division to the Open age division. Several current PIAA grapplers reached the top of…

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Top 200 PA Recruits of 2014 Class Released

College coaches are going to be busy recruiting the top prospects from the Keystone State during the next 12 months. One of the biggest names in the Nation is that of Chance Marsteller the undefeated 3x PIAA Class AAA State Champion from Kennard Dale High School. Marsteller is considered by many experts to be the…

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PA Helps USA Dream Team to Victory over Team Illinois

[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”] Team USA had a Pennsylvania feel to it with four of thirteen wrestlers hailing from the Keystone State. That is also not including Blair Academy heavyweight Brooks Black who grew up…

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PA Wrestlers Excel at Ohio Tournament of Champions

[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”] PIAA Class AAA State Champion Luke Pletcher (Greater Latrobe) won an amazing  ninth (9) career Ohio Tournament of Champions Title. The 9x Ohio TOC Champion captured the 2013 Cadet Division 115…

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State Champion Aaron Bradley Commits to Iowa Hawkeyes

2013 Heavyweight State Champion Aaron Bradley has committed to wrestle for the legendary Iowa University Hawkeyes and head coach Tom Brands. The senior’s recruiting stock skyrocketed in 2011 when the Nazareth Area Blue Eagle was a runner-up at the 2012 PIAA Class AAA State Championships at 220 lbs. as a junior, which he followed up…

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