Posts Tagged ‘Hunter Catka’
Pennsylvania Claims Five Belts at The Super 32
Greensboro, NC – Pennsylvania wrestlers went 5-for-7 in the Super 32 Challenge finals on Sunday afternoon. Overall the Keystone State saw 26 total medalists finish in the top eight of the Boys High School Division (Photo of Gerrit Nijenhuis by Sam Janicki). Things got started on the right note at 106 pounds for Pennsylvania…
Read MoreWorld Team Member #6 Clayton Ulrey Commits to Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech head coach Tony Robie is going all in on Pennsylvania. A 1992 graduate of Strong Vincent High School in Erie, PA – Robie has managed to secure three of the top ten recruits in Pennsylvania’s Class of 2020 Rankings. On Sunday, #6 Clayton Ulrey (Lower Dauphin) announced on Twitter that he will be…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Class of 2020 Top 200 Recruits Released
It’s almost August so that means Fargo has wrapped-up and many of the State’s top wrestlers are getting ready to start their final year of high school. It also means College coaches are on the hunt for top recruits. The Class of 2020 Recruiting Rankings are based on several factors and are weighted mainly on…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Clayton Ulrey and Hunter Catka Claim Spots on Team USA’s Cadet World Team
The Mullett and the Muscle are heading to Sofia, Bulgaria. For the first time since 2015, the Keystone State will have two representatives on the United States Cadet World Team in Men’s Freestyle. That year in Sarajevo, Bosnia – Pennsylvania’s Jarod Verkleeren won a Cadet World Title and Gavin Teasdale was fifth. Rising seniors Clayton…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Joey Fisher, Clayton Ulrey, and Hunter Catka Win Titles At 2019 FloNationals
It was the 10th Annual FloNationals but for the first time ever, the event was competed in Freestyle & Greco-Roman. USA Wrestling has designated FloNationals as the Trials for the team being sent to the Cadet Pan Am Championships; wrestlers who competed in both styles earned points based on their placement with the highest point…
Read MoreDorian Crosby Knocks Off Returning State Champ Hunter Catka in Quarterfinals
HERSHEY – Coming off a loss in the Northwest Region 3A finals, Dorian Crosby was drawn into the top half of the 220-pound bracket with returning state champion Hunter Catka of Sun Valley. The Cathedral Prep wrestler was undaunted. “People say I had a tough draw,” said Crosby, who is ranked fourth. “I didn’t think…
Read MoreBehind The Scenes At Fargo
There is so much going on in Fargo that one person can’t possible take in everything that goes over the course of several days at the Freestyle National Tournament, especially when you’re trying to focus on Cadets and Juniors for both boys and girls. And, even all of the things that I saw, I didn’t…
Read MorePennsylvania Pushes 17 Into Fargo Cadet Quarters But Suffers Big Injury
FARGO, N.D. – A day that saw Pennsylvania push 17 wrestlers into the quarterfinal round of the Cadet National Freestyle Tournament – three more than any other state – featured a difficult ending. Sun Valley’s Hunter Catka, who was one of those 17 quarterfinalists, was injured at the very end of his 12-0 technical fall…
Read MorePennsylvania Falls Short in Akron at Cadet World Team Trials
Pennsylvania was unable to secure a spot on USA’s Cadet World Team over the weekend in Akron, OH despite efforts from some of the Keystone State’s top young talent. Overall there were eight top eight finishers in Freestyle and six in Greco-Roman Only one Pennsylvania wrestler advanced into the best-of-three Championship finals with 2018 PIAA…
Read MoreFour Pennsylvania Wrestlers Claim Spots on USA’s Cadet Pan-American Team
Four Pennsylvania wrestlers will head to Guatemala City for the 2018 UWW Cadet Pan American Championships on May 25-27 as they came away winners in East Stroudsburg, PA. On Saturday Pennsylvania wrestlers Sheldon Seymour (Troy Area), Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary), and Gerrit Nijenhuis (Canon-McMillan) all claimed spots on Team USA’s Cadet Freestyle Pan-American squad while…
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