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Paul Revere made one famous ride. Zach Horan (No. 2 @ 130) pulled off two. The Nazareth Area High School senior came up with two epic rides to end his three-year streak of being a runner-up at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships this year. Third-period rideouts of Canon-McMillan’s Solomon Chisko (No. 13 @ 130)...
The 22nd annual Delaware Valley Wrestling Officials All-Star Challenge is scheduled for tonight at 7 at Neshaminy. The tournament had been held at Harry S. Truman in the past. The best seniors from Southeastern Pennsylvania will take on their counterparts from New Jersey Region 5. Admission is $2 for students and $5 for adults. Proceeds...
Phillipsburg High School seniors Dan Brockerhoff and Matt Lane posted pins to lead the New Jersey All-Stars to a 34-12 defeat of the Pennsylvania All-Stars in the 31st annual Easton Lions Club All-Star wrestling classic Tuesday night at Easton Area High School’s 25th St. Gym. It was the second straight win for New Jersey and...
This season’s PIAA Wrestling Championships will be remembered as a tournament where opportunity was lost. This area had three wrestlers looking to repeat as champions and none did. There is no sugar-coating it. This was a disappointing tournament. The losses derailed Charleroi’s Cody Wiercioch (No. 4 @ 160), South Fayette’s Nick Carr (H.M. @ 160)...
Franklin Regional’s Nico Megaludis (No. 1 @ 125) hasn’t spent a day on a college wrestling team and he already gets the Penn State-Iowa thing. So when asked to describe the roots of his relentless style, Megaludis feels somewhat sheepish. “A lot of it comes from the Strittmatters, Jody and John,“ Megaludis said. “I hate...
Billy Rappo and John Staudenmayer (H.M. @ 171) are PIAA Class AAA wrestling champions. The Council Rock South junior became the fourth Rappo brother since 2004 to claim a state crown, earning a 3-2 win over Parkland freshman Ethan Lizak in a tiebreaker Saturday at the Giant Center. Staudenmayer, Plymouth Whitemarsh’s No. 1-ranked 171-pounder, orchestrated...
After settling for silver in each of the last three seasons, Nazareth’s Zach Horan (No. 2 @ 130) finally won state gold Saturday night. Horan beat Westmont-Hilltop’s Tanner Hough 5-1 in the 130-pound final at the Giant Center in Hershey, to finally claim his elusive state title. Easton’s Mitch Minotti (H.M. @ 145) also won...
Nico Megaludis (No. 1 @ 125) looks back at himself as “just a 103-pound little kid” when he made his first appearance at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships as a freshman in 2008. “I guess I’m still a little 125-pound kid now,” he quickly added. But now, the “little kid” is going down in...
It wasn’t hard to tell the type of day Nick Carr (H.M. @ 160) was having Saturday. That shell-shocked look on his face said it all. Carr, a senior at South Fayette, picked a poor time to have an off match, especially with his chances of becoming a two-time state champion on the line. That...
Coughlin senior Josh Popple came up one win short of making school history Saturday night, losing to defending state champion Kenny Courts (No. 3 @ 189) of Central Dauphin in the 189-pound weight class at the PIAA Class 3A Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey. Popple, who was attempting to become the first...
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