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Who is No. 1? Wyomissing senior Nick Hodgkins (No. 3 @ 145) answered that question loud and clear Sunday night in Pittsburgh. Hodgkins defeated three-time Wisconsin state champion Alex Dieringer (No. 1 @ 145) 7-2 in the 37th annual Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic at the University of Pittsburgh. Dieringer, who had a 172-4 high school...
They won a combined 296 of 327 matches over the last four years, but Derry’s Travis Shaffer (H.M. @ 140) and Kiski Prep’s Evan Henderson (No. 5 @ 140) weren’t truly recognized until they pulled off upsets in Sunday’s 37th annual Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic at Pitt’s Fitzgerald Fieldhouse. Shaffer and Henderson, both seniors, knocked...
Parkland senior Mike Ottinger upset the nation’s top-ranked high school wrestler at 152 pounds, launching Team Pennsylvania to victory Sunday at the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic. Ottinger scored a 6-4 decision over five-time Minnesota state champ Destin McCauley (No. 1 @ 152) in the opening bout of Sunday’s 37th annual all-star match at the University...
Ryan Hembury was bummed out as he left the University of Pittsburgh’s Fitzgerald Fieldhouse on Sunday. He knew losing his 189-pound match at the prestigious Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic was a possibility, but losing by fall, even to No. 1-ranked Morgan McIntosh of California, was not what he had in mind. Still, the Muncy senior...
Michael Innes didn’t find out until Friday that he would be included in Sunday’s Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic. When Dan Neff (No. 5 @ 135) of Solanco suffered an injury, it opened a spot on the WPIAL team that was filled by the Chartiers-Houston senior with only two days to prepare. Innes also didn’t expect to...
No matter how big the stage or stiff the competition, New Oxford senior Jordan Conaway (No. 9 @ 112) always finds a way to come out on top. Two weeks after winning his first PIAA Class AAA title, Conaway notched a victory for Pennsylavania in the 37th Annual Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic at University of...
Evan Henderson (No. 5 @ 140) loves to think of himself as the underdog. He might not have been in that role on Sunday night at the 37th annual Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic at Pitt’s Fitzgerald Fieldhouse, but his team certainly was. It worked out well for the high school senior from New Florence and...
Ending his high school wrestling career at Pitt’s Fitzgerald Field House could not have been more perfect for Travis Shaffer (H.M. @ 140). And doing it for the Pennsylvania team in the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic was more than he could have expected. Shaffer, a senior at Derry Area High School, was originally selected to...
Zach Horan (No. 2 @ 130) concluded his high school wrestling career Sunday at the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic at the University of Pittsburgh’s Fitzgerald Field House. Unfortunately, the Nazareth Area High School senior was defeated 8-3 in his 130-pound match against Jesse Thielke (No. 1 @ 130) in the feature match between the Pennsylvania...
Morgan McIntosh (No. 1 @ 189), a standout wrestler from California, had Cornell University at the top of his list before making his five recruiting visits. That changed when he visited University Park, Pa., and talked to Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson. “I decided to take all five visits and make a decision before...
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