[ad_1] Wrestling is again! No less than for some time and with a number of modifications. Whereas I don’t have the abbreviated schedules for the world groups, I'll convey these you because the season unfolds. You might have in all probability learn or heard that the variety of pre-competitions have been decreased for this season solely. District 6 wrestling chair Phil Riccio of Altoona launched the tentative plans for the District 6 particular person event on Monday. Riccio — after session with a number of of the district coaches — laid out the next schedule: Class AA 4 Sectionals held on Feb. 16. The highest 2 advance to districts and can wrestle for a real second. • Part 1: Bellwood, Huntingdon, Juniata Valley, Mount Union, Southern Huntingdon and Tyrone. • Part 2: BEA, Mo Valley, Philisburg-Osceola, Penns Valley, Saint Joe’s and West Department. • Part 3: Cambria Heights, Central, Central Cambria, Claysburg, Glendale, Penn Cambria and Portage. • Part 4: Blairsville, Bishop McCort, Forest Hills, Marion Middle, Richland, United and Westmont-Hilltop The district tournaments will probably be Feb. 20. The regional tournaments will probably be Feb. 27. The tremendous regionals will probably be March 6. The PIAA semifinals and finals will probably be an eight-man bracket on March 12. Class AAA The district tournaments will probably be Feb. 20. The regional tournaments will probably be Feb. 27. The tremendous regionals will probably be March 6. The PIAA semifinals and finals will probably be an eight-man bracket on March 13. The group championships have been postponed to a date after the person one. My private take is that the group event is not going to happen this season. COLLEGE WRESTLING The Large Ten schedule was launched this previous weekend. Penn State will open at Rutgers on Saturday, Jan. 16. They'll host Michigan State on Sunday, Jan. 24. In keeping with Pat Donghia, PSU assistant director strategic communications and former LHU sports activities info director, no followers and restricted media and photographers would be the rule. I learn that to imply I cannot be getting a photograph go this season, which makes me marvel if I do the next 12 months if I’ll be capable to rise up and down from the Rec Corridor ground with out my standard aplomb and style. Pitt gained their opening twin meet with a come-back win over former LHU NCAA champ Cary Kolat’s Navy group, 22-14. At 174-lbs, former Chestnut Ridge state champ Jared McGill (Pitt) edged Dean Caravela (Navy), 3-2. McGill is the nephew of former Lock Haven State Instructor Faculty wrestler Barry Burtnett and former Lock Haven Excessive College trainer Fred Burtnett. Iowa State defeated Wartburg, 35-6, final weekend. David Carr (157), brother of LHU assistant Nate Carr, Jr., gained his bout by a 1-0 tech fall. An attention-grabbing sidelight was that there have been 1,138 followers in attendance. (Issues that make you go hmmm.) North Carolina State defeated Gardner-Webb, 42-0. Two central PA wrestlers did properly. Freshman Ed Scott, a two-time PIAA champ kind DuBois, (149 kilos) and Hayden Hidlay (former PIAA champ and All-American) each earned falls. Hidlay is ranked second at 157. Trent Hidlay (Hayden’s youthful brother) was out resulting from harm. The Hofstra at Lehigh wrestling scheduled for Sat. Jan. 2 was postponed due to a Hofstra group member testing constructive for COVID-19. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS Welcome to Central Mountain new athletic director Stephen Hafele. He began his new place on Dec. 15 and replaces George Bidwell. These will probably be massive footwear to fill. Hafele involves us from Central Dauphin the place he had served as a assistant junior excessive wrestling coach earlier in his profession. State qualifier Hayden Cunningham of State Faculty will miss the 2020-21 season for the Little Lions. He's recovering from an ACL harm. Hayden is the son of PSU assistant coach Casey Cunningham. State Faculty additionally will profit from the switch of senior Carson Manville (172). Followers would possibly keep in mind Manville being on Wyoming Seminary’s indepdent group a pair years in the past. He gained a Minnesota state title final season. Former Bald Eagle-Nittany standout Joel Brinker is in his fifteenth season as coach at Penns Valley, which makes him the dean of the Centre County wrestling coaches. Mike Maney (former BEA state champ and LHU All-American) will as soon as once more lead Bellefonte, The Purple Raiders return 5 state qualifiers in Aidan O’Shea, Lane Aikey, Jude Swisher, Ethan Richner and Ethan Rossman. The Raiders gained the Northwest Class AAA Regional championship final 12 months. BEA coach Ron Guenot has a number of younger, proficient wrestlers again. The lack of group chief and PIAA champ Gage McClenahan will probably be onerous to switch. Central Mountain coach Biff Walizer appears to have a balanced squad and may have a couple of very proficient newcomers attempt to make the group. The discount of the load courses to 13 might discover one of many strong upperweights serving in a back-up function. Wrestling legend Dan Hodge handed away over the Christmas break. Hodge, who was 88, was a three-time NCAA champ for Oklahoma and was an excellent will ambassador for wrestling. The Hodge Trophy, given to the excellent collegiate wrestler in Division I every year, is known as after him. Longtime BEA asst coach Lloyd Rhoades misplaced his spouse Eileen this previous week. She had been an exquisite supporter of wrestling, helping with the PA Chapter of the NWHOF and a giant Penn State rooter. Our wrestling household misplaced a really devoted fanatic and a terrific particular person. BAD NEWS, GOOD NEWS The unhealthy information — PJWs are cancelled this 12 months. The excellent news — Wrestling entrepreneur Frank Vulcano, Jr. has established a event to take the vacant spot. Vulcano names it the Keystone State Championships. There are East and West qualifiers with the finals scheduled for April 1-3 on the Monroeville Conference Middle. Vulcano can also be the innovator behind one of many hardest tournaments within the nation: The Powerade, which was relocated from Canon McMillan to the Monroeville web site. Central Mountain and Bellefonte are among the many groups schedule to take part Jan. 29-31. The Powerade will probably be streamed completely by FloWrestling, which imply our crack group from Lock Haven is not going to be there to announce. Immediately's breaking information and extra in your inbox (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=122917927759042&version=v2.0"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); [ad_2]
