Paul Schofield stories, Page 102

HERSHEY — Frazier senior Thayne Lawrence’s high school wrestling career will come to an end Saturday at Giant Center. The big question is whether he will become a three-time PIAA champion. It won’t be easy as he faces last season’s 145-pound champion, Andrew Cerniglia, in the 160-pound showdown at 2...

HERSHEY — Derry junior Ty Cymmerman must wait another year to win a state title. That dream came to an end Friday in the PIAA Class AA quarterfinals when he lost to Tunkhannock senior David Evans, 17-8. But Cymmerman bounced back in the consolation rounds and earned his second consecutive...

HERSHEY — The smallest guys in the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships are making some big noise. On a day where controversial calls cost Franklin Regional junior Carter Dibert and Waynesburg freshman Mac Church possible state titles Friday, Latrobe freshman Vincent Kilkeary, a 5-foot ball of thunder, rolled into the...

Kurtis Phipps became the 30th wrestler in WPIAL history to win four district titles. But that wasn’t enough history for the Norwin senior, who wanted to finish his career by winning another gold medal. He overcame a poor seeding and then pinned Franklin Regional sophomore Finn Solomon and defeated Waynesburg...

Franklin Regional senior Carter Dibert won his first WPIAL Class AAA title on Feb. 29 and quickly turned his focus to winning his second PIAA gold medal. Dibert defeated West Allegheny freshman Nico Taddy, 5-2, in the WPIAL finals at 113 pounds. He placed second at 106 in 2019, losing...

HERSHEY — Friday has gone a lot better for WPIAL Class AA wrestlers at the PIAA individual championships at the Giant Center. But can the evening session make it a great day for the WPIAL. Seven wrestlers advanced to the semifinals, which will begin at 7:15 p.m. The group includes...

HERSHEY — You couldn’t ask for a crazier day for WPIAL wrestlers than Thursday at the Giant Center. Talk about your polar opposites. The WPIAL Class AAA wrestlers shined, as 34 of 56 competing advanced to the PIAA quarterfinals. Class AA wrestlers didn’t do very well, as only 11 of...

HERSHEY — It was a perfect first day at the PIAA Class AAA individual wrestling championships for Hempfield, highlighted by a huge upset by junior Ethan Berginc. The student at Jeannette, which co-ops with Hempfield for wrestling, stunned Giant Center crowd when he edged local favorite and No. 2 seed...

Class AAA 106: 1. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (42-5); 2. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (26-7); 3. Ty Watters, fr., West Allegheny (18-1); 4. Troy Hohman, so., Penn-Trafford (20-5); 5. Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (34-5). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (37-2); 2. Nico Taddy, fr., West Allegheny (34-6) ;...

Kurtis Phipps has checked off everything on his bucket list for wrestling except for one thing: being a Pennsylvania state champion. The Norwin senior gets one more chance to achieve that this weekend at the PIAA wrestling championships at Giant Center in Hershey. Phipps (36-1, 148-10 in his career) captured...

His name is Cole Weightman. If you don’t know him, that’s OK. A lot opponents are wondering where he came from, too. The Belle Vernon sophomore opened some eyes at the WPIAL Class AAA individual wrestling championships last weekend by winning the 220-pound title 10-2 against Greensburg Salem senior John...

The PIAA released the pairings for the state wrestling tournament, and, not surprisingly, numerous WPIAL champions were seeded No. 1, including seven in Class AAA. The annual PIAA individual championships begin 9 a.m. Thursday at Giant Center in Hershey with Class AA preliminary rounds. Class AAA competition begins at 4...

It was a day of highs and lows for the Kiski Area wrestling team Saturday at the WPIALClass AAA wrestling championships at Canon-McMillan. The highs included four wrestlers qualifying for states and senior Jack Blumer setting the school’s all-time pin record. The lows were two tough losses in the finals...

Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps and North Hills senior Sam Hillegas are one victory away from reaching an elite group. But to join the four-time champion club, they must get through two tough wrestlers from WPIAL Class AAA team champion Waynesburg. Phipps (35-1) was seeded third after dropping an overtime decision...

Penn-Trafford sophomore Troy Hohman entered the 2020 WPIAL/PIAA Class AAA Southwest Regional wrestling tournament as sort of an unknown. He was seeded sixth at 106 pounds with a 17-3 record. He is no longer an unknown after stunning third-seeded Canon-McMillan sophomore Jacob Houpt, 7-1, in the quarterfinals Friday at Canon-McMillan....

The Class AAA WPIAL individual championships/PIAA Southwest Regional will begin Friday at Canon-McMillan. Action begins at 5 p.m. and resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday. The semifinals are 11:30 a.m. Saturday and finals are slated for 5 p.m. The top five wrestlers from each of the four WPIAL sections will battle...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — It’s back to the PIAA District 6 Class 3A championship game for the Ligonier Valley boys basketball team. And a familiar foe will be waiting. Ligonier Valley used a 13-0 run in the first half to take a 10-point lead en route to a 60-46 victory over Penns...

Twitter was abuzz Monday when the WPIAL wrestling committee released the seedings for the Class AAA individual tournament, which begins Friday at Canon-McMillan. Drawing the most chatter was the WPIAL’s decision to seed three-time WPIAL Class AAA champion, Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps, third behind Waynesburg freshman Rocco Welsh and Franklin...

Southmoreland senior Bret Huffman wasn’t about to let a knee injury keep him off the mat. Huffman opted to delay surgery until after the season, and the wait was worth it. Huffman qualified to compete in the state tournament after finishing sixth at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional. “It’s...

Class AAA 106: 1. Ty Watters, fr., West Allegheny (14-0); 2. Mac Church, fr., Waynesburg (38-5); 3. Jacob Houpt, so., Canon-McMillan (29-13); 4.Briar Priest, so., Hempfield (31-3); 5. Vincent Kilkeary, fr., Latrobe (23-6). 113: 1. Carter Dibert, jr. Franklin Regional (33-2); 2. Ethan Berginc, jr. Hempfield (28-5); 3. Nico Taddy,...

It wasn’t the finals Burrell juniors Ian Oswalt and AJ Corrado were hoping for. Both wrestlers suffered disappointing losses which left them saddened but eager to atone themselves in Hershey in two weeks. Oswalt dropped a 3-1 sudden victory decision to Glendale’s Brock McMillen at 132 pounds, and a questionable...

Derry junior Ty Cymmerman came up short again at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional wrestling tournament, and he’s tired of it. For the third consecutive season, Cymmerman finished second. This time he dropped an 8-1 decision to Forest Hills sophomore and returning state champion Jackson Arrington in the 126-pound...

Derry junior Ty Cymmerman decided to change his style late in the season, and for the past two weeks it has worked fine. The three-time WPIAL Class AA champion learned his old style of taking down his opponent and releasing him was getting himself tied and making matches closer than...