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Gage won 11-5 and is in the Powerade finals vs #1 Rocco Welsh.

Let’s go!

Powerade 2022 semifinals

152- #1 seed Ty Waters of West Allegheny will face #7 seed Matt Henrich of NJ

160- #4 seed Shawn Taylor of West Allegheny will face #1 seed Joe Sealey of Wyoming Seminary.

#4 seed Gage Wright of Parkersburg South has won his first 3 Powerade matches and will face #1 seed Rocco Welch (also ranked #1 in the country at 172 lbs.) of Waynesburg PA in the Semifinals tomorrow. Good luck, Gage!

Last night I attended the West Allegheny (PA) v. Waynesburg (PA) high school dual meet. There was plenty of future college talent in that one match: Tribune-Review WPIAL AAA rankings; 126- #5 Zander Phatorus (Waynesburg) 132- #1 Mac Church (Waynesburg)*** 138 - #3 Colton Stoneking (Waynesburg) 145- ...

136 schools

175 pounds, 1st Place - Gage Wright of Parkersburg South

I hope WVU is recruiting him hard.

136 schools

175 pounds 1st Place - Gage Wright of Parkersburg South

Congrats!

WVU wins as expected, 48-6. Match Results 125: Jace Schafer (WVU) won by fall over Brandon Myers (FSU), [T – 1:08] 133: Austin Brett (FSU) won by fall over Colton Drousias (WVU), [T - .34] 141: Jordan Titus (WVU) won by fall over Caleb Eberhart (FSU), [T – 3:35] 149: No. 21 Sam Hillegas (WVU) won by...

The 12.8.22 issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had an article on the top AAA wrestlers in the WPIAL. Two WVU recruits mentioned. West Allegheny High School is near the Pittsburgh airport and the Brooke/Hancock County, WV-Pennsylvania state line. Shawn Taylor, West Allegheny (Jr., 42-8, 55-13) - Ta...

Two thoughts: 1. That’s a heckuva showing by Point Pleasant on the biggest stage in high school wrestling. Congrats. 2. I like the tournament scoring software everyone uses except for one thing: is there a reason it reports “place is unknown” rather than report the accepted wrestling vernacular of “...

Since Fairmont State lost on Saturday to D-2 Pitt-Johnstown 48-0 and to D-2 Lake Erie 48-3, I’ll predict a victory.

But a better question is, what are we doing wrestling Fairmont State?

We have excellent wrestling facilities located a few miles from unquestionably the best high school wrestling conference in the country, the WPIAL. When are we going to start demanding more than victories over D-2 programs followed by we “wrestled tough” against D-1 competition? At the 5-year point ...

Missouri 38 WVU 3 Match Results 125: Peyton Moore (Mizzou) won by fall over Colton Drousias (WVU), [T – 1:16] 133: HM Connor Brown (Mizzou) won by fall over Davin Rhoads (WVU), [T – 4:25] 141: No. 10 Allan Hart (Mizzou) major dec. Jordan Titus (WVU), 11-2 149: No. 8 Brock Mauller (Mizzou) major dec....

Anyone have any internet links to this dual?I am a Flo member.

Thanks

President Gee says it’s time. This had to be awkward coming after our big football win vs. OK and the hoops blowout at Pitt this weekend.

Let’s hope the new AD is a college wrestling fan.

WIN Magazine released its top 35 school rankings for D-1 recruiting. WVU went from unranked to the #23 spot. WIN noted that Coach Flynn got commitments from 5 high school state champs and a national prep place winner from 5 different states. Other Big 12 schools in the top 35 were Iowa State (#3); M...

The program for Friday’s Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic (formerly called the Dapper Dan) indicated that 3 members from the WPIAL all star team (which defeated the Indiana all stars) and 3 members of the Pennsylvania all star team (which narrowly lost to the USA team) were committed to Pitt. That’s SIX...

Pennsylvania All-Star Team 144 - Grace Stem (Bald Eagle Area) - Lock Haven 120 - Mason Leiphart (Dover) - Franklin & Marshall 126 - Jacob Van Dee (Cathedral Prep) - Nebraska 132 - Brandan Chletsos (Notre Dame GP) - Rutgers 138 - Briar Priest (Hempfield Area) - Pittsburgh 145 - Finn Solomon (Fra...

PA high school senior all-stars will wrestle the USA team at Peters Twp. HS on Friday at 8pm. The WPIAL conference team will take on the Indiana state high school all stars starting at 6pm. Always a great event.

To use the false stereotype that Morgantown is party central as a reason for lackluster wrestling recruiting is beyond ridiculous. Every college town has its temptations and quality athletes know how to avoid them. Morgantown has undergone a tremendous facelift and seen extraordinary growth since I ...

There’s no sugar coating it. The WVU dual meet record was poor and the Big 12 and NCAA team tournament results were no better. Very, very happy that Peyton Hall stepped up, but one 8th place AA is not nearly enough team success at this point. It’s very disappointing. Coach Flynn will be entering his...

WVU 165# Peyton Hall wins by major decision in the blood round to guarantee Oak Glen High School an NCAA D-1 All-American (top 8 finish in his weight class.)

Well done, Peyton.

Oak Glen’s own Peyton Hall wins by major decision in the blood round to guarantee WVU an All-American at 165.

Congrats, Peyton!

165 Peyton Hall , (West Virginia) MD Justin Mccoy , (Virginia), 11-3

Let’s go! I saw a post that Killian Cardinale was down 6-1 end of the first and came back to win 10-8 in OT. Wow.

Hall is going to get it done, too. He’s really wrestling well.

West Liberty Coach Danny Irwin has to be on anyone’s list of the best young college wrestling coaches in the country. After leading Wheeling Jesuit to an NCAA D-II runner-up finish in 2019, he moved over to WLU and finished 3rd this weekend at the NCAAs. It was West Liberty’s highest NCAA finish sin...

Congratulations. That’s a tremendous accomplishment.

FBISURVALINCEVAN1 wrote:And now Congratulations Mr.Laya. Your 2x Dll 125lb National Champion.

Wow!! Congrats to Cole Layla and West Liberty wrestling.

From WVU wrestling: Killian Cardinale is the #5 seed and and will take on the #28 seed, Korbin Meink, of Campbell. Peyton Hall is the #9 seed and will take on the #24 seed, Riley Smucker, of Cleveland State. Dennis Robin is the #31 seed and will take on the #2 seed, Mekhi Lewis, of Virginia Tech. Mi...

I look at it as a “consumer choice” issue. The student is the customer. The school system is the seller. Provide a good product and no one will leave. Provide a poor product, and the consumer (student) should be allowed to shop elsewhere without being penalized. No school system owns the “rights” to...

I don’t have a dog in this hunt, but I do have a comment on the final official bracket. I haven’t coached in a state finals match for over a dozen years, but I still follow the sport closely. Being disqualified in a state finals match is a harsh penalty and those involved will unfortunately have to ...