Wrestling

Wrestling and diving and hoops, oh my. All the action Saturday on Trib HSSN
February 21, 2020
The second round of the WPIAL basketball playoffs concludes Saturday afternoon with quarterfinals games in boys 6A, boys 4A, girls 5A and girls 3A.

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Derry junior Ty Cymmerman gets back points on Marion Center sophomore Gain Stewart at 126 pounds at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.
New strategy brings PIAA quarterfinal win for Derry’s Cymmerman
Derry junior Ty Cymmerman decided to change his style late in the season, and for the past two weeks it has worked fine.

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Burrell junior Ian Oswalt gets a takedown against Forest Hills sophomore Noah Teeter at 132 pounds at the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.
Burrell senior wrestler Feroce surprises at PIAA regionals
While it was business as usual for Burrell juniors Ian Oswalt and AJ Corrado, senior Ricky Feroce capped off Day 1 of the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional on Friday at IUP’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex with a satisfying victory.

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Burrell’s Mikey Scherer wrestles against Quaker Valley’s Donovan Cutchember in the 220 weight class Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 in WPIAL class AA individual wrestling championship at Canon-McMillan High School.
Donovan Cutchember, Quaker Valley wrestlers shine at WPIAL championships
In a season when Quaker Valley won its second consecutive section championship and earned its first PIAA playoff berth, Quakers coach Mike Heinl told his team he wanted more.

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Derry’s Ty Cymmerman (right), wrestling Mt. Pleasant’s Damian George, will try to win his first PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional title after losing in the finals each of the past two years.
Five things to watch at PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional wrestling
February 20, 2020
The PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional wrestling championships will begin Friday at IUP’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

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Norwin’s Ryan Weinzen (left) battles Kiski Area’s Jared Curcio during a December match.
Wrestling notebook: Norwin’s Weinzen done for season with arm injury
February 18, 2020
The season is over for Norwin senior Ryan Weinzen.

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Plum’s Vince Citrano wrestles Moon’s Tyler Diggins at the 2020 Allegheny County Tournament at Fox Chapel High School on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020.
Plum wrestler Vince Citrano a man on a mission in Class AAA postseason
Plum sophomore Vince Citrano has been a man on a mission all season long.

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Kiski Area’s Jack Blumer wrestles South Fayette’s Praicen Long in the 160 weight class Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 in WPIAL wrestling at Hempfield Area High School.
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Seven wrestlers earn top seeds for sectionals tournament
WPIAL Class AAA wrestlers will compete in their section tournaments Saturday, and seven from the Alle-Kiski Valley were seeded first in their respective weight class.

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Yough junior Glenn Christner is a member of the 2019-20 wrestling team.
Yough champs enter school’s wrestling record books, still have goals to achieve
Shane Momyer and Glenn Christner did something Friday at the WPIAL Class AA section tournament that is a rare occurrence in Yough wresting history. They won section titles.

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McGuffey’s Rocco Ferraro wrestles South Park’s Anthony Weil at 145 pounds Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 in the WPIAL wrestling championship at Canon-McMillan High School.
Trib HSSN individual wrestling rankings for Feb. 18, 2020
Class AAA

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Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Burrell’s AJ Corrado
Burrell’s AJ Corrado has turned in a dominant junior wrestling season, and he earned his first WPIAL title in the same fashion this weekend.

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Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Burrell
Burrell’s wrestling team turned in quite the weekend at Canon-McMillan on Friday and Saturday.

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Penn-Trafford’s Luke Paszek (right) is 19-9 this season.
Penn-Trafford wrestlers look to take next step at individual section tournament
February 17, 2020
Coming into the 2019-20 season, Penn-Trafford first-year wrestling coach AJ Brentzel knew it might be a tough winter as he tried to rebuild the program’s winning culture.

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Franklin Regional’s Caden Smith attempts to block a shot by Mars’ Mihali Sfanos (33) while Franklin Regional’s Kadyn Hannah (14) looks for a potential rebound Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 in WPIAL basketball at Franklin Regional High School.
Trib HSSN broadcasts for Week of Feb. 17-23
February 16, 2020
The Path to the Pete continues with more opening-round and second-round WPIAL basketball postseason play this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Burgettstown’s Shane Ilgenfritz, left, won a Section 1 title Friday night. Burrell’s Niko Ferra, right, took third in Section 3.
Burgettstown, McGuffey start strong as WPIAL wrestling tournaments begin
February 14, 2020
Burgettstown and McGuffey got off to a quick start on the road to Hershey on Friday night.

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Gateway’s Evan Whiteside (right) has a 25-6 record this season with 23 pins.
Whiteside leads hopeful Gateway contingent into section wrestling tourney
Led by senior Evan Whiteside, seven Gateway wrestlers enter the Section 1-AAA tournament Feb. 22 at Kiski Area with medal-winning aspirations.

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Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert celebrates his state championship last season.
Iron sharpens iron for Franklin Regional state title hopefuls Dibert, Solomon
At every practice in the Franklin Regional wrestling room, Finn Solomon and Carter Dibert are paired. When they wrestle, it typically becomes a spectacle.

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Mt. Pleasant sophomore Dayton Pitzer, the defending PIAA Class AA champion at 182 pounds, had season-ending surgery.
Wrestling notebook: Teams using female wrestlers for free points
February 12, 2020
Saucon Valley and Reynolds presented a girl during their matches against Notre Dame-Green Pond, a catholic school in Easton, to collect a forfeit at the PIAA Team Championship in Hershey over the weekend.

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Franklin Regional’s Carter Dibert (right) and Penn-Trafford’s Boaz Chisko compete in the Eastern Area Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Dec. 6, 2019, at Gateway.
TribHSSN individual wrestling rankings for Feb. 12, 2020
Tribune-Review Individual Rankings

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Ty Cymmerman hopes to be the next Derry wrestler to hang his uniform on the wall in the wrestling room. Here he poses for a photo Feb. 11, 2020, at Derry.
Derry’s Ty Cymmerman would give singlet off his back to be a state champ
There are five wrestling uniforms hanging on the wall inside the Derry wrestling room.

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