When Connellsville鈥檚 nine wrestlers step on the mat at the Giant Center in Hershey, the bright lights and big stage should not be intimidating. The Falcons had six boys and three girls qualify for the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships at their respective regional tournaments last ...
CANONSBURG 鈥� The Falcons flew high this weekend. Connellsville's wrestling team came within an eyelash of winning the team title in the PIAA Class 3A West Region wrestling tournament Saturday at Canon-McMillan High School's gym. A pin in the final bout of the night by Shep Turk gave ...
CANONSBURG -- Lonzy Vielma doesn't need to know what number comes after 149. Just about everyone inside Canon-McMillan's gymnasium Friday night, including the public address announcer, let him know. Vielma won his 150th high school wrestling match in the PIAA Class 3A West Region ...
CANONSBURG 鈥� It鈥檚 a pretty good day when a wrestling team has half of its squad advance to the semifinals of any tournament. It鈥檚 even better when that event is the WPIAL championships. Connellsville had 12 competing Friday night in Day 1 of the WPIAL Class 3A Individual Wrestling ...
During the individual postseason tournaments, most teams will travel in a car or school-issued van as the numbers dwindle down each round. Connellsville will need to secure a few vans, or maybe request a bus as 12 of its 13 that wrestled in the Class 3A East Sectional at Norwin High School ...
When you are part of a wrestling program in the state of Pennsylvania that has produced 14 individual state, eight WPIAL team and one team state champion, the expectations are very high, and normally, anything less than a state title is considered a failure. When Connellsville was awarded its ...
