HERSHEY 鈥� Wrestling, like life, has many bittersweet moments. Connellsville experienced several of those instances over its three days in the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships that culminated Saturday at the Giant Center in Hershey. The Falcons鈥� Evan Petrovich showed the state ...
HERSHEY 鈥� Maybe Tommy Gretz likes Hershey鈥檚 chocolate better than Boyer鈥檚 Mallo Cups, or he doesn鈥檛 understand Altoona pizza. Whatever it was, the Connellsville sophomore didn鈥檛 allow an 8-0 setback in the semifinals of the team state dual meet tournament to Bethlehem Catholic鈥檚 ...
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 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 ...
ALTOONA 鈥� Bill Swink made some moves in his lineup, but with the way Connellsville was wrestling, he probably could have gone with the bouts straight up. The Falcons had a 27-0 lead after four matches and went on to earn a 38-26 victory over Council Rock South in the quarterfinals of the ...
