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3 weeks ago | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
By Jonathan GuthFor the [email protected] you are a wrestler of Rocco Welsh’s caliber, there really isn’t an offseason. The 2023 graduate of Waynesburg Central High School, who decided on March 29 that he would transfer to Penn State after competing for Ohio State, won the U23 national championship in freestyle at 86 kilograms (189.5 pounds) on Sunday at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio.
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1 month ago | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
By Jonathan GuthFor the [email protected] — Jefferson-Morgan used a 10-run second inning to take control in Thursday’s game against Greensburg Central Catholic in the first round of the WPIAL Class A softball playoffs at Waynesburg University’s softball field.
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2 months ago | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
By Jonathan GuthFor the [email protected] III wrestlers truly love the sport. They must because incentives to compete at that level do not include NIL deals and other benefits that are provided to athletes at the higher levels, which is not to say wrestlers at higher levels don’t love the sport, but most Division III competitors understand that their collegiate career will be the last time they put on a singlet.
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2 months ago | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
By Jonathan GuthFor the Observer-Reporter“I’m excited to be a Nittany Lion.”That was the final statement Rocco Welsh provided during his appearance Sunday evening on the BASCHAMANIA wrestling podcast.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
By Jonathan Guth For the Observer-ReporterHERSHEY — Marlee Solomon knew of the tough reputation of Pennsylvania wrestling after competing in the state of California last season. Solomon found that out first hand Friday night in the semifinals of the PIAA Girls Individual Wrestling Championships, despite winning the match by major decision, 11-0, to advance to Saturday’s final.
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Feb 23, 2025 | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
1 / 3Waynesburg’s Jake Stephenson controls Central Catholic’s Nezumiiro Green during their bout in the finals at 189 pounds in the WPIAL Class 3A Championships. 2 / 3Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown fights off a takedown attempt from Kiski’s Cooper Roscosky in the finals at 215 pounds in the WPIAL Class 3A Championships at Canon-McMillan High School.
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Feb 16, 2025 | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
C-M’s Solomon and Avella’s Dolanch also win titlesBy Jonathan GuthFor the [email protected] — Ella Trahan started wrestling when she was in fourth grade, but nothing could have prepared her for having to sit out last year’s postseason due to injury. Trahan was able to find some relief in winning the WPIAL girls championship in the 106-pound weight class Saturday afternoon at North Allegheny High School.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
1 / 4McGuffey's Garrett Newman reaches for a takedown on Derry's Mason Horwat in 152 pound bout of the the semifinal round of the WPIAL 2A team championship at AHN Arena on February 12 / 4Highlander Clayton Ealy locks up Derry's Matthew Furnell on the way to a win by fall in the 114 pound bout of the WPIAL 2A semifinal team championship at AHN Arena on February 1.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
By Jonathan GuthFor the [email protected] too many wrestlers, past or present, can claim they defeated Spencer Lee. Actually, in freestyle competition at the senior level, there is only one. Japan’s Rei Higuchi earned a 4-2 decision over the 2017 Franklin Regional graduate to win the gold medal in the 57-kilogram weight class at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris, France.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
observer-reporter.com | Jonathan Guth
By Jonathan GuthFor the [email protected] NCAA’s addition of women’s wrestling as a championship sport at the Division I, III and III levels will impact all corners of the United States as the sport has grown immensely the past decade. The organization released a statement on its website Friday that women’s wrestling will be the NCAA’s 91st championship sport. The first women’s wrestling championship will be in 2026.
