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D’Amato (silver), Pepe (bronze), Evans (fourth) bring home PIAA wrestling medals
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D’Amato (silver), Pepe (bronze), Evans (fourth) bring home PIAA wrestling medals

HERSHEY Two great careers came to a close. Another one is just getting started.

PIAA 2A wrestling: D’Amato goes for gold; Evans, Pepe look for bronze
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PIAA 2A wrestling: D’Amato goes for gold; Evans, Pepe look for bronze

HERSHEY Historic.

Hazleton Area trio misses out on medals at PIAA Class 3A wrestling championships
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Hazleton Area trio misses out on medals at PIAA Class 3A wrestling championships

HERSHEY The blood round in the PIAA Championships is the third round of consolations. The nickname arose because it is an excruciating, tooth-and-nail, knockout round that creates tears of joy or te

PIAA 3A wrestling: Hazleton Area trio still alive at states
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PIAA 3A wrestling: Hazleton Area trio still alive at states

HERSHEY When wrestling in the PIAA Championships, participants will face the toughest competition they have seen all season.

PIAA 2A wrestling: Wyoming Area’s Pepe wins state debut, reaches quarterfinals
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PIAA 2A wrestling: Wyoming Area’s Pepe wins state debut, reaches quarterfinals

HERSHEY One of the big keys for wrestlers is to always wrestle until the end of the match because you never know what can happen. That s especially true at the state tournament.

PIAA wrestling preview: A look at all 11 WVC entrants in Hershey
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PIAA wrestling preview: A look at all 11 WVC entrants in Hershey

Here s a closer look at the 11 Wyoming Valley Conference state qualifiers, who will be participating in the PIAA Championships this weekend at Giant Center in Hershey

PIAA wrestling preview: Lake-Lehman’s Josh Bonomo seeking to carve out his own legacy
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PIAA wrestling preview: Lake-Lehman’s Josh Bonomo seeking to carve out his own legacy

HERSHEY About a year-and-a-half ago, Cael Sanderson instructed a clinic held at Wyoming Valley West.

3A wrestling: Hazleton Area makes history with school record four state qualifiers
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3A wrestling: Hazleton Area makes history with school record four state qualifiers

BETHLEHEM At the beginning of Saturday, Hazleton Area wrestlers had a daunting task ahead with all but one taking part in the consolation brackets of the Class 3A Northeast Regional Tournament.

2A wrestling: Five advance to states as Pepe excels, Evans wins regional
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2A wrestling: Five advance to states as Pepe excels, Evans wins regional

All season long, Wyoming Area s Jaden Pepe has been one of the top freshmen wrestlers in the state in Class 2A. On Saturday at the Class 2A Northeast Regional Tournament, Pepe proved that he belongs w

Valley West’s Kucek takes a turn in the spotlight at regional wrestling tournament
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Valley West’s Kucek takes a turn in the spotlight at regional wrestling tournament

BETHLEHEM For the last four years, Cadden Kucek has been working out with J.J. White in the Wyoming Valley West wrestling room.

H.S. wrestling regional preview: Molinaro’s baseball background helps Cougars on the mat
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H.S. wrestling regional preview: Molinaro’s baseball background helps Cougars on the mat

It doesn t happen often that an athlete from the Wyoming Valley Conference claims an individual district title in wrestling, while also being a part of a reigning district championship team in basebal

Stuart’s district gold wrestling medal a tribute for late mom
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Stuart’s district gold wrestling medal a tribute for late mom

HAZLE TWP. A year ago at this time, Lake-Lehman was celebrating a District 2 Class 2A championship. But the celebration didn t last too long. Shortly after, the team lost a family member when the mo

Lee pins down Wilkes-Barre Area history in District 2 wrestling finals
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Lee pins down Wilkes-Barre Area history in District 2 wrestling finals

HAZLE TWP. Connor Lee watched two of his Wilkes-Barre Area teammates fall in the finals of the District 2 Class 3A Tournament.

Sem dethrones Blair Academy for National Prep Wrestling title
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Sem dethrones Blair Academy for National Prep Wrestling title

Since winning the National Prep Championship in 2014, Wyoming Seminary s wrestling team has put every ounce of energy into winning the title again. All five of those years, the Blue Knights fell short

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District 2 Class 3A Wrestling: Plenty of surprises in first day of competition

HAZLE TWP. It s a rare occurrence for an unseeded wrestler to reach the semifinals of a tournament.

D2 Class 2A Wrestling: Tunkhannock in good spot after Day One
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D2 Class 2A Wrestling: Tunkhannock in good spot after Day One

HAZLE TWP. The District 2 Class 2A Wrestling Championships tournament is unique this season.

Wyoming Seminary wrestlers look to dethrone Blair at National Prep Championships
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Wyoming Seminary wrestlers look to dethrone Blair at National Prep Championships

Two times this season national rivals Wyoming Seminary and Blair Academy have met on the mat. At the Ironman Tournament in December, the Blue Knights finished in first ahead the Bucs to take over the

D2-3A wrestling preview: Valley West’s JJ White has a shot at history
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D2-3A wrestling preview: Valley West’s JJ White has a shot at history

Since he busted onto the wrestling scene as a freshman, J.J. White showed he was destined to have a historic career. He started as a ninth-grader being one just a handful of freshmen to win the Wyomin

D2-2A wrestling preview: Tunkhannock gunning for a big weekend
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D2-2A wrestling preview: Tunkhannock gunning for a big weekend

So many things have occurred in District 2 wrestling over the last 35 years. More than a dozen different teams have won a district team title. Hundreds of different wrestlers have won an individual ch

Tunkhannock wrestling’s run at state duals ends with loss to Corry Area
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Tunkhannock wrestling’s run at state duals ends with loss to Corry Area

For many years, Class 2A teams from the Wyoming Valley Conference have tried to rebound after losing in the first round of the PIAA Team Championships by being victorious in the first round of consola