STEVE HEISER 717-505-5446/@ydsports The number of Pennsylvania school districts willing to exceed the state’s limits on outdoor and indoor gatherings is growing. Monday night, LNP reported that the Eastern Lancaster County School District unanimously voted to increase its spectator limits at extracurricular events to 33% capacity, which translates roughly to 148 people indoors and 990 […]
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Federal judge denies Gov. Wolf’s request to stay order invalidating Pennsylvania coronavirus mitigation measures
By Peter Hall The Morning Call Sep 22, 2020 at 2:29 PM A federal judge in Pittsburgh said Tuesday he would not allow coronavirus mitigation measures he declared unconstitutional last week to remain in place while Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration appeals the decision. U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV ruled Sept. 14 that Pennsylvania’s […]
PIAA tells Gov. Wolf not holding Pennsylvania fall sports won’t eliminate youth coronavirus risk, it will just shift it elsewhere
By Ford Turner The Morning Call | Aug 12, 2020 at 11:09 AM Emmaus’ Rachel Herbine (10) shoots the ball for a goal against Easton’s Onalee Long (25) during a District 11 3A Field Hockey championship held at Whitehall High School last year. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call) The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association thinks organized fall […]
PIAA: Pennsylvania high school sports two weeks, rejects Governor’s call for January 1 start
The PIAA Board of Directors met this afternoon to review Governor Wolf’s statement strongly recommending no interscholastic and recreational sports until January 1st. As we have noted, our member schools have worked diligently to develop health and safety plans in accordance with the Department of Health and Department of Education recommendations to allow students to […]
Trouble brewing. PIAA board votes to explore 13 weights & Dave Crowell on why they are wrong
In a step backwards for PA wrestling the PIAA Board of Directors passed a measure to approve a reduction in the number of high school wrestling weight classes from 14 to 13 for the 2020-’21 season. The board unanimously passed the measure on a second reading, setting up a third reading at its July meeting. […]
2020 PAISWT (Pennsylvania Independent Schools Wrestling Tournament) Video and Interviews
Westtown hosted the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Wrestling Tournament (PAISWT) yesterday. Wyoming Seminary and Malvern Prep were the headliners, they came into the tournament ranked #2 and #3 in the country respectively. Sem had their entire team in the finals. Malvern 9, Germantown Academy 2, Mercersburg Academy, Hill School and Western Reserve Academy each had 1. […]
Weighing In with Aurelius Dunbar
There were some noisy crickets or cicadas that I didn’t hear during the interview that are apparent on the playback. Sorry if the audio is inconsistent. You can listen on Sound Cloud below the YouTube link.
2019 South East AAA Regional Finals Video and Interviews
Council Rock South ran away with another regional title tonight in Souderton. While they weren’t as dominating as they were at last year’s regionals, a nearly impossible task. The team race was never in question. The real surprise was there closest opponent was cross town rival CR North, who matched them with 3 individual champions. […]
Weighing In with 2018 PIAA State Champion Josh Stillings
2018 SE AAA Regionals- Finals Matches & Interviews
Tope 15 Team Scores. Finals video is posted below. 141 Council Rock South 79 Council Rock North 72 Downingtown West 69.5 Springford 65 WC Henderson 64.5 Owen J Roberts 64 Methacton 52 Boyertown 52 North Penn 43 Pope John Paul II 42 Strath Haven 41 Pennridge 40 Harry S Truman 5 Souderton 38 Downingtown East […]
Coaching icon ‘Schnell’ recalled as Ridley’s master motivator
Long time Ridley wrestling coach Carl Schnellenbach passed away, He has a PIAA record of 746-217-7. By Terry Toohey, Delaware County Daily Times As a child growing up in West Reading, Carl Schnellenbach was known as “Schnelly.” That moniker was later shortened by a letter to become one of the most recognizable handles in Delaware […]
Ex-Penn State coach Troy Sunderland is leaving high school coaching job at Manheim Central
Troy Sunderland started losing the desire to be in the Manheim Central wrestling room at some point during the 2015-16 season. The Manheim Central coach soon shared those feelings with George Derbyshire, the Barons’ longtime athletic director. The conversation was short, and ended with Sunderland informing Derbyshire he’d give it another year, that he’d coach […]
Spencer Lee goes down in the PIAA State finals to Austin DeSanto
Reigning World champion, the most highly sought after recruit in years and America’s #1 High School wrestler in the country, Spencer Lee, had his first high school loss in the Pennsylvania state finals tonight. Lee was wearing a serious knee brace with word around the arena that he suffered a torn ACL earlier. Austin DeSanto, […]
Nazareth wrestling coach Ray Nunamaker remembered as a respected pioneer
By Mark Wogenrich Of The Morning Call At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ray Nunamaker walked the venues wearing a Nazareth High School wrestling T-shirt. Someone stopped Nunamaker to express his high regard for the school’s wrestling team and its head coach. The fan didn’t realize he was speaking to the head coach himself. […]
PA High School News
Sanshiro “Sunny” Abe Named North Allegheny Head Coach 04/23/2015 by Jeff Upson When North Allegheny head coach Jamie Kyriazis stepped down last month the hunt was on for his replacement. The search didn’t go far – geographically speaking. Sanshrio “Sunny” Abe is no stranger to WPIAL Wrestling and the former Pittsburgh Central Catholic head coach […]