PA HS Wrestling thread
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We rented a lot of Nintendo & Sega games to people in Hyndman
I started watching wrestling in 1979-80. Altoona Fieldhouse was district 6 championships and regional championships every year. Clearfield was always wrestling AAA. Every guy on their team looked like a clone....tall and thin and GOOD for their weight class. I used to always show up late because I knew that in the far left corner of the Fieldhouse there would always be a few open seats in the packed gym. That is where the Philipsburg Oceola fans sat
. To say they were passionate would be way understated. My ears hurt and the bench would shake like crazy with the foot-stomping when their guys won.....and they won a lot. The thing I remember was that....if your eyes were closed.....it was hard to tell the difference in volume and vibration between when their guy won...or a kid from Bald Eagle lost . Don't know the back-story but there was a huge difference between when a kid from Clearfield, Altoona, State College or such lost compared to when a kid from Bald Eagle Area lost. I also remember a kid named Eric Brugel. He dominated every match I saw him wrestle. I couldn't imagine him ever losing. Then he went to college Good memoriesPS: In those years Altoona was by far the largest school. Hollidaysburg was AAA in wrestling. State college was a bit larger that Hollidaysburg but far smaller than Altoona. Times have certainly changed. I think Altoona's graduating class was about 750-800 then while Hollidaysburg was about 375 and State College was about 475. State College has at least doubled while Hollidaysburg has dropped by about 100+. I think Altoona may have dropped by 100 or so...not certain on them.....but definitely changes all around
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Starting in 1979 PO and BEA spent a couple decades fighting for district 6 supremacy and the rivalry was intense, sometimes crazy and always fun.I started watching wrestling in 1979-80. Altoona Fieldhouse was district 6 championships and regional championships every year. Clearfield was always wrestling AAA. Every guy on their team looked like a clone....tall and thin and GOOD for their weight class. I used to always show up late because I knew that in the far left corner of the Fieldhouse there would always be a few open seats in the packed gym. That is where the Philipsburg Oceola fans sat
PS: In those years Altoona was by far the largest school. Hollidaysburg was AAA in wrestling. State college was a bit larger that Hollidaysburg but far smaller than Altoona. Times have certainly changed. I think Altoona's graduating class was about 750-800 then while Hollidaysburg was about 375 and State College was about 475. State College has at least doubled while Hollidaysburg has dropped by about 100+. I think Altoona may have dropped by 100 or so...not certain on them.....but definitely changes all around
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I started watching wrestling in 1979-80. Altoona Fieldhouse was district 6 championships and regional championships every year. Clearfield was always wrestling AAA. Every guy on their team looked like a clone....tall and thin and GOOD for their weight class. I used to always show up late because I knew that in the far left corner of the Fieldhouse there would always be a few open seats in the packed gym. That is where the Philipsburg Oceola fans sat
PS: In those years Altoona was by far the largest school. Hollidaysburg was AAA in wrestling. State college was a bit larger that Hollidaysburg but far smaller than Altoona. Times have certainly changed. I think Altoona's graduating class was about 750-800 then while Hollidaysburg was about 375 and State College was about 475. State College has at least doubled while Hollidaysburg has dropped by about 100+. I think Altoona may have dropped by 100 or so...not certain on them.....but definitely changes all around
As an Altoona wrestler who got booed in the District 6 finals, I can attest to this continuing through the 80’s.I started watching wrestling in 1979-80. Altoona Fieldhouse was district 6 championships and regional championships every year. Clearfield was always wrestling AAA. Every guy on their team looked like a clone....tall and thin and GOOD for their weight class. I used to always show up late because I knew that in the far left corner of the Fieldhouse there would always be a few open seats in the packed gym. That is where the Philipsburg Oceola fans sat
PS: In those years Altoona was by far the largest school. Hollidaysburg was AAA in wrestling. State college was a bit larger that Hollidaysburg but far smaller than Altoona. Times have certainly changed. I think Altoona's graduating class was about 750-800 then while Hollidaysburg was about 375 and State College was about 475. State College has at least doubled while Hollidaysburg has dropped by about 100+. I think Altoona may have dropped by 100 or so...not certain on them.....but definitely changes all around
Benton defeats Faith Christian 36-30 in the PIAA opening round of team duals.
Homegrown baby! Did you hear those Faith academy people running their mouths. Keep recruiting.
There is nothing more I like to see than the same names & generations year after year. Faith Academy is a charter school made up of all of D12 & 1. Do they even attend school there
Whooo, close one. Very happy for Caden Temple. Very solid kid that beats everyone he is supposed to. He just never seemed to jump levels and take out the higher ranked kids. Faith played with thier line up and put thier state ranked 132 up at 138 and Temple stuck him. Was worried about this one.
Other than Lear and a forfeit at 106 all of Benton's ranked kids got beat. The rest of the team wrestled lights out and most put 6's on the board.
Did you see Bishop McDevitts lineup. It’s all transfers. From 145 up they are solid
Benton has a good chance vs Brookville because they are homegrown too.
Put all the charter, Co-op and transfer happy schools on a side: NDGP, Ridge, McDevitt, Faith Academy, Hickory, Forest Hills, Reynolds, Montgomery
Then the 100% homegrown ones. To me that would be the best. But honestly there would only be a few.
Benton has a good chance vs Brookville because they are homegrown too.
Put all the charter, Co-op and transfer happy schools on a side: NDGP, Ridge, McDevitt, Faith Academy, Hickory, Forest Hills, Reynolds, Montgomery
Then the 100% homegrown ones. To me that would be the best. But honestly there would only be a few.
No, I was questioning him categorizing the two schools as being recruiting schools a/o co ops. I’m under the impression that they both are almost entirely home grown and have historically been so.
I believe noon tomorrow. which is sweet because now I can sleep in.
I am. Have to make it back to Shamokin for the JH TOC by 5pm to see my boy wrestle. If not I would have just stayed.
They have both been for years and I always thought of them as home grown too.
I heard Chestnut co-ops with Hyndman & maybe Somerset. The Maul kid and Moore brothers are from Hyndman. Then ForestHills has a ridgeway kid. Flinn was from the ridgeway area and heard the Forcelini kid doesn’t even live in their district.
Holy cow how about Hickory wrestling Gill at 120. What the heck were they thinking
looking closer at the lineups, Benton & Brookville honestly could be the only 100% homegrown teams in AA and AAA
Not sure about Brookville but every kid on that Benton team came through the elementary program.
Always been that way. Total enrollment of all three schools is like 500 kids.
Hyndman doesn't have a public school let alone a wrestling team anymore. It doesn't make sense to have kids from Hyndman go to Ridge. You drive a block from Bedford school to get there.
Why would people drive clear from Somerset to Ridge. Somerset still has a wrestling team too.
And no way is a kid living in Ridgeway wrestling at Forest Hills. They aren't even remotely close.
At this point you're just making shit up.
Ok- You might be right. I heard the Moore twins and Maul is from Hyndman. I assumed they co-op’d
The Ridgeway kid moved there, I said I heard the other kid drives in.
To the extent 100% matters or is even reasonable -- no parents relocate for new jobs?
Wlliamsport? Gettysburg? Montgomery? Mifflin County? Tyrone? Canton? West Perry? Dallastown? Spring Ford? Abington Heights? Etc.
Seems like painting with a very broad brush.
A buddy and former hs teammate of mine is a coach at Ridge. Pretty sure I recall a discussion with him last year about this subject and that Ridge is primarily a homegrown squad.
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Well this is Refreshing to hear. Sad part is homegrown stands no chance against these mega teams.
