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Top high school wrestlers head to state tournament
The 39th annual Maryland high school wrestling state wrestling tournament begins today at the University of Maryland's Cole Field House.
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Southern nails down Region title
Southern rebounded from its only loss of the season to win the Maryland 2A-1A West Region Tournament by an impressive 32 points and will send a total of seven wrestlers to next weekend's State Tournament.
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Trying to get a leg up
Southern Garrett High School freshman Jakob Scheffel has a hold on Century High School freshman Kurt Buckingham Friday evening at Mountain Ridge High School during the first round of the regional tournament. Scheffel won the match by technical fall 18-0.
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Mountain Ridge hosting regional
The place to be this weekend for high school wrestling is Mountain Ridge, where wrestlers from 19 teams will battle in the Class 2A-1A West Region Championship Tournament.
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Mountain Ridge's Patterson posts 100th career wrestling win
Mountain Ridge's Aaron Patterson scored his 100th career wrestling win with a 3-0 decision over Adam Moranduzzo of Northern in last week's Bi-County Tournament.
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Petersburg's Rohrbaugh, Frankfort's Snoberger finish fourth at state
Petersburg's Jamie Rohrbaugh and Frankfort's Ben Snoberger led area wrestlers with fourth-place finishes in the Class AA-A state tournament that concluded Saturday in the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
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Southern takes Bi-County title, Rams’ Ozias wins, now 33-0
Mountain Ridge’s Josh Guy, right, wrestles Southern’s Kody Lewis Saturday afternoon in the 152-weight class at the Bi-County Wrestling tournament at Fort Hill High School. Guy went on to win the match by decision 4-2.
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Tornado wrestlers earn trip to state tourney
Keyser's Colby Kiggins, Alan Frush, Tommy Stark and Blake Mangold were runnersup in West Virginia Class AA Region II Tournament and led the Golden Tornado to a fourth-place finish Saturday at Grafton High School.
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Southern edged in state tourney, 34-33
Fourth-seeded Glenelg handed top-seeded Southern its first loss of the season, 34-33, in the Maryland Class 2A/1A dual state tournament semifinals on Saturday.
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Four Frankfort wrestlers advance
Alec Peer and Ben Snoberger captured championships and teammates Ryan Clark and Dallin Rust also earned spots in the state tournament with top-four finishes in the Class AA, Region II wrestling tournament on Saturday.
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Southern wrestlers win region, go for state title today
OAKLAND — Southern added to its undefeated record by winning the Maryland 2A/1A West Region Dual Tournament Thursday evening and will wrestle for the dual state championship today.
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Wrestling duals reset for today
The Maryland Class 2A-1A West Region wrestling duals postponed by snow on Wednesday have been rescheduled for tonight at Southern High School.
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Allegany, Fort Hill mat clubs, high school teams wrestle tonight
The Allegany and Fort Hill mat clubs will wrestle prior to the high school match today at Fort Hill.
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Keyser wrestlers set school win record
Keyser posted three lopsided wins, edged host Roane County by three points and set a school record for dual wins in a season while winning the Roane Raider Duals Tournament.
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Mountain Ridge wins pair
Mountain Ridge collected two wins, 63-9 over Thomas Stone and 44-32 against Middletown, Saturday at Middletown as the Miners finished their regular season at 24-3.
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Southern to host regional duals
The undefeated Southern Rams will host the Maryland Class 2A-1A West Region dual wrestling tournament on Wednesday evening.
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Mountain Ridge takes down Winters Mill, ups record to 23-3
Mountain Ridge came home a 45-24 winner over Winters Mill Wednesday night in high school wrestling action to improve to 23-3 on the season.
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Kiggins, Mangold lead Tornado to Potomac Valley Conference title
Colby Kiggins and Blake Mangold won individual titles and led Keyser to the team championship in the Potomac Valley Conference wrestling tournament held at Frankfort High School.
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Southern stays undefeated
The Southern Rams put the finishing touches on a perfect regular season on Saturday by routing Allegany 78-6 and Winters Mill 56-18.
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Mountain Ridge to wrestle Wednesday
The Mountain Ridge wrestling team will wrestle Wednesday, at 6 p.m., at Winters Mill, and close the regular season Saturday, Feb. 9, in a 1 p.m. tri-match at Middletown against Middletown and Thomas Stone.
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Mountain Ridge beats Fort Hill 63-3
FROSTBURG — Mountain Ridge was one weight class away from sweeping Fort Hill Thursday night in a meeting of Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference opponents in Frostburg.
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Northern beats Fort Hill 54-21
CUMBERLAND — Eight Northern wrestlers scored pins in powering the Huskies past Fort Hill on the Sentinels’ mats.
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Mt. Ridge Takedown
Mountain Ridge's Ryan Clark takes Fort Hill's Dominic Walters to the mat during their 119-pound high school wrestling match Thursday evening at Mountain Ridge. Clark won by decision. The match ended too late to be included in this edition.
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Allegany tops Boonsboro, 38-29
Allegany defeated Boonsboro, 38-29, Monday night at Allegany in high school wrestling action.
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Hyndman, Northern compete in Bedford
Hyndman's Logan Sheldon won the 135 pound division and two Northern wrestlers tasted defeat for the first time this season in the Thomas Invitational held this weekend at Bedford High School.
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Ridge routs Fort Hill
CUMBERLAND — Mountain Ridge won seven weight classes by pinfall Wednesday, and the Miners had little hassle beating Fort Hill 60-9.
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Northern matmen take Meyersdale
Adam Moranduzzo, Dustin Stough, Jason Opel and Ryan Finzel posted pins as Northern Garrett had an easy time in beating Meyersdale, 59-17, in high school wrestling on Wednesday night.
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Mountain Ridge pins Keyser, 56-15
Mountain Ridge won 11 matches, with seven coming on pins, in a 56-15 victory over visiting Keyser on Tuesday evening.
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Snoberger, Peer excel at tournament
Frankfort's Ben Snoberger won first place in the 152-pound class and Alec Peer was runner-up in the 125 division in the Calhoun County Invitational Tournament on Saturday.
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Southern pins Northern, 54-16
Unbeaten Southern won 11 of the 14 matches and had nine pins in a 54-16 high school wrestling victory over arch-rival Northern on Tuesday at Southern.
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Northern wrestlers win pair at Keyser
Northern got past Keyser 39-25 before the whipping Preston 66-18 to go unbeaten in a Wednesday evening tri-match in Keyser.
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Mountain Ridge dominates Hub Cup Tournament
All 14 wrestlers for Mountain Ridge placed in the Miners' first-place finish at the Hub Cup Tournament this past weekend.
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River Hill wins Fort Hill Super Duals
Area schools had at least one wrestler picked in each weight class from 145 and above, but a weak showing in the lighter weights led to Fort Hill, Frankfort and Allegany pulling up the rear Saturday in the Fort Hill Super Duals.
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Mountain Ridge's Derrick Sisk goes 4-0 in AMAC tournament
Mountain Ridge senior Derrick Sisk was mistakenly omitted from the Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference wrestling tournament story that appeared in Monday's edition of the Times-News.
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Wrestling Champs
With five individual champions on its roster, Southern finished 6-0 to win the first Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference wrestling tournament held Friday and Saturday at Fort Hill.
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Scheffel, Ozias lead Rams in holiday tournament
George Scheffel and Lex Ozias won division championships, with Scheffel also being named the tournament's most outstanding wrestler, in leading the Southern Rams to a third-place finish in the 24-team Southmoreland Holiday Tournament.
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Wrestling stats to be featured
The Cumberland Times-News will publish high school wrestling statistics this year, beginning Thursday, Jan. 3.
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Southern pins North Hagerstown
Seven Southern wrestlers won by pin and three others won by decision at the Rams improved to 2-0 with a 51-21 victory at North Hagerstown Friday evening.
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Williamsport wrestlers beat FH
Williamsport won five straight weight classes Thursday evening as the Wildcats handed Fort Hill a 42-30 loss in the Sentinels’ home gym.
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Mountain Ridge pins Northern
The unbeaten Mountain Ridge Miners scored pins in the highest three weight classes for the winning margin in a 37-27 victory over host Northern on Thursday night.
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Northern dominates Allegany, 70-12
Northern won all but two matches Tuesday night in its 70-12 victory over Allegany, collecting seven wins by pinfall.
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Southern defends Max Horz crown; Northern second
For the second year in a row, the Southern Rams captured the two-day Max Horz Invitational held at Berkeley Springs High School.
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Mountain Ridge opens with pair
Mountain Ridge got two wins in a Wednesday-evening tri-match, scoring 42 points in a win over Francis Scott Key and another 42 in a victory over Williamsport.
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Fort Hill downs Boonsboro, 51-25
Fort Hill lost four of the five lightest weight classes, but lost only one of the other nine as the Sentinels won their season-opening match 51-25 over Boonsboro Wednesday evening.
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Northern matmen win opener
Northern won all but three weight classes Wednesday night in its opening match to score a 63-12 win over Frankfort.
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Northern's Opel wins at Waynesburg
Jason Opel took two firsts in the Waynesburg Pre-season wrestling tournament held over the weekend in Waynesburg.
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Northern youth wrestling sets sign-ups, practice
Northern Youth Wrestling will be holding sign-ups, and the first practice at Grantsville Elementary School on Monday.
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Mt. Ridge Mat Club to hold sign-ups
The Mountain Ridge Mat Club, formerly the Mountaineer Mat Club, will be holding registration for the 2007-2008 wrestling season on Thursday, Nov. 15, and Monday, Nov. 19, at the Eckhart gym from 6 to 7:30 p.m. each night.
