LANCASTER – Solanco’s Thomas Haines, who won his second PIAA wrestling championship in a row in March, has picked up a nice honor. The Golden Mules’ sophomore standout has been named to the InterMat High School All-American Team. InterMat ranked the top 20 wrestlers in each weight class, and those wrestlers earned All-American honors. Haines,...
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LANCASTER – Now that Lancaster Catholic’s run through the girls’ state basketball playoffs is over, L-L League winter sports 2011-12 is finally in the books. I’ve been posting sport-by-sport All-Star lists as they’ve been released. So I wanted to post those lists again since a lot of those items are deep in the archives...
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LANCASTER – Make that back-to-back PIAA state wrestling championships for Solanco sophomore Thomas Haines. He made it 2-for-2 last Saturday night in Hershey’s Giant Center. In the 220-pound “AAA” championship bout, Haines topped Aaron Bradley from Nazareth 10-2. That victory capped a 42-0 season for the Golden Mules’ standout. And now Haines is half...
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LANCASTER – The District 3 “AAA” vs. “AA” All-Star matches are set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Wilson High School in West Lawn. And eight L-L League wrestlers will compete – some against each other. 149 – Chris Schmid, Pequea Valley vs. Zach Ross, Northern York 157 – Nate Warner, Columbia vs. Joe...
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LANCASTER – A couple of video clips for you from the PIAA wrestling championships in Hershey’s Giant Center. Solanco’s Thomas Haines went on to win the “AAA” 220-pound title. Solanco’s Connor Moran went on to finish in fourth place in the “AAA” 170-pound class. Cocalico’s Kam Mueller did not medal in “AAA” 182. And...
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LANCASTER - Back-to-back. Solanco sophomore Thomas Haines made it 2-for-2 in state championship matches Saturday night in Hershey’s Giant Center. Haines capped a 42-0 season with a 10-2 win over Nazareth’s Aaron Bradley in the “AAA” 220-pound championship. Meanwhile, Manheim Township sophomore Matt Grossman came up one victory shy of the gold. Grossman fell to Council...
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LANCASTER – It’s semifinal Saturday morning at the PIAA state wrestling championships in Hershey’s Giant Center. And one L-L League wrestler has already punched his ticket to the state finals. Manheim Township’s Matt Grossman topped Middletown’s Zach Ulerick 6-1 in the 113-pound “AAA” semis, and he’ll go for state gold tonight at 7. Grossman (37-8)...
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LANCASTER – Day 2 of the state wrestling championships in Hershey’s Giant Center about to get rolling. Ten (10) L-L League wrestlers will be on the mats: 4 in “AAA” championship quarterfinals, 3 in “AAA” consolations and 3 in “AA” consolations. UPDATE (11:45 a.m.): The three “AA” wrestlers from the L-L League – Lancaster...
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LANCASTER – The first day of the PIAA wrestling championships is off and running in the Giant Center in Hershey. UPDATE: All L-L League wrestlers are done competing Thursday. Check all the updates below for how they fared. Up first: The “AA” preliminary round. Four L-L League wrestlers are in the “AA” field. I...
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LANCASTER – If you’re new to the page, welcome in. Pull up a chair, crack your knuckles and go mouse-crazy. If you stop by here often, you’ve probably noticed by now that as more items are posted, stories get pushed down the page and then onto subsequent pages. And hopefully you’ve figured out by now...
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