WPIAL notes
This season has not been kind to Western Pa. wrestlers. Injuries have infiltrated and taken center stage with some talented kids. Consider John Prezzia of SS Beaver and his bad knee. The WPIAL must not have a great deal of confidence in him repeating, seeding him third at 112 pounds. Even on one leg, he's better than most on two.
A broken foot sidelined Adam Hoffman of Fort Cherry, a knee injury shelved Bryan Vallina of Burgettstown, and a shoulder injury ended Ryan Watson's season at Burgettstown.
Colton Blumer got hosed Friday in the first round of the WPIAL Championships. The sophomore from West Greene should not have had to wrestle Prezzia in the first round. The WPIAL should have changed the bracket when his preliminary-round opponent pulled out. Section finalists should not have to wrestle in the first round of the WPIAL Championships. Blumer's 30 wins were more than any other at 112.
Here's how bad the talent level in Class AA is. It took only four hours to wrestle 112 bouts on Charleroi's four mats. In those bouts, 39 were decided by pins and many occurred before the match was half over.
West Greene's Kory Bissett looks unbeatable, despite recovering from a shoulder injury. He wrestles mean. By that, I mean he never lets up, works for the fall and looks unhappy about it afterward. I would not bet against him having a great ending to his season.
You have to wonder why people would show up for the WPIAL Championships when six of the 12 wrestlers advance to the regional tournament. What a joke. Do you wonder whether schools such as Waynesburg and McGuffey, which wrestle up in classifications, are paying attention to how easy it is to advance to Hershey. I understand why they wrestle in Class AAA and it's for the right reasons, but how many wrestlers from these two teams could qualify for the state tournament if the teams were in Double-A? The guess here is five from each.
A broken foot sidelined Adam Hoffman of Fort Cherry, a knee injury shelved Bryan Vallina of Burgettstown, and a shoulder injury ended Ryan Watson's season at Burgettstown.
Colton Blumer got hosed Friday in the first round of the WPIAL Championships. The sophomore from West Greene should not have had to wrestle Prezzia in the first round. The WPIAL should have changed the bracket when his preliminary-round opponent pulled out. Section finalists should not have to wrestle in the first round of the WPIAL Championships. Blumer's 30 wins were more than any other at 112.
Here's how bad the talent level in Class AA is. It took only four hours to wrestle 112 bouts on Charleroi's four mats. In those bouts, 39 were decided by pins and many occurred before the match was half over.
West Greene's Kory Bissett looks unbeatable, despite recovering from a shoulder injury. He wrestles mean. By that, I mean he never lets up, works for the fall and looks unhappy about it afterward. I would not bet against him having a great ending to his season.
You have to wonder why people would show up for the WPIAL Championships when six of the 12 wrestlers advance to the regional tournament. What a joke. Do you wonder whether schools such as Waynesburg and McGuffey, which wrestle up in classifications, are paying attention to how easy it is to advance to Hershey. I understand why they wrestle in Class AAA and it's for the right reasons, but how many wrestlers from these two teams could qualify for the state tournament if the teams were in Double-A? The guess here is five from each.
posted by Joe Tuscano at
10:36 PM
1 Comments:
Your right Joe about how easy they made it to go to states. (More sessions, more money) Did you realize that a wrestler,from the start of the sections in AA, could be PINNED 8 to 10 times and still be on the medal platform at Hershey. TERRIBLE That,s why the gyms are empty.
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