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Thanks for another great year of high school wrestling!

WJPA Wrestling Radio
60 years and counting!

It was the late 1940's. Radio in Washington County was less than 10 years old. It was in this infancy of the medium that our coverage of the ultimate man-vs.-man sport began. Behind the microphone, describing the action was future Hall of Fame announcer Pete Stanton. His gift for gab and his willingness to travel hour upon hour were legendary. The sport drew hundreds, even thousands to high school gymnasiums and other facilities in the dead of winter.

Then, in the late winter of 1950, the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships were held at Washington High School. WJPA Radio and Pete Stanton were there, covering every bout from start to finish.

Now, as the PIAA Individual Championship Series is just weeks away, our crew is prepared to carry on that tradition begun 60 years ago this winter. Gone are the days of "dry pair" phone lines and the brackets where only the champion at each level advanced.

Today, with the internet and its webcasts, audiocasts, message boards, blogs and dedicated sites, our coverage of the state's most-popular high school sports event event has changed. But, after these 60 years (and counting), you'll still get every score of every bout of the PIAA Wrestling Championships, whether you're listening in the Washington, PA area on 1450-AM, or around the world via the MSA Sports Network. Enjoy the action!


WPIAL Four-Timers Club
Matthew Cunningham joins WPIAL immortals!
More than seventy years ago, Andy Puchany (Canonsburg) won his fourth WPIAL individual wrestling title.
Last February, Dane Johnson ( Shady Side Academy) won the 140-pound WPIAL AA title, his fourth championship and went on to win a third-straight PIAA title. Over the 70 years that separate Puchany and Johnson, only 16 other WPIAL wrestlers have captured four individual WPIAL titles.

Saturday night, Shady Side Academy's Matthew Cunningham added his name to the list of WPIAL Wrestling immortals. As much as Cunningham treasures that status, his ultimate goal is a PIAA title, something that's eluded him the past three seasons.

With Cunningham winning his fourth crown, a 5-3 decision over Dakota DesLauriers, it marks the fourth consecutive year that membership has increased in this exclusive club, something that had never happened before. In fact, early on, nearly four decades passed between induction ceremonies. Puchany won four consecutive WPIAL individual wrestling championships from 1936-1939. Waynesburg's James Conklin started his four-year run the next season. Canonsburg's Donald Haney (1947-1950) and Manuel Pihakis (1949-1952) soon followed. And then, membership applications were denied, year after year after year. Conklin and The Canonsburg Trio waited 36 years before John Dasta, Penn Hills, joined their ranks.

John Richey (Connellsville) and Cary Kolat (Jefferson-Morgan) entered in back to back seasons. Mark Angle (Canon-McMillan) and Justin Tracanna (Jefferson-Morgan) went back to back. Then, Shawn Whyte (West Greene) and Troy Letters (Shaler) followed in three-year intervals. Two years later, it was Joe Makara (Burrell). Larry Hall (Jeannette) and Coleman Scott (Waynesburg) became the first duo to enter the same year, 2004. Troy Dolan (Derry) joined one year ahead of Colin Johnston (Canon-McMillan) and Jordan Shields (Burrell), the only pair to win their fourth titles on the same night.

1. Andy Puchany, Canonsburg (1936-1939)
2. James Conklin, Waynesburg (1940-1943)
3. Donald Haney, Canonsburg (1947-1950)
4. Manuel Pihakis, Canonsburg (1949-1952)
5. John Dasta, Penn Hills (1985-1988)
6. John Richey, Connellsville (1988-1991)
7. Cary Kolat, Jefferson-Morgan (1989-1992)
8. Mark Angle, Canon-McMillan (1992-1995)
9. Justin Tracanna, Jefferson-Morgan (1993-1996)
10. Shawn Whyte, West Greene (1995-1998)
11. Troy Letters, Shaler (1998-2001)
12. Joe Makara, Burrell (2000-2003)
13. Larry Hall, Jeannette (2001-2004)
14. Coleman Scott, Waynesburg (2001-2004)
15. Troy Dolan, Derry (2004-2007)
16. Colin Johnston, Canon-McMillan (2005-2008)
17. Jordan Shields, Burrell (2005-2008)
18. Dane Johnson, Shady Side Academy (2006-2009)
19. Matthew Cunningham, Shady Side Academy (2007-2010)


2010 PIAA AA Team Tournament -- Bracket
Preliminaries -- Feb. 9, 11 (District sites)
Saucon Valley 33, Muncy 28
Boiling Springs 45, Octorara 18
Bedford 34, Huntingdon 28
Ft. LeBoeuf 38, Shady Side Academy 28
Second Round -- Feb. 12 (Giant Center, Hershey)
Saucon Valley 41, Forest Hills 20
Boiling Springs 53, Western Wayne 18
Ft. LeBoeuf 38, Ridgway 22
Pen Argyl 43, Bedford 12
Quarterfinals
Burrell 47, Saucon Valley 12
Reynolds 32, Boiling Springs 16
Ft. LeBoeuf 33, Benton 30
Schuylkill Valley 32, Pen Argyl 25
Consolation Round 1
Pen Argyl 34, Forest Hills 31
Benton 48, Western Wayne 20
Ridgway 32, Boiling Springs 27
Bedford 33, Saucon Valley 27
Consolation Round 2
Pen Argyl 44, Benton 23
Ridgway 38, Bedford 23
Semifinals
Reynolds 34, Burrell 26
Ft. LeBoeuf 32, Schuylkill Valley 30
Consolation Round 3
Pen Argyl 39, Burrell 27
Ridgway 34, Schuylkill Valley 30
Consolation Finals (third place)
Pen Argyl 31, Ridgway 24
Championship Finals
Ft. LeBoeuf 32, Reynolds 29
2010 WPIAL AA Team Tournament -- Bracket
Bucs wins fourth straight WPIAL title!
Burrell beat Shady Side Academy, 41-30, to win a fourth straight WPIAL AA title, the Bucs' fifth in the past seven seasons.
Burrell gets a bye into the PIAA AA quarterfinals. Shady Side Academy faces District 10 runnerup Ft. LeBoeuf in the first round of the PIAA tourney.

Preliminaries--Feb. 1
Chartiers-Houston 46, Highlands 21
Kittanning 41, Charleroi 36
South Side Beaver 49, West Greene 25
Jefferson-Morgan 41, Keystone Oaks 33

Quarterfinals--Feb. 3
Burrell 55, Kittanning 18
Chartiers-Houston 58, Yough 18

Burgettstown 72, Jeff-Morgan 12
Shady Side Academy 42, South Side Beaver 23
Semifinals--Feb. 3
Burrell 41, Chartiers-Houston 31
Shady Side Academy 50, Burgettstown 24
AA Finals--Feb. 9
Burrell 41, Shady Side Academy 30


2010 WPIAL AA Section Team Duals
Wednesday, January 27 (click Section for WPIAL bracket)
Section 1
Semifinals
Chartiers-Houston 45, South Side Area 30
Burgettstown 59, Keystone Oaks 13

Finals
1st
--Burgettstown 40, Chartiers-Houston 28
3rd
--South Side Area 39, Keystone Oaks 36

Section 2 Semifinals
Yough 55, West Greene 16
Jeff-Morgan 34, Charleroi 24

Finals
1st
--Yough 33, Jeff-Morgan 24
3rd--Charleroi 42, West Greene 36

Section 3 Semifinals
Burrell 50, Kittanning 14
Shady Side Academy 52, Highlands 30
Finals
1st
--Burrell 34, Shady Side Academy 30
3rd--Kittanning 33, Highlands 20


2010 Listen Here Archives (via MSASports.net)

PIAA Championships ( Giant Center, Hershey)
AA Preliminaries, 1st Round Consolations -- Listen Here
AA Quarterfinals, 2nd Round Consolations -- Listen Here
AA Semifinals, 3rd & 4th Round Consolations -- Listen Here
AA Consolation Finals -- Listen Here
AA Championship Finals -- Listen Here

AAA Preliminaries, 1st Round Consolations -- Listen Here
AAA Quarterfinals, 2nd Round Consolations -- Listen Here
AAA Semifinals, 3rd & 4th Round Consolations -- Listen Here
AAA Consolation Finals -- Listen Here
AAA Championship Finals -- Listen Here

PIAA Southwest AA Regional (War Memorial, Johnstown)
Preliminaries -- Listen Here
Quarterfinals, 1st & 2nd Round
Consolations -- Listen Here
Semifinals, 3rd & 4th Round Consolations -- Listen Here
Consolation Finals (3rd & 5th place)
-- Listen Here
Championship Finals
-- Listen Here

WPIAL AAA Championships (Canon-McMillan)
Pigtails, Preliminary Round -- Listen Here
Quarterfinals, 1st-round Consolations -- Listen Here
Semifinals, 2nd, 3rd & 4th-round Consolations -- Listen Here
Consolation Finals (3rd place) --
Listen Here
Championship Finals -- Listen Here

WPIAL AA Championships (Chartiers Valley)
Preliminaries, Quarterfinals -- Listen Here
Semifinals, 1st, 2nd & 3rd-round Consolations -- Listen Here
Consolation Finals -- Listen Here
Championship Finals -- Listen Here

WPIAL Section 5-AAA (Mt. Lebanon)
Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations -- Listen Here
Consolation Finals, Championship Finals -- Listen Here

WPIAL Section 1-AA ( South Side Area)
Quarterfinals/Semifinals, Consos -- Listen Here
Consolation & Championship Finals -- Listen Here

PIAA Team Tournament--Feb. 9-13
AAA Quarterfinals, Feb. 12
Canon-McMillan 31, Shikellamy 30 -- Listen Here
AAA Semifinals, Feb. 13
Parkland Canon-McMillan -- Listen Here
AAA Round 3 Consolations, Feb. 13
Easton 31, Canon-McMillan 21 -- Listen Here

WPIAL Team Tournament--Feb. 1-11
AA Preliminaries, Feb. 1

Chartiers-Houston 46, Highlands -- Listen Here
AAA First Round & Quarterfinals, Feb. 2
First Round Canon-McMillan 45, Greensburg Salem 21 -- Listen Here

Quarterfinals Canon-McMIllan 35, Franklin Regional 30 -- Listen Here
AA Quarterfinals & Semifinals, Feb. 3
Chartiers-Houston 58, Yough 18 -- Listen Here

Burgettstown 72, Jeff-Morgan 12 -- Listen Here
Shady Side Academy 42, South Side Beaver 23 -- Listen Here
Semifinals--
Burrell 41, Chartiers-Houston 31-- Listen Here

Semifinals--Shady Side Academy 50, Burgettstown 24 -- Listen Here
AAA Semifinals, Feb. 4
Canon-McMillan 28, Penn-Trafford 27-- Listen Here
AAA Championship, Feb. 9
Canon-McMillan 32, Kiski Area 27 -- Listen Here

WPIAL Dual Meet Section Championships--Jan. 27
Section 1-AA (at Chartiers-Houston)
Semifinals--Listen Here
Chartiers-Houston 45, South Side Area 30
Burgettstown 59, Keystone Oaks 13

Finals--Listen Here
1st
--Burgettstown 40, Chartiers-Houston 28
3rd
--South Side Area 39, Keystone Oaks 36

Section 5-AAA (at Canon-McMillan)
Semifinals--Listen Here
Canon-McMillan 48, West Allegheny 19
Mt. Lebanon 37, Hopewell 29

Finals--Listen Here
1st
--Canon-McMillan 54, Mt. Lebanon 15
3rd
--West Allegheny 38, Hopewell 32

Previous Years--WJPA Wrestling Pages
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2006-2007--- 2005-2006 --- 2004-2005 --- 2003-2004 --- 2002-2003

News, Schedules & Results

PIAA Individual Championships
Final AA Brackets -- Final AAA Brackets


PIAA Southwest AA Regional -- FINAL Brackets
Top five in each weight advance to PIAA Championships

WPIAL AAA Championships -- FINAL Brackets
Top three in each weight advance to PIAA Championships

WPIAL AA Championships -- FINAL Brackets
Top six in each weight advance to PIAA Southwest AA Regional
District 5-AA Final Brackets -- District 6-AA Final Brackets (EscapeSports)

WPIAL AAA Section Tournaments
Section 1-AAA at Indiana -- Final Brackets
Section 2-AAA at Hempfield -- Final Brackets
Section 3--AAA at Fox Chapel -- Final Brackets
Section 4-AAA at Waynesburg -- Final Brackets
Section 5-AAA at Mt. Lebanon -- Final Brackets
Top four in each weight advance to WPIAL Tournament

WPIAL AA Section Tournaments (Feb. 20)
Section 1-AA at South Side Area -- Final Brackets
Section 2-AA at Charleroi -- Final Brackets
Section 3-AA at Shady Side Academy -- Finals Brackets

Top four in each weight advance to WPIAL Tournament


2010 PIAA AAA Team Tournament -- Bracket
Preliminaries -- Feb. 9, 11 (District sites)
Council Rock North 48, Hazleton 22
Council Rock South 45, LaSalle College 18
Parkland 46, Cedar Cliff 22
Connellsville 46, Clearfield 15
Shikellamy 35, Spring Grove 17
Kiski Area 84, Perry 0
Second Round -- Feb. 12 (Giant Center, Hershey)
Kiski Area 32, Council Rock North 26
Central Mountain 42, Council Rock South 20
Parkland 28, Connellsville 25
Shikellamy 38, Cathedral Prep 23
Quarterfinals
Central Dauphin 52, Kiski Area 10
Central Mountain 40, Easton 24
Parkland 31, Boyertown 27
Canon-McMillan 31, Shikellamy 30
Consolation Round 1
Shikellamy 29, Council Rock North 28
Council Rock South 42, Boyertown 22
Easton 32, Connellsville 28
Kiski Area 23, Cathedral Prep 18
Consolation Round 2
Council Rock South 39, Shikellamy 24
Easton 31, Kiski Area 30
Semifinals
Central Dauphin 35, Central Mountain 34
Parkland 36, Canon-McMillan 20
Consolation Round 3
Central Mountain 36, Council Rock South 25
Easton 31, Canon-McMillan 21
Consolation Finals (third place)
Central Mountain 38, Easton 25
Championship Finals
Central Dauphin 41, Parkland 28
2010 WPIAL AA Team Tournament -- Bracket
Big Macs win Triple-A Title!
Canon-McMillan jumped to an early lead, saw the Cavaliers roar in front, then got wins in the final two bouts to beat Kiski Area, 32-27. The Big Macs' Mike Hull wrestled for the first time since before Christmas and scored a 3-2 win over Steve Calderone in the final bout. With its first WPIAL team title since 1995, Canon-McMillan gets a double bye into the PIAA quarterfinals Friday afternoon. Kiski Area has to beat City League champion Perry to qualify.

Connellsville won the WPIAL AAA third-place match, beating Penn-Trafford 36-20 to advance to the PIAA Team Tournament. The Falcons face District 9 champion Clearfield trying to qualify for the second round at Hershey.

Preliminaries--Feb. 1
West Allegheny 42, Bethel Park 34
Mt. Lebanon 36, Peters Township 25
Fox Chapel 35,
Hopewell 31
Greensburg Salem 31, North Hills 28
First Round--Feb. 2
Connellsville 42, West Allegheny 15
Latrobe 33, Hempfield 26
Kiski Area 59, Mt. Lebanon 6
Albert Gallatin 42, Central Catholic 32
Penn-Trafford 57, Fox Chapel 10
North Allegheny 42, Waynesburg 30
Canon-McMillan 45, Greensburg Salem 21
Franklin Regional 29, Butler 28
Quarterfinals--Feb. 2

Connellsville 34, Latrobe 27
Kiski Area 53, Albert Gallatin 12
Penn-Trafford 31, North Allegheny 22
Canon-McMillan 35, Franklin Regional 30
Semifinals--Feb. 4
Canon-McMillan 28, Penn-Trafford 27
Kiski Area 33, Connellsville 27

AAA 3rd place--Feb. 8
Connellsville 36, Penn-Trafford 20
AAA Finals--Feb. 9
Canon-McMillan 32, Kiski Area
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2010 WPIAL AAA Section Team Duals
Wednesday, January 27 (click Section for WPIAL bracket)
Section 1
Semifinals
Penn-Trafford 27, Franklin Regional 23
Kiski Area 37, Latrobe 23
Finals
1st--Penn-Trafford 28, Kiski Area 27
3rd--Latrobe 46, Franklin Regional 20

Section 2 Semifinals
Hempfield 40, Albert Gallatin 31
Connellsville 52, Greensburg Salem 9
Finals
1st--Connellsville 37, Hempfield 30
3rd--Albert Gallatin 33, Greensburg Salem 32

Section 3 Semifinals
North Allegheny 51, Fox Chapel 12
Butler 38, North Hills 29
Finals
1st--North Allegheny 33, Butler 28
3rd--Fox Chapel 36, North Hills 29

Section 4 Semifinals
Pittsburgh Central Catholic 53, Peters Township 24
Waynesburg 43, Bethel Park 27
Finals
1st
--Pittsburgh Central Catholic 40, Waynesburg 33
3rd--Bethel Park 39, Peters Township 37

Section 5 Semifinals
Canon-McMillan 48, West Allegheny 19
Mt. Lebanon 37, Hopewell 29

Finals
1st
--Canon-McMillan 54, Mt. Lebanon 15
3rd
--West Allegheny 38, Hopewell 32


WPIAL Releases 2010-2011 Alignment -- Click Here
The WPIAL website today posted the new alignment for wrestling sections for the 2010-2011 & 2011-2012 seasons. The League has retained the "sub-section" format for the regular season. In Triple-A, there are now four sections. In Double-A, there are three sections. Each sub-section (both classes) has six teams. That means five regular season section matches, leaving all teams plenty of competition points for exhibition duals and in-season tournaments.


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