Once and for all
Sentinel photo by JEFF?FISHBEIN
Juniata’s Dan Fultz, top, works from the top against Forest Hills’ Robert Oshaben during their 285-pound consolation bout Friday at Giant Center in Hershey. Fultz won a 7-2 decision to not only keep him in the tournament, but also guarantee a medal and a meeting with nemesis Cris Ramirez of Milton Hershey School. See more photos online at cu.lewistownsentinel.com
HERSHEY — Familiar faces are nice, but familiar foes can be trouble — at least in wrestling, where the more two grapplers meet, the greater the likelihood they learn each other’s style. So when it happens five times in five weeks — or even three times in three weeks — it’s more like a class reunion. That was the case for two Juniata wrestlers — Zac Beitz (125 pounds) and Dan Fultz (285), both of whom made their way to today’s medal round through a couple old friends in the consolation bracket of the PIAA Class AA wrestling championships. Seth Beitz (140), who entered the day as the last top-bracket wrestler from his school, earned a rematch with an old friend, too — Schuylkill Valley’s Colin Shober. In the state final. Beitz goes to today’s championship match after a huge 8-2 semifinal decision over North Star’s Richard Baker, like Beitz, a finisher outside the final of his region.
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In the case of two brothers on the Juniata wrestling team, it’s as strong as the chain that holds a ship anchored in a harbor.
Spade wins, is guaranteed hardware
HERSHEY — Midway through the second period of Colton Spade’s 160-pound second-round consolation bout Friday — the only match he would wrestle for the day, win or lose — Chichester’s Bobby Scheivert got a takedown and, in the process, reinjured the...
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HERSHEY — The only member of the Mifflin County quartet wearing black and red — Indian Valley 119-pounder Kaleb Loht — was a member of another exclusive club Thursday at the PIAA Class AAA championships at Giant Center in Hershey.
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HERSHEY — Seth Beitz wasn’t supposed to win his first match in the PIAA Class AA wrestling championships Thursday.
Someone forgot to tell him. OK, that’s not entirely true.
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