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Battle tested

HERSHEY — Every great champion needs to be tested, and Saturday night in the PIAA Class 3A Individual Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center, Belle Vernon senior Elijah Brown was tested by Garnet Valley’s Paxton Hunt. Brown capped off his high school career with a second straight ...

Dangerous duo

HERSHEY — Connellsville’s Kai Vielma entered his semifinal bout in the state tournament as the favorite, while teammate Tommy Gretz was most likely viewed as the underdog. Vielma’s performance didn’t pay out a whole lot on the tote board, as the No. 1 seed at 145 pounds used three ...

Who’s hungry?

HERSHEY — Kai Vielma was literally hungry. Not only is the Connellsville junior craving a state championship, but on Thursday evening in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A Individual Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey, the Stanford commit wanted to find something to ...

Three down, one to go

Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown and Connellsville’s Kai Vielma are four victories away from a state championship in Class 3A, as the two won titles in the PIAA Class 3A West Regional on Saturday at Canon-McMilland High School. Vielma, a junior, had his streak of bonus-point victories snapped ...

Easy work

CANONSBURG — Kai Vielma won his first WPIAL championship last year by fall, but he still had to do some work. The second district title for the Connellsville junior was about as easy as it gets. Vielma and Norwin’s Nathan Klingensmith hardly touched a body part besides shaking hands ...

Triple threat

IRWIN — Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown and Connellsville’s Kai Vielma didn’t run into much trouble in earning their third section championships on Saturday at Norwin High School in the Class 3A Eastern Sectional. Brown won all three bouts by fall for the championship in the 215-pound ...