Kai Vielma will never stop working, and his goals remain intact, but the Connellsville junior feels like a huge weight has been lifted off his shoulders after winning a state wrestling championship on March 7 at the Giant Center in Hershey. The Stanford commit is wrestling without trepidation, ...
Elijah Brown and Kai Vielma competed against each other when they wrestled in the youth leagues, but those matches were a long time ago. That may seem hard to believe, as Brown now has about 70 pounds on Vielma, but despite the change in weight classes, the duo can share one distinction: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
