Regionals Question?

[silvrnblk11]

There isn't near as much seating at Canon-Mac as there was at the War Memorial.

[Manfred]

I for one won't be attending, so my seat will be available. Like the local " " said this morning, kids from Penns Valley will have at least 3 1/2 hr. one way trip to C-Mac. From almost any school on the Ohio border, it's only a 2 or 2 1/2 hr. ride to the CC War Memorial. Hey, get your Disney on Ice tix now! Gonna be a sellout!

[SportsFan96]

I was kind of looking forward to seeing regionals at IUP. I think the Kovalchick Convention Center would have been a nice venue. As an IUP Alum I was secretly hoping that maybe by getting a wrestling event at IUP, it would help push the school into realizing how big of an interest wrestling is in the state of PA. I have always been amazed that IUP, being of of the largest PA owned universities hasn't had a wrestling team for a long time, especially since they are located in an area with such great wrestling tradition.

[odoyelrules]

per the press release, wrestling is to begin @ 5 pm on Friday the 27th.

Then 10 am Saturday.

Press release discusses seeding and 2 byes, though only 1 bye this year as D6 gets 5 spots - D5 still gets 3, D7 still gets 7. Seems sloppy to include that in the press release, though the schedule is built for 15 wrestlers per weight.

The tournament schedule does not show 7th/8th place matches. With top 6 going to Hershey, a procedure will need to be developed for determining next in line if a top6 placefinisher doesn't go to Hershey. In a similar situation last year D6 wrestled for 5th and 6th, even though only the top 4 went to regionals.

[odoyelrules]

...It also seems to be a bit of a shame for these kids to bust their humps all year to make it to the regional show(Where many kids will wrestle their last match of their lives) and have it end in just another high school gym. Great job PIAA you have once again proved how inadequate you truly are. I wonder if the Donkeys made a deal with a headgear company and made every wrestler wear the brand of their pick would wrestling then get a little attention. Might be an idea for the donkeys. They could grease their pockets some more and the wrestlers might get a little consideration.

Can someone post an email where one could send complaints into Donkey Headquarters?

1) PIAA AAA NW Regionals have been held at the Altoona Field House for years.

2) Some contact information for you, I don't have the PIAA bigwig emails, those these guys would and might be the appropriate people to email.

PIAA WRESTLING STEERING COMMITTEE

Dist. Name Address City & Zip Phone E-Mail Address
1 Dennis Kellon 150 Larkin Ln Collegeville 19426 H-(610) 489-4982
[email protected]
2 Jay Starnes Wallenpaupack HS
2552 Route 6
Hawley 18428 H-(570) 226-4557
Ext. 5
[email protected]
3 Randy Umberger 1047 Princeton Rd Hummelstown
17036
H-(717) 566-3494
[email protected]
4 Steven M. Gobble Towanda Area SD
High School Dr
Towanda 18848 C-(570) 578-6889
[email protected]

[odoyelrules]

5 Dr. Joseph K.
Kimmel
1344 Ridge Road Hooversville 15936 H-(814) 479-4898
[email protected]
6 Dr. David Crumrine Central HS
718 Central Rd
Martinsburg 16662 S-(814) 793-2111
[email protected]
7 Frank Vulcano Canon-McMillan HS
314 Elm St Ext
Canonsburg 15317 C-(412) 298-5247
[email protected]
8 Michael A. Gavlik Pittsburgh Pblc Schls
625 South 10th St,
Room 105A
Pittsburgh 15203 S-(412) 622-3944
[email protected]

[odoyelrules]

Had to split it out into 3 posts:

9 Randy Cathcart Clarion Area HS
219 Liberty St
Clarion 16214 S-(814) 226-8112
[email protected]
10 Chris Osborne 73 Schaller Rd Transfer 16154 S-(724) 98-4030
[email protected]
11 Robert Hartman Whitehall HS
3800 Mechanicsville
Rd
Whitehall 18052 S-(610) 437-5081
Ext. 1816
[email protected]
12 Barry Strube West Philadelphia HS
4700 Walnut St
Philadelphia 19139 S-(215) 471-2902
[email protected]