EC wrestling

The Ellwood City Wrestling team took second place at the Southside Duals tournament on Saturday, Jan. 2. Ellwood went 3-2, defeating Ambridge, Highlands and Independence. Ellwood lost to South Fayette and South Side. Junior Tyler Alberts went undefeated in three rounds and won another two by forfeit. Ellwood City 48.00 Ambridge 30.00 106: Robbie Thompson (Ambridge) over Ellwood City (For.) 113: Tyler Baird over Ambridge (For.) 120: Carter MacMurdo over Ambridge (For.) 126: Brigitte Lockhart (Ambridge) over Ellwood City (For.) 132: Tyler Alberts over Laconia Seymour (Ambridge) (Fall 0:00) 138: Donavan Chambers over Salim Rollog (Ambridge) (Fall 0:00) 145: Angelo…

Junior Tyler Alberts placed third in the Southmoreland Holiday Wrestling Tournament held on Dec. 29 and 30. Alberts won four of his five matches. Eight other Ellwood City wrestling competed in the tournament. Tyler Alberts Alberts over Joey Chapman (West Greene) (Fall 0:48) Alberts  over Nick Huskey (Ligonier Valley) (Dec 7-0) Gage Nicolella (Mcguffey) over Alberts (Dec 5-1) Alberts over Mason Karpinski (Greenville) (Dec 4-0) Alberts over Austin Mihalchik (Mount Pleasant) (Dec 4-2) Tyler Baird Matthew Hines (Hollidaysburg Area) over Baird (Dec 7-1) Baird over Jake Garrety (Mcguffey) (Dec 3-2) Dajauhn Hertzog (Greensburg Salem) over Baird (MD 14-4) Angelo Battaglia…

As a sophomore, Tyler Albers won the wrestling MAC tournament, placed third in the WPIAL and advanced to the PIAA state tournament. This year, as a junior, he’s hoping to improve that performance. In addition, six other Ellwood City wrestlers qualified for the WPIAL championships last season. For Craig Alberts, now on his third year as head coach, this season is promising for both individual achievement and team performance. Although the team lost three seniors, including WPIAL medalist Mike Sinclair, six returning starters and an influx of freshmen invigorate the lineup. “We would like to advance as many of our…

The Ellwood City Wolverine wrestlers had a fine individual showing at the Hampton Team Duels with 25 match wins. The competition, held at Hampton High School on Saturday, Dec. 5, pitched five teams against each other in a tournament series and inaugurates the varsity wrestling season. The teams competing were Ellwood City, Fox Chapel, Hampton, Mount Lebanon, Mount Pleasant and Riverview Although the Wolverines only won as a team against Riverview, Coach Craig Alberts was pleased with the individual results. “It was one of our best showings at this tournament,” Alberts said. “We usually struggle as a team here because…