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Dapper Dan: Andrew Alton dec Joe Cozart

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MaxPreps: Altons finish remarkable career

Central Mountain twins end with two state high school wrestling titles.

By: Tom Fox

MaxPreps.com

MILL HALL, Pa. — Andrew Alton had to take a couple seconds to think about it.

In his four-year career, what hasn’t the Central Mountain senior accomplished?

State titles? Check. Regional titles? Four of them, to be exact.

The long laundry list continues on for miles and miles. Honestly, if you laid out his resume and accomplishments, it would probably stretch along the concrete pavement of Interstate 80, through the red lights on Route 15 and right into the doorway of the Giant Center in Hershey, the final stop on an amazing high school road.

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Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic: Team USA tops Pennsylvania, 30-13

By Ken Wunderley, Tri-State Sports & News Service

Team Pennsylvania's Matthew Cunningham, right, takes on Team USA's Nick Visicaro at 171 pounds.

Matthew Cunningham got his chance to compete in the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic Saturday night at Pitt’s Fitzgerald Field House. But things didn’t go well for the Shady Side Academy senior and his Pennsylvania teammates.

The United States All-Stars dominated the match with wins in nine of the 13 weight classes, en route to a surprisingly easy, 30-13 victory against the Pennsylvania All-Stars.

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Altons split at Dapper Dan

Andrew wins handily while Dylan gets taken down at the buzzer to lose by 1.

USA wins the overall match.

Villalonga gets the US OW while Joshua Dziewa gets the PA version.

USA 30 PA 13

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PSU recruits in PIAA AAA Finals Gallery

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photos by Sam Getty at Pennlive

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MaxPreps: Few upsets among nationally ranked wrestlers at state finals

The Wrestling USA national high school rankings held up well through the state finals, with only a handful of top-ranked wrestlers suffering upsets.

By: Kevin Askeland

MaxPreps.com

Texas is known for its football, New York is known for its basketball and in Pennsylvania, the state is known for its wrestling.

Of the top 42 wrestlers in 14 weight classes ranked by Wrestling USA in mid-February, Pennsylvania had 10 of them, including five ranked No. 1 in their weight class. Following the conclusion of the state championships, four finished with state or national championships.

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