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The No. 7 Virginia Tech wrestling team moves to 7-3, 1-1 after dropping their home bout to No. 24 Pitt, 12-26. The Hokies made an effort with bonus point victories

The No. 7 Virginia Tech wrestling team moves to 7-3, 1-1 after dropping their home bout to No. 24 Pitt, 12-26. The Hokies made an effort with bonus point victories

Plus Dawgs action and football news.

No. 20 Pitt fell behind early in New York City against Columbia, but three late victories earned them the victory, 19-18 on Sunday. The Panthers (5-1) win their fourth dual match in a row with the victory over the Lions (0-3). This is the first time the Panthers are 5-1 to start the season since 2019-20 where they started with the same record. The win also makes the Panthers 3-0 against Ivy League teams in the past two years, as the Panthers defeated the Brown Bears on Friday and Columbia at hom...

Let’s break down some of the key storylines from the weekend and how and how these results impact upcoming duals and rankings. 

Jeer: A poll released in late March by NBC News and Morning Consult contained a disturbing finding – 26% of those who are part of the Generation Z cohort, which includes those aged 25 and younger, have said they are not interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. The reasoning? They believe their parents and grandparents are out of danger since they have received shots, their lives have largely gone on as they did before the pandemic, and if they catch the coronavirus, it won’t affe...

Cheer: Those working within Fayette County’s vaccination task force, again, deserve praise. Their monumental efforts to get vaccine to those among the county’s nearly 130,000 residents who want it has proven so successful that the registry has been exhausted of those eligible under the state’s 1A phase. Getting Fayette’s population vaccinated so quickly means that residents are safer from potential health complications brought on by contracting COVID-19. The lessened risk, w...

Greg Macafee | Tribune-Review Kiski Area senior Sammy Starr looks to finish off a pin during Kiski Area’s sub-section meet with Armstrong on Jan. 28. Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review Kiski Area’s Sammy Starr wrestles against Nazareth’s Nathan Stefanik at 152 pounds during the Class AAA PIAA tournament last season. Previous Next One year ago, Kiski Area wrestler Sammy Starr found himself at the state tournament for the first time. He lost his first-round matchup to Nazareth senior Nathan St...

March 12, 2021 The core message that came from the six locals who placed at the East Super Regional tournament, last Saturday, was just getting to the state podium was not enough. Finishing top four from the super regional locked in their trips to the podium, last week. Saturday, in the Class 3A PIAA Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey, climbing the podium is the objective. All eight contestants in each bracket have guaranteed medals, meaning someone in each bracket will go 0-3 and sti...

Cheer: The primary stumbling block to schools reopening for instruction are justifiable concerns teachers have about the dangers reopening would pose to their own health, since COVID-19 is still raging.