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 still walk away with an eighth-place finish.
For Downingtown East’s Keanu Manuel (120 pounds) and Matt Romanelli (172), Downingtown West’s Dom Findora (126), Coatesville’s Nate Lucier (132), Kennett’s Trent Kochersperger (138) and West Chester Henderson’s Sammy McMonagle (145), getting to Hershey was no easy task, but finding wins there will be much tougher, with the lion’s share of the talent coming from the West super regional.
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.
Cheers: State Attorney General Josh Shapiro secured a commitment from internet provider Comcast to delay its implementation of usage-based data overage charges. In equal part, Jeers to the telecommunications company for being unable to read the room â and for deciding now was the time to cap data, and charge its customers who go over their data limit additional fees. More adults than ever rely on the internet to work, and many children require it to stream classes. That results in an increase in essential usage that comes at no fault of the customer. At a time when there are so many making less than they were, or who are unemployed, asking customers to potentially pony up more for service was a tone-deaf move. As Shapiro noted, âThis is not the time to change the rules when it comes to internet data usage and increase costs.â The agreement delays Comcast from instituting the overage charges until July. It also protects low-income families enrolled in the companyâs
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Greater Latrobe’s Vincent Kilkeary (top) wrestles Waynesburg’s Joseph Simon (bottom) in the 113-pound final of the Powerade Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 30, 2021.
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Malvern Prep’s Cole Derry (left) wrestles Hempfield’s Isaiah Vance (right) in the 285-pound final at the Powerade Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 30, 2021.
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Malvern Prep’s Cole Derry (right) wrestles Hempfield’s Isaiah Vance (left) in the 285-pound final of the Powerade Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 30, 2021.
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Malvern Prep’s Nick Feldman (left) wrestles Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer (right) in the 215-pound final at the Powerade Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 30, 2021.