Tom Housenick
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PIAA Class 2A wrestling: Faith Christian puts exclamation point on monumental season
Faith Christian crowned two PIAA Class 2A wrestling champions and won all nine medal matches on its way to a team title which capped a memorable season. → Read More
PIAA Class 3A wrestling: A moment a year in the making for Quakertown’s Mason Ziegler
Quakertown's Mason Ziegler started training a year ago for Friday's moment. He's aiming for more. → Read More
PIAA Class 3A Wrestling: Easton’s Nick Salamone, Nazareth’s Jake Doone stay calm, advance
HERSHEY — The thought and the stresses that go with wrestling his first PIAA tournament match as a freshman could not wipe the smile from Nick Salamone’s face. A five-point lead disinte… → Read More
PIAA wrestling: Saucon Valley’s tired Jackson Albert finds energy to survive, advance
Saucon Valley's Jackson Albert finds the energy to fight, finish to reach quarterfinals. He is one of four Panthers to advance. Faith Christian advances eight, Notre Dame-GP five and Northwestern one. → Read More
PIAA wrestling: 20 storylines from Catasauqua to Parkland
From Catasauqua to Parkland, there are plenty of storylines entering this weekend's PIAA Wrestling Championships. → Read More
PIAA wrestling predictions: Lehigh Valley’s elite looking to finish on the podium
Nazareth's Charlie Bunting would be fine if his arm fell off, as long as he won a PIAA wrestling title. That's how much it means to Lehigh Valley competitors. Here are predictions for both classes. → Read More
Lehigh Valley high school wrestling rankings: Nazareth’s Sonny Sasso all about the team
Nazareth's Sonny Sasso took the team approach for the individual postseason, to the surprise of no one. Plus the latest Lehigh Valley individual rankings → Read More
Saucon Valley Country Club to host five more USGA events, including two more U.S. Senior Opens
Saucon Valley Country Club will be host to five more USGA events, including two U.S. Senior Opens. → Read More
High school wrestling pound for pound top 10 rankings
I remember coming to Liberty’s Memorial Gym years ago to cover the Northeast Regional wrestling tournament for newspapers in other districts and thinking how intimidating it must have been fo… → Read More
Faith Christian wrestler Arment Waltenbaugh all about family
Arment Waltenbaugh is all about the Faith Christian wrestling family. His father, Matt, was part of the Lions program when it had only three members. → Read More
Girls regional wrestling tournament returns to Parkland
Parkland is hosting the East Regional girls wrestling tournament Sunday, with Districts 1, 11 and 12 competing. → Read More
Northeast Regional, Southeast Regional wrestling: Top threats to Lehigh Valley
Here are 10 wrestlers in the Class 3A Northeast Regional and 20 in the Class 2A Southeast Regional who stand in the way of District 11. → Read More
Pound for pound wrestling rankings: Saucon Valley’s Jake Jones approaching unique milestone
Senior Jake Jones likely won't catch his two brothers on the Saucon Valley career wins list. But he is approaching a record in the state have accomplished. → Read More
Lehigh Valley high school wrestling rankings: Palisades’ Haubert progressed into a champion
Palisades' John Haubert's transition from football to wrestling is going well. He climbs the latest Lehigh Valley wrestling rankings. → Read More
District 11 wrestling seeds: Weight changes, scratches and more
Some of the biggest surprises every year come before the individual postseason begins: Scratches, weight descents (and ascents), injuries and wrestle-offs. This season is no different. Here is a sa… → Read More
Saucon Valley wrestler Travis Riefenstahl willing to shoulder the burden after surgery
Saucon Valley's Travis Riefenstahl always knew he'd make it back from shoulder surgery in time to finish his senior wrestling season. → Read More
District 11 wrestling: Six things to know
The District 11 Wrestling Championships are days away. Here are six things to know ahead of the tournament: 1. Schedule Friday (Class 2A at Freedom; Class 3A at Liberty): 5 p.m., pigtails and preli… → Read More
PIAA has 100th school to approve girls wrestling
SanctionPA's push to reach the 100-school threshold for girls wrestling programs was met today. Now it's the PIAA's turn to act. → Read More
Lehigh Valley individual wrestling rankings: Notre Dame-GP, Saucon Valley showed heart
Notre Dame-GP, Saucon Valley battled on after falling short of their state team wrestling tournament goals. They have many among the latest individual rankings. → Read More
PIAA team wrestling: Saucon Valley, Notre Dame-GP bounce back on consolation round
HERSHEY — Faith Christian took down Notre Dame-Green Pond in a battle of the state’s top-ranked Class 2A teams in Friday’s PIAA quarterfinal. But not until Max Stein bumped up to … → Read More