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Pioneer Athletic Conference sets plans for realignment beginning in 2024-25
The Pioneer Athletic Conference is set to embark on a new era beginning with the 2024-25 school year. The administrators of the 12-member Pioneer...

PIAA sanctions girls wrestling, Pennsylvania becomes 38th state to sponsor
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association voted unanimously on Wednesday to sanction girls wrestling as an official scholastic sport governed by the organization, making Pennsylvania...

Mercury All-Area: 2022-23 Wrestling Teams
FIRST TEAM 107 — Max Tancini, Fr., Perkiomen Valley 114 — Cole Smith, Sr., Spring-Ford 121 — Dean Houser, Jr., Daniel Boone 127 —...

Hertzog: The best is likely yet to come for rising Mercury-area wrestlers
After three grueling days of competition in Hershey, the chief takeaway from the PIAA Wrestling Championships must be the upward trajectory of wrestlers in...

Wrestling: 2022-23 All-Pioneer Athletic Conference Teams
Liberty Division First Team Luke Heimbach, senior, Boyertown Gavin Sheridan, junior, Boyertown Matt Shumaker, sophomore, Methacton Mason Karkoska, senior, Owen J. Roberts Sam Gautreau,...

Boyertown’s Sheridan, Pottsgrove’s DeMeno embark on solo mission at PIAA Championships
It’s a sweet 16 from the Pioneer Athletic Conference headed for ‘The Sweetest Place on Earth’ when the PIAA Wrestling Championships begin Thursday in...

Girls wrestling: Pottstown’s Robinson wins regional title
Pottstown’s Xiyah Robinson won the 170-pound title in the Eastern Regional girls wrestling tournament at Parkland High School on Sunday while six other local...

Owen J. Roberts’ Bechtold brothers, Gautreau, Boyertown’s Sheridan claim Southeast 3A Regional gold
FRANCONIA >> There were a number of Pioneer Athletic Conference “brothers acts” on stage at Souderton High this weekend. No less than four family...

PAC wrestlers’ progress slowed by power outage at Southeast 3A Regional
FRANCONIA >> It’s the kind of momentum-stopper not generally experienced in local wrestling circles. Maybe never, in fact. The Southeast AAA Regional tournament was...

Hertzog: Slow cooking suits first-time champs Boyertown’s Gardner, Owen J. Roberts’ Davidheiser
The journey to the top of the podium comes in different forms for different wrestlers. Different times, too. For some fortunate ones, they’re an...