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NEW PIAA DISTRICT III WEBSITE – ALL CURRENT INFORMATION IS LOCATED AT THE NEW SITE

September 28, 2018 By District III

Please be aware that PIAA District III has a new website: 

www.piaad3.org

All 2018-2019 information is posted at that new website.  This website now serves as the archive site for PIAA District III.  Only information from past seasons will appear on this site.  When the 2018-2019 season is complete in May, we will migrate those files to this site and post the 2019-2020 information on www.piaad3.org.

Please visit the new site for all 2018-2019 information.  There is a dedicated link to this website from the new website.

Thank you for visiting PIAA District III.

PIAA EXPANDS WRESTLING BRACKETS FOR 2014-2015

May 21, 2014 By District III

The PIAA Board of Directors provided the first expansion of the state individual wrestling brackets in 41 years by adding four wrestlers per weight class, expanding the previous 16-man bracket to a 20-man bracket.

The change passed on a 26-5 affirmative vote; District 3’s representatives – Chairman Ron Kennedy of Donegal and Vice-Chairman Doug Bohannon of ELCO – voted against the proposal.  While District 3 does not oppose opportunities for participation, it opposes the notion that the additional wrestlers that advance to the state tournament will do so by losing a place match, rather than winning that match.

District 3 has advanced 4 wrestlers from its Class AAA wrestling championships directly to states the last two years.  But the 3-AAA championships are also the PIAA’s Southcentral Region, and the PIAA’s proportional representation gave District 3 a fourth qualifying spot at states.  District 3 will advance four AAA wrestlers to states in 2014-2015 and five AAA wrestlers to states in 2015-2016.  District 3 and District 1 have the same number of Class AAA wrestling schools and will split the additional qualifier between those two seasons.

In addition, District 3’s Class AA wrestlers must qualify to states through the PIAA Class AA Southeast Region Tournament.  That region, which includes Districts 1 and 11, has advanced 5 wrestlers per weight to states for several years.  With the expansion, that region (along with the AA Southwest Region) will advance 6 wrestlers per weight class.  Wrestlers who place sixth at regionals lose three matches during the region tournament.

It is now possible for a District 3 Class AA wrestler to lose 11 matches in the post-season and still claim a PIAA medal.  A Class AA wrestler could place sixth in sections (3 losses), fifth in districts (2 losses), sixth in regions (3 losses) and either sixth or eighth in states (3 losses).

But that is an unlikely scenario, and District 3 welcomes the opportunity for its wrestlers to advance into state competition.

FICK, HAGINO WIN DISTRICT 3 M&T BANK BOYS TENNIS SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 5, 2014 By District III

Derek Hagino of Hempfield won his second straight District 3 M&T Bank Class AAA Boys Tennis Singles championship with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Colin Muraika of Cedar Crest in the championship finals.  It was the fifth straight year that a player from the Lancaster-Lebanon League won the AAA boys singles championship.  Hagino won the last two ahead of Weston Fortna of Cedar Crest in 2012, Jack Berry of Manheim Twp. in 2011 and Jody Sambrick of Lampeter-Strasburg in 2010.

Andre Fick of Wyomissing won the District 3 M&T Bank Class AA Boys Tennis Singles championship.  Fick defeated Blaise Casselbury of Lancaster Country Day in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.  it is the third straight year a Wyomissing player has won Class AA boys singles; Ricard Saad of Wyomissing won the last two AA titles.  It is the second straight year Casselbury has earned a singles’ silver medal.  Fick was third last year.

The top three finishers in each class qualified for the PIAA Tennis Singles Championship May 23-24 at Hershey Racquet Club. Tony Deimler af Warwick defeated Nolan Perugini of Exeter Twp. 6-3, 6-2 for third in Class AAA while Adam Bahney of ELCO defeated Sebastian Pena of Lancaster Country Day 6-1, 6-4 for third in Class AA.