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By Jeff Upson
Friday night inside the GIANT CenterinHershey,PA,waselectric. From a media standpoint, it makesitdifficulttocoversixsemi-
finalmats,butfromafanperspective,itwas oneofthebestatmospheresinwrestling
The2026PIAAStateTournamentonceagain highlighted why Pennsylvania is the superior stateacrossAmerica.BothClassAAandAAA hadnationallyrankedwrestlersfall.Thedepth of both was evident across many weight classes,culminatinginashowdownbetween twoofthebestinPennsylvaniahistoryat145 pounds, where #1 Bo Bassett pinned #2 BrandtHarerinthefinals.ThePIAAeven
deviatedfromthenorm,startingthefinalsat 152poundsandendingwiththeBassett-Harer match.
In this issue, our columnists recap the PIAA State Tournament across all districts and highlight the top performers in Hershey. Tom Elling discusses the bracket size of the State andwhatcanbedonetoimprovethelogistics ofrunningthreetournamentsonsixmatsover athree-dayperiod.
PWN founder Joe Baranik provides some startling statistics from Penn State’s dominance in his Takedown Trivia. We have NCAANationaltournamentpreviewsacrossall three divisions, including Tristan Warner, who breaks down the Division I seeds and 50 qualifiersfromtheKeystoneState
Our final State Rankings of the season are settled, as readers can see the top eight in each weight across AA, AAA, and Girls In our next and final issue of the season, we will recap the NCAA Tournaments, report on college commitments, and highlight the PittsburghWrestlingClassicwhichtakesplace onMarch28 atAHNArenainPetersTownship. th
Bo Bassett of Bishop McCort (Photo by Aaron Morekin)