Richland Coaches Duals

I covered this for The Tribune-Democrat. It wasn't a great event for teams in my coverage area, as Cambria Heights was my highest finisher at fourth place despite the fact that six of the 10 teams were from my coverage area.
I saw Kittanning as the favorite in Pool B, but would have picked Blairsville over Moshannon Valley in Pool A. The Black Knights edged the Bobcats on criteria to win their pool and showed that was no fluke by staying with Kittanning until the final bout. Blairsville, which has not had returning state place winner Scott Thompson in its lineup since Dec. 8, went 4-1 on the day. Thompson still has his arm in a cast.
Central Cambria lost 113-pounder Corey Lazration to a broken arm on Saturday.
Among the individual results that were being talked about:

• Blairsville's Drew Doak needing overtime to beat Cambria Heights' Levi Niebauer, 3-1.
• Blairsville's Noah Tarr beating Richland's Nick Naglic 8-3 in their dual.
• Kittanning's Zac Croyle handing Somerset's Jacob Nickelson his first loss, 7-4, at 195. It was the second consecutive season Croyle beat Nickelson.

I'm sure there were some other key matches, but with my day being split over dual-meet tournaments, I probably missed some. Feel free to leave a comment if there is something that caught your eye.

I've linked to the NWCA box scores for each of the duals.

Richland Coaches Duals

Championship
Kittanning 33, Moshannon Valley 31
Third-Place Match
Blairsville 42, Cambria Heights 29
Fifth-Place Match
Somerset 54, Central Cambria 15
Seventh-Place Match
Richland 45, United 30
Ninth-Place Match
Tyrone 47, Greater Johnstown 15

Pool A

Moshannon Valley 40, Blairsville 39*

Central Cambria 41, Tyrone 37

Richland 39, Tyrone 31

Moshannon Valley 54, Central Cambria 30

Blairsville 54, Richland 23

Moshannon Valley 43, Tyrone 18

Central Cambria 43, Richland 19

Blairsville 52, Tyrone 28

Moshannon Valley 42, Richland 33

Blairsville 66, Central Cambria 18

* Dual was won on criteria E (most six-point match victories)

Pool A Standings
Moshannon Valley..4-0
Blairsville...............3-1
Central Cambria......2-2
Richland................1-3
Tyrone..................0-4

Pool B

Kittanning 34, Cambria Heights 24

Somerset 48, United 28

United 57, Greater Johnstown 6

Kittanning 38, Somerset 31

Cambria Heights 73, Greater Johnstown 0

Kittanning 39, United 27

Somerset 72, Greater Johnstown 6

Cambria Heights 44, United 27

Kittanning 57, Greater Johnstown 6

Cambria Heights 44, Somerset 35

Pool B Standings
Kittanning..............4-0
Cambria Heights.....3-1
Somerset...............2-2
United...................1-3
Greater Johnstown.0-4