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Thursday, January 6, 2022 B3
Local Roundup

Today
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
❏ 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Maryland at Illinois
❏ ESPNEWS — UT-Martin at Tennessee St.
❏ ESPNU — New Hampshire at Vermont
❏ FS1 — Ohio St. at Indiana
❏ 8 p.m. CBSSN — UAB at North Texas
❏ 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Washington St. at
Colorado
❏ FS1 — Iowa at Wisconsin
❏ 9:30 p.m. ESPN — SMU at Cincinnati
❏ PAC-12N — Washington at Utah
❏ 10 p.m. CBSSN — Louisiana Tech at UTEP
❏ 11 p.m. FS1 — Southern Cal at California
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
❏ 6 p.m. ACCN — Clemson at Florida St.
❏ BTN — Penn St. at Maryland
❏ 6:30 p.m. SECN — Texas A&M at
Tennessee
❏ 8 p.m. ACCN — North Carolina at NC State
❏ BTN — Northwestern at Iowa
❏ 8:30 p.m. SECN — Arkansas at Vanderbilt
FIGURE SKATING
❏ 5 p.m. USA — U.S. Championships: Pairs’
Short, Nashville, Tenn.
❏ 8:30 p.m. USA — U.S. Championships:
Women’s Short, Nashville, Tenn.
GOLF
❏ 6 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: The Sentry
Tournament of Champions, First Round,
Kapalua Resort, Kapalua, Hawaii
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOY’S)
❏ 1 p.m. ESPNU — NIBC: Legacy Early
College (S.C.) vs. La Lumiere (Ind.), La Porte,
Ind.
❏ 3 p.m. ESPNU — NIBC: Oak Hill Academy
(Va.) vs. Wasatch Academy (Utah), La Porte,
Ind.
❏ 5 p.m. ESPNU — NIBC: Sunrise Christian
(Kan.) vs. Montverde (Fla.), La Porte, Ind.
NBA BASKETBALL
❏ 7:30 p.m. TNT — Boston at New York
❏ 10 p.m. TNT — LA Clippers at Phoenix
NHL HOCKEY
❏ 7 p.m. ESPN — Minnesota at Boston
SOCCER (MEN’S)
❏ 12:30 p.m. CBSSN — Serie A: AS Roma
at AC Milan
❏ 2:45 p.m. CBSSN — Serie A: Napoli at
Juventus
SPEED SKATING
❏ 7 p.m. USA — U.S. Olympic Trials: Men’s
and Women’s 1000m, Milwaukee
TENNIS
❏ 6 a.m. TENNIS — ATP Cup Group Stage;
Adelaide 1-WTA, Melbourne 1 and 2-WTA
Early Rounds
❏ 7 p.m. TENNIS — ATP Cup Semifinal;
Adelaide 1-WTA, Melbourne 1 and 2-WTA
Quarterfinals
❏ 6 a.m. (Friday) TENNIS — ATP Cup
Semifinal; Adelaide 1-WTA, Melbourne 1 and
2-WTA Quarterfinals
DailyLine
NCAA Basketball
Today
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
at Wright State 7 UIC
at Indiana 1 Ohio State
at Tennessee State 6 UT Martin
at Illinois 11½ Maryland
at Georgia State 8½ UT Arlington
at Troy 1 Coastal Carolina
at UL Monroe 9 Little Rock
at Louisiana 4½ Arkansas State
at Rice
at North Texas
3½ Middle Tennessee
1 UAB
at Omaha 3 North Dakota
National Basketball Association
Today
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
at New York 1 Boston
at Memphis
Golden State
13
6½
Detroit
at New Orleans
at Phoenix 12 LA Clippers
National Hockey League
Today
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
at Buffalo OFF San Jose OFF
at Tampa Bay OFF Calgary OFF
at New Jersey OFF Columbus OFF
at Boston -170 Minnesota +140
at Philadelphia OFF Pittsburgh OFF
at Dallas OFF Florida OFF
at Arizona OFF Chicago OFF
Maplewood Tigers lose dual match to Corry 51-9
MEADVILLE TRIBUNE upset Corry’s Xavier Reyda, a pinned his opponent in 2:33,
MAPLEWOOD - CORRY MAPLEWOOD - LAKEVIEW first-team all-region wrestler Louden Gledhill (189) pinned
CORRY — The Corry Corry 51, Maplewood 9
LAKEVIEW (51) last year. Perrine won via a his in 0:35 and Ramy Sample
wrestling team defeated 106: No entry; Miller 0-2-4-2, Grantham 2-0-1-6, Smith 5-2-2-
113: Isaiah Bayle (C), fall, Caydn Shetler 12, Pence 3-5-6-11, Reiser 3-5-8-11, Fagley 9-3 decision. (285) pinned his in 1:22.
Maplewood 51-9 in a dual (M) 1:28; 2-0-2-5, Olson 1-0-0-2, Dye 1-0-0-2. Totals:
120: Cody Proper (C) forfeit; 17-14-23-51. Saegertown collected wins Cochranton is 3-0 overall
meet on Wednesday. 126: William Allen (C) dec., Chase Blake MAPLEWOOD (35) at 106, 113, 120 and 138 to and in Region 3. The Cardi-
Corry won forfeits at 120 (M) 8-3; Beauchat 1-0-0-2, Burns 1-0-0-2, Kennedy
132: Kayden Reyda (C) major dec., Mike 5-3-3-14, Burk 1-0-4-3, Holcomb 0-0-0-0, close out the match. nals are back in action on Fri-
and 189 pounds. The Bea- Wickstrom (M), 12-3; Palmiero 0-0-0-0, Peterson 2-0-0-6, Sleeman
Hunter Robison, at day and Saturday at the Tool
vers also earned two wins 138: Andrew Proper (M), dec., Damion Kinney
(C), 6-1;
0-0-0-0, Doolittle 4-0-1-8. Totals: 14-3-8-35.
Lakeview 14 16 13 8 — 51
145: Hunter Savitz (C), fall, Landyn Reynolds Maplewood 8 9 14 4 — 35 120-pounds, beat Cody Prop- City Tournament.
by fall and two by major (M), 1:29; 3-pt. goals: Lakeview — Grantham 2, Fagley
er in a 18-7 major decision, in
decision. 152: Trey Proper (C), major dec., Zayne Smith 1; Maplewood — 3-pt. goals: Peterson 2,
(M), 17-2; Kennedy 1, Burk 1. which he collected eight take-
Maplewood earned points 160: Greg Roae (M), fall, Nolan Carey (C), Records: Lakeview 2-5, 1-2 Region 1;
downs and one reversal. Sailors beat Tigers
at 138 and 160 pounds. An- 1:39;
172: Mason Savitz (C), dec., Logan Gross
Maplewood 2-7, 0-1 Region 2
GUYS MILLS — Lakev-
drew Proper (138) beat Da- (M), 5-4;
189: Ethyn Allen (C), forfeit; Corry 32-27 in a Region 3 du- iew beat Maplewood 51-35
mion Kinney in a 6-1 deci- 215: Hayden Linkerhoff (C), forfeit; 285: Xavier
Reyda (C), forfeit.
al-match on Tuesday. Cardinals down Ike in a non-region matchup on
sion and Greg Roae (160) Note: Match started at 120 pounds. The match started at RUSSELL —Cochranton Wednesday.
pinned Nolan Carey in 1:39. Records: Corry 1-1; Maplewood 1-3. 152-pounds and Corry won defeated Eisenhower 48-21 Maplewood’s Logan Ken-
Maplewood is 1-3 in Re- the first three bouts before in a Region 3 wrestling dual nedy led the Tigers with 14
gion 3 dual matches on the Saegertown’s Landon Cald- match on Wednesday. points. Ethan Peterson hit two
season. The Tigers will be Panthers beat
well pinned Corry’s Ethyn The Cardinals won three 3-pointers.
in action next at the Tool Beavers 32-27 Allen in 1:44. bouts via forfeit and three The Tigers are back in ac-
City Tournament on Friday CORRY — The Sae- Corry won at 215-pounds, pins. tion on Friday for a Region 2
and Saturday. gertown wrestling team beat but Saegertown’s Josh Perrine Chris Maynard (172) matchup at Saegertown.
NFL looks at contingency sites for Poppovich records
Super Bowl amid Covid-19 rise 2,000 wins with Spurs
ASSOCIATED PRESS home of the Dallas Cowboys, reportedly
is one of the facilities contacted. The sta-
ASSOCIATED PRESS tory of the season, tied a sea-
NEW YORK — The NFL, not surprising- son high with a fifth straight
dium hosted the Rose Bowl in 2021 when BOSTON — Gregg Popo-
ly in the midst of a rise in COVID-19 cases, win overall. They beat Or-
it was switched from Pasadena because of vich became the first to coach
has looked into other potential sites for next lando for the second time this
COVID-19 restrictions in California. 2,000 NBA games with the
month’s Super Bowl. season and 10th straight over-
California Health and Human Services same team, and Dejounte
That’s not unusual because the league does all.
Agency Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said that Murray scored 22 points to
so every year. But with Los Angeles the site it’s not just the Super Bowl that brings people Seth Curry added 20 points,
lead San Antonio past Boston.
for this year’s title game, and restrictions in- a season-high 12 assists and
creasing for attendance at indoor events, it has
to Los Angeles County, but a week or more Devin Vassell and Derrick
seven rebounds, while Furkan
of events across the region. He said officials White each had 17 points to
become more noteworthy. are committed to making sure the events go help the Spurs snap a four- Korkmaz scored 15 of his 20
“We plan on playing Super Bowl 56 as
forward as planned, “that the mitigation strat- game losing streak. points in the second half.
scheduled at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles egies that create safety around that event are Jaylen Brown led Boston Cole Anthony led Orlando
on Sunday, Feb. 13,” NFL spokesman Brian in place.” with 30 points after scoring with 26 points.
McCarthy said Wednesday. “As part of our “I know L.A. County is closely in contact a career-high 50 in a victory
standard contingency planning process that we with the NFL to make sure that strategies are over Orlando in the Celtics’
conduct for all regular and postseason games, put in place to ensure that people can enjoy last game, but had a driving
Raptors 117, Bucks 111
we have contacted several clubs to inquire about this important event while making sure that MILWAUKEE — Pascal
layup roll off the rim just be-
stadium availability in the event we cannot play we put things in place that allow COVID mit- Siakam scored 33 points, OG
fore the buzzer sounded.
the Super Bowl as scheduled due to weather-re- igation to be an important feature of the ap- Anunoby and Gary Trent Jr.
lated issues or unforeseen circumstances. proach to that game that is just over a month had 22 apiece and Toronto
“Our planning process for the Super Bowl away,” Ghaly said Wednesday. 76ers 116, Magic 106 beat short-handed Milwau-
in Los Angeles is ahead of schedule and we Also on Wednesday, the Grammy Awards ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel kee.
look forward to hosting the Super Bowl there were postponed indefinitely. They were Embiid scored 31 points, To- Fred VanVleet added 19
bias Harris added 22 and Phil- points for the Raptors. They
to culminate another fantastic NFL season for scheduled for Crypto.com Arena in Los An-
our fans and clubs.” geles on Jan. 31. Organizers cited health and adelphia beat Orlando. improved to 18-17 and over-
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the safety concerns. The 76ers, who notched came Milwaukee’s hot-shoot-
their NBA-best 14th road vic- ing first half and late rally.

Panthers
at Colorado OFF Winnipeg OFF
at Las Vegas
at Anaheim
OFF N.Y Rangers
OFF Detroit
OFF
OFF
Meadville residents qualify for national competition SAEGERTOWN - UC
at Los Angeles OFF Nashville OFF
Saegertown 57 Union City 15
Continued from Page B1 160: Clay Thomas (UC) pinned Garrick
OnTapToday Union City lit up the score-
Jordan, 3:48;
172: Keenan Schaaf (Sa.) dec. Drake
BOYS BASKETBALL Applequist, 13-6;
All games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted
board first at 160 pounds, 189: Landon Caldwell (Sa.) won by forfeit;
❏ General McLane at Cochranton when Clay Thomas pinned 215: Porter Brooks (Sa.) pinned Nate Long
1:56;
GIRLS BASKETBALL Garrick Jordan in 3:48. 285: Josh Perrine (Sa.) won by forfeit;
106: Carter Beck (Sa.) won by forfeit;
All games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted Saegertown then started 113: Travis Huya (Sa.) won by forfeit:
❏ Conneaut at Franklin 120: Hunter Robison (Sa.) won by forfeit:
❏ Cochranton at Youngsville reeling off the points when 126: Owen Hershelman (Sa.) pinned Marcus
❏ Eisenhower at Cambridge Springs Keenan Schaaf won a 13-6 Irwin, 1:17;
❏ Maplewood at Union City 132: Hayden Hebner (UC) dec. Nolan Hughes,
❏ Saegertown at Seneca decision over Drake Apple- 7-3:
138: Greg Kiser (Sa.) pinned Daithin Kent,
HOCKEY quist at 172. 3:17;
❏ Meadville at Armstrong —9 p.m. Saegertown had its first 145: Ethan Stoops (UC) won by forfeit: 152:
Gabriel Jordan (Sa.) pinned Zach Beckwith,
SWIMMING forfeit win at 189. At 215, :28.
Saegertown 8-1, 4-0; Union City 4-4, 0-3.
❏ Cathedral Prep/Villa Maria at Meadville — 6 Porter Brooks pinned Nate
p.m. at Meadville Area Recreational Complex
Long in 1:56 to give the Pan- the Bears; he just told it the
thers a 15-6 lead. way it is.
The Panthers then had for- “We’ve got sick kids and
feit wins at 285, 106, 113 and we’ve got hurt kids,” Caro
120 pounds for a 39-6 lead. said. “We were shut down
Saegertown’s Owen Her- over Christmas and this
shelman then pinned Marcus is our first week back, so
Camps/Youth sports Irwin in 1:17 at 126 to wid- it’s been a rough couple of
en the Panthers’ lead to 45-6 weeks for us.”
before Union City’s Hayden
Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot Hebner won a 7-3 decision
With an 8-1 overall record
The Elks Lodge No. 219 and a 4-0 Region 3 record,
Hoop Shoot Contest will be over Nolan Hughes at 132.
At 138, Saegertown’s Greg the Panthers are ready to
held Jan. 15 at the Seton
School gymnasium at 385 Kiser earned a pin in 3:17 move on.
Pine Street. Children ages over Daithin Kent. At 145, “We’re in a good place,”
8 to 13 are welcome. There Union City’s Ethan Stoops Mulligan said. “We’re going
is no entry fee and entrants to be moving into the state
are not required to be an Elks won by forfeit before Sae-
member. Registration begins gertown’s Gabriel Jordan rankings. On our team, we’ve
Contributed photos
at 8:30 a.m. The Shoot begins Gary Thomas (left) and Tyler Kucharski, both Meadville residents, placed in the top-three of their pinned Zachary Beckwith in got four guys ranked in the
at 9. Entrants must bring respective divisions at a strongman contest in Hubbard, Ohio, in October. Both men qualified for 28 seconds. top 10 in the state, and we’re
proof of age. Call Bill at (814) a national strongman event that will be held in New Hampshire in June. Union City coach Fred pumped for the Tool City
336-8658
Caro made no excuses for Tournament this weekend.”

Meadville MEADVILLE - ERIE HIGH

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Kinder drew Josiah Previte at 132
pounds.
“He’s (Previte) experienced and
been on the mats before. I think
he’s challenged us in the past. This
is two matches in a row now Alex
has had the better kid,” Anderson
said. “Alex did a nice job getting in
on some takedowns. He didn’t finish
every one of them, but then he had a
big move with some back points and
along with a takedown to seal it for
him. If he does a couple things a lit-
Meadville 76, Erie High 0
106: Ben Fuller (M) fall, Reginald Ott (E), 2:33;
113: Caleb Anderson (M) forfeit;
120: Stephen Ernst (M) forfeit;
126: Caden Ream (M) forfeit;
132: Alen Kinder (M) major dec. Josiah Previte (E), 11-3;
138: Mark Dait (M) fall, Daniel Stovall (E), 0:30;
145: Brighton Anderson (M), forfeit;
152: Westin Chess (M) forfeit;
160: Alaric Jones (M), forfeit;
172: Ty Tidball (M), fall Izhak Salgado (E), 0:41;
189: Tyler Battles (M), forfeit;
215: Griffin Buzzell (M) fall, Oscar Vaughn (E), 0:39;
285: Rhoan Woodrow (M), fall, Nasir Muhammed (E),
1:25.
Note: Match started at 106 pounds.
Records: Erie High 1-2; Meadville 2-0
tle different he is probably winning
by more than a major, but a major is ball’s pin was in 41 seconds.
pretty good against one of their best
kids.”
Kinder defeated Previte 11-3
to earn a major decision. His win
pushed the team total to 28.
Mark Dait followed in the 138
bout and wasted zero time. Dait got
a quick takedown of Erie’s Daniel
Stovall and pinned him in 30 sec-
onds. It was the ‘Dogs quickest pin
of the night.
Meadville won 145, 152 and 160
with forfeits before Ty Tidball faced
Erie’s Izhak Salgado at 172 pounds.
Again, the Bulldog got right to busi-
ness and grappled the Royal to the
ground before getting a pin. Tid-
After a final forfeit at 189 pounds,
senior Griffin Buzzell pinned Os-
car Vaughn in 39 seconds. Rhoan
Woodrow closed out the match at
285 with a fifth pin for Meadville,
this was in 1:25.
“My guys did what I expected.
Griffin, being ranked in the state,
went out and took care of business
and so did Rhoan. He stayed within
his game and got a nice takedown.
Then he went right to work and
didn’t waste any time,” Anderson
said. “I think that was the theme
for tonight. Just staying within our-
selves, working hard at what they do
and not getting into their game, but
staying with our game.”
Meadville has won its two dual
matches by a total score of 133-
12. The team’s next dual match is
against Cathedral Prep on Wednes-
day at 6 p.m. at the Hagerty Family
Events Arena. Before that matchup,
Meadville is set to host Tool City on
Friday and Saturday.
“We didn’t have Tool City last
year and had a bunch of freshmen
and sophomores on the team last
year, so I know the juniors, soph-
omores and freshmen of course
are really excited,” Anderson said.
“Having a year off then being able
to come into our own gym and host
such a prestigious tournament, I
think the kids are pretty amped up
about it.”

Kightlinger as this year.

Continued from Page B1
college football was some-
thing he’s glad he did, Kight-
linger’s passions and interests
shifted more to bodybuilding,
nutrition, and weight lifting
during his first year of college.
After some thought into
what he wanted to do, he
walked away from college
football and is now training
to compete in his first body-
building competition as soon
“I think I get it from my
dad’s side of the family. I al-
ways wanted to be considered
a tough guy. I first really got
interested in training when
doing some endurance work
when I was in the sixth grade,
but my interest really grew
when the pandemic first start-
ed and I got really into body-
building and training.”
The summer of 2021 saw
the Crawford County na-
tive bulk up 20 pounds with
him, since adding another 10
pounds as a part of the bulk
he is currently on. In a few
short months, he is going to
be starting a “cut” which will
help him to build muscle and
drop some of the weight he
has added the last half a year.
After the cut that he intends
to complete in the summer of
2022 is when he will evaluate
if he’s ready for his first body-
building competition or not.
“I think my background in
wrestling has really helped
me through this,” Kightlinger
said. “I think as a wrestler, you
have a strong introduction into
training and even learn about
how to eat and what to eat.”
Kightlinger is also learn-
ing more about the human
body as a bio major, but his
interests also extend to the
business realm as well. He
currently has a small vehicle
detailing business and has
become invested in learning
more about the crypto curren-
cy industry as of late.
Though his time as a varsi-
ty athlete appears to be over at
least for the time being, he rec-
ognizes a few key people who
helped him realize a dream of
becoming a college football
player and the best athlete he
could be during his days as
a Panther. His father Ronald
Kightlinger Jr., his uncle Co-
rey Kightlinger, and his high
school wrestling coach Jim
Mulligan have been the key
figures who have been by his
side and pushed him to every
accomplishment he’s racked
up over the years.
“I really credit my parents,
coaches, and God for every-
thing I have accomplished so
far. They have helped me in
every way possible.”
For Alexander Kightlinger,
he’s proud to have experi-
enced the family feeling ev-
erywhere someone goes in
town, as well as through all
three athletic programs he was
a part of with the Panthers.
Playing sports has guided him
to be the man he is today with
the mentality being something
he brings to him as he contin-
ues to work towards his first
bodybuilding competition.