Girls' Wrestling Game Summaries

Senior Leyna Rumpler capped an historic career at North Allegheny with a second-place performance at the PIAA girls’ individual wrestling championship in Hershey. Rumpler, who won gold at states last season at 148 pounds, earned her second silver medal at states on Saturday by finishing in second place at 155 pounds. She also took second place at the state championships as a sophomore. This weekend’s state tournament was the first ever sanctioned by the PIAA, making Rumpler the first Tiger in program history to garner a medal in PIAA competition.

Rumpler opened the three-day tournament on Thursday by securing her 100th career victory with a win by fall over Delaware Valley’s Juliet Fitzpatrick. After reaching the 100-win plateau, Rumpler continued to blaze her trail through the 155-pound bracket on Friday with a pin fall over Mylea Lambert of Northampton in the quarterfinals and followed with a hard-fought victory over Raegan Snider of Northern Bedford. Tied 1-1 after regular time and a scoreless overtime, led to a 30 second ultimate tiebreaker. Rumpler was able to successfully ride out Snider and win 2-1. The victory over Snider set the stage for another significant battle between Rumpler and Hickory’s Avry Rihal.

The top two-ranked wrestlers in the state at 155 pounds dueled last week with Rumpler defeating Rihal by a 2-1 decision for the PIAA West Regional title. However, in the rematch, it was Rihal who earned a narrow victory with a 1-0 decision for the PIAA championship.

Rumpler finishes her career at North Allegheny with 102 career wins and a trophy case filled with medals. Congratulations to Rumpler and all of the members of the North Allegheny girls’ wrestling team for another historic season.

PIAA Class AAA Girls Wrestling Championships

North Allegheny senior Leyna Rumpler continued her quest for a second consecutive individual state championship with a gold medal performance at the PIAA West Regional on Saturday at Canon-McMillan High School. The first-place showing punches Rumpler’s ticket to the PIAA championships next weekend in Hershey. Also honored at the event was North Allegheny head coach Dan Heckert, who was named the WPIAL Girls Coach of the Year by the WPIAL Coaches Association.

A week after becoming the first WPIAL champion in program history, Rumpler delivered a perfect 3-0 trek through the bracket at 155 pounds. She opened the tournament by making quick work of Laurel’s Alyssa Stewart in the quarterfinals, earning a pin fall in 1:37. In the semifinals, a strong first period by Rumpler led to a 6-1 decision over Davaya Truman of Erie High. That set the stage for a battle between the top two-ranked wrestlers in the state at 155 pounds.

Rumpler and opponent Avry Rihal of Hickory each had only one loss on the season entering the title bout. The loss for each participant came against one another at tournaments earlier in the season. In the rubber match, Rumpler picked up a hard-fought 2-1 decision to win the PIAA West Regional title over Rihal. With the victory, Rumpler improves to 32-1 on the season, while Rihal drops to 27-2.

In addition to Rumpler, four other Tigers also participated at the PIAA West Regional. Junior Kaylee Dean reached the semifinals at 190 pounds before falling to second-ranked Natalie Rush of Canon-McMillan. Seniors Hannah Williams (118) and Audrey Morrison (142) also took part in the regional for the Tigers. For a look at the entire bracket, click here. 

Rumpler, who won a state last season, will set her sights on becoming the first wrestler in program history to win a PIAA state championship next week in Hershey.

PIAA Girls West Regional

North Allegheny hosted the first ever WPIAL girls’ wrestling championships on Saturday and the Tigers crowned one of their own as an individual champion. Senior Leyna Rumpler became North Allegheny’s first WPIAL champion in program history by claiming district gold at 155 pounds. She defeated Connellsville’s Imani Cameron-Botti in the title bout with a win by fall in 1:25. Rumpler finished 3-0 with 3 first period falls.

Four other Lady Tigers took home medals on this historic day. Senior Hannah Williams finished in fourth place at 118 pounds with three falls. Junior Kaylee Dean also finished in fourth place, recording two falls at 190 pounds. Senior Audrey Morrison took fifth at 142 pounds, recording two falls on the day. Freshman Heidi Radford placed seventh at 235 pounds with one fall.

All five Lady Tigers qualified for the first ever PIAA West Regional Tournament on March 2.

Other Lady Tigers that competed at the first ever WPIAL Girls’ Wrestling Championships were juniors Riona Redshaw (106), Isabella Cuomo (112), Brenna Collery (136) and Maya Scott (148), sophomores Ava Frailey (170) and Anna Kovacic (124) and freshman Lorelei Bungard (130)

For a look at the brackets from the WPIAL championships, click here.

The North Allegheny girls’ wrestling team rallied from a 24-point deficit to capture a thrilling 42-30 victory over visiting Saegertown on Tuesday night.

Prior to the dual meet, North Allegheny seniors Audrey Morrison, Leyna Rumpler and Hannah Williams were honored. The Tiger trio were original members to the team and helped spearhead the effort to start the program at North Allegheny and sanction girls’ wrestling in the PIAA. For an historic four-year career at NA, Morrison, Rumpler and Williams were named the Wright Automotive Wrestlers of the Match.

Despite falling behind 30-6 through the first six bouts on the meet, the Tigers shrugged off the hefty deficit and rallied behind three pin falls and three forfeits to seize a 42-30 victory. The comeback started with a pin fall by Maya Scott in 35 seconds at 142 pounds and was followed by another pin fall by Morrison at 148 pounds to cut the deficit to 30-18. After a win by forfeit for Ava Frailey at 155 pounds trimmed the deficit even further at 30-24, the Tigers tied the meet at 30-30 on a win by fall courtesy of Rumpler at 170 pounds over Zoey Sample. With two bouts remaining, NA picked up two more wins by forfeit to claim a 42-30 triumph.

The win improves North Allegheny’s record to 8-1 on the season. The Tigers will take part in the WPIAL championships on Saturday, Feb. 17.

Girls Wrestling Match Summary: NA vs. Saegertown

The North Allegheny girls’ wrestling team hosted a 29 team field that had over 200 girls compete on Saturday. The Lady Tigers were paced by two champions and finished in second place as a team. NA scored 129 points, finishing behind No. 2-state ranked Cumberland Valley, who posted an impressive 246 total points.

Senior Leyna Rumpler (155) posted a 4-0 record enroute to a first place title and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestling. She wrestled a total of one minute and 52 seconds over the course of those four matches. Rumpler posted falls in 15, 16, and 50 seconds on her way to the finals. In the championship bout, Rumpler pinned WPIAL No. 2-ranked Imani Cameron-Botti of Connellsville in 31 seconds.

Also claiming gold was junior Kaylee Dean. Dean won by fall in her first two matches, including a fall over WPIAL No. 6-ranked Haley Hunter of Seneca Valley in the semifinals. In the finals, she defeated WPIAL No. 4-ranked Abigail Hewitt of Norwin, 7-1.

Senior Audrey Morrison finished in fourth place. She finished 3-2 on the day with three falls. Her two losses came at the hands of WPIAL No. 2-ranked Anastasia Manchester of Butler and WPIAL No. 4-ranked Grace O’Korn of Peters Township. Junior Maya Scott finished in 6th place, posting a 3-3 record with 3 falls.

Senior Hannah Williams posted a 3-2 record with 2 falls and finished in seventh place. Sophomore Ava Frailey finished in eighth place with two falls.

Freshman Anna Kovacic posted a strong performance going 3-2 with three falls. Sophomores Lorelei Bungerd and Ava Anthony and junior Brenna Collery all finished the day 2-2.

For a look at all results from the NA Invitational, click here.

The North Allegheny Girls’ wrestling team has one more dual meet before they host the first ever WPIAL Girls Championship on February 17. Ahead of WPIAL’s, the Tigers will host Saegertown on Senior Night on Tuesday, February 6 at 6:00 PM. The Senior Night meet will be broadcast live by the North Allegheny Sports Network.