Review and Preview - Jan. 11

   This past weekend's Bloody Run Duals at Everett featured a District 6-AA final between West Branch and Central Cambria. West Branch cleared a big hurdle by beating Bedford, 45-30, to win its pool and advance to the title match, where the Warriors dispatched the Red Devils, 52-21.
   Aside from the West Branch loss, Bedford won its four other duals, while host Everett suffered a pair of two-point defeats to Forest Hills and Meyersdale after losing to Central Cambria earlier in the day. Tussey Mountain had wins over James Buchanan and United in the tournament.
   This week features a key dual tomorrow night in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, plus the upcoming Ultimate Duals on Saturday. I'll have more on that power-packed event later in the week. Here's the local schedule:

Schedule
Tuesday
Westmont-Hilltop at Bedford
Claysburg-Kimmel at Northern Bedford
HOPE for Hyndman at Shade
Tussey Mountain at Moshannon Valley

Thursday
Central Cambria at Bedford
Juniata Valley at Claysburg-Kimmel
Shade, Tussey Mountain at Everett
Berlin at HOPE for Hyndman
Northern Bedford at North Star

Friday
Glendale at Northern Bedford

Saturday
Chestnut Ridge in Ultimate Duals at Brookville

   Tomorrow night's match with Westmont visiting Bedford has major implications on the remainder of things in the LHAC. Bedford is unbeaten in the league at 5-0 and can clinch at least a tie for the conference title with a win. Westmont is 4-1, while Cambria Heights, Penn Cambria, and Somerset all have two league defeats. The Bisons have just two LHAC matches after this remaining, Central Cambria on Thursday and Cambria Heights next week.
   Thursday's tri-meet at Everett will begin at 5 p.m. Varsity matches will go in this order — Everett vs. Shade, Tussey Mountain vs. Shade, and Everett vs. Tussey Mountain. A second mat for junior high duals between the three schools will be used.

Around the State
   District 6-AA powers Huntingdon and Mount Union each lost on Saturday. At the Juniata Duals, Saucon Valley beat Huntingdon, 36-33. Last week's latest state team rankings from PA Power Wrestling had Saucon fourth and Huntingdon 14th, while Mark Dugan of Off the Mat has them eighth and ninth in his latest edition that was released this afternoon.
   Mount Union was handed its first defeat by tournament host Line Mountain, 42-35, at the Line Mountain Duals. Line Mountain was unranked by both services at the time of the win, and Dugan now has them 17th with Mount Union one spot behind.
   Mount Union will host West Branch tomorrow night and then host Huntingdon on Thursday.