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Two NCAA Champs, PA Champion, Six State Place-Winners Lead 2019-20 Mountain Cat Wrestling Recruiting Class

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Coach Pat Pecora currently has 598 dual meet wins under his belt as a head coach. This total places him 2nd among over 5,000 college coaches in over 110 years of competition. The late Dale Thomas who coached at Oregon State from 1957-1990 won 616 matches and he has held 1st place in wins since 1976 when he passed Coach Joe Begala of Kent State. The Mountain Cat squad could put Pecora in 1st place in February of 2020 if weather holds up and all matches are held and the wins continue to roll in. We will keep an eye on these matches and hope to be there.
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Head Coach Pat Pecora and the Pitt-Johnstown wrestling program have added 19 new wrestlers, including a pair of NCAA Division II National Champions, a Pennsylvania State Champion, six former Pennsylvania State place-winners and seven state qualifiers, for the 2019-20 season. 
2019 NCAA Division II National Champions Tyler Warner (Dennison, Ohio/Claymont High School) and Connor Craig (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder High School) both transferred to Pitt-Johnstown from Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University after leading the Cardinals to a runner-up national finish.  Warner, a red-shirt junior, posted a 25-1 overall record and defeated Nebraska-Kearney’s Wesley Dawkins, 4-1, to win his title at 133 lbs.  Warner was 53-10 in two seasons at Wheeling Jesuit.  Craig won the 174-lb. national championship with a 6-2 decision over McKendree’s (IL) Nick Foster.  Craig, also a junior, was 28-1 in 2018-19 and 54-9 in his two-year career at Wheeling Jesuit. Rest of the story at

July 16, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized