Escape Sports live brackets HERSHEY — Of the 27 District 9 wrestlers who started at the PIAA Wrestling Championships, only four failed to make Friday at the Giant Center. However, not all escaped the first day unscathed. In Class AA, nine wrestlers opened Friday’s schedule at 9 a.m. in the quarterfinals. Those nine are a win away from securing a state medal. A win in the quarterfinals guarantees a top-six medal finish. The top eight overall win medals. Seven wrestlers opened with a loss, but got a bye in the consolation round and start Friday...

BOYS CLASS AA Bracket (9-1) REDBANK VALLEY (20-5) VS. (6-3) BELLWOOD-ANTIS (20-7) When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7 Where: Clarion University’s Tippin Gymnasium Winner gets: West Branch (6-2) vs. Mercyhurst Prep (10-3) winner March 11 Game Notes: The Bulldogs play their first state playoff game since 1991 when they take on the Blue Devils, who haven’t won a state game since 1996 when their head coach Brent Gerwert was a junior at his alma mater. The only state game the Bulldogs have won came way back in 1979, the year before their last title,...

Photo info: Clarion-Limestone’s Noah Rankin (Photo by George Powers/www.georgepowersphotos.com) BOYS CLASS A Bracket (9-1) CLARION-LIMESTONE (22-3) VS. (7-5) CW NORTH CATHOLIC (16-9) When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6 Where: Clarion University’s Tippin Gymnasium Winner gets: Southern Fulton (District 5-2) vs. Vincentian (7-3) winner March 10 Game Notes: The Lions head to the state playoffs for the third time in four years and meet the Trojans, who were knocked out of the WPIAL quarterfinals by eventual runner-up Jeannette, 55-50. From there,...