Stars align in Butler
Pine-Richland and Butler/Legacy Wrestling joined forces this week — and 35 youth wrestlers benefited from the coalition.
Two NCAA champions and a three-time PIAA champion were at the Legacy Fitness Center in Butler this week to work with youngsters from kindergarten age through seventh grade.
Brock McMillen. a Glendale High School graduate, is a University of Pittsburgh wrestler and a three-time PIAA champion. He was at Legacy working with the kids Tuesday. Jason Nolf, a Kittanning High School grad and three-time PIAA champion — who became a three-time NCAA wrestling champion and four-time All-American at Penn State — was on hand Wednesday. Sonny Abe, another Penn State wrestler who was the 1996 NCAA champion and a three-time Big Ten champ, worked with the kids on Thursday.
“You don’t have to look too far from here to run into guys like these,” Butler High School wrestling coach Scott Stoner said. “Our region is such a hotbed for wrestling. It’s awesome they’re willing to give of their time to work with kids.”
Pine-Richland’s wrestling coaches brought these three mat standouts in, but could not host an instructional camp featuring them due to P-R wrestling facilities being unavailable right now.
“They called me and asked if I’d be interested in joining forces and holding the event here at Legacy,” Stoner said. “We welcomed that opportunity.”
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