On Mar. 15-17 eighth grader Deklan Barr, seventh grader Dominic Picciotti and many other Altoona wrestlers competed at Reading, Pa. at the Keystone States Championship.
Altoona had many achievements, but the two biggest finishes were from Barr and Picciotti. Barr earned second place and Picciotti finished with seventh place overall in their age and weight categories.
Barr has been wrestling for about eight years now and this meant a lot to him.
“It’s special to me because I worked really hard for it and all my hard work paid off,” Barr said.
seventh overall in his weight and age category. Picciotti wrestled at the 91 pound weight class. (Courtesy of Teresa Picciotti)
Picciotti has been wrestling since he was 5-years-old.
“This means a lot to me because it was my first big achievement in junior high,” Picciotti said.
19 Altoona wrestlers attended this championship. All of the wrestlers were in different weight categories. All grades from sixth to tenth attended States.
McKenna Koeck • Mar 27, 2024 at 9:59 am
That’s awesome, I’m sure they worked really hard. Congrats to them!