Returning State Champ, Devin Brown Ruled Eligible
Returning State Champ, Devin Brown Ruled Eligible
Returning State Champ, Devin Brown Ruled Eligible
By: Corey Haddad, Flo High School Insider
Franklin Regional’s Devin Brown has had many victories in his wrestling career. Last season he was a PA class 2A state champion at 106 winning by fall in overtime and this past summer he was a member of the FILA Cadet World Team representing the USA at 46 Kilograms (101.4 Pounds).
On Tuesday afternoon, he earned what may be his biggest victory and it was nowhere close to a wrestling mat but inside of a meeting room in central PA in front of the PIAA, the state’s athletic governing body.
The PIAA overturned a District 7 (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) decision that made him ineligible. Brown is now immediately eligible to compete for Franklin Regional’s wrestling team after his transfer from Saegertown over the summer. Brown is currenty ranked #4 nationally at 106 in Flowrestling’s individual rankings and adds to #10 Franklin Regional’s already loaded lineup that now includes two returning state champions; 132 Tyler Smith, a Bucknell signee, being the other.
Head coach Eric Mausser, Brown, and members of Franklin Regional’s administration made the three-hour trip to Mechanicsburg where the PIAA is headquartered for the hearing. At approximately 1:30 PM Saegertown presented it’s side and then members of the PIAA board questioned both sides.
After a twenty-five minute deliberation Devin Brown heard the best news possible: that he can wrestle for Franklin Regional.
“The grin on his face, he was ecstatic”, Mausser told Flowrestling. “He is a great kid that wants to go to college. It is about the well-being of him as a person more than just being a wrestler”.
Brown now gets his opportunity to compete and that is exactly what he will do, as he will be inserted at 106 for the PowerAde Christmas Tournament at Canon-McMillan High School on December 27 and 28 where he was a runner-up last year.
By: Corey Haddad, Flo High School Insider
Franklin Regional’s Devin Brown has had many victories in his wrestling career. Last season he was a PA class 2A state champion at 106 winning by fall in overtime and this past summer he was a member of the FILA Cadet World Team representing the USA at 46 Kilograms (101.4 Pounds).
On Tuesday afternoon, he earned what may be his biggest victory and it was nowhere close to a wrestling mat but inside of a meeting room in central PA in front of the PIAA, the state’s athletic governing body.
The PIAA overturned a District 7 (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) decision that made him ineligible. Brown is now immediately eligible to compete for Franklin Regional’s wrestling team after his transfer from Saegertown over the summer. Brown is currenty ranked #4 nationally at 106 in Flowrestling’s individual rankings and adds to #10 Franklin Regional’s already loaded lineup that now includes two returning state champions; 132 Tyler Smith, a Bucknell signee, being the other.
Head coach Eric Mausser, Brown, and members of Franklin Regional’s administration made the three-hour trip to Mechanicsburg where the PIAA is headquartered for the hearing. At approximately 1:30 PM Saegertown presented it’s side and then members of the PIAA board questioned both sides.
After a twenty-five minute deliberation Devin Brown heard the best news possible: that he can wrestle for Franklin Regional.
“The grin on his face, he was ecstatic”, Mausser told Flowrestling. “He is a great kid that wants to go to college. It is about the well-being of him as a person more than just being a wrestler”.
Brown now gets his opportunity to compete and that is exactly what he will do, as he will be inserted at 106 for the PowerAde Christmas Tournament at Canon-McMillan High School on December 27 and 28 where he was a runner-up last year.
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