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Just a reminder that RodFrisco.com will provide live, as-it-happens reporting of the PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championship semifinals Friday night and the PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Championship semifinals Saturday morning from Giant Center.

There is no live TV and a limited number of radio stations broadcasting live from both sessions. In addition, viewers are welcomed and encouraged to ask questions and add comments throughout the chat. We look forward to hearing from you throughout both sessions.

Also, this site is dedicated to statewide coverage. I do not limit my discussion to certain regions, although I will definitely follow the District 3 wrestlers a little more closely than other matches.

The chat is free and open to all. The PIAA does charge a fee (it will cost $150 to do both sessions). Several viewers have said they would like to help defray the cost, so I’m going to experiment. I’ll have a PayPal button on the page that will enable anyone who wishes to contibute to do. But please understand there is absolutely no obligation to do so.

We look forward to seeing you on the chats.

Welcome to today’s chat for the PIAA Class AAA Wrestling preliminaries.

The Class AA opening round was pretty solid: Several upsets of region champions (six) and a near-miss of a mjor upset when Richland’s two-time PIAA champion John Rizzo had to rally from a pair of two-point deficits to nip Halifax’s powerful but unheralded Joey Kaufman, 5-4.

Join the chat below with questions and comments about the AAA round.

A reminder: As per PIAA policy, I cannot do play-by-play of any matches, having not paid a real-time web publishing fee for this round. (I will go live for the Class AA semifinals tomorrow night and the Class AAA semifinals Saturday morning)