Northampton may not have the same Hershey presence as the old days when state champions were nearly the norm for the K-Kids, but their three medal contingent from last weekend's PIAA tournament certainly assured everyone that Northampton is still around.

The Kids (15th) finished ahead of Easton (23rd) in the overall team standings and Michael Scheetz (106), Zach Valley (120) and Bobby Fehr (160) each returned home with medals.

"I think we came out here and wrestled hard," said head coach Seth Lisa. "I think we had a pretty good postseason. We wanted to be top five in districts and we finished sixth, we took a top five finish at regionals and for awhile here [states], we were in the top 10. I'm definitely happy with how our guys wrestled at the end of the year."

Valley brought home the highest medal from Northampton's contingent, losing in Saturday night's third place consolation round to Vincenzo Joseph of Central Catholic 5-4.

Valley (36-9) had a 3-0 lead in third period, but was caught off-guard by a reversal that eventually led to three back points that turned a commanding third period lead into a 5-3 deficit.

He would gain an escape, but not another take down to leave him with the reality of settling for fourth place.

"I guess you can say that I was surprised when I got reversed because I'm usually pretty tough on top," said Valley. "I put my head down and he [Joseph] cross-faced me hard. All of a sudden I'm on my back and that's not what I expected."

Fehr (35-12) lost his opening bout of the tournament, but battled back to win three straight in the wrestle backs before getting placed in the fifth place bout.

That's where he met McDowell's Tyree Spearman and saw his season end in similar fashion as Valley, losing late in the third period by an ankle pick that let Spearman turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 victory.

The lone winner in the medal rounds was 106-pounder Michael Scheetz (30-12), who edged Avon Grove's Edgar Garcia by a 3-1 affair in the consolation finals to take seventh place.

Todd Hetrick (27-15) also reached the Giant Center mats, but his fate wasn't as fruitful, going 1-2 over the weekend and being eliminated on day two of the competition following an 18-2 technical fall from Cathedral Prep's Jake Gromacki in the second round of consolations.

"The biggest thing is that all these guys are coming back next year," said Lisa. "They're the guys that have been working hard all year for us and I think that will rub off on all the other guys in the program too. This is the standard for us and we need to keep that moving forward."