Jake Gunning doesn't take moral victories from anything and his 5-3 defeat to Matthew Doggett of Wyoming Seminary Sunday evening in the Bethlehem Holiday Classic finals didn't come with any points for a valiant effort.

However, it did provide Gunning with motivation as he heads into the rest of the season.

Gunning's performance was a gritty battle in the 220-pound final, which capped off a night and weekend for the Hurricanes, who medaled nine wrestlers en route to a seventh place team finish with 135 points.

Gunning was the lone Hurricane in the final, but wasn't the only Bethlehem native on the spotlight, as Freedom's Dylan Brown also reached the 106-pound finale, but lost to Phillipsburg's Brandon Paetzell by a 20-5 technical fall.

Winning gold in Gunning's home gym was a goal for the Liberty senior, but knows what he has to improve upon moving forward.

"I definitely have to work on my offense a lot more," Gunning said. "I got taken down first in that finals match and I can't let that happen. It was a close match and I just have to work that much harder. It was good to be in the finals in my home gym, but it's a little bittersweet not coming away with the title my senior year."

Brown had trouble staying on pace with Paetzell and Freedom head coach Brandon Hall knows there will be teaching lessons from that defeat as well.

"Obviously, Dylan had a tough match in the finals," Hall said. "We're just going to look to progress and get better. That's what I'm really seeing everyday. Making it to the finals was good for Dylan, but he had a nice win in the semifinals and it just shows the progression that he's making from last year. I think it reassures him that he's doing the right things, but we'll keeping working on getting better."

Liberty's medal contingent also included KJ Fenstermacher (113, fourth), Luke Werner (106, fifth), John Ritter (126, eighth), Kevin Knox (160, seventh), Noah Klingborg (170, eighth), Orlando Miller (195, third) and Andrew Gunning (HWT, seventh).

Freedom's other two place winners were Jake Young, who took sixth at 170 and John Callahan, who finished fourth at 182.