After all was said and done for Bethlehem Catholic following the PIAA wrestling championships, the conclusion was evident that moving up to 3A was, and will remain, the right move for Golden Hawks going forward.

Becahi crowned two state champions, placed five wrestlers and came home with the runner-up trophy in the team title race as a winter of competition concluded Saturday night at the Giant Center in Hershey.

Luke Karam (126) and Andrew Dunn (HWT) both came home with gold medals, as Karam controlled a 5-2 decision over Zack Trampe of Council Rock South, while Dunn won a bout of unbeatens, knocking off Bo Spiller of Solanco 5-3.

Jake Riegel (120, 8th), Stephen Maloney (138, 6th) and Mike Labriola (152, 3rd) also came away with medals for the Hawks, as Becahi (106 points) finished behind team champion Franklin Regional (152 points) in the team standings.

"It's our first time in 3A and we want to win," said head coach Jeff Karam. "We didn't lose, but we didn't win if that makes sense. It gives us something for next year. "Everyone knows how young we are. We pretty much have our whole team back for the exception of Andrew Dunn and we want to get that team title. That's why we came up to 3A, because we want to be challenged and we made the right decision."

Dunn (46-0) also made the right decision to move up to heavyweight for the postseason, as he scored two takedowns against Spiller (40-1) to bring home his first state title, despite battling through bronchitis over the weekend.

"You know it was hard for me to breathe in the first period, but right now this is the best feeling ever," said Dunn. "I've worked so hard for this and now I'm a state champ. It's just awesome."

Luke Karam (38-2) was awesome throughout the tournament in a different way. Karam didn't register any eye-popping results, posting only one major decision in his first round 12-2 victory over Wade Cummings (Downingtown East), but winning his next three bouts by a combined seven points.

His controlled approach to the matches and unnerved demeanor makes him difficult to crack.

As fans were clamoring for stalling throughout his finals matchup with Trampe, Karam answered the call with two takedowns. In fact, right after Karam was hit for a stalling call in the third period, he countered with a takedown seconds after it to essentially wrap up the match.

"I was called for stalling," Karam asked in his post match press conference. "I didn't even know. I just go out and wrestle."

By winning the state championship a year ago at 113 in 2A, Karam was inevitably asked if there was a difference between the two crowns.

"Competition was basically the same," he said. "There's tough kids in 3A and 2A. I think this class is deeper once you're here at states, but they're both tough. This is my favorite medal though. Growing up I always wanted to be my dad's first state champ in 2A and now I'm his first state champ in 3A too."

Labriola could have found himself in the finals as well, if it wasn't for the officials incorrectly waving off a takedown against Franklin Regionals Josh Maruca in overtime of their semifinal bout.

Labriola would lose 3-1 in the tie-breaker and settled for third after defeating Kaleb Young of Punxsutawney 5-3 in an ultimate tie-breaker match.

The whirlwind day was nothing the Becahi sophomore couldn't handle.

"It was a pretty good day," said Labriola of his eventful Saturday, but relented after being pushed a little more on his controversial semifinal loss. "It was a rocky day actually. One thing I took away from this is that you can't leave a match up to the ref. You have to finish it yourself."

Riegel, who won the 106-pound 2A state title a year ago as a freshman, ended his season with a 10-0 major decision defeat to Zach Hartman of Belle Vernon to take home an eighth place medal.

It was a tough tournament for the returning state champion, as Riegel suffered a hip injury in his first match and was forced to default that bout in 5:52. Battling back through the consolation bracket did show his grit and toughness.

Meanwhile, Maloney lost to Demetri D'Orsaneo of Owen J. Roberts 3-1 in his fifth place consolation.