Omar Haddad has had a flair for the dramatic during his final wrestling postseason run and stayed on that course Saturday night at the Giant Center in Hershey.

Haddad pulled out a 4-3 victory over Tyler Worthing of Kiski Area to close out his senior season with a third-place finish at 220 pounds at the PIAA Class AAA championships. And he did it in similar fashion en route to his first district and regionals crowns in the weeks leading up to Hershey.

Haddad scored the winning takedown over Worthing with one second left in the third period to give him a joyous sendoff from his high school career. Haddad scored third-period takedowns with less than 30 seconds left over Liberty's Andrew Gunning in both the District 11 and Northeast regional finals to win those matches and followed a similar path for state bronze medal.

"It means a lot to win," said Haddad of taking third. "I had tough match in the semis with Jordan Wood [Boyertown] and came up short, but to come back and take third is such a blessing."

Haddad would have had a shot at going for gold had it not been for Wood, who came into the tournament as the favorite to win states. Wood didn't disappoint, as he narrowly defeated Haddad 3-2 and then went on to win the finals by a 4-0 decision over South Western's Seth Janney.

For Parkland head coach Ryan Nunamaker, seeing Haddad follow in the footsteps of three older brothers, two of which wrestled for Nunamaker, was a happy ending for Parkland, as Haddad was the lone Trojan to come away from Hershey with a medal.

"First and foremost, the Haddad's are great kids," Nunamaker said. "They're just outstanding, mature young men. It's like having another adult in the room. They're responsible, respectful and they work hard and it's why they're successful.

"It's tough coming back from a crushing semifinal match defeat when you have your sights set on state gold, but Omar had an outstanding state tournament. He ends up losing by a point to the number one kid [Wood] in the country, but he battled back. He certainly kept that Haddad tradition going at Parkland and we're proud of him and I'm sure his family is proud of him too."

Following his win over Worthing, Haddad huddled up with his family near the Giant Center boards for a family photo, which spoke volumes of the pride they had for what the youngest brother had accomplished.

"My family has been so supportive over the years and God has been the most thing in my life and I'm just thankful for how everything worked out," he said. "That photo was a special moment that I'll never forget and it was a great way to leave this tournament."

Jacob Lizak (126) and Frank Guida (170), both underclassmen, also competed for Parkland, but fell short of grabbing hardware. Lizak, a junior, lost his first-round match against Ethan McCoy of Greater Latrobe 4-1, but battled back to win two consolation round matches before being eliminated following a 7-3 defeat to Wade Cummings of Downingtown East.

Guida's road led him to a 16-5 quarterfinal defeat to eventual state champion TeShan Campbell of Penn Hills. Guida then ran into Southern Lehigh's Matt Mirth for a third time this postseason, as he met the Spartan senior in the district and regional finals as well.

The result was the same as the previous two, as Mirth scored a 7-5 overtime victory to record his third straight win over the sophomore in as many weeks, knocking him from the opportunity to medal.

"I think the longer you're around the sport, you know nothing is given when you compete at the state tournament," Nunamaker said. "Jacob lost two tight matches to kids that ended up finishing third and fourth. He's a resilient kid and he'll be back.

"For Frank, it was a great experience. He was sixth in the district a year ago, now he's a round away from placing at the state tournament. That's tremendous improvement and if he continues to do that, he'll be on top of that podium before he's done."