There were no titles for the Northwestern wrestling team coming out of the Southeast Regional Tournament. But the Tigers left Wilson West Lawn High School with much more.

With two wrestlers in the championship finals, and two more placing in the top six, Northwestern came away from the regional tournament with four wrestlers advancing to this week’s PIAA Championships.

Baily Wehr (120) and Caleb Clymer (152) advanced to the championship finals this past Saturday and finished second in their weight classes.

Wehr lost a 5-2 decision to Saucon Valley’s Josh Jones while Clymer fell 5-3 in overtime to Susquehanna Township’s Edmond Ruth.

In addition to Clymer and Wehr, Colin Rex (132) and Jackson Bernhard (145) both qualified for states by taking sixth.

“It was good,” said Tigers’ head coach Jim Moll. “It was very successful and they’re all happy for each other. They really care about each other’s success, and it shows.”

Wehr and Jones not only squared off for the second straight week, the two met for the fifth time this season in the 120-pound final.

Like he did in the district final a week earlier and their previous meetings this season, Jones managed to do just enough to edge Wehr.

“He had him close every time they wrestled,” said Moll. “Jones is real good on top, that tilt. We kind of have a game plan for that. We’ll maybe practice that a little bit more this week in case we run into him again at states.”

Wehr reached the finals by knocking off Upper Dauphin’s Bronson Garber, 6-5 in the semis. Garber, the District 3 champion, entered the tournament 36-0.

“It was pretty exciting, not to be expected to be in the finals,” Wehr said. “But it was pretty exciting to be in the finals, and knowing I could win the finals.

“It was a good finals match. Just some little things I need to tweak for next week. It was a good finals match, though.”

Clymer had no easy task in the 152-pound final against Susquehanna Township sophomore Ruth, another District 3 champ who held a record of 33-0 entering the tournament.

But Clymer pushed the action for three periods before falling in overtime.

“I learned a little bit more about what he does,” Clymer said of Ruth. “He’s strong, he’s quick, and I need to learn to finish a shot. I was in on a bunch of them, and I just couldn’t quite come up with it.

“He was quick, and he countered with a nice go-behind, and I have to give it to him. He’s No. 1 in the state for a reason. It’s regionals; it’s not the end of the world. But there’s definitely experience to be taken out of it, and just a little bit more to take out to states.”

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend came from Rex. The junior, competing in the regional tournament as an alternate, made the most of his opportunity, winning three straight consolation matches to secure his spot in Hershey after losing his opening bout to Northern Lebanon’s Trevor Leonard by technical fall.

“It definitely sunk in after my (third-round consolation) match against (Saucon Valley’s Justin) Kyra,” which Rex won 9-3. “My teammates came out and they were hugging me. My coaches were lifting me up. I got my coaches to shed a couple tears. They were all very proud.”

Rex knocked off Schuylkill Valley’s Hunter Williams 11-9 in a first round consolation bout before erasing a 7-1 deficit to edge Northern Lehigh’s Ezra Neff 10-7 before taking down Kyra in a third round consi match.

“To go from not qualifying for regionals, get in as the alternate, and take advantage of that opportunity, it’s awesome,” said Moll. “I’m very proud of the way all four of these guys wrestled. I can’t really say enough about them and how well they did.”

Rex, who placed fifth at the district tournament and just missed advancing to regionals, was happy just to have another chance and keep his season alive for at least one more week after one of the top four district finishers at 132 could not compete due to injury.

“It was nice because it was like I was given another opportunity to come out and wrestle,” Rex said. “I thought I was done and I was out. But it was nice to come back and use the opportunity and make something of it.”

Like Rex, Bernhard battled through the consolation bracket after losing his opening match to Kennard Dale’s Andrew Barnett by technical fall, 15-0 (3:25).

The junior ripped off three straight wins to secure a medal and a spot in Hershey.

Bernhard opened his run in the consolation bracket by pinning Valley Forge Military Academy’s Timothy Ewing and Newport’s Mike Capozolli in back-to-back matches. The junior’s most impressive win might have been a 2-0 decision in his next bout against Catasauqua’s Ryan Greene.

“We knew it could happen,” Moll said of getting four wrestlers to the state tournament. “But we knew Jackson had to beat somebody (Greene) he’s never beaten before, and we knew Rex had to do the same thing. We knew he had to beat somebody he’d never beaten before.

“And they both did that. Rex actually beat two guys in a row he’s (a combined) 0-5 against. He lost three times to Kyra and Neff he was 0-2 against. To beat those two guys back-to-back, and the way he did it, was amazing.”

With a memorable weekend in the books, Moll is eager to see what will transpire in Hershey.

“Go out there and see what happens,” said Moll. “That’s what I preach to the kids all year long, is to go and just compete. That’s all we try to get our guys to do and they did a great job of that this weekend.”