It was probably not a coincidence that Ryan Anderson and Jagger Condomitti were slated as the final matchup of last Saturday’s District 11 3A wrestling finals.

The 145-pound showdown set up a rematch of Condomitti’s upset victory at the PIAA team championship and Anderson knew this would be an opportunity at redemption and he took care of business.

Anderson scored a four-point in the second period with a takedown and two back points to control with a 4-1 lead and held on for a 5-3 decision to give Bethlehem Catholic their second gold medalist on the night, as Cole Handlovic (152) started the finals with a 16-7 major decision over Northampton’s Michael Kistler for his first district title.

Still, with all eyes set on Anderson and Condomitti, the Becahi senior knew what was at stake.

“I was hoping that we could have wrestled earlier,” said Anderson. “Going last added a little more pressure, but I personally did not think I was going to lose to him again.”

With the Iowa State recruit’s only defeat coming at the PIAA championships to Condomitti two weeks ago, Anderson was looking forward to the chance to wrestle him again.

“Two weeks ago, that was a tough loss,” he said. “I was not thinking straight at all. I had a couple distractions. I got the job done today, but I want to see him again [at regionals]. He’s a really tough opponent and he makes me better, which is good for the sport.”

Becahi advanced nine wrestlers in total to regionals and finished fourth in the team standings with 206.5 points behind team champ Northampton (256.5), Nazareth (232.5) and Liberty (214.5). With five finalists in total, the Hawks saw Dante Frinzi (106), Kenny Herrmann (132) and Luca Frinzi (160) fall in the championship round.

Despite going 2-for-5 in the finals, Handlovic got BC on the board first with his win over Kistler, scoring seven takedowns in the victory. Last weekend’s performance is hopefully the beginning of a memorable postseason run.

“It felt good to get my first district title,” he said. “It’s an awesome feeling but at the end of the day my ultimate goal is to have that state gold on me.”

Luca Frinzi had trouble taming Nazareth’s Connor Herceg in his finals bout, falling by a 10-5 margin, as Herceg hit a late five-point move in the third period to carry toward gold. Dante Frinzi lost a 5-4 nail-biter to Easton’s Braxton Appello.

Appello scored all five of his points on a reversal and near fall points in the first period and then hung on in the third period after getting called for two stall points.

Herrmann ran into the buzz saw of Northampton’s Julian Chlebove during a 5-1 loss to the K-Kid senior.

Other Hawks to place at districts included Dillon Murphy (126, fourth), Jase Crouse (HWT, fourth), Matt Lackman (138, fourth) and Matt Mayer (113, third).