With Gabe Ballard and Brayden Wenrich leading the way, the K-Kids finished third in the team standings, 18.5 points behind Nazareth. It is the best finish since the 2016-2017 team also finished third.

The tournament also marked the swan song for senior Trey Wagner. The 2024 state champion finished seventh at 139. His chance to add a second state gold to his collection ended in the semifinals, 7-4 to Patrick Woloshyn of Council Rock South. A takedown with just under a minute to go that put Woloshyn up 7-2 was the decisive score.

A solid 5-0 decision in the blood round secured a state medal for Wagner.

Trey ends his Northampton career as one of 20 state champions for the K-Kids and one of only 14 three-time state medalists. His 140 wins rank eighth all-time, tied with Joey Ecklof and Tommy Rohn.

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Carter Chlebove won his preliminary round match and another one in consolations to make it to the blood round where he dropped a 7-1 decision to Nathaniel Replogle of Central York.

Winning a pair of matches at states shows the progress made by the sophomore who failed to place at districts as a freshman.

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Senior Matthew Sommer also won in prelims but was knocked out of the tournament with losses to a couple of state medalists, Drew Scherer of Boiling Springs (sixth) and Mason Whitney of Abington Heights (third).

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This trip to Hershey also extended one of the great streaks in Northampton athletics.

For the 43rd straight year, at least one K-Kid won a state medal. That is the longest medal streak in PIAA wrestling history, and looks like a lock to be extended next year.

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Team Standings

(Top 10)

(1) Nazareth 84.0, (2) Notre Dame-Green Pond 68.0, (3) Northampton 65.5, (4) Bethlehem Catholic 58.5, (5) Connellsville 57.0, (6) Canon-McMillan 56.5, (7) Owen J. Roberts 50.5, (8) Council Rock South 48.0, (8) Wilson (West Lawn) 48.0, (10) Cedar Cliff 46.5