SUNBURY - For an all-star meet, some of the wrestlers at the third Annual Northumberland County Recreation Commission All-Star Meet went at it like they meant it Tuesday at Shikellamy High School,
The meet, which raised funds for the recreation commission's Scholar Athlete Scholarship Program and other recreational projects throughout the county, featured eight PIAA state qualifiers, including five medalists and AAA 215-pound state champion Spencer Myers of Selinsgrove, and there were some solid matchups, including a couple featuring Shamokin Area seniors.
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As two teenage boys trade punches in a backyard, a police car pulls up in front of the house and the officers make their way to the yard. When they arrive, the one teenager puts his arm over the other motionless body and a small crowd starts to count, but they only make it to two. The officers only came to fill the two empty seats by the homemade wrestling ring, adding two more spectators to the crowd of 14 people.
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There is such a fine line between winning and losing at the PIAA state wrestling championships that it's sometimes hard for the casual fan to understand.
That's why the achievements of all six of the area wrestlers who made it to Hershey this year should be celebrated.
Line Mountain has been on a great run lately, with participants in the finals for six straight years, and freshman Zain Retherford's 103-pound title Saturday was the fifth for the Eagles - by four different wrestlers - in that time. He was the school's 20th finalist, and it was Line Mountain's 11th state title overall.
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