MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — The mats were flat and so were the backs the at the District III team wrestling duels.
In the AAA finals it was a rematch from last season between Gettysburg and Central Dauphin.
Out of the gate, Central dauphin's Matt repos went big with a fall in :43 seconds. Gettysburg regained the lead with Jaxson Townsend pin to lead at 9-6.
Gettysburg increased that lead to 29-12 over the next few bouts.
At 106 Liam Flanagan scored a pin and bonus to make it 29-21 before Gabriel Pecaitis clinched the match with a decision at 120 pounds.
The final margin 32-30, in match that featured three forfeits.
In AA the defending champs Boiling Springs took on Bishop McDevitt.
This duel was a story of two halves, the Bubblers in the lower weight and the Crusaders in the uppers.
At 113, Raif Barber scored a tech fall to make it 11-0 after the match started with a forfeit.
McDevitt's Tillman Artell put a score on their board with a fall of his own at 120 pounds.
Boiling Springs added to their lead at 132 with a Sawyer Young decision in overtime and Kobin Karper's fall at 138 made it 26-6.
From that point on it was all McDevitt with a big win at 152 with a last second cradle from Andrew Christie to seal the decision. After a major at 160, and another decision at 172, Kade Werner brought the crowd to its feet with a third period fall to make 26-25.
Bryce Enders at 215 had his own ideas on how to cap a match and for him it was a pin of his own.
The final tally 37-26 after a forfeit from Boiling Springs at 285.
Next up the State tournament at Giant Center beginning on Thursday.