Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A championship wrestling contest at Altoona High School was likely the most anticipated in the state, if not the entire country. • Sign up for PennLive’s daily high school sports newsletter It’s not often that the number one and two ranked teams in the nation meet in the a state championship dual meet,

The PIAA team wrestling championship in AA featured the top two ranked teams in the country as No. 2 Bishop McCort squared off with No. 1 Faith Christian at Altoona high school. The Lions came out fast and won the first two matches by pinfall to take a 12-0 lead.

Freddy Bachmann got things started with a bang and Mark Effendian put the exclamation point on Faith Christian’s third consecutive PIAA Class 2A team wrestling championship. The Lions beat

District 5 champion Bishop McCort burst into the quarterfinals of the PIAA Class 2A wrestling duals tournament on a big night for star wrestler Bo Bassett Tuesday. Bishop McCort downed Corry 58-12 to advance to conclusion of the Pa.

There won't be a rematch of last year's semi-finals match in the PIAA Team Wrestling Championships between Chestnut Ridge and Bishop McCort. The Lions lost to Berks Catholic 51-11 in the quarterfinals,

Shane Young, Faith Christian getting healthy at the right time. Young, close to 100%, helped the Lions cruise past Burrell in Friday’s PIAA Class 2A quarterfinals at Altoona Field House.