See who is named Boys Wrestling Team of the Year in Bucks County
Faith Christian crowned five individual PIAA champions and won a fourth straight PIAA Class 2A team title on way to being named Team of the Year
A year ago, at the PIAA Class 2A tournament in Hershey, Faith Christian set a record by crowning four individual champions and winning a third-straight team title. Gaudy stuff. Well, this season was even gaudier.
Not only did the Lions win another team title at states , but five of their wrestlers, seniors Adam Waters, Cael Weidemoyer and Mark Effendian, junior Joey Bachmann and sophomore Freddy Bachmann , won gold medals. Oh, and the other five Lions that qualified for Hershey? They all placed and brought home medals, too.
"It's just a credit to how hard these guys work," Faith Christian head coach Ben Clymer said. "And it's not just during the season. These guys are wrestling year round, going to the biggest tournaments and always trying to get better.
" And, by what they accomplished this season, the Lions are the Courier Times/Intelligencer Boys Wrestling Team of the Year. "It's like a family with our team," said Waters , who won his fourth PIAA title earlier this month, becoming just the 15th wrestler in PIAA history, and the first from District One, to do so. Bucks County wrestlers soar in Hershey: Nine Bucks County area wrestlers capture PIAA gold medals "Everybody helps everybody try and get better every day because we know we're helping the team by doing that.