Dave Byrne is an LNP sports writer. He covers high school sports, with an emphasis on wrestling, girls soccer and softball. He also covers Franklin & Marshall college football and the Lancaster Newspapers Midget Baseball tournament. He can be reached at dbyrne@lnpnews.com or (717) 291-8666. You can also follow @dbyrneman on Twitter.
If your opponent never darkens your goal, then one goal is all you need.
The longest journey, it’s said, begins with one small step. On the journey to establishing girls wrestling as a PIAA sanctioned sport, the School District of Lancaster took that small step Tuesday night, approving a proposal to start a girls wrestling team at McCaskey. The vote was unanimous.
Tidbits and nuggets as we close out the old notebook before putting the 2019-20 wrestling season to bed.
HERSHEY — Will Betancourt stood, shook both fists at the sky in jubilation, waved, pointed and blew a kiss to his family in the stands.
HERSHEY – Will Betancourt is a state champion.
HERSHEY – Time was running out on Will Betancourt’s dream.
HERSHEY — When you can keep your head while all around are losing theirs ...
HERSHEY — It wasn’t a Spalding Guide finish to Nick Baker’s single leg shot.
From the first time they step onto a mat, this is the weekend wrestlers point to.
BETHLEHEM — The journey continues for four Lancaster-Lebanon wrestlers.
BETHLEHEM — For the most part, success was an elusive grail for the Lancaster-Lebanon League contingent Friday night at the PIAA Southeast Regional wrestling tournament.
