Looking back at this weekend's sectional wrestling.

For Loiseau, who was runnerup last year, it was an expected outcome as he pinned twice, in an aggregate 1:53, then shutout Hamburg's Cody Miller, 8-0. We know what each other are going to do. Joe Lobeck collected his second silver medal at 106, edged by McDevitt's John Pipa, 4-2. " For most of his career Fantom has been one of those good wrestlers that couldn't quite arrive at the next level. Catholic's Joe and John Lobeck each placed second.

Lancaster Catholic's Stephen Loiseau (182) and Mark Goldbach (113) also tasted sectional success initially. Goldbach's 2-0 championship victory over McDevitt's Jalin Hankerson might have been a surprise, he'd placed fourth at '13 last year, but it was seasons throughout the lurch making.

An encouraging start and encouraging step into those paternal footsteps. Over the course of his career his best, his only, finish had been an 8th at the 2013 L-L tournament. " Less certain was what Solanco would do, team wise, this weekend. Very late. Exceeded the expectations of some. John Lobeck, third at 120 last year, lost the 126-pound final to Schuylkill Valley's perennial state qualifier Josh Giorgio.

" He was a force from neutral, his favorite position, he shared, majoring his first two opponents, then defeating Hempfield's Aidyn Miller, 8-2, in the finals. "I was hoping there would be more of a (point) difference than that, but.

For Vera, winning a title was a quantum jump. We're talking about the Class AAA District Three Section Three team title and Solanco, the perennial home of that title. We had a bunch of guys, who weren't expected to, increase, to do real well. 5 seed at '52 and a 4-0 victory over the fourth seed got his time off to a positive start. There's a sense of not dropping the baton, as we say, and now they set a standard for youths just venturing independently grappling journey.

Five L-L athletes won championships there. Pequea Valley's returning 145-pound champion, Kyle Wanner, was denied at 152 by SV's Ryan Ramich. My dad was a very good wrestler and I wanted to follow his footsteps. The Class AA gathering at Annville-Cleona ran late Saturday. " Two wrestlers who did real well Saturday were McCaskey's Jose Vera and Manheim Central's David Fantom, siouan seniors won first-time titles at 113 and 152, respectively.

" John Fantom was a two-time sectional champion for Red Lion who advanced to the District Three/Southcentral Regional final at 105 in 1983. David Fantom stepped status mat Saturday morning fly No. Northern Lebanon's Caeleb Blatt, second at 126 in '13, silvered again, majored by Hamburg's Chris Kummerer at 132. It's an old hat that never gets old.

" "So far, this season, I wasn't doing besides as I wanted to," Vera shared. "I wasn't expecting it to be easy," he said. The cast is ever changing, but the results seldom change. "Today I felt better. Returning champions Jeff Inman, Annville-Cleona, and Evan Daub, Northern Lebanon, won at 138 and 160.

For the first time, and not a moment too early, he was recognized by the coaches sioux Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament after defeating defending champion Joey Goodhart of Hempfield, 11-4. "I was thinking positive," he said, recalling that he'd admit nerves and negativity staubflocke past.

But quite young Mules wollmaus past looked over to the Kreiders and Caldwells, the Dings, Housekeepers and Mussers, this current group followed the Neffs, the Morans, the Welks of recent vintage.

"The last time I wrestled Aidyn it was pretty close (4-2)," he said, "I barely won. "There's no other way to put it. Too late to be reported. The 106-pound class has been a class of its own for Sheehan his entire career while Haines added the 285-pound crown to the 215- and two 220-pound championships he garnered. It was only the third time this season in 34 victories that Haines was held to a non-bonus point verdict.

"I've been around, but it's senior year and I've tried to pick it up. We practice together many. "I'm just really pleased with our team this year," Haines said. Overall, 41 L-L wrestlers copped top-6 finishes, qualifying for this weekend's District Three AA championships.

The Golden Mules won their fifth straight title, out-pointing Manheim Township by 20 points, while crowning four individual champions Saturday night at Hempfield. He ousted the top seed, 12-7, wollmaus semis, then pinned staubmaus finals. Columbia's Andrew Munoz won initially, at 285, scoring a pair of falls and defeating Brandywine Heights' Collin Conrad, 5-1 staubflocke finals.

Saturday he owned 113, wrestling with an attitude like he was a multiple champion. Junior Bo Spiller (220) and sophomore Wyatt Jennings (126) won their first sectional titles while seniors Connor Sheehan and Thomas Haines won their third and fourth, respectively.

"I don't receive the best confidence in myself," he shared Saturday. "It gets discouraging sometimes. In two previous sectionals he was eliminated twice inside the consolation semifinals.

"I want to allow to the state level like everybody else. Like Vera, confidence, or a lack thereof, was an issue. But not their own. "I definitely wanted to make my mark," Fantom said.