Photos by Jeff Shomo
STATE COLLEGE- The State College wrestling team came out victorious in its season opener Wednesday defeating Shikellamy 36-27.

At 172, State College’s  Asher Cunningham pinned Ned Drumheller, 0:11.

The Braves tied things at 189. Shikellamy proceeded to take 215 and 285 to go up 16-6 heading into 107.

State College got back on the board at 107 when  Nico Diaz pinned Jacob Hendricks, at 5:53 cutting the score to 16-12.

Kael Davis put the Little Lions back in the lead as he pinned Max Holman at 3:34.

Things continued strong for State College at 121 when Jon Whitbred muscled out a 9-2 decision over Ryder Borich.

Jonathan Coates kept things rolling along for State as he pinned Drake Beyer at 0:49 to pad its lead to 27-16.

The Braves battled back taking 133 and 139 to cut the State College lead to 27-23.

But at 145, the Little Lions James Whitbread extended the lead back to 10 as he had a late pin over Gavin Keefer at 3:25.

152-pounder Brady Bucher put the match on ice as he picked up an 8-3 decision over AJ Benedict.