Bears send 9 to districts

It would be difficult not to classify E-town's secitonal tournament on Saturday as a success. Despite the stiff competition, E-town sent nine wrestlers through to this weekend's District Three tournament at Hersheypark Arena.

Three Bears advanced all the way to the finals: Blake Rosenberger at 140, Adam Zellman (pictured above, photo by Chris Bradley) at 160 and Shane Rosenberry at 189. All three lost in the finals.

Travis Leber was ablel to come back and finish in third place despite losing his first match. And five Bears: Matt Hoover, Calvin Anderton, Justin Lewis, Oliver Thayer and Alex Kirchner all finished fourth and earned the right to continue their season this weekend.

The absence of 215-pounder Sean McMullen was a mystery. I have not confirmed why McMullen (who was the 2 seed in the bracket and had a great shot of getting through to districts) was not at the sectional tournament, but his season (and his high school wrestling career) is now officially over. When I figure out what happened with Sean and why, I'll let you know.

But other than that, job well done by the Bears. I think we all though E-town would send a few through to districts, but nine is a fantastic number.

As always, when brackets are announced, I'll post them.