Carlisle senior Jayshon Wilson has one last shot to accomplish something that no other wrestler in school has done.
With two wins today, Wilson (38-2) will become Carlisle's first state wrestling champion.
Carlisle does have 10 state placewinners -- Wilson owns three of them and is already guaranteed to place this year -- but none has finished higher than third.
Think about that: Carlisle has never had a wrestler in a state championship.
With a win over undefeated Central Mountain junior Brian Brill (42-0) in Saturday morning's semifinals, Wilson, already the school's all-time wins leader, will make more history before he graduates.
The other area wrestler alive for a Class AAA gold medal is East Pennsboro senior 215-pounder Zach Nye.
East Penn boasts only eight state placewinners in its history but, thanks to Mike Euker, does have a state title. Euker won the 1978 unlimted weight class.
Nye (37-0) finished second at 215 last year and, if he beats Methacton senior Brandon Clark (43-3) today, will be the third wrestler to appear in a state final for East Penn and the first to wrestler in two state title bouts.
The other finalist was Terry DeStito, who finished second at 154 in 1971.
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