Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A championship wrestling contest at Altoona High School was likely the most anticipated in the state, if not the entire country. • Sign up for PennLive’s daily high school sports newsletter It’s not often that the number one and two ranked teams in the nation meet in the a state championship dual meet,

The PIAA team wrestling championship in AA featured the top two ranked teams in the country as No. 2 Bishop McCort squared off with No. 1 Faith Christian at Altoona high school. The Lions came out fast and won the first two matches by pinfall to take a 12-0 lead.

Freddy Bachmann got things started with a bang and Mark Effendian put the exclamation point on Faith Christian’s third consecutive PIAA Class 2A team wrestling championship. The Lions beat

Saturday morning at Altoona High School in Pennsylvania set the stage for an afternoon showdown to determine the No. 1 team in the nation between No. 1 Faith Christian Academy and No. 2 Bishop McCort in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) AA State Dual Championships.

Shane Young, Faith Christian getting healthy at the right time. Young, close to 100%, helped the Lions cruise past Burrell in Friday’s PIAA Class 2A quarterfinals at Altoona Field House.

District 5 champion Bishop McCort burst into the quarterfinals of the PIAA Class 2A wrestling duals tournament on a big night for star wrestler Bo Bassett Tuesday. Bishop McCort downed Corry 58-12 to advance to conclusion of the Pa. team tournament this Friday and Saturday in Atloona.

There won't be a rematch of last year's semi-finals match in the PIAA Team Wrestling Championships between Chestnut Ridge and Bishop McCort. The Lions lost to Berks Catholic 51-11 in the quarterfinals,