The winter sports season here at Nazareth is coming to a close. The Nazareth girls basketball team started the PIAA State Tournament on Friday, March 4 when they went to Pleasant Valley High School to take on Conestoga and fell 57-54 in that game to end the season with a 19-9 record.
The Nazareth wrestling team participated in the Regional Tournament at Liberty High School on March 4 and March 5 where seven wrestlers punched a ticket to Hershey at the Giant Center in the State Tournament on March 10-12. First action will be at 4 p.m. on March 10, the Quarterfinals will be at 1:30 p.m. on March 11, the Semifinals will be at 8:30 a.m. on March 12, and the Championship will be at 6:30 p.m. on March 12, which will be televised live on the Pennsylvania Cable Network. District 11 swept all 14 titles at the PIAA Northeast Regional wrestling tournament. The Regionals winners for Nazareth were Tyson Klump, Sammy Sasso, Travis Stefanik and Brock Wilson. All won at Liberty this past weekend. District XI securing 41 of the 56 available state berths and crowning all 14-region champions.
The Nazareth Swimming team participated in their Districts the weekend of March 4 at Parkland High School where the girls got sixth and the boys got eighth. Stay tuned next week to find out how the wrestling team did in Hershey.
