WRESTLING: Hill School duo reaches finals, but falls short

Mercury file photo Hill School’s Nick Flanigan reached the final of the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Wrestling Tournament Saturday.

By Dennis Weller
Speical to The Mercury

NEWTOWN SQUARE — Making it to the second day of the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Wrestling Tournament is one thing.
Coming home from it with a gold medal is quite another, as local competitors have found out over the years.
Three Hill School grapplers, and another from West-Mont Christian Academy, headed into Saturday’s action at Episcopal Academy undefeated after the first day and two of them — Hill 145-pounder Nick Flanigan and 182-pounder Johnnie Cherneskie — made it the championship finals. But there they ran into tough opponents from runaway team champion Wyoming Seminary and both had to settle for silver medals after one-sided losses.

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