Looking at the score, you’d see Muncy’s Gage Swank with a 16-0 tech fall against Loyalsock’s Carter Brown in the third period. And, while Brown didn’t score a point against Swank, you can’t fault him for his lack of effort. Brown battled throughout all three periods against a two-time state qualifier and kept Swank from pinning him.

Brown kept battling, but Swank never got frustrated and kept wrestling the way he knows how en route to the tech fall win and secured the dual win for Muncy with the five points, winning the matchup in the final bout on Tuesday at Loyalsock’s C.I. Gymnasium and giving Muncy the 38-30 victory.

“(I told him) just wrestle his match, wrestle his style and continue to work and continue to score points,” Muncy coach Patrick Sparks said. “I mean no matter what is going on or what the situation is, Gage is a good enough wrestler to know and understand the situation and put together his type of match and wrestle his style no matter who is coming out there.”

For Loyalsock coach Chris Engler, he was more than happy seeing Brown go three periods with a two-time state qualifier.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Carter Brown wrestles Muncy's Gage Swank at 133 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

“I just wanted him to go three periods really. The Swank kid is a very good wrestler, we know what his caliber is. Carter Brown’s a freshman and for him to battle going into three periods with that caliber of a wrestler? I couldn’t be more happier,” Engler said. “We tried to move guys around with five freshmen in the lineup, I was impressed with how we performed tonight. A lot of fight. For Carter to go out there and battle and not back down, I couldn’t be more pleased with that.”

Loyalsock and Muncy battled all night in each contested bout. Loyalsock took a lead at 215 when Isaac Probst secured a fall in 3:37 against Dylan Sander to put the Lancers up, 18-7. A forfeit at 285 gave the Lancers a 24-17 lead before a forfeit for Muncy at 107 made it a 24-23 deficit.

Loyalsock’s Miles Ransom-Rennicks had a huge win at 114 to give Loyalsock a seven-point lead with just two contested bouts remaining in the lineup. Ransom-Rennicks led 3-0 after the first period and started the second period on the bottom. He was able to score two more points and worked control on top before turning Chris Cummings and securing a pin wtih 59 seconds to go in the second period and a 30-23 lead.

Two-time district qualifier Roman Maiorana of Muncy had an 11-0 major decision win against Owen Peck at 121 to cut Loyalsock’s lead down to 30-27. Maiorana held a 7-0 lead in the first period and scored four points in the second period.

“We definitely looked at the matchups and were trying to see how we matched up with them. We knew there’d be key matches here and there, but we knew it’d come down to the wire and we were contemplating as well do we bump or or not? We felt it wouldn’t make a difference one way or the other, so let our guys there at the end wrestle,” Engler said. “It’s 38-30, giving up some forfeits, it’s not like our guys went out and got pinned, pinned, pinned. They fought. We know Patrick Sparks for a long time and (Rich) Snyder, I’ve known them for years. It was a good dual. It was great, the atmosphere, elementary night, senior night, a packed house. It came down to the wire and there’s nothing more you can ask for.”

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Connor Phillips wrestles Muncy's Kase Snyder at 139 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

Loyalsock celebrated its two seniors on Tuesday in Kayden Keefer, who received a forfeit victory a 152, and Connor Phillips, who started the dual at 139.

Leading 14-12 after the 172 bout which saw Muncy’s Cameron Caldwell secure an 18-1 tech fall in the final 30 seconds of the second period, Muncy’s Liam Driscoll battled with Curtis Lewis of Loyalsock at 189.

That matchup went three periods and saw Driscoll secure the win. Driscoll and Lewis had a scoreless first period as the two got a feel for one another before Driscoll was able to take a 2-0 lead with 15 seconds left in the second.

In the third, Lewis started from the bottom and escaped after being slammed to cut the deficit to 2-1 just 30 seconds into the period, but Driscoll had three key points with a minute to go and ended with a 5-1 decision win to extend Muncy’s lead to 15-12.

“Liam wrestled for us when he was in elementary school, took a few years off, decided to come back this year and we couldn’t be more excited to have Liam on the team. He’s been battling for us all year and we just wrestled Saturday at South Williamsport and he got rolling there a little bit,” Sparks said. “He wrestled a different wrestler from Loyalsock, went one on one with that guy. I told him no matter who they throw out there at you, it doesn’t matter if it’s the kid you already wrestled or didn’t, just go out there and have fun.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Ivan Baker wrestles Muncy's Chase Boozer at 145 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

“He’s brought a lot to the table for us this year. He’s been a key part of our lineup, fighting wise, not giving up bonus points and getting bonus points when he needs it and just continuing to learn,” Sparks added.

Muncy opened Tuesday’s dual with Kase Snyder picking up a 15-0, 3:52 tech fall over Phillips to lead 5-0 before Chase Boozer won at 145 against Ivan Baker via major decision, 13-5, to lead 9-0. Loyalscok’s Keefer received a forfeit at 152 to cut the deficit to 9-6 and Gage Best of Loyalsock beat Chase Scampone thanks to a medical forfeit in the second period with 38 seconds left. That gave Loyalsock a 12-9 lead.

Cameron Caldwell of Muncy made it a 14-12 lead for the Indians with a tech fall secured late in the second period against Cooper Coweden.

On both elementary night and senior night, Engler was happy to see the large turnout supporting Loyalsock.

“It was a whole great atmosphere,” Engler said.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Miles Ransom-Rennicks wrestles Muncy's Chris Cummings at 114 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

Loyalsock is now 3-6 after Tuesday’s loss and heads to the PHAC Championships on Saturday at Bloomsburg University. The Indians (2-2) are in the Mid-Penn Conference Duals on Wednesday before hosting Hughesville on Jan. 15.

Muncy 38, Loyalsock 30

139: Kase Snyder (M) tech fall Connor Phillips, 15-0, 3:52. 145: Chase Boozer (M) maj. dec. Ivan Baker, 13-5. 152: Kayden Keefer (L) by forfeit. 160: Gage Best (L) def. Chase Scampone, med. fft. 172: Cameron Caldwell (M) tech fall Cooper Cowden, 18-1, 3:33. 189: Liam Driscoll (M) dec. Curtis Lewis, 5-1. 215: Isaac Probst (L) pinned Dylan Sander, 3:37. 285: Tristen Van Fleet (L) by forfeit. 107: Gannon Swank (M) by forfeit. 114: Miles Ransom-Rennicks (L) pinned Chris Cummings, 3:01. 121: Roman Maiorana (M) maj. dec. Owen Peck, 11-0. 127: Anthony Strobel (M) by forfeit. 133: Gage Swank (M) tech fall Carter Brown, 16-0, 4:59.

Records: Muncy (2-2), Loyalsock (3-6).

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Isaac Probst wrestles Muncy's Liam Driscoll at 189 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock coach Chris Engler (right) and assistant Ricky Tedesco yell to their wrestler during Tuesday's dual against Muncy at Loyalsock. Muncy won, 38-30, in a match that came down to the final bout.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Owen Peck wrestles Muncy's Roman Maiorana at 121 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Owen Peck wrestles Muncy's Roman Maiorana at 121 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Cooper Cowden wrestles Muncy's Cameron Caldwell at 172 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Tristen Van Fleet wrestles Muncy's Dylan Sander at 215 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Isaac Probst wrestles Muncy's Dylan Sander at 215 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.

RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Loyalsock's Curtis Lewis wrestles Muncy's Liam Driscoll at 189 during a high school boys wrestling match at Loyalsock on Tuesday.