For the past month, Williamsport’s Lillian Rumsey was unsure if she’d be able to compete at the District 4 girls wrestling championships. Toward the end of the regular-season, Rumsey had her arm in a sling during a dual at Montgomery and instead of being on the mat, was talking to teammates and acting as somewhat of a coach.

At the time, coach Kevin Werner was unsure if she’d be back in time to compete. But Rumsey wasn’t going to let her career end because of an injury and on Saturday, she proved exactly why she’s one of the best on the mat in girls wrestling.

Rumsey showed no rust at all and reached the 118-pound finals and secured another gold medal, the third of her career, by pinning Hughesville’s Ariahna Moore in 2:44.

The pair of wins gives Rumsey 107 for her career and counting.

The two-time state bronze medalist was one of four Williamsport wrestlers who secured a spot in the Central Regional tournament in two weeks. Joining her at Milton will be Malaina Comfort (100, first), Mia Davis (190, second), Mykia Petruskevich (124, third) and Mah’ogny Bell-Smalls (142, fifth).

The top five finishers at each weight advance to the regional tournament.

Rumsey pinned Mifflinburg’s Camryn Roman in the first match on Saturday and won in 41 seconds. In the championship semifinals, she earned a 16-0, 2:39 tech fall over Milton’s Cage Farr before advancing to the finals and pinning Moore.

Saturday’s competition was nearly the first in a month to the day, as Rumsey’s last match came on Jan. 17 in a 5-4 loss to Pine-Richland’s Aariona Strader.

Comfort reached the championship bout by going up against Brooke Knoebel of Montgomery in a rematch from last month when Comfort beat the Red Raider by major decision, 14-5. On Saturday, Comfort again got the better of Knoebel and earned a pinfall win in 1:32 to get to the championship match. 

In the first-place final, Comfort faced Aislynn Weller of Selinsgrove and won in dominating fashion, 18-1, 3:20. 

Comfort and Rumsey were Williamsport’s lone gold medalists.

Davis reached the championship finals at 190, but ended up taking home a silver medal.  Wrestling against Central Columbia’s Morgan Reichard, Davis fell with 14 seconds left in the third period by fall. In the championship semifinals, Davis pinned Wellsboro’s Phoebe Bowen in 58 seconds.

Wrestling in the third-place finals, Petruskevich earned a hard-fought 5-0 decision against Danville’s Kiera Johns. Petruskevich lost by decision to Shikellamy’s Rylee Campbell in the championship semifinals.

Wrestling in the fifth-place final, Bell-Smalls out-fought Shikellamy’s Isabella Marlow for a tough 8-4 decision win and secured a spot at regionals.