Regan Millheim of Warrior Run wins his match against Evan Maneval of Midd-West at 160 pounds at the District IV Championship wrestling at Williamsport High School. DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette

Rewind to last March and it was at the Giant Center in Hershey where Warrior Run’s Reagan Milheim saw his perfect season come to an end. And unfortunately it was in the final match of the season as he was wrestling for a gold medal on the biggest stage.

A 50-match win streak was upended by Bishop McCort’s Melvin Miller in the championship match as Miller beat Milheim by major decision, 11-2.

“His mindset has been set on one thing this year and it started with that loss last year and he’s really re-developed who he is as a wrestler,” Warrior Run coach Jeremy Betz said.

Milheim wants to get back and secure another gold medal after he won one as a sophomore. And Milheim noted that this past offseason into this year, he’s worked on his mindset when it comes to wrestling.

“I think I really improved on my mindset and the way I look at a match just knowing it’s not my identity and just like another match,” Milheim said. “Like when you go out and wrestle like that then good things happen.”

On Saturday, Milheim became a four-time District 4 champion after claiming the title at 160 pounds with a 19-second pin in the final against Midd-West’s Evan Maneval. It was the third pin at districts for Milheim, who pinned Montoursville’s Blake Frey in the quarterfinals in 1:40 and Montgomery’s Josh Knoebel in the semifinals in 64 seconds.

“It’s pretty special. My growth over the last four years and seeing how much I’ve improved,” Milheim said with his gold medal around his neck.

Milheim became just the third Defender to ever four-peat at districts, joining Zack LeBarron (2013-16) and Bob Simpson (1985-88). Milheim will wrestle at Division I American and joins Simpson as a four-time district champion to wrestle at the Division I level as Simpson competed at Pitt.

You won’t catch Milheim bragging about his accomplishments or reveling in them, however. He’s focused on just doing what he does on the mat.

“I don’t like to harp on my achievements. I just want to get better every day,” Milheim said.

And, perhaps scary for his opponents, is that Milheim is already at an outstanding level as a competitor but he still finds ways to get better and wrestle.

To the average fan, you may not see those small improvements from Milheim. In fairness, it’s hard to see the progress when Milheim is on the mat for less than a minute a lot of times, but his coaches see it in the mat room and during competitions. The Defender has 26 pins this year — the most he’s ever recorded in a single season — and 87 for his career with another 15 tech fall wins this year (40 for his career).

“It’s hard to notice in weeks like this and there’s a lot of really good wrestlers here. But he’s at a different level,” Betz said. “So it’s like when you get to see him get excited (going against) a nationally-ranked guy that we had an opportunity to watch him wrestle a couple times this year, you get to see a different level from him.”

Milheim steps up to the challenges he faces on the mat when someone state or nationally ranked faces him and Milheim this year has knocked down everyone he’s gone up against. He’s 46-0 and is the No. 1-ranked wrestler in Pennsylvania at 160 pounds. He’s also Warrior Run’s all-time wins leader with 189 and counting as he keeps adding to it.

At regionals, he’ll move past Montgomery great Conner Harer (191) for No. 2 all-time in District 4 wrestling history. He already surpassed Southern Columbia’s Jaret Lane (182) on the list to be in sole possession of No. 2.

“I think it is hard for a lot of people to appreciate because he’s already really good, which he was,” Betz said. “To say he jumped levels is really hard for people to see. He really has jumped levels. He was elite before and I don’t know what the level above that is, but he’s at it.”

Whatever that level is, Milheim is there and no one seems to be even close to the same level either.