Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A championship wrestling contest at Altoona High School was likely the most anticipated in the state, if not the entire country. • Sign up for PennLive’s daily high school sports newsletter It’s not often that the number one and two ranked teams in the nation meet in the a state championship dual meet,

Saturday morning at Altoona High School in Pennsylvania set the stage for an afternoon showdown to determine the No. 1 team in the nation between No. 1 Faith Christian Academy and No. 2 Bishop McCort in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) AA State Dual Championships.

The PIAA team wrestling championship in AA featured the top two ranked teams in the country as No. 2 Bishop McCort squared off with No. 1 Faith Christian at Altoona high school. The Lions came out fast and won the first two matches by pinfall to take a 12-0 lead.

Freddy Bachmann got things started with a bang and Mark Effendian put the exclamation point on Faith Christian’s third consecutive PIAA Class 2A team wrestling championship. The Lions beat

There won't be a rematch of last year's semi-finals match in the PIAA Team Wrestling Championships between Chestnut Ridge and Bishop McCort. The Lions lost to Berks Catholic 51-11 in the quarterfinals,