HERSHEY - Ty Herzog and Josh Evans had been there before.

Memories of walking out of the Giant Center with medals earned in the PIAA Wrestling Championships ending their high school careers for Northern Lehigh and Palmerton, respectively.This weekend, Herzog and Evans made their way on to the Giant Center floor once again to wrestle in the NCAA Division III Championships.Herzog, a sophomore, at Roger Williams University and Evans, a freshman at Wilkes University advanced to Hershey by qualifying in regionals last weekend.Herzog dropped a 13-8 decision to Steven DeWitt (33-2) Friday morning in the preliminary round at 157 pounds, but wrestled back in the afternoon to score a 10-8 decision over Sean Byham (16-9) of Thiel.Herzog, who finished fifth two years ago at the PIAA Championships, advanced to second round consolations, but dropped a 13-5 major decision to Kevin Collins (22-7) of Ithaca to end his season.Evans dropped a 7-3 decision to Eamonn Gaffney (28-8) in the preliminary round at 149 pounds and then fell in wrestlebacks in the afternoon when he was pinned by Trevor Engle (33-10) of Cornell College in 3:41.Herzog, after a workout on Thursday, admitted that it probably wouldn't sink in until he hit the mat on Friday, that it was actually the Division III Championships.When asked about his bracket, Herzog said he tries not to pay too much attention to that."I know that DeWitt is the fifth seed and I basically just took it one match at a time," he said.Herzog wrestled over 50 matches this season ending the year with a 42-16 record.One thing he is happy about is that he broke the single season takedown record at Roger Williams."There's not as many people looking after you in college, there's a lot of self discipline," Herzog said about the difference between his days as a Bulldog and the present. "We practice eight times a week. Two days a week we have two practices where one is like a cardio workout or weightlifting. An average practice is two hours long."Herzog and his teammates got to workout in the Northern Lehigh wrestling room on Wednesday before making the trip to Chocolatetown.Evans, who also took home a fifth place medal at the PIAA Championships last year, started the season out at Eastern Michigan before transferring to Wilkes at the semester break. He ended the season with a 21-16 record."I'm glad to be back wrestling close to home," Evans said "It's really nice. I didn't realize that the D-III Championships were in Hershey until it was getting closer to nationals. So I really wanted to get here."Evans wrestled a few of the top kids in his bracket so was gaging things on that."It was definitely a lot different wrestling at Wilkes, but I'm happy with the transfer because I had a lot of success there. And with the good start, I'm looking forward to see how my career goes."