By the time Saturday evening came for Pleasant Valley during the Northeast Regional AAA tournament, there really wasn't much left to wrestle for other than pride.

The Bears saw a hopeful Friday night turn into season-ending conclusion Saturday at Liberty's Memorial Gymnasium, as none of PV's four wrestlers were able to place in the top-four to qualify for the PIAA state tournament in Hershey this weekend.Ahmad Curtis (HWT) and Trent Thomas (195) were the lone Bears to be wrestling during Saturday's championship round, but it was for fifth place and a final shot at pride on the season.Curtis was able to end his senior year with a 3-2 victory over Freedom's Cordell Cotto to take fifth.That was a small consolation for what could have been for the Bears' senior, as a 6-2 semifinal loss to Dallas Area's Ryan Monk dumped Curtis into the consolation round, needing only one win to qualify for Hershey.The only wrestler standing in his way was Pocono Mountain East's Jeremy Candelario, who took fifth at districts. Unfortunately for Curtis, Candelario had his weekend to shine at regionals, as he worked through an 8-3 decision over Curtis to move onto Hershey and at the same time, end Curtis's quest."I thought Ahmad was the better wrestler, but Candelario did a good job on capitalizing when he needed to," said Pleasant Valley head coach Justin Micklos. "It's unfortunate for Ahmad being a senior, but I'm proud of him either way. He wrestled back and took fifth and he's a heck of a kid and I'll miss him."After losing in the quarterfinals to Whitehall's Joey Gladish, Thomas bounced back with two wins in the wrestle backs before facing Emmaus senior Thomas Alcaro in the same round that Curtis met Candelario.And Thomas's fate preceded that of his teammate, as he fell 3-1 to Alcaro, ending his bid for a shot at Hershey. Thomas would get another crack at Gladish for fifth place, but the Zephyr proved again to tame his counterpart by a 5-1 margin.Jason Jacobi (120) and Brody Keefe (170) each had to fight their way through the consolation brackets as well, as both advanced to the third round of consys before succumbing to elimination. Jacobi lost to Bethlehem Catholic's Jake Riegel 5-2, while Keefe lost to Father Judge's Idris White by a fall in 28 seconds to end their seasons.For Micklos, he looked at the weekend in a positive light for what the future holds for the program."I wouldn't say it's a disappointment, but something that we can build on towards next year," he said. "We have three of these guys returning next year, so hopefully they can take the next step to get to Hershey. We need to work more on our technique and have a stronger mindset. Our kids are really close, it's just going to take more work."Top 10 Team Scores1. Bethlehem Catholic 226; 2. Nazareth 121; 3. Liberty 93; 4. Freedom 89.5; 5. Parkland 88; 6. Northampton 69; 7. Scranton 67; 8. Easton 66; 9. Hazleton 51; 10. Wallenpaupack 47. (22. Pleasant Valley 27.)Finals106 - Tyson Klump (Nazareth) fall over Luke Werner (Liberty) 3:20.113 - KJ Fenstermacher (Liberty) dec. Dan Moran (Northampton) 8-5.120 - Sammy Sasso (Nazareth) tech. fall Michael Scheetz (Northampton) 15-0 in 5:48.126 - Luke Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Jimmy Hoffman (Hazleton) 6-0.132 - Evan Fidelibus (Easton) by med. forfeit over Chad Haegele (Archbishop Wood).138 - Stephen Maloney (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Dan Ritz (Crestwood) 4-2.145 - Jimmy Saylor (Easton) dec. Chase Gallick (Wallenpaupack) 10-1.152 - Kazim Bakhriyev (Scranton) dec. Mike Labriola (Bethlehem Catholic) 7-6.160 - Cody Cordes (Wyoming Valley West) fall Adam Soldridge (Bethlehem Catholic) 5:42.170 - Matt Mirth (Southern Lehigh) dec. Frank Guida (Parkland) 6-1.182 - John Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) dec. Jared Wehrmann (Wallenpaupack) 5-0.195 - Matt Wagner (Delaware Valley) dec. John Callahan (Freedom) 8-4.220 - Omar Haddad (Parkland) dec. Andrew Gunning (Liberty) 3-2.285 - Andrew Dunn (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Ryan Monk (Dallas) 5-2.Third Place106 - Sean Redington (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Stefhen Caple (West Scranton) 7-6.113 - Luke Carty (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Chris Lasecki (Hazleton) 13-2.120 - Jake Riegel (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. James Wright (Wyoming Valley West) 13-3.126 - Jacob Lizak (Parkland) dec. Travis Smith (Nazareth) 4-2.132 - Joey Gould (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Lucas Schaf (Emmaus) 3-1.138 - Travis Stefanik (Nazareth) dec. Kyle Mallon (Father Judge) 6-5.145 - Cole Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) by med. forfeit over Adam Evans (Freedom).152 - Shane Jones (Stroudsburg) dec. Robert Endy (St. Joseph's) 5-2.160 - Ricky Frable (Southern Lehigh) dec. Dallas LaBar (Bangor) 5-2.170 - Niyaz Bakradze (Scranton) dec. Idris White (Father Judge) 7-3.182 - Derek Spachman (Hazleton) dec. Jayden Reyes (Dieruff) 5-0.195 - Thomas Alcaro (Emmaus) fall over Brandon Blobe (Bethlehem Catholic) 3:41.220 - Jason Kocher (Northampton) dec. Jake Vaxmonsky (Pittston) 5-2.285 - Jeremy Candelario (Pocono Mt. East) dec. Kyle Gildner (Liberty) 3-2.