HERSHEY - For the first time during this year's PIAA Championships, Josh Evans was unable to find his offense.

The Palmerton senior suffered a 12-0 major decision loss to Brookville's Brock Zacherl in his semifinal bout, the first time Evans was shutout this postseason."He had a tough match in the semis," Palmerton coach Dave Lavin said. "But I told him it wasn't over."Evans needed to regroup quickly for his fourth round consolation match against Fort Leboeuf's Nick McGuire with a chance to wrestle for third place on the line.After a scoreless first period, McGuire took a 1-0 lead on an escape and padded his advantage with a takedown, which proved to be the beginning of the end for Evans, who was unable to get back to his feet and was pinned in 2:27.Despite the consecutive losses, Lavin knows Evans will need to keep his head with a fifth-place match against Saegertown's Nick Monico coming up today."He fell a little bit short of his goals and now he has to readjust," the coach said. "He's not happy with how he wrestled in his consolation match, but he can't let that get in the way of his next one. If he does, it will be the same result."He's had an excellent career and he's worked really hard. He wants to finish strong and all you can do at this point is rest and refocus for tomorrow."Richard Nase was also on the short end in his third round consolation bout, suffering a loss by fall in 1:47 to Benton's Logan Womelsdorf. The defeat secured a spot in today's seventh-place match against United's Tyler Oliver for the Panther Valley senior."He just put himself in a bad situation," said Panther Valley assistant head coach Rich Bower. "He didn't clear his hands and just got turned. It was a tough loss."Nase and Womelsdorf were scoreless after one, with neither giving an inch.But shortly after the second period started, the Benton junior caught Nase and flipped him just enough for the pin."I wasn't expecting it," said Nase. "I tried fighting it off…but there was just nothing I could do and you can't change it at this point. What happens happens."What will happen next for Nase will be one more match at the Giant Center, where he will end his high school career."Knowing that I'm going to come home with a medal means a lot," the senior said. "Just getting here meant everything to me. But going home with a medal is all I could ask for at this point."While the ultimate goal of placing at the state tournament won't be fulfilled for Panther Valley's Lenny Ogozalek, Tamaqua's Colin Mashack and Lehighton's Connor Frey, all three worked extremely hard to make it to Hershey and win at least one match in the prestigious event.Ogozalek, who entered the second day after a come-from-behind win against Line Mountain's Cameron Newman in his first consolation bout, was once again in a back-and-forth struggle with Montgomery's Kyle Drick in his second consolation match.The two were scoreless after the first period, but Ogozalek managed to score early in the second to take a 2-1 lead over the Montgomery senior.Drick responded with a takedown to claim a 3-2 advantage and was able to keep Ogozalek off-balance throughout the remainder of the bout, never letting the Panthers' senior get into an offensive rhythm.Drick padded his lead late, scoring twice in the third period before allowing a late Ogozalek escape for the final 6-3 tally.Despite not making the podium in his senior year, Ogozalek still takes great pride in making it to Hershey."It was a great experience overall," said Ogozalek. "This is what I wanted to accomplish - getting here."That was my goal for this year and I accomplished that so I'm happy about it. I would have liked to have placed, obviously, but that's okay."Mashack ran into Pius X's Dante Albanese for the third consecutive week, and once again came up short, this time dropping a 6-4 decision.Much like in Ogozalek's bout, Albanese gained the advantage early and never let Mashack get comfortable.The Blue Raider senior did cut the deficit to 4-3 late in the contest, but was never able to make a full comeback.Certainly hoping for a better result, Masahck knows he gave it everything he had in the tournament."Just getting here was really good," he said. "My regional bracket was really tough, so knocking down a few really good kids to get here meant a lot."I wanted a medal, but it's all right."Like Mashack, Frey also ran into a familiar foe in his consolation bout in Hamburg's Cody Miller.The two met the previous week in the third-place bout at the Southeast Regional tournament, with Miller coming out on top.This time, Frey gained an early advantage with an escape in the second period to take a 1-0 lead. But the Hamburg senior answered quickly, scoring a takedown on Frey for a 2-1 edge before the end of the period.Although Frey was able to tie it 2-2 at the end of the second, Miller's two points from his early takedown proved invaluable, as he slithered away from Frey to start the third to take the lead and hold on for a 3-2 win.Unlike Ogozalek and Mashack, Frey will have a chance to redeem himself next year, something Lehighton coach Dan Williams is looking forward to."It was great for him to get to the second day," Williams said. "We came in with a game plan to take it one match at a time - win one, and get to Friday; win two, and you get a medal."But coming out here for the very first time is hard. You start looking around at the people in the arena and butterflies build up; it can be intimidating. But it was nice for him to come out and get a win out here and get to that second day. We're really proud of him."