HERSHEY — Brenda Banks closed her high school career in championship fashion Saturday night.

The Panther Valley senior pinned Southmoreland’s Zoey Murphy in 4:43 to win the 235-pound title at the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center.

The match was scoreless after the first period before Banks earned an escape early in the second to take a 1-0 lead. She eventually turned Murphy for the fall midway through the third period.

The victory secured Banks’ third PIAA championship and fourth overall state title. Girls wrestling was not yet sanctioned by the PIAA during her freshman season, when Banks captured a state crown before the sport was officially recognized.

Banks finished the season with a perfect 36-0 record and recorded the 100th victory of her career earlier this winter.

Earlier in the day, Northwestern Lehigh senior Luke Fugazzotto earned a fifth-place finish in the Class 2A 189-pound bracket.

Fugazzotto defeated Chestnut Ridge’s Jayden Imler, 7-2, in the fifth-place match. He scored a takedown just 20 seconds into the bout and led 3-1 after two periods before adding an escape and another takedown in the third.

The finish secured the third state medal of Fugazzotto’s career in his fourth trip to Hershey. He previously finished second as a sophomore and seventh last season.

Fugazzotto reached the medal round with a 10-3 quarterfinal victory over Bishop McCort’s C.J. Pensiero before falling to undefeated Tyrone standout Kyle Scott, 7-2, in the semifinals.

In the consolation semifinals, Fugazzotto dropped a tightly contested 4-1 sudden victory decision to Montoursville’s Hayden Harvey. The match was tied 1-1 after regulation before Harvey scored the winning takedown with 15 seconds remaining in overtime.