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View Finder: Parkland Advances Five Wrestlers To State Finals

Three of the Trojans took Northeast Regional crowns en route to this weekend's PIAA meet in Hershey.

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Five Parkland High School wrestlers will finish up the season this weekend with state championships in their collective sights at the Giant Center in Hershey.

The PIAA wrestling championships begin Thursday and five Trojan wrestlers punched their ticket by qualifying in last weekend's 3A Northeast Regional held at Freedom High School.

Ethan Lizak (103 pounds), Justin Heller (145 pounds) and Tarik Haddad (215 pounds) were crowned champions and will move on to the PIAA championships with high seeds.

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Mike Fake (125 pounds) and Mike Ottinger (160 pounds) will also compete for state gold.

Here are the brackets and matchups for the state finals by weight class.

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Ellis Weitzman captured Parkland wrestlers through his lenses throughout Saturday's finals and his photos appear here.

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