BERKELEY SPRINGS - A match that many people, mostly local, were anticipating happened in the second and final day of the 24th Annual Max Horz Invitational wrestling tournament.

The bout in question was the 189-pound championship. The wrestlers were Washington's Dylan Nick and Musselman's Jared Weatherholtz - two of the area's top heavyweights. Both wrestlers gave those in attendance a great match to watch.

The match was tight before Nick summoned all his strength to pull out a 5-2 decision and take the title. For Nick, it was a big win in a friendly competition.

"I knew it was going to be tough. He's a very tough opponent" Nick said. "He was close to winning a state title last year. I knew it would be tough and didn't know how it would turn out.

"The best part is that we're real good friends. But we really go at it. I'm looking forward to the rest of season, and it should be a good year."

Nick's win capped off a pretty decent day for Washington, which finished 11th with 80.5 points. Jonathan Wimer was the other Patriot who made the final in his weight class - the 103-pound championship.

"We did all right today," Nick said. "To have a couple of place winners is big for us."

It was host Berkeley Springs that topped the other three area schools with a third-place finish, notching 174 points to finish behind Sherando (185.5) and winner Southern Garrett (233). Hedgesville (133.5) finished sixth and Musselman (91.5) was 10th.

The Indians moved up a spot from Friday and had four wrestlers vie for individual titles and three come through. Cohen Hovermale picked up the first title in the 103-pound championship, where he faced Wimer. Derek Hovermale won the 125 division after beating Frankfort's Alec Peer, and Hobert Delph beat Cameron's Tony Hall for the 275 title. For Hovermale, a junior, it was win No. 100.

"Derek beat a state champion. He wrestled well and had a good final's match," Berkeley Springs coach Darrell Bennett said. "As a team, we still made some mistakes, but I definitely saw a big improvement (from) last week."

Berkeley Springs also had two third-place finishers in Damen Capper (140) and Tory Bennett (160).

While the Indians jumped up a spot, Hedgesville dropped four spots after holding the second spot after the first day. The Eagles, who had a solid weekend overall, had eight in semifinal matches but only one, 160-pounder Billy Forquer, advanced to the final round. Forquer fell to Southern Garrett's Jordan Skipper.

Overall, it was a good day for local teams. Each squad had at least one representative in a championship, led by Berkeley Springs' 3-1 championship record.

Nick finished perfect for the tournament, and Weatherholtz had just the one blemish.

But Musselman's 189-standout will have another shot at Nick, as the two will no doubt meet again down the road.