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Eleventh Annual PIAA State Wrestling Tournament March 12-13, 1948
West Side Armory in Kingston, PA.

Bill Fillistine became Meyers first State Champion when he decisioned Paul Troiano from Lansdown, 10-4 in the 138 lb. finals. Fillistine pinned his way into the finals with falls of 6:59 in the quarter-finals and 5:00 in the simi-finals over 1947 state runner-up Pete Polachek from Boswell. Fillistine became the thirteenth state champion from District 2, but the first from a school other than Forty Fort or Kington.

Preliminary	Quarter-Finals	Semi-Finals	Finals	Champion
	Gerald Doerr Lancaster (3)
	vs.	Gerald Doerr 2-1
	Jim Funk Washington (7)
		vs.	Paul Troiano 3-2
	Paul Troiano Lansdowne (1)
	vs.	Paul Troiano 11-4
	Dick Perry Grove City (10)
			vs.	Bill Fillistine 10-4
	Bill Fillistine Meyers (2)
	vs.	Bill Fillistine 6:59
	Wilson Kline Bethlehem (11)
		vs.	Bill Fillistine 5:00
	Pete Polachek Boswell (5)
Ken Lenker Sunbury (4)	vs	Pete Polachek 3-0
vs.	Ken Lenker 3-0
Bill Krebs Bellefonte (6)