Top 10 Stories: No. 4 — Panthers’ Banks pins way to 2nd straight PIAA girls’ wrestling title
Panther Valley's Brenda Banks celebrates after pinning Southmoreland's Zoey Murphy in 42 seconds in the 235-pound final at the PIAA Wrestling Championships on March 8, 2025, at the Giant Center. (Photo by Bob Lipsky)
There are winning wrestlers. There are dominant wrestlers. And then there’s Brenda Banks.
Panther Valley’s 235-pounder crushed the competition en route to a second straight gold medal at the PIAA Girls’ Wrestling Championships in March at the Giant Center in Hershey. Banks, now entering her senior year, also won a state title as a freshman before girls’ wrestling became a sanctioned sport by the PIAA.
