Northampton athletic history was made on Saturday as Pete Schneider Gymnasium was home to the first-ever PIAA sectioned girls wrestling dual meets for the Konkrete Kids.

Freedom, Emmaus, and Panther Valley were the invitees as the teams all wrestled each other in a series of three round-robin matches. Northampton lost round one to Freedom 48-42. The Patriots’ program was formed last year, so they boasted the most experience of any of the squads in attendance.

The K-Kids broke into the win column against Emmaus as Danielle Glaser pinned her opponent in the final bout to break a 36-all tie.

They boosted their record to 2-1 by beating Panther Valley 48-36 in the third matchup of day.

All of the teams had holes in their lineups, leading to a number of forfeits throughout the afternoon.

Here are the Northampton individual bout winners in the matches that were contested:

Emilee Gaughran picked up a fall in 28 seconds against Emmaus. She also has the distinction of having scored the first win in the history of Northampton girls wrestling when she won her opening match at the PA National Guard Invitational on December 9.

Eliza Wendling scored a first-period pin against Panther Valley in one of the three contested bouts against the Panthers.

Jaida Onyango went 2-0 on the day with a fall in 49 seconds against Freedom and an even quicker pin, in 35 seconds, against Emmaus.

Gabriela Chevere had the two most exciting bouts. Against Freedom, she fought her way off her back to reverse the Patriots’ wrestler and eventually score the fall in 1:42. Versus Emmaus, she surrendered an initial takedown to once again reverse her opponent and get a pin, this one in 1:08.

Head coach Joe Provini spoke about sophomore first-time wrestler, “She is so inquisitive about the sport. She asks me questions all practice. She messages me outside of practice, ‘Will you text me the name of this move so my brother (K-Kid wrestler Devlin) can help me?’. She’s all in to learn and I was happy for her to get two big pins today.”

Mylea Lambert is the only member of the team that had any previous wrestling experience. She recorded 3 falls on the afternoon. The pin against Freedom took 3:14, the one against Emmaus happened in 2:33, and against Panther Valley, she decked her opponent in 44 seconds.

Lambert, who also cheers and plays softball, finished second in the season-opening PA National Guard Tournament. She described what it’s like to win a match and get have the referee raise your hand in victory, “It’s crazy. We had a tournament at Executive (Education Academy CS) and the first match I came out there and I won and he raised my hand and it was just a shock of adrenaline running through my body and I started jumping and clapping. I was like, ‘What the heck?! I’ve missed this.’ I’ve been off the mat for three years and there’s nothing else like it.”

While the competition and results are the most visible part of any athletic program, there is a ton of work that goes on behind the scenes to make even an established program run. Provini has embraced the additional responsibility of running the girls’ program and has taken steps to ensure that they are not treated as an afterthought.

He explained, “I’ve been doing everything in my power to have an equal program. We did posters. We did introductions today. If we were going to do this (start a girls’ program), and I felt Northampton had to do this, it was going to be 100 percent an equal program. If the boys are getting it, the girls are getting it.”

The girls’ next home dual meet will be on Jan. 6 against Nazareth starting at 6 p.m. before the boys programs continue their rivalry.