The Ultimate Duals made its debut on January 18th, 1997. The original intention for the Duals was to be a Raider Mat Club fund-raiser to benefit the Brookville Area High School wrestling program. As the Duals developed into the premier AA wrestling event, the goals evolved into bringing the six top AA Pennsylvania wrestling programs to one site, as well as bringing recognition to AA wrestling throughout the state. In 1996 the ideas behind this type of event began to become a reality. By the end of the 1996 wrestling season, three gentlemen now regarded as the founding fathers of the Ultimate Duals, started laying the groundwork for a new wrestling event. The gentlemen responsible for this event were Lenny Ferraro (Head Wrestling Coach 1994-1998), Bob Geer (Raider Mat Club president 1996-1999), and Frank Manco (Ultimate Duals Director 1997-2000). Through careful planning, great insight, and a tremendous passion for high school wrestling, these men created and influenced the Ultimate Duals in ways that are still felt today. Their accomplishments were realized when the Ultimate Duals was termed “The major class AA wrestling event in Pennsylvania” according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette in 1997. In 2002 the Duals expanded to a 2 day event with 9 teams, the gentlemen responsible for the expansion were Scott Park (Ultimate Duals Director 2001-2003) and Ben Fiscus (Ultimate Duals Director 2004-present). In 2005, the Duals took a new twist when it turned into a 2 day dual meet tournament which aloud 8 teams to get 5 matches a piece and turn it into a very fan friendly event. In 2007, we had to switch back to a one day event due to PIAA rules. Over the last 25, there has been a lot of Team and Individual Accomplishments:

666 State Qualifiers             408 State Place Winners

109 State Finalists               56 State Champions

13 Tournament State Champions; (1998 Reynolds, 1999 Wyalusing, 2000 Wyalusing, 2004 Loyalsock, 2005 Reynolds, 2006 Reynolds/La Plata, MD, 2007 Reynolds, 2011 Burrell, 2015 Reynolds, 2016 Brookville & 2017-18 Reynolds)

10 Tournament 2nd Place’s; (1999 Brookville, 2000 Claysburg-Kimmel, 2001 Reynolds, 2003 Reynolds, 2004 Bloomsburg, 2006 Northern Lehigh, 2007 Line Mountain, 2011 Reynolds, 2012 Reynolds & 2014 Brookville)

11 Tournament 3rd Place’s; (1999 Reynolds, 2000 Northern Lehigh, 2001 Shady Side Academy, 2003 Brandywine Heights, 2004 Reynolds, 2009 Reynolds, 2012 Fort LeBoeuf, 2013 Saegertown, 2015 Saegertown, 2017 Bishop McCort & 2021 Burrell)

16 Dual Meet State Champions; (1999 Brookville, 2000 Wyalusing, 2001 Wilson Area, 2003 Juniata, 2004 Bloomsburg, 2005 Northern Lehigh, 2006 Reynolds/La Plata, MD, 2007 Reynolds/La Plata, MD, 2009 Reynolds, 2016 Brookville & 2017-20 Reynolds)

10 Dual Meet 2nd Place’s; (1999 Wyalusing, 2001 Shady Side Academy, 2003 Brockway, 2005 Reynolds, 2006 Northern Lehigh, 2010 Reynolds, 2011 Fort LeBoeuf , 2013 Reynolds, 2014 Reynolds, 2015 Chestnut Ridge & 2023 Fort LeBoeuf)

11 Dual Meet 3rd Place’s; (2006 Mt. Pleasant, 2008 Reynolds, 2011 Burrell, 2012 Fort LeBoeuf, 2015-16 Reynolds, 2018-20 Chestnut Ridge, 2021 Burrell & 2022 Chestnut Ridge)

5 Dual Meet 4th Place's; ​(2005 Mt. Pleasant, 2010 Ridgway, 2012 Brookville, 2017 Brookville, 2019 Brookville & 2024 Reynolds)