HERSHEY, Pa. -- Jake Kemerer avenged last year's loss, while Shane Young kept his streak going. Both captured PIAA Class AAA wrestling titles at the Giant Center Saturday.

Kemerer, a junior at Hempfield, captured the 160-pound title with a 6-5 decision against State College senior Steve Bosak. The victory avenged last year's 6-2 loss to Bosak in the 145-pound semifinals.

"I lost to him in the semis last year, so beating him in the finals makes this title even sweeter," said Kemerer, who also faced Bosak at the King of the Mountain tournament in December. "I faced him earlier this season and beat him, 6-4. Knowing that I had already beat him gave me confidence going into the championship match."

Kemerer managed a reversal in the first period, a takedown in the second period and sealed the victory with a takedown with 53 seconds left.

"Jake is the epitome of hard worker," Hempfield coach Vince DeAugustine said. "His hard work over the past year has paid off with a state title. He had a phenomenal year."

After the match, Kemerer ran into the stands to hug his biggest fan, his 9-year-old brother Luke. And Luke was by Jake's side at the postmatch news conference.

"You did great," replied the shy little brother, when a reporter asked his feelings.

Jake Kemerer would like to see Luke follow in his footsteps.

"I wouldn't be surprised to see Luke wrestling up here some day in the future," Kemerer said. "And I'll be here to cheer him on."

Kemerer is the seventh PIAA champion from Hempfield and the second in a row. Steve Santia won at 285 last year.

Young claimed his second PIAA title and increased his consecutive win streak to 90 with an 8-3 decision against Emmaus' Taylor Brown at 112. Young was 46-0 as a sophomore and 44-0 this season.

"I came here undefeated, and my goal was to come out of this tournament undefeated," Young said.

Penn-Trafford coach Larry Hohman said Young handled the pressure of being an undefeated returning champion well.

"The pressure comes from within," Hohman said. "Shane works hard every day. I think if he feels like he does that he can accomplish anything. I don think he puts any pressure on himself. He just goes about his business. It's business as usual."

And that's just the way it looked as Young dominated Taylor in the title bout.

"The consecutive win streak is just icing on the cake," Hohman said. "I'm sure he would like to finish his career undefeated, but the No. 1 priority is to come back here next year and be standing on top of the podium."

The key to Young's streak is his ability to score the first takedown. But that's not surprising considering Young was taken down only once this season -- in the WPIAL semifinals by Belle Vernon's Jeremy Weslager.

"Getting the first points in a match is a big key," Young said. "It allows you to do what you want."

Kemerer was one of four Hempfield wrestlers who earned a medal. Nico Cortese, Jack Bachman and T.J. Valore were the Spartans other placewinners.

Cortese became a four-time medal winner finishing third in the 119-pound weight class. His only setback was a 6-3 loss to Hatboro-Horsham's Robert Gribschaw in the quarterfinals. Cortese avenged the loss, with a 2-1 victory in four overtimes in the consolation final for third place.

Bachman placed seventh at 135, while Valore finshed sixth at 189.

"We had four kids and all four came home with a medal," DeAugustine said. "We also finished sixth in the team standings. Having this many medalists can only help the program. The program is headed in the right direction. Each kid who came here wrestled his butt off."

Norwin's Mike Salopek and Zack Zummo became two-time placewinners, but neither finished as high as they had hoped. Salopek placed fifth at 189; Zummo was eighth at 130.

Also placing were: Franklin Regional's Nico Megaludis and Penn-Trafford's Ryan Bohince. Megaludis was third at 103 pounds, while Bohince finished eighth in the same weight class.

"I faced a better opponent in the semifinals and he beat me," said Megaludis, who dropped a 1-0 decision to eventual champion Mark Rappo of Council Rock South. "But I'm very pleased with my freshman season. This loss give me incentive to work even harder."