Lower Burrell Council honored the red hot Burrell School District wrestling team with a proclamation Monday for capturing its 15th straight WPIAL Class AA wrestling title.

Josh Shields, head coach of the Burrell wrestling team, and about a half dozen players received the proclamation at Monday’s council meeting.

“This team not only had success with the WPIAL, but they placed third in the state as a team,” said Mayor John Andrejcik. The mayor was the captain of the Deer Lakes wrestling team during his senior year of high school. Andrejcik went on to coach Burrell Youth Wrestling for more than a decade.

During Monday’s proclamation ceremony, Andrejcik noted that he knew some of the current Bucs wrestlers since they were children.

The mayor credited “the dedicated effort, hard work and grueling practices of all the members of Burrell Bucs wrestling team.”

He recognized the role of the coaching staff, the school district, the players’ families, the community and fans for the wrestling teams’ unabated success.

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