What a four years for Lawrence Beckman of Reynolds

Lawrence Beckman, a four-year starter on the Reynolds wrestling team is no stranger to The Giant Center here in Hershey, PA. Lawrence stood on the medal stand each of his previous three trips here, improving his medal each year. Starting with his first trip, Lawrence earned a sixth place medal. In 2005 Lawrence improved one spot better to 5th. 2006 would be one step better as he would stand proud on the podium stand earning a fourth place medal. This year Lawrence had one goal in mind and that was obtaining a gold medal. On his quest for gold, Lawrence experienced problems with then unbeaten Nate Johnson of Central Columbia, suffering a 2-0 loss in the Quarterfinals. Remembering his previous three years here at Hershey, Lawrence had to start his way through the Consolation bracket. This year Lawrence would sweep through the Consolation Rounds winning close decisions by two or three points the whole way to the Consolation Finals. Looking to better his performance from last year he needed to win his Consolation Final for the Bronze Medal. There was something that was starting to worry Lawrence a little bit - his opponent in the Consolation Final round. His opponent? The same wrestler that beat Lawrence to put him in the loser's bracket - Nate Johnson of Central Columbia. This time Lawrence would not be denied as he pulled out a hard-fought 2-1 overtime rideout decision to claim the Bronze Medal and better, his finish from last year of fourth. In the four years of competition that Lawrence competed here in Hershey, he secured a 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place medal. Ending his tremendous career at Reynolds High, Lawrence ended his senior year with a record of 47-6.