{"id":131473,"date":"2026-03-06T17:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/131473\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:42:20","slug":"wrestler-charleigh-eick-earns-sectional-title-with-historic-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/131473\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestler Charleigh Eick earns sectional title with historic win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1771348518723-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"five student on a podium\" width=\"525\" height=\"391\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-67900 size-large\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Feb. 16, Bethlehem Central High School junior Charleigh Eick made history for Bethlehem athletics by becoming the first girl wrestler ever to win a Section II championship title.<\/p>\n<p>Eick, competing in the 185 weight class, will now head to the New York State Girls Wrestling Championships on Thursday, Feb. 26 at the MVP Arena in downtown Albany. Eick will be joined at the state tourney by teammate, senior Katie Huang, who will compete in the\u00a0 152 weight class.\u00a0 Huang finished second in the 152 class at sectionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis season marks the third year for the girls wrestling program,\u201d said team coach Sarah Trombadore. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more proud of our team and their accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck to Charleigh and Katie, and congratulations to the girls wrestling team on a successful season!<\/p>\n<p>Girls Varsity Wrestling Team 2025-26<\/p>\n<p>Arabella Frey (Gr. 8)<br \/>\nElise Bronson (Gr. 8)<br \/>\nGitika Negandhi (Gr. 8)<br \/>\nLucia D\u2019Andrade (Gr. 9)<br \/>\nAmelia Folio (Gr. 9)<br \/>\nSloane Cohen (Gr. 10)<br \/>\nVanessa Loscalzo (Gr. 10)<br \/>\nKaelyn Grovenger (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nAlessia Lilly (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nKathryn Sabella (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nCharleigh Eick (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nMaddy Lee (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nMacayla Farrell (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nV Saadat (Gr. 12)<br \/>\nCandace Oakley (Gr. 12)<br \/>\nKatie Huang (Gr. 12)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BIG09241-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"group of people pose for photo\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-67903 size-large\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-5-1024x682.png\" alt=\"wrestler is named winner with arm raised\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-67902 size-large\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BIG09238-1-943x1024.jpg\" alt=\"three people hold up number one signs with fingers\" width=\"525\" height=\"570\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-67904 size-large\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday, Feb. 16, Bethlehem Central High School junior Charleigh Eick made history for Bethlehem athletics by becoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[43998,153,155,154],"class_list":["post-131473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bchs-news","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}