If they say there’s strength in numbers, apparently Team Pennsylvania didn’t get the memo.

Bringing just 34 athletes into the Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals in Fargo, the Keystone contingent finished the first day with 34 falls, good enough to average one fall per participant.

As the day ended on Saturday, Pennsylvania had clinched at least 11 medals with Sunday’s round-robins set to determine which wrestlers will go for which medals.

In previous years, Team PA would bring as many as 50 wrestlers to compete in Greco, but with one weigh-in due to the shortened competition schedule, and fewer regional qualifiers only 34 made the trip.

The group is currently first in total classification points, second in total match points scored – only behind Illinois, which brought 49 wrestlers, most of any state in this year’s Cadet Greco competition.

Josh Kindig, Dylan Alton and Evan Craig were all dominant, each registering four falls. Marshall Peppelman had three on the day, including one in a scant eight seconds. Of the 873 wrestlers in the tournament when it started, PA has four wrestlers in the Top 16 for total falls.

Peppelman is tied for the tournament lead with 33 classification points.

The grueling day saw some wrestlers compete in as many as eight matches, but one such match was especially satisfying for 160-pounder Michael Evans.

Evans avenged a loss to Illinois’ Brandon Ward at the Cadet Duals last month, picking up a 3-1, 3-0 victory.