Hall fifth at NCAA championships
<p>Boise State and former Bonners Ferry High wrestler Adam Hall, right, battles with Purdue's Colton Salazar on Saturday at Philadelphia.</p>
Boise State redshirt senior Adam Hall, a former standout from Bonners Ferry High, finished fifth at 157 pounds at the NCAA wrestling championships Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Hall, who entered the tournament as the top-seed, won his first three matches before losing to Jason Welch of Northwestern 3-1 in the quarterfinals late Friday.
Hall wrestled back through the consolation bracket to defeated Johnny Greisheimer of Edinboro 11-3 and Walter Peppelman of Harvard by pinfall in 3:40. Hall lost by decision to Steve Fittery of American 5-0 before coming back to defeat Welch by a 5-1 decision in a rematch for fifth place.
Penn State won the national team title after pulling away in the semifinal round, the school's first title since 1953.