1996–97

Northampton won the Mountain Valley Conference at 6–0 and finished 16–4. The Kids beat Liberty 25–19 on Dec. 14, Phillipsburg 22–19 on Jan. 11 in a dual where eight bouts were decided by three points or fewer, and Nazareth 23–22 on Jan. 18. They won the Cedar Cliff Duals, beating Manheim Central 33–27, and placed 3rd at the Mid Atlantic Classic in Delaware. Easton (49–9) and Parkland (26–17) handed them two of their losses.

In the District XI Duals the Kids beat Liberty 28–24 before losing 50–13 to Nazareth in the semifinals. Freshman Tommy Rohn (119), Christian Luciano (171) and John Hard (275) won District XI titles, and Hard won the Northeast Regional. At states Luciano was runner-up at 171, and Mike Sommer (140) and Hard placed 4th. The team finished 6th.