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'BEAST ON THE MAT': Former Standout Phillipsburg HS Wrestler Tylor Petchonka Dies, 23 'BEAST ON THE MAT': Former Standout Phillipsburg HS Wrestler Tylor Petchonka Dies, 23
'Beast ON THE MAT': Former Standout Phillipsburg HS Wrestler Tylor Petchonka Dies, 23 Former standout Phillipsburg High School wrestler Tylor Petchonka died on Jan. 9. He was 23 years old. Petchonka, who had been living in Easton, graduated in 2014 from Phillipsburg High School, where he was a member of the 2014 State Championship Wrestling Team. More than $5,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for funeral expenses as of Wednesday evening. "Tylor loved wrestling and wrestled for Phillipsburg his entire childhood and I quote, 'he was a beast on the mat,'" campaign organizers Amanda Bridge and Alesha Blanton said. "If the wrestling family or even our community could come …