A look back on area wrestling programs
3 min readThe winter season wrap up sequence moves forward but stays in the fitness center as we get down the modern wrestling year.
It seemingly was a rebuilding yr for most programs when you search at it from a huge-photo standpoint. Nonetheless, just about every group experienced many personal wrestlers achieve accomplishment all through the season.
Classic powerhouse Harmony took a back seat in Division I this season as it started an unusual rebuild in comparison to its normal reload. The area’s Division III teams all stacked up perfectly in opposition to one particular one more, but Winnisquam had a banner 12 months with its next-position staff complete at the state fulfill in February – the school’s first wrestling banner.
A nearer look at location teams, in order by divisions:
Dual meet record: 9-5.
Placement at point out meet: Fifth (112.5 details).
Critical wrestlers: Kody Rashed (195 pounds), Jaycee Haskell (220) and Hunter Jeffers (285).
Closing marks: Year in and year out, the Crimson Tide are a single of the toughest packages to experience throughout the time, and appear match time it is swiftly grew to become a two-group race with Timberlane. But this season left Concord in the passenger seat as the method noticed new, inexperienced faces in the lineup. Even with the youthful varsity squad, mentor Ham Munnell could persistently rely on his 3 heaviest wrestlers in Rashed, Haskell and Jeffers – all of whom went to the Meet up with of Champions and New Englands.
Twin fulfill document: 4-11.
Position at state meet: 3rd (81.5 factors).
Crucial wrestlers: Adler Moura (120).
Ultimate marks: Bow, substantially like its D-I brother Concord, took a little bit of a back again seat in the D-III realm as a result of low roster figures. The Falcons’ third-place finish at states this yr was their least expensive placement in current memory right after being runner-up or winner 4 of the final 5 seasons. Sophomore Adler Moura was a potent position for Bow this year by successful his bracket at states and posting a runner-up end at the Satisfy of Champions.
Dual satisfy file: 5-12-1.
Position at point out fulfill: Ninth (50 details).
Essential wrestlers: Lukas Boulanger (182), Caleb Hauptman (113).
Final marks: The Generals’ only motion final period arrived for the duration of the point out fulfill, so immediately after essentially a year off, they manufactured some sound in the course of the season. Boulanger, who won the 182-pound title, led the way for John Stark and guided the Generals to a couple dual meet up with victories through the season.
Dual fulfill report: 6-13.
Placement at condition satisfy: Tenth (43 details).
Crucial wrestlers: Evan Lombard (160).
Ultimate marks: Kearsarge did not take the mat last year, and to go from staying absent to owning a state winner is a testament to the culture of the method third-calendar year mentor Brian Kellogg continues to build. Lombard, a senior, led the way for the Cougars all over the period by profitable a state title and putting next at the Meet up with of Champions.
Dual fulfill report: 9-14 general, 6-6 vs. D-III foes.
Posture at condition fulfill: 2nd (86 factors).
Key wrestlers: Aemon Gauthier (113), Henry Osmer (126), Brendan Parry (220).
Remaining marks: It is not hyperbole to say that this past year was the greatest in system record. Winnisquam despatched five wrestlers to the Fulfill of Champions, highlighted by Gauthier’s condition title acquire at the D-III championships. Fifth-year coach Tom Osmer has used the previous fifty percent-decade making some thing in Tilton for the black and blue, and it arrived to fruition this year. The ideal part? A vast vast majority of the Bears’ grapplers will return following season, which include Gauthier, who’s only a freshman.
