NORTH ANDOVER – Central Catholic’s boys and Lowell’s women wrestling groups took dwelling the MIAA Division 1 titles on Saturday at North Andover Excessive College, besting robust opponents like Shawsheen Tech, St. John’s (Shrewsbury), Higher Lawrence and Springfield Central.
With 4 champions from Central Catholic and two from Lowell, each faculties got here out on prime with 224 and 174 factors, respectively.
Central’s Lucas Cooper (120), Izaiah Santiago (132) notably took titles of their weight courses, whereas Sam Winship (106) beat Shawsheen’s Kyle Dube (106) 3-0 with a takedown at 1:21 to achieve an enormous staff edge on the Rams.
Typically neck and neck with Shawsheen all through the day, Raiders head coach Jaime Durkin mentioned that Saturday was Central Catholic’s time to drag forward.
“They’re a fantastic staff, they’re powerful. I feel this 12 months we simply had somewhat bit extra steam than they did,” mentioned Durkin.
Central Catholic additionally claimed victory within the final match of the day with Brian Waller-Reitano (285) beating Lowell’s Atilio Colon (285) 7-1, with an escape and two takedowns.
“I’m feeling good, labored onerous this entire season so I feel I deserve this,” mentioned Waller-Reitano.
Shawsheen claimed second place, with champions Dante Giusti (126) and James Tildsley (157). Tildsley pinned down his fourth state title. Saint John’s Prep adopted in third with last winners James Lally (144) and Sam Josey (190).
To spherical out the boys MIAA champions, Franklin sophomore John Woodall (113), Andover senior Jason Ballou (138), Leominster seniors Dan (150) and Troy Greaney (165), Methuen senior Vincent DeMaio (175), and Taunton senior William Buffington (215) claimed championship titles of their last matches.
On the women facet, Lowell’s Alex Plowman (126) and Amelyiah Martinez (235) claimed the championship, with Martinez pulling by after struggling a troublesome damage on the mat.
“Once I landed on it … I keep in mind listening to a crunch. It was the worst ache I’ve ever had,” she mentioned.
Regardless of this, Martinez says that it’s almost definitely “not an enormous deal” and is keen to get again within the weight room.
“Positively can’t skip out. A whole lot of onerous work to get right here, undoubtedly can’t give it up now,” she mentioned.
That is Martinez’s third state championship win, and he or she has no intentions of stopping.
“I keep in mind once I was a freshman in highschool I used to be the one woman within the JV room,” mentioned Martinez. “Now, being right here is simply such an accomplishment. It actually exhibits you’ll be able to transfer mountains whenever you wish to, you’ll be able to minimize by them, however solely onerous work can get you to the highest of the summit. That is simply proof of all that onerous work and dedication.”
General, Lowell head coach Nick Logan is pleased with his women for preserving their drive and dedication all the best way to the win.
“It was a fantastic general staff effort, which is one thing we’ve been preaching to the women all 12 months. We knew that if all of them got here collectively at this event, we might get it accomplished,” mentioned Logan. “The couple of women who wrestled again… They took some powerful losses, and so they received a bunch of pins on the bottom. I feel that actually helped in direction of that staff title.”
Higher Lawrence completed second after Lowell, with Springfield Central in third. Higher Lawrence had two champions, Aliana Garcia (100) and Jordyn Reynolds (165). Springfield Central had one division champion, Izabella Perez (120).
Different last matches noticed wins from North Andover senior Alexia Henriquez (107) and junior Bella Prince (185), Bridgewater-Raynham senior Kennedie Davis (114), Newton North senior Madeline Ngo (132), Framingham junior Adriana DeGroat (138), Whittier freshman Olivia Leone (145) and Bristol-Plymouth senior Rileigh Fagan (152).
