Crimson Tide Places 5th; Salem Girls 3rd At George Bossi Holiday Tourney: New Hampshire Wrestling Roundup

LOWELL, MA — In a potential preview of the New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championship in March of next year, more than 80 high schools from around the region sent students to compete in more than 1,450 bouts in Lowell, Massachusetts, at the annual 2025 George Bossi Lowell Holiday Tournament at the Tsongas Center.

Hundreds of wrestlers participated in the event, featuring 14 boy brackets and 12 for the girls.

After two days of wrestling, Central Catholic High School of Lawrence, MA, placed first with 268.5 points, while Shawsheen Valley Technical of Billerica, MA, came in second with 221 points, and St. John’s Prep in Danvers, MA, came in third with 182.5 points. Rounding out the Top 5 were Milford, MA, with 159 points and Concord, NH, with 148 points.

Biswar Darji, a junior at Concord High School, won the Mark Donovan Award for most pins in the least amount of time during the tourney.

Full Team Boy Results

1. Central Catholic High School of Lawrence, MA 268.5

2. Shawsheen Tech of Billerica, MA 221

3. St. John’s Prep of Danvers, MA 182.5

4. Milford, MA 159

5. Concord, NH 148

6. Methuen, MA 117.5

7. Andover, MA 116.5

8. Newtown of Sandy Hook, Connecticut 114.5

9. Tie: Melrose, MA and Mount Anthony Union of Burlington, Vermont 107

11. Springfield Central, MA 106

12. Lowell, MA 104.5

13. Fairfield Warde in Fairfield, CT

14. Tie: New Bedford, MA, and Woburn, MA, 103.5

16. Keene, NH 88.5

17. Salem, NH 86

18. Bedford, NH 81

19. Wellesley, MA 80

20. Tie: Greater Lawrence Technical School of Andover, MA, and Wakefield, MA 77.5

22. Gloucester, MA 77

23. Franklin, MA 76

24. Xaverian Brothers High School of Westwood, MA 69

25. Tie: Greater Lowell Technical, MA, and Saugus-Peabody, MA 67.5

27. Burlington, MA 67

28. Tie: Natick, MA, and Tewksbury, MA 66

30. Milford, NH 65.5

31. Arlington, MA 64

32. Tie: Agawam, MA and Newton North, MA

34. Northbridge High School of Whitinsville, MA 60

35. Tie: Minnechaug Regional of Wilbraham, MA, and Tyngsborough-Dracut, MA 59.5

37. North Andover, MA

38. Tie: Salem, MA, and Whittier Tech of Haverhill, MA 58

40. Reading, MA 57.5

41. Tie: Concord-Carlisle, MA, and Vergennes of Vergennes, VT

43. Tie: Alvirne High School of Hudson, NH, Bow, NH, and Leominster 55

46. Canton, MA 54.5

47. Portsmouth, NH 53.5

48. Ashland, MA 52.5

49. Conard High School of West Hartford, CT 52

50. Holliston, MA 51

51. Cranston West of Cranston, Rhode Island 50.5

52. Beverly, MA 49.5

53. Brookline, MA 49

54. Westford Academy, MA

55. Chelmsford, MA

56. Marshwood of South Berwick, Maine 45.5

57. Newton South, MA 41

58. Winchester, MA 40.5

59. Foxborough, MA 39.5

60. Middletown, RI 38

61. Lynnfield-North Reading, MA 36.5

62. Nashua South, NH 34.5

63. Manchester Memorial, NH 32

64. Belmont, MA 29.5

65, Billerica, MA 28

66. Putnam, CT 25

67. North Middlesex of Townsend, MA 24.5

68. Branford, CT 24

69. Hall High School of West Hartford, CT 23.5

70. East Longmeadow, MA 23

71. Watertown, MA 21

72. Tie: Hampden Charter School of Science in Chicopee, MA, and Windham, NH 20

74. Lexington, MA

Full Team Girl Results

1. Greater Lawrence 81

2. Lowell 78.5

3. Salem, NH 78

4. Putnam 77

5. Agawam 73

6. Ludlow High School, MA 70

7. Noble High School of North Berwick, ME 67

8. Woburn, MA 63.5

9. Tie: Bridgewater-Raynham, MA, and Springfield Center, MA 56

11. North Andover 55

12. Bedford 53

13. Marshwood 45.5

14. Mount Anthony Union 45

15. Keene 44

16. Tie: Billerica and Whittier 37

18. Milford 34

19. Alvirne 31

20. Ashland 29.5

21. Tie: Salem, MA, and Triton High School of Byfield, MA 28

23. Tie: Concord and Windham 27

25. Belmont 26

26. Tie: Fairfield Ludlowe of Fairfield, CT, Lawrence, and Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School in Franklin 24

29. Vergennes 23.5

30. Newton North 22

31. Winchester 21.5

32. Tie: Fairfield Warde and Northbridge 20

34. Brookline 19

35. Pelham, NH 16

36. Milford, NH 15

37. Tie: Branford, Holliston, and North Middlesex 13

40. Westford Academy

41. Tie: Manchester Memorial and New Bedford

43. Wakefield, MA 7

44. Tie: Chelmsford and Minnechaug 6

46. Greater Lowell and Tewksbury 0

Individual Results

New Hampshire boys placing included Mason Verrocchio of Alvrine who was third, Biswas Darji of Concord fourth, and Nadim Abbari of Manchester Memorial eighth in the 106; John Blocksidge was sixth in the 113; Carter Kuhn was second in the 120; Kevin Spoon of Salem was fourth in the 126; Ian Spencer of Keen was seventh in the 138; Leo Runez was fifth for Keene in the 144 and Nasr Abbari of Manchester Memorial was eighth; Jacob Hamm of Keene was seventh in the 157; In the 165, Stephen Whisler of Portsmouth was eighth; Max Chung of Concord was fourth in the 175 division; Gavin McConnell of Bedford was fourth in the 190 while Zander Wood of Salem was sixth; Isaiah Puckett of Concord was fourth in the 215 while Ian McCubrey of Nashua South was seventh; and Wayne Gutierrez-Sakakeeny of Concord was fifth and Jimmy Nelson was seventh in the 285.

For the girls, Ella Paris of Salem was second in the 100 weight bracket while Makenna Comtois of Pelham was fourth and Paige Bickford of Alvirne was sixth; Amelia Hough placed first in the 107 while Oliver Greer of Keene came in sixth; In the 114, Grace Kenna placed third; Isabelle Boisvert came in sixth in the 126; Alexia Coleman of Salem was fifth and Audrey Shaw of Bedford was sixth in the 132; Keira Lynch of Salem placed first in the 138; Leila Garcia of Salem was second in the 145; In the 165, Samantha Bennett of Windham came in third while Mya Coombs of Milford placed fourth and Rachel Felegera of Keene came in fifth; in the 185, Madison Beauregard of Concord placed first while Jillian Boncore came in second for Alvirne and Ella Guyette of Keene came in sixth; and in the 235, Sophia Domitrovich of Keene came in fifth.

For the full student results, visit the Arena Flowrestling website.

2025 Nor’Easter Invitational

Twenty-two New Hampshire schools, including Bedford, Bishop Guertin, Hopkinton, Manchester West, Merrimack, Nashua North, and Nashua South, participated in the 2025 Nor’Easter Invitational in Hollis on Saturday.

For Bedford, Gabe Kenna was 0-2 with a bye; Zachary Benn was 0-2 with a bye; Walker Drown in the 126 went 1-1, while Eric Gao in the 138 went 2-2; in the 144, Calvin Foxon was 0-2 with a bye; In the 190, Ben Perkins was 0-2 with a bye; Will Riley in the 215 went 3-0.

For BG, Wesley Steinruck in the 106 went 3-1; Austin Steinruck in the 132 went 4-1; James Alegeo in the 138 went 4-0; Dominic Stamp in the 157 went 4-1; Peter Cerrato in the 165 went 2-2; Jack Foster went 4-1 in the 175; and Bishop Kearns in the 285 went 4-0. Nolan Lindstad of Hopkinton went 3-1.

For Manchester West, Angel Diaz went 5-1 in the 106; Saddrudin Zahid in the 126 went 4-1; Samuel Cruz in the 132 went 4-0; Kendric Nunez in the 138 went 4-2; Carlos Ascencio went 2-2 in the 144; Colin Taylor in the 150 went 3-1; Jadien Suero in the 157 went 2-0 with a bye; In the 165, Anthony DiGaetano was 2-2; Tristan Sar in the 175 was 0-2 with a bye; Jayden Nartey in the 215 was 5-1; in the 285, Kevin Echeverria was 0-3 with a bye.

For Merrimack, Brandon Gendron went 2-2 in the 126; in the 132, Caleb Grandmaison went 2-2; Seamus Hickey was 2-2 in the 138; Jack Anderson, in the 150, went 0-2 with a bye; Luke Emond was 0-2 with a bye in the 157; Cash Torres, in the 165, was 3-2; Nicolin Stevens was 4-1 in the 175; Carter Anderson was 4-1 in the 190; and Avery Lanteigne, in the 215, was 2-3.

For Nashua North, Craig Burge in the 120 was 3-2; Sebastian Ochoa was 3-1 in the 126; in the 132, Caleb Paquin was 1-2; Caleb Smith was 2-3 in the 138; in the 144, Tayvon Moore was 4-1; Kayden Vallerand-Kenneally was 2-2 with a bye in the 150; Yuri Soares, in the 157, was 0-2 with a bye; Jadin Jones was 1-2 in the 175; Liam Collins, in the 190, was 2-2 with a bye; Benjamin Laflamme was 0-2 in the 215; in the 285, Mason Bracetty was 1-2 with a bye.

For Nashua South, Elijah Phillips in the 106 went 0-2 with a bye; in the 113, Prithvi Gupta was 0-2; Anghelo Araujo was 0-2 with 2 byes in the 120; Noah Beasley was 0-2 in the 126; Hamir Pathania was 1-2 in the 138; Christopher Angellis was 0-2 with a bye in the 144; Alex Rochette was 2-3 in the 150; in the 165, Ares Provance was 0-2 with a bye; Logan Rice was 1-3 with a bye in the 165; and Jacob Tripp was 1-2 in the 215.

Full results can be found here.

Londonderry Hosts Holiday Tourney

Twenty-two schools from New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island were in Londonderry for the school’s holiday tournament.

For Londonderry, Aaron Braley went 3-1 with 2 byes while Anthony Cipolletta 1-2 with a bye in the 106; Lennox DeLeon went 4-1, Lucas DeLeon went 3-1 with a bye, Jake Underwood went 1-2 with a bye; and Matthew Wallace went 2-2 with a bye in the 113; Cam Roussell in the 120 was 2-1 with a bye while Ryan Ramos was 0-2 with a bye; in the 126, Jackson Butcher was 0-2 with a bye; Gabriel Perez in the 132 was 2-1 with a bye; in the 138, Ayden Murray was 0-2 with a bye; Colin Egan was 3-1 with a bye, Alex Samoisette was 0-2 with 2 byes, and Caleb Tannier was 0-2 with a bye in the 144; Caleb Holden was 4-1 in the 150; Brendan Egan was 3-1 in the 157 while Jack Perrin was 1-2; Claire Tillman was 2-1 and Fira Shaffer was 1-3 in the 165; Liam Cronin was 3-2 and Moqsid Rahmani was 2-2 in the 175; For the 190, Joseph Rose was 3-2 and Jorge Ribota was 0-2 with 2 byes; Luca Cuff was 0-2 with a bye and Brandon Dyer was 2-2 in the 215; and Jayden Mahlatini was 4-1 with a bye in the 285. Aerilyn Curtin was 1-2 in the 114.

Manchester Central was also at the tourney: Hyro Melikian was 0-2 with a bye in the 113; Arman Collins was 0-2 in the 132; Julius Jaquez was 0-2 in the 138; Luis Caquias was 1-2 with 2 byes in the 144; in the 150, Zachary Heile was 0-2 with a bye; Rafdy Castillo was 1-2 in the 157; and Julian Rentas-Ubeda was 0-2 with a bye.

For Merrimack, Sara Snavely was 2-1 in the 120 division while Danielle Elnar was 0-3 in the 165.

For Souhegan, in the 106, Kyle Sukcharoenphon was 1-2 with a bye; Nathan Stout was 1-3 with a bye in the 120; Owen Kostecki was 1-2 with a bye in the 126 while Emily Ziriak was 2-1. In the 132, Jack Kaler was 4-0; Landon Carson in the 138 was 5-1 while Ava Burbee was 4-0 with a bye; Chase Knuckles, in the 144, was 5-0; Alex Sarfde was 4-1 in the 150; In the 157, Brennon Mielke was 1-2; Patrick Casey, in the 165, was 2-1 with a bye; Cole Mobley was 0-2 with a bye in the 175; Micah Dibble was 0-2 with a bye in the 215; and Gabriel Holt was 4-1 in the 285. Mary Wellen was 0-3 in the 114 division.

For Winnacunnet, Matteo Tanida in the 106 was 0-2 with a bye, Roman Deluca in the 113 was 0-2 with 2 byes; Ethan Gahm had 2 losses and 2 byes in the 120; Kane Knight in the 126 was 2-2; Morgan Shein in the 132 was 2-2; Luke Andruskevich was 2-2 in the 138; Reid Campbell was 1-2 with a bye in the 150 In the 157, Liam Peters was 0-2; Connor Nicol was 1-2 in the 175; and Ryder Thurlow was 3-1 with a bye in the 190.

For Trinity, Casey Horne was 5-1 with 2 byes in the 144 bracket.

Full results can be found here.

Exeter Wrestles At Winnisquam Quad

Exeter wrestled against Kingswood Regional, Prospect Mountain, and Winnisquam Regional on Saturday. The only scores available were Winnisquam’s 43-30 win against the Blue Hawks. Avery Niemi in the 175 won by pin as did Reid Grandmason in the 113, Eli Jones in the 120, Hudson Berry in the 132, and Ryan Grandmano in the 150.

Full results can be found here.

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