Salem Wins New Hampshire Junior Varsity State Wrestling Tourney; Exeter 3rd, Concord 4th

PLAISTOW, NH — Hundreds of wrestlers from 26 high schools battled in nearly 500 bouts during the 2025 New Hampshire Junior Varsity State Wrestling Tournament at Timberlane Regional High School on Saturday.

One could have called it a battle of the southeastern New Hampshire powerhouse high schools, Salem and Timberlane. They traded leads early in the competition, but the Blue Devils eventually pulled away with a solid first-place finish.

One change this year was the expansion of the weight brackets from 15 to 21. In 2024, there were dual brackets for the 132, 144, and 150 weight classes. Those weight brackets, along with 138, tend to have the most wrestlers. For this year’s tourney, 123, 135, 142, 147, 153, and 208 weight brackets were added (a 215 bracket is standard for the high school matches and was for the JV tourney in 2024; for the 2023 JV tourney, it was 220).

The win by the Blue Devils snapped a five year winning streak by the Crimson Tide wrestling team.

Salem placed fourth last year and second in 2023. In 2024, Timberlane placed second and third in 2023, while Keene was third last year. Goffstown was fifth in 2024 and 10th in 2023. Exeter and Pinkerton finished sixth in 2024, with the teams placeing eighth and fourth in 2023.

School Results

1. Salem High School: 160 points

2. Timberlane Regional (Atkinson, Danville, Plaistow, and Sandown): 117

3. Exeter: 85

4. Concord: 73

5. Keene: 71

6. Pinkerton Academy (Derry): 68

7. Souhegan (Amherst/Mont Vernon): 43

8. Bedford: 42

9. Tie: Goffstown and Milford: 33

11. Winnisquam Regional (Sanbornton, Tilton, and Northfield): 30

12. Winnacunnet (Hampton, Seabrook, North Hampton, South Hampton, and Hampton Falls): 28

13. Tie: Hollis Brookline and Nashua North: 27

15. Plymouth Regional (Plymouth, Ashland, Holderness, Campton, Rumney, Wentworth, Warren, Ellsworth, Waterville Valley and Thornton): 25

16. Londonderry: 24

17. Windham: 21

18. Alvirne (Hudson): 19

19. Tie: Nashua South and Spaulding (Rochester): 15

21. Bow: 10

22. Tie: Lebanon and Merrimack: 3

Individual Results

• 100: Teegan Owens (TIM), Ella Paris (SAL), Oliver Greer (KEE), Dom Peoples (TIM), Carter Watson (PA), and Anthony Cipolletta (LON).
• 106: Scott Patti (TIM), Cole Nault (GOF), Jameson Cande (SAL), Brody Fudge (TIM), Yashi Bajpai (BED), and Lucas Trafton (EXT).
• 113: Zachary Patti (TIM), Colton Schuster (MLF), Tyler Baldridge (SAL), Mykel Walters (SAL), Anthony Cespedes (NS), and Wetherington Gardell (LEB).
• 120: John Fitzgerald (TIM), Lucas Sanchez (SAL), Dayton Brigante (WSQ), Guy Lafreniere (HB), Brayden Sovereign (WND), and Lucas Fournier (WSQ).
• 123: Tyler Belkus (SAL), Sebastian Ochoa (NN), Jayden Peralta (TIM), Craig Burge (NN), Dylan Orr (HB), and Seamus Hickey (MER).
• 126: Zachary Freni (WND), Kolton Cassano (SAL), Caleb Callaway (EXT), Devin Rivera (CON), Bennett Ponder (WSQ), and Aiden Couto (SPA).
• 132: Cam Pettengill (TIM), Charles Evans (EXT), Carter Bebey (MLF), Gabriel Ouellette (PA), Keira Lynch (SAL), and Daniel Murray (NN).
• 135: Zack Waters (KEE), Dominic Murphy (SAL), Harrison Higgins (EXT), Caleb Hart (SAL), Turner Lang (KEE), and John Burkhard (SOU).
• 138: Marty Benson (EXT), TaVyon Moore (NN), Landon Hammer (KEE), Nate Tassey (WSQ), Ryland Robinson (TIM), and Jacob Haibowicz (SAL).
• 141: Luis Caquias (SAL), Devin Woods (MLF), Alex Lenfest (SAL), Kellen Duval (PA), Camden Clay (KEE), and Austin Silk (SOU).
• 144: Gavin Oljey (TIM), Jack Digloria (GOF), Colton Hammer (KEE), Alex Rochette (NS), Stephen Gaffney (BED), and Joshua Brouillette (ALV).
• 147: Kaleb Miner, James Haney, Cole Mobley, CJ Goss (SAL), Bryson Wesler (BOW), and Dylan Legrow (HB).
• 150: Owen Shaw (EXT), Matt Pucci (SAL), Jeremy Richard (CON), Christian Chestnut (HB), Tristen Bennett (EXT), and Elyjah Lelievre (CON).
• 153: Marcus Stout (SOU), Kaedon Cashman (PA), Alex Bryant (SAL), Nicolas Roberts (CON), Moqsid Rahmani (LON), and Tyler Niemi (EXT).
• 157: Nick Green (BED), Zach Poole (BED), Noah Bassett (WSQ), Damian Cowen (KEE), Isaac Burns (HB), and Logan Jenista (CON).
• 165: Odin Delorey (LON), Patrick Casey (SOU), Elijah Aseltine (GOF), Liam Cronin (LON), Jonas Labedzki (GOF), and Ryan Couillard (PA).
• 175: Silas Heiser (BED), Jeff Riordon (CON), Tristen Patridge (PLY), Connor Dawidowicz (TIM), Sam Acevedo (PA), and Micah Howard (SAL).
• 190: (CON), Ryder Thurlow (WNC), Alex Fluery (PLY), Jaxson Donahue (SAL), Dylan Lake (PA), and Logan Rice (NS).
• 208: Anthony Novais (WNC), Kellen Whitney (PA), William Boncore (ALV), Charles McBrearty (PLY), RJ Gallant (EXT), and Roland Grillo (SPA).
• 215: Liam Sweeney (SAL), Joseph Therrien (PA), Isaac Carey (SPA), Marcus Bain (ALV), Patrick Shaughnessy (PA), and Daniel Hawkins (CON).
• 285: Jacob Breau (CON), Camden Carbone (CON), Damon Corbett (CON), Emerson Beauregard (CON), Brody Hink (BOW), and Landon Miner (CON).

The full results can be found on ArenaFloWrestling.org, linked here.

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