ANNOUONCEMENTS


Sunday, March 9, 2008

Telegram All-State Wrestling

— Carlin Dubay

Caribou, senior
Weight: 103
Highlights: Unbeaten against in-state competition for the past three seasons, Dubay captured his third consecutive Class B state championship. ''He's improved since he was a freshman,'' Caribou Coach Todd Albert said. ''What impressed me is he got better this year on his feet. He's always been a good leg wrestler, and this season he added something else.''
Matt Del Gallo
Gardiner, sophomore
Weight: 112
Highlights: Del Gallo has compiled a 70-0 record against in-state competition during his first two varsity seasons, and he captured his first Class A title after winning the Class B championships at the same weight as a freshman. ''He's real-laid back for a sophomore,'' Gardiner Coach Matt Hanley said. ''He's still learning and not afraid to try something new.''
Chris Smith
Deering, senior
Weight: 119
Highlights: Smith went 44-0 to capture the Class A championship at 119 pounds, becoming one of 10 Maine wrestlers all-time to win four state titles. ''His work ethic's exceptional,'' Deering Coach Al Kirk said. ''His love for the sport is one of the best I've seen in my 40 years of coaching.''
Zachary Clarke
Sanford, junior
Weight: 125
Highlights: After finishing as runner-up at 125 a year ago, Clarke went 27-4 and won his first Class A title. ''He's a very hard-working and very determined wrestler,'' Sanford Coach John Caramihalis said. ''He pushes himself in practice and tries to wrestle aggressively the whole match.''
Sam Webber
Mt. Blue, senior
Weight: 130
Highlights: Compiling an overall record of 42-3, Webber claimed his second consecutive Class A state title after moving up one weight class. ''What makes him the wrestler he is is he's able to adapt to any situation,'' Mt. Blue Coach Bob O'Connor said. ''He hates to lose and he does not like being put on his back.''
Cinjin Goeway
Maine Central Institute, senior
Weight: 135
Highlights: Posting a school-record 111 wins for his career, Goeway went 37-2 in his final season to capture his first Class B state championship. ''He is an exceptional wrestler who has competed against the best all four years,'' MCI Coach Mike Libby said. ''He hasn't won those big matches in the past, and this year he came through and won those big matches.''
Joey Eon
Massabesic, junior
Weight: 140
Highlights: Unbeaten against in-state competition, Eon compiled a 40-2 record to win his third Class A state title at 140 pounds. ''He approaches everything full steam,'' Massabesic Coach Rick Derosier said. ''There's no stopping. When he's ready to go, he's ready to go. He's very intense on the mat.'
Jon Smith
Dirigo, senior
Weight: 145
Highlights: Unbeaten while wrestling against in-state competition his last two seasons, Smith went 153-15 while winning three consecutive Class C state championships. ''He destroyed every single record we had here at the school,'' Dirigo Coach Doug Gilbert said. ''On the mat he is unrelenting.''
Steve Martin
Bonny Eagle, sophomore
Weight: 152
Highlights: Martin posted a 36-1 record to capture his first Class A state title after finishing third at 152 pounds as a freshman. ''He's a true wrestler, self-motivated and very passionate,'' Bonny Eagle Coach Brooks Clark said. ''He plays football, too, but this is what he loves to do.''
Jon Hussey
Marshwood, senior
Weight: 160
Highlights: Hussey compiled a 184-0 record against in-state competition in four seasons to become one of 10 wrestlers in Maine history to win four state championships. ''He has had so many things to overcome this year, and he's really stepped it up this year,'' Marshwood Coach Matt Rix said. ''He really came through as a leader.''
Josh Eon
Massabesic, senior
Weight: 171
Highlights: While going unbeaten against in-state competition, Eon went 36-2 to capture his third consecutive Class A state title at 171 pounds. ''When he wrestles, he doesn't show emotion,'' Massabesic Coach Rick Derosier said. ''He just gets out there, and he just starts wrestling. He does exactly what he has to do.''
Travis Spencer
Belfast, junior
Weight: 189
Highlights: After winning a Class B title at 160 pounds, Spencer has won two titles at 189. ''He's exceptionally quick for his size,'' Belfast Coach Teddy Heroux said. ''His skill level has got to be as high as any wrestler in the state.''
How We Did It
The Maine Sunday Telegram All-State wrestling team was selected based on results in the state meets, with input from coaches around the state.
Raistlin Delisle
Kennebunk, senior
Weight: 215
Highlights: Despite missing the first five weeks of the season with a torn hamstring, Delisle went 25-0 to capture his first Class A state championship. ''Raistlin is a unique person,'' Kennebunk Coach Josh Stone said. ''He looks at a lot of tapes from his matches and looks where he can correct mistakes.''
Nate Lavallee
Cape Elizabeth, junior
Weight: 285
Highlights: Lavallee, who trains with the Scarborough team because Cape Elizabeth doesn't have a wrestling team, went 33-1 while winning his second consecutive Class A championship. ''Nate is an exceptionally hard worker.'' Scarborough Coach Phil Hamilton said. ''When he makes up his mind on a goal, he does everything he can to achieve that goal.''
Coach of the Year
Teddy Heroux
Belfast
Highlights: The Lions captured their first Class B state title in 13 years. It was the squad's seventh state championship under Heroux, who has been the wrestling coach at Belfast for all but three years since 1965. ''I'm kind of a happy-go-lucky guy,'' he said. ''I don't take it too hard when my kids lose a match. We just try to build on it and improve their skills. I never yell at a kid. I never put a kid down.''
Honorable Mention
Kote Aldus, Belfast, sophomore, 160
Mike Rollerson, Belfast, senior, 171
Jacob Berry, Camden Hills, senior, 145
Murphy McGowan, Camden Hills, senior, 130
Derek Daley, Dirigo, senior, 135
Jerod Rideout, Foxcroft Academy, senior, 160
P.J. Richards, Hermon, senior, 215
Forrest Cornell, Lisbon, freshman, 103
Marcus Bubar, Lisbon, sophomore, 140
D.J. Brackett, Morse, junior, 103
Zach Chandler, Mt. Ararat, junior, 189
Peter Bronder, Noble, junior, 145
Mark Richardson, Noble, junior, 135
Billy Gauthier, York, sophomore, 125