Season recaps for Camden Hills, Belfast, Oceanside, Mount View, Medomak Valley
By Staff |
AUGUSTA — With the regular season wrapped for high school wrestling squads, Midcoast mat athletes eagerly anticipate the postseason, which was to begin on Saturday, Jan. 31 with the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championships at Cony High School in Augusta.
However, that meet was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., but with more inclement weather to hit the state over the weekend, the start time was pushed back an hour to 11 a.m., but now the event has been canceled, announced Jim Leonard, athletic director at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield.
Camden Hills of Rockport, Belfast, Oceanside of Rockland/Thomaston, Mount View of Thorndike and Medomak Valley of Waldoboro compete in the KVACs.
Usually, the KVAC meet features Class A and Class B schools within the separate classes each wrestling one another in a combined meet, though, at the end, both Class A and Class B champions are crowned.
Last year, Camden Hills finished first in Class B (second overall), while Belfast finished second (fourth overall).
Now the Windjammers, Mariners, Lions, Panthers and Mustangs will gear up for the regional meets on Saturday, Feb. 7 in Eastern Class B at Medomak Valley for Belfast, Oceanside, Camen Hills and Medomak Valley and Western Class B at Wells for Mount View and the state Class B meet on Saturday, Feb. 14 at Fryeburg Academy for all the Midcoast teams.
This winter, Camden Hills, also the defending regional and state Class B champs, sported a 20-8 regular-season, dual-meet record. Belfast held a 23-4-2 record, Oceanside 16-11, Medomak Valley 9-13 and Mount View 9-17.
The following is a breakdown of each area team's wrestlers, weight classes and win/loss records to date:
Camden Hills — Hilary Merrifield, 113-pound class (24-6); Zac Annis, 120-pound class (12-1); Kaden Harrison-Billiat, 126-pound class (9-5); Gabe Wright, 132-pound class (11-8); John Underhill, 138-pound class (22-4); Taylor Crosby, 145-pound class (16-5); Alex Vokey, 152-pound class (5-9); Eli Smith, 160-pound class (10-2); Eben Merrifield, 170-pound class (13-9); Adrian Joy, 170-pound class (12-8); Wyatt, Parra, 182-pound class (10-10); Kaylo Littlejohn, 195-pound class (20-5); Jared Gilbert, 220-pound class (22-2); and Bryan Clement, 285-pound class, 17-7.
Belfast — Brendan Bruns, 106-pound weight class (29-3); Austin Merando, 113-pound class (31-10); Chase Curry, 120-pound class (33-11); Tyler Stickney, 126-pound class (8-6); Dakota Coleman, 132-pound class (15-21); Brandon Waterman, 138-pound class (34-10); Jacob Racioppi, 145-pound class (34-9); Jesse Bishop, 152-pound class (1-2); Jacob Waterman, 160-pound class (9-4); Matt Smith, 170-pound class (15-13); Austin Sprague, 182-pound class (22-13); Jared Vaughn, 195-pound class (7-11); Travis Tran, 220-pound class (10-4); and Jared Hansen, 285-pound class (28-7).
Medomak Valley — Rayanne Leach, 120-pound class (10-16, 4 pins); 126 pounds, Deagen Poland, 126-pound class (15-9, 7 pins); Steven Thompson, 132-pound class (27-5, 19 pins); Tim Jerome, 138-pound class (13-11, 6 pins); Riley McCollett, 145-pound class (19-5, 14 pins); Quinn Ashmore, 152-pound class (20-12, 13 pins); Andrew Cronk, 160-pound class (14-20, 7 pins); and Noah Munn, 285-pound class (2-10, pin).
Mount View — Chris Barnard, 113-pound class (10-11); Jon Lawrence, 126-pound class (14-6); Jason Barnard, 132-pound class (12-10); Anthony Barnard, 145-pound class (28-10); Sierra Fonger, 160-pound class (9-21); Jack Axsom, 182-pound class (8-21); Job Mesaric, 220-pound class (25-5); and Chris Cole, 285-pound class (12-1).
Oceanside — Jayred Robishaw, 120-pound class (15-3); Shannon Ripley, 126-pound class (24-2); Alex Robbins, 132-pound class (1-9); Anthony Moore, 138-pound class (14-13); David Young, 145-pound class (9-6); Dallas Ball, 152-pound class (28-6); Damian Benner, 160-pound class (6-6), Nick Keene, 170-pound class (9-8), Alex McLaughlin, 182-pound class (22-10); Reagan Billingsley, 195-pound class (9-14), Alex Rackliffe, 220-pound class (14-19) and Thomas Curtis, 285-pound class (18-15).
