Oceanside second — four points behind champion Riverhawks
By Ken Waltz for Village Soup
Courtesy of: Meredith BennerThe 2015 Pine Tree Wrestling League champions from Medomak Middle School in Waldoboro.
AUGUSTA — One week after finishing a close second to Troy Howard Middle School of Belfast in the Pine Tree Wrestling League Eastern Regional meet, Medomak Middle School shook off the sting of its first loss of an impressive 2015 season, picked itself up off the mat, dusted itself off and proceeded to prove which team was best when it mattered most as the Riverhawks pinned down the overall league title a mere seven days later.
The Riverhawks of Waldoboro won the PTWL crown for the first time in the school's history on Saturday, March 28 at Cony High School. MMS beat 22 other scoring teams to capture the crown.
Medomak finished with 102 points and Oceanside of Thomaston/Rockland hot on its neighbors' heels with 98, good for second. Mountain Valley of Rumford placed third at 86.
"Very proud of all the wrestlers," said veteran MMS coach Eric Hunt. "Great team effort today. Being able to get a win from every one of my wrestlers clearly shows it takes a whole team to win a championship. Couldn't be prouder."
The Riverhawks won all their regular-season dual-meets, then finished second to THMS in the regional meet before bouncing back a week later to nail down the overall league championship.
Young mat student-athletes from Medomak, Troy Howard, Oceanside, Mount View of Thorndike, Camden-Rockport and Hope-Appleton-Lincolnville qualified to participate in Saturday's league finale.
Additional photos and information from the meet will appear later with this story.
Other Midcoast teams, including Troy Howard, HAL and CRMS, have won league wrestling crowns in the past. Now MMS joins that group with a league team title under its belt.
Many Midcoast athletes also performed well at Saturday's meet to finish among the top few competitors.
In fact, five brought home individual league titles, including Medomak's Duncan Widdecombe (93 pounds); Oceanside's Alex Fogarty (99), Bennett Penney (105) and Ben Ripley (117); and Troy Howard's Patrick Curtis (111).
Finishing as runners-up were HAL's Eric Andrews (81) and Noah Lang (117); Medomak's Eli Miller (137), Korbin Daniels (155) and Eric Benner (195); Troy Howard's Anthony Sanborn (240); and Mount View's Mark Ward (111).
Other area mat athletes who also finished among the top four were:
Medomak – Marshall Sawyer (3rd at 75).
Troy Howard – Wyatt Staples (3rd at 81), Isaac Ham (3rd at 99) and Shane Rumney (4th at 195).
Mount View – Zach Ward (3rd at 93) and Nathaniel Fuller (4th at 170).
Oceanside – Lucien Marriner (3rd at 145) and Carter Fogarty (4th at 75).
Camden-Rockport – Ian Henderson (4th at 99).
HAL – Drew Kelly (4th at 111).
The overall team scores were: Medomak 102, Oceanside 98, Mountain Valley 86, Troy Howard 80.5, Cony 75.5, Nokomis of Newport 66.5, Mount Ararat of Topsham 65, Bucksport 59, Oxford Hills of South Paris 57, Dirigo of Dixfield 56, HAL 47, Mount View 41, Mattanawcook of Lincoln 36.5, Hancock 36, Bath 32, Skowheagan 32, Mount Blue of Farmington 28, Sugg 25, Winslow 20, Ellsworth 11, Madison 9.5, CRMS 9 and Hampden 2.5.
The individual results for Midcoast wrestlers in the championship finals were:
81 pounds — Victor Verrill, Dir, beat Eric Andrews, HAL, 9-5.
93 pounds — Duncan Widdecombe, Med, pinned Noah Dumas, Con, at 1:08.
99 pounds — Alex Fogarty, Ocean, beat. Anthony Mazza Jr., MountVal, 10-4.
105 pounds — Bennett Penney, Ocean, won by technical fall over Jaden David, OxH, 17-2.
111 pounds — Patrick Curtis, TH, won by injury default over Mark Ward, MtView.
117 pounds — Ben Ripley, Ocean, pinned Noah Lang, HAL, at 0:26.
137 pounds — David Wilson, Nok, beat Eli Miller, Med, 6-5.
155 pounds — Luke Wardwell, Buck, pinned Korbin Daniels, Med, at 0:54.
195 pounds — Jared Smith, Han, pinned Erik Benner, Med, at 0:24.
240 pounds — Avery Bradeen, Dir, beat Anthony Sanborn, TH, 9-5.
The individual results for Midcoast wrestlers in the consolation finals were:
75 pounds — Marshall Sawyer (Medomak) def. Carter Fogarty (Oceanside) Maj Dec. 12-1.
81 pounds — Wyatt Staples, TH, beat Deegan Tidwell, Matt, 9-2.
93 pounds — Zach Ward, MtView, pinned Cody Holman, MtA, at 2:35.
99 pounds — Isaac Ham, TH, beat Ian Henderson, CR, 5-4.
111 pounds — Josh Thibodeau, MountVal, pinned Drew Kelly, HAL, at 0:17.
145 pounds — Lucien Marriner, Ocean, maj dec Kyle Kenney, MountVal, 10-2.
170 pounds — Alex Demers, Win, pinned Nathaniel Fuller, MtView, at 1:21.
195 pounds — Hunter Gleason, MtB, pinned Shane Rumney, TH, at 0:44.