3 CHS wrestlers
earn sectional crowns; team repeats as finalist
Seniors Kyle
Forte (112 pounds) and Will Alfano (140) and junior Kevin
Connolly (125) all took sectional crowns while the Canton team
repeated as South Sectional finalist for the second weekend in a
row.
“Canton has
never had three champions at the same sectionals before,” coach
Aaron Mann said. “This has been an award-winning year for our
squad. And it was even better to have it in front of our home
crowd.”
Pembroke
walked away with the team championship with 289 points. The
Bulldogs edged out Cohasset by a score of 180 to 178. Hanover
finished fourth with Foxboro, Scituate, Hingham, Rockland,
Carver, Norwell, Bristol Aggie, Middleboro and South Shore Voke
rounding out the 13-team field.
“Our guys came
to wrestle,” coach Brian Caffelle said. “Everyone contributed to
the success of the team.”
Caffelle noted
that Kyle Forte won a close decision 1-0 over Gus Helbock from
Cohasset — avenging a loss to him earlier in the year.
Kevin
Connolly pinned Matt Merritt from Pembroke in the first period
to clinch his title, and Will Alfano totally dominated Brian
Palmer from Scituate (14-0) to ice his victory.
“Three
Bulldogs entered the finals,” Caffelle said, “and all of them
brought home the gold.”
Senior Donovan
Lewis fought through a knee injury to take third at 160 pounds.
Seniors Billy Rothkopf (119) and Tyler Matt (189) placed fourth
to qualify for the Division III state tournament next weekend.
Freshmen Ian Mills (103) and Mark Kisil (135) also placed fourth
to qualify.
“Taking eight
wrestlers to the state tournament is a real accomplishment,”
coach Sean Rockwell said. “To have more than half your team
wrestling at states shows you the hard work that our wrestlers
put in during the offseason.”
Senior Kevin
Lopes (130) and Darrius Wood (215) both placed sixth and were
named alternates at their weight classes for the state
tournament.
Josh Matt
(145), John McCabe (152), Austin Hurley (171) and Kyle Hanlon (hvywt)
also competed for the Bulldogs.
Canton High
School’s Aaron Mann was awarded the Massachusetts Wrestling
Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year for 2010, and
coach Tom Bartosek was voted Co-Coach of the Year for the
Division III South Sectional Tournament.
The MIAA
Division III state tournament will be held at Cohasset High
School. Wrestling will begin at noon on Friday and 11 a.m. on
Saturday.
February 18, 2010
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