By HockomockSports.com Staff
Milford sophomore Brayden Boccia has been selected as the HockomockSports.com Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, for Jan. 11 through Jan. 17. Boccia is the 19th athlete chosen as Player of the Week for the 2025-26 school year and the fifth in the winter season.
Boccia took first place at 126 pounds at the Woburn Invitational over the weekend and was named Outstanding Wrestler for the lower weight classes. The sophomore, who reached an all-state final and the quarterfinals at New Englands in his freshman season, also earned a win at 132 pounds in the league dual meet against Franklin to keep the defending champion Hawks unbeaten in Hock play.
“Brayden has been working hard all season and he has been looking forward to wrestling elite competition,” said Milford head coach PJ Boccia. “He has made a big jump from freshman year and as his father and coach it is nice to see the hard work paying off. We are at the half way point in the season and we are going to continue to work hard and see what the postseason brings.”
On Wednesday at Franklin, Boccia moved back a weight class to fill in for an injury and he won by fall to give the Hawks a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. At Woburn, Boccia (who entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed) started the day with a tech fall (18-3) in the first round and then pinned Franklin’s Ben Ellis with 1:28 left in the first period. In the semifinals, Boccia faced fellow sophomore Nathan Morales of Andover. He had a takedown in the first and a reversal in the second to take a 5-0 lead. Morales got a takedown early in the third, but Boccia escaped later in the period and advanced with a 6-3 win.
In the final, Boccia (25-1) squared off against Shawsheen Tech’s defending Div. 1 champ and the tournament’s top seed Dante Giusti (#3 in New England), who beat Boccia in the semifinals of this year’s Lowell Holiday Tournament. After a scoreless first period, Giusti escaped to go in front 1-0 after two. Boccia tied it with an escape early in the third and grabbed the lead with a takedown inside the final minute of the match. Giusti cut the lead to just one with a reversal, but Boccia escaped and held on for a 5-3 win to bring home the title, avenging his only loss of the season.
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The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at 8:00 PM. There may be a poll posted on Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision.
Brayden Boccia
Brayden Boccia The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Boccia The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Boccia The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Boccia The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Boccia The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Boccia The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Boccia The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Brayden Boccia The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at
midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the
decision.
