By HockomockSports.com Staff
After falling short by less than two points a year ago, Milford reclaimed the Division 2 state championship in emphatic fashion over the weekend.
The Scarlet Hawks finished 1.5 points behind Minnechaug last season as their bid for a three-peat came up just short. This year, Milford had a dominant showing to get back to the top of the Division 2 mountain. Derek Marcolini, Aidan Baum, and Michael Boulanger all won D2 state titles (for the second straight year) in their respective weight classes and four more Hawks reached the finals for a total of 177.5 points, comfortably ahead of Bridgewater-Raynham in second place with 154 points. North Attleboro secured a top-five finish with 84 points, just a half point behind fourth-place Duxbury.
In total, six male wrestlers and two female wrestlers were crowned state champions over the weekend. Sharon’s Cyrus Jones (175) battled through an injury-riddled season to join Marcolini (126), Baum (144), and Boulanger (157) as Division 2 state champions. Taunton’s Elijah Prophete secured his second straight Division 1 title, this time winning at 190, and Franklin freshman John Woodall continued his incredible rookie season with the D1 title at 106.
King Philip’s Ksenia Gorman and Mansfield’s Tessa Johnson made history over the weekend. Both became the first female wrestling state champion for their respective schools. Gorman won the Division 1 title at 152 while Johnson, who finished third last year, needed less than two minutes for a pinfall win at 145 in Division 2.
Top 8 Placements
Top 6 automatically qualify for All States, seventh serves as an alternate
Division 1 Boys
Teams:
1. Shawsheen – 160
8. Taunton – 81.5
12. Franklin – 66.5
Franklin: John Woodall (106, 1st), Riley Carlucci (138, 4th), Jack Sauer (144, 3rd).
Taunton: Michael Leskowski (132, 3rd), Josh Millerick (157, 6th), Kingston Dacosta (165, 5th), William Buffington (175, 6th), Elijah Prophete (190, 1st).
Division 1 Girls
Teams:
1. Framingham – 73
6. King Philip – 46
King Philip: Lucy Miner (100, 3rd), Ksenia Gorman (152, 1st), Samantha Wenstrom (165, 2nd).
Division 2 Boys
Teams:
1. Milford – 177.5
5. North Attleboro – 84
15. Sharon – 50.5
35. Mansfield – 14
39. Canton – 9
42. Oliver Ames – 6
Mansfield: Nathan Jackson (138, 7th).
Milford: Brayden Boccia (113, 2nd), Derek Marcolini (126, 1st), Josiah Carney (138, 2nd), Aidan Baum (144, 1st), Ryan Flis (150, 2nd), Michael Boulanger (157, 1st), Luke Donis (190, 2nd).
North Attleboro: Jaden Mendes (120, 3rd), Michael Canova (126, 3rd), Alexander Robin (138, 6th), Joseph Brucato (144, 3rd), Cody Hill (285, 6th).
Oliver Ames: Willer Rossow (215, 7th).
Sharon: Nick Varvak (150, 5th), Cyrus Jones (175, 1st).
Division 2 Girls
Teams:
1. Putnam – 119
14. Stoughton – 26
15. Mansfield – 24
17. North Attleboro – 20
17. Oliver Ames – 20
21. Milford – 16
27. Sharon – 7
Mansfield: Tessa Johnson (145, 1st).
Milford: Cloe Boccia (132, 3rd).
North Attleboro: Brianna Burns (107, 2nd).
Oliver Ames: Amaya Smith (138, 2nd).
Stoughton: Angie Berry (120, 2nd).
Division 3 Boys
Teams:
1. Tewksbury – 116.5
5. Foxboro – 85.5
Foxboro: Raj Jetty (120, 6th), Domenic Maddox (126, 8th), Jack Asencios (144, 8th), Jayden Rocha (150, 4th), Michael Powers (157, 4th), Dylan Melvin (165, 7th), Joshua Hindin (190, 5th).
