Nicolosi honored
Haverhill recently-graduated senior Brent Nicolosi has been named the Massachusetts Hall of Fame Public School Wrestler of the Year.
This past winter, Nicolosi took home the Dimmy Gavriel Memorial Award for Eagle-Tribune Wrestler of the Year (co-winner with Central Catholic’s Nate Blanchette). Nicolosi finished 61-1 and won the Massachusetts All-State and New England title. He also led Haverhill to the Division 1 team championship, the school’s first team state title since 1998.
Nicolosi won over 200 matches in his esteemed career, becoming the all-time winningest wrestler in Haverhill High history. He will next wrestle for Division 2 University of Mount Olive in North Carolina.
Weeks performs at Olympic Trials
Methuen’s Sam Weeks didn’t advance to the finals of the Olympic Trials in the discus, but did throw a strong 177-11 in the first round of the Trials on Thursday night.
This was the first Olympic Trials for the 2013 Methuen High graduate, who was an Eagle-Tribune All-Star in track and football.
Perry earns honor
Recently-retired Andover High football coach E.J. Perry III took home the “Ed Schluntz Contribution To Amateur Football Award” at the 2024 National Football Foundation Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter High School Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
The award, “is presented annually to a person for his efforts and activities in support of the Foundation and its goals” and is named after Ed Schluntz, a charter member of the chapter and longtime Massachusetts high school and college coach.
Former Phillips Academy standout and Bentley record-setter Sal Lupoli Jr. was honored with the “Jack Daly Award for Academics, Citizenship and Sportsmanship.”
Pelham looking for coaches
First-year Pelham High football coach John Trisciani is looking for assistant coaches to complete his staff for the 2024 season. Interested coaches should contact Trisciani at coachjtrish@gmail.com. Pelham has won 41 straight games, and four straight state titles.
Captains Corner
The high school sports spring season has come to an end, but we at The Eagle-Tribune still want to honor the area’s high school captains as part of our Captains Corner series. Coaches — or parents or the athletes themselves — who would like their captains featured are welcome to submit a photo to dwillis@eagletribune.com. Photos should have all captains featured and ideally in uniform.
One Final Thought
As Michael Muldoon used to say, “If you can bring a smile to someone’s face today, just do it!
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