A great story early on this winter season has been the Pentucket/Newburyport co-op wrestling team.
The squad made the drive over to Gloucester on Saturday morning, and swept a quad-meet to improve to 9-2-1 on the year. The Panthers opened the day by taking down Excel Academy, 46-27, the squeaked past Scituate, 44-35, before taking down the host Fishermen, 50-28.
And against the hosts, it was Gabe Percival securing the win thanks to a clutch pin at 132.
Elsewhere for Pentucket, posting undefeated 3-0 days were Jesse Percival, Aiden Rumsey, Jackson Miller and Cooper Zaneski. The latter two are fresh off excellent seasons on the gridiron for the football team, and right behind them going 2-1 during the quad-meet was Martin DeJesus and Connor Flynn.
Triton challenges itself against top Div. 2 teams
It may not be showing up in the win column just yet, but the Triton wrestling team is getting better each time out.
That’s because the Vikings are challenging themselves against some of the better competition in Division 2, like on Saturday when they welcomed in Wakefield. There ended up being a good amount of competitive matches, but Wakefield was able to drive home with a 55-15 victory over the Vikings (2-7).
For Triton, winning matches were Riley-Anne Tarmey at 106 (9-2 dec.), Austin Scolamiero at 138 (pin, :28) and Ben Imlach at 144 (pin, 3:53).
“I was happy with our effort today,” said Triton coach Shawn McElligott. “Riley wrestled a solid match against a sectional placer last year, and it was good getting Ben back on the mat.”
Also during the holiday break, Tarmey won the 100-pound division at the All-Girls Tournament down at North Andover. The Vikings saw Madison Marino compete as well, and go 2-1 to place third at 152.