Wrestling AGV at Battle on the Bay Tournament

4 champs and 7 other placers at Tabor tournament

Thirteen Andover wrestling traveled to Tabor Academy for the Battle on the Bay tournament. Leading the way for Big Blue was co-captain Colin Nugent ’23, who became a repeat tournament champion at 157 lbs, pinning all four of his opponents. Freshman Julian Rios ’26 won his first tournament in an Andover singlet, dominating in the 106 lb weight class with a 13-0 victory in the finals. Co-captain Miles Palmer ’23 had a very strong showing at 138 lbs, pinning his first two opponents, defeating his opponent in the semifinals 10-3, before falling in the finals to his NMH opponent. At 165 lbs Leo Oguntoyinbo ’25 went 2-2; he pinned his opponent in the quarterfinals, but lost his semifinals match to the eventual champion. He rallied in the consi-semis with another pin, but fell to a tough Brunswick opponent and placed 4^th. At 126 lbs Magnus Julin went 1-3 and placed 6^th. Also competing well for Andover were Bodhi Beroukhim ’25 and Tucker Nee ’23.

In the Girls’ Division, Tayla Tildsley ’23 and Eleanor DeHoog ’24 led the way with two pins each for first place. Sakina Cotton ’24 and Eva Murphy ’25 both went 2-1 and placed 2^nd; Suhaila Cotton ’24 went 1-2 and placed 3^rd, and Isa Matloff went 1-2 placed 2^nd.

In team scoring Andover won the girls division and placed 6^th out of 22 teams in the high school division. We are now on winter break, and when we return in January we will travel to Choate on 1/7 for a dual meet.