Andover wins Northern New England Invitational with 6 champions and 7 placers
Andover traveled to Bath, ME today to compete in the Northern New England Invitational tournament with 12 other schools. Andover walked away with the team title, earning 224 team points. (The second place team had 150 team points). Our champions are as follows:
106 pounder Julian Rios '26 placed 1st with 3 pins; his longest match lasted 32 seconds.
120 lbs George Ryckman '24 was also crowned champion with two first period pins.
At 138 lbs co-Captain Miles Palmer '23 pinned his way to the finals, where he pinned his opponent in 37 seconds.
At 144 lbs Bodhi Beroukhim had two pins to claim 1st place.
At 150 lbs Colin Nugent had 2 pins, and a dominant 11-1 decision over his Greens Farms opponent to win 1st place. Colin was voted Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.
At 285 lbs Thomas O'Brien beat the number 1 seed with a first period pin to place 1st.
Andover also had 7 other placers. At 113 lbs, Sakina Cotton '24 had had a pin and a 7-2 decision, before falling to her opponent in the finals. Sakina placed 2nd. Also at 113 lbs Suhaila Cotton '24 won her quarterfinals match with a pin; she fell in the semifinals to the eventual champion; she then wrestled back and won 3 matches to place 3rd. At 126 lbs Magnus Julin '25 lost in the semifinals; he wrestled back and won 2 matches to place 3rd. At 132 lbs Wendi Zheng '24 went 2-2 and placed 4th; Reese York '26 2-3 to place 6th. At 165 lbs Ben Forman won in the quarterfinals, but then fell in the semifinals. He wrestled back and won two matches to place 3rd. At 175 lbs, Ben Perez wrestled some tough opponents and placed 6th. At 285 lbs, Byron Johnson went 2-2 and placed 5th. Also competing well for Andover were Tucker Nee '23 and Nick Lima '25.