Wrestling AGV at Northerns

3 individual champs at Northerns

Although a number of our teammates have been hit with illness or injury at this point of the season, eleven wrestlers traveled to the Hyde School in Maine to compete in the Northern New England tournament. As a team we came in 3^rd place out of 10 schools. Leading the way was co-captain Julian Rios ’26, who had a 34 second pin and a 22 second pin on his route to victory. At 285 Geza Labancz ’26 had a dominating performance as well, with a 1:07 pin and a 2:44 pin to win his bracket. Devin Akyali ’28 had three first period pins to become tournament champion at 113.

Five other Andover wrestlers also placed. At 113 Christian Robinson ’28 had a 32 second pin, and an 11-4 decision in the semifinals, before falling in the finals to his teammate and placing 2^nd. At 132 Narek Hambardzumyan ’26 won an 18-2 technical fall in the quarterfinals, and a 15-7 major decision in the semifinals, before falling in the finals and placing 2^nd. At 190 lbs Shock Ingram ’26 also went 2-1 and placed 2^nd, with a first period pin in the quarter finals and a 7-1 decision in the semifinals. At 285 Ollie Rogers went 3-1, with a 23 second pin in the quarterfinals, a 14-3 loss in the semifinals, followed by two more pins to earn 3^rd place. At 126 lbs Declan Paraguya ’29 went 1-3 earning 6^th place, with an exciting 3^rd period pin in the consolation round to advance to top 6. Also competing well for Andover were Reese York ’26, David Siahaan ’27, and Andretti Candelario ’28.