The 2023 Belfast Invitational kicked off as one of the first tournaments of the year last Saturday, December 9th at Belfast Area High School. There were 13 different teams in attendance. At last year's tournament, Wells High School walked away winning the tournament in dominant fashion. But the results are a little bit different this year.
Team Race
The team race was interesting this time around with a dominant Dirigo team putting up 166.5 points, beating out all other teams. Oxford Hills was a strong second, Mountain Valley, defending champion Wells, and Camden Hills were neck and neck until the last matches of the tournament.
*11/10/2023 TOURNAMENT rankings used
Dirigo - 166.5 Points
2. Oxford Hills - 153 Points
Mountain Valley - 140 Points
(23) Wells - 139 Points
Camden Hills - 138 Points
Mattanawcook/PVHS - 100 points
Mt Ararat/Brunswick - 84 points
Dexter - 73 Points
Belfast - 66 points
Lawrance - 66 Points
Portland/South Portland - 64 Points
Messalonskee - 33 Points
Skowhegan - 15 Points
Belfast B - 3 Points
Independants - 0 Points
Finals Matches
There were some exciting finals matchups this weekend featuring ranked wrestlers. Returning Class A State Champion Landon Pease (Camden Hills, ME) took on Returning Class B State Finalist and No. 10 in New England Dyllan Davis (Wells, ME) in the tournament finals. No. 9 Lucas Libby (Mountain Valley, ME)–Returning Class B State Champ, took on freshman prospect No. 10 Hudson Lufkin (Dirigo, ME). Another Returning Class B State Champion, No. 7 Eli Potter (Wells, ME) faced off against Colton Carter of Lawrance in the finals.
*11/10/23 individual rankings used
1st Place Matches
106: Dominic Simpsion (Belfast) Dec. 11-0 Clayton McPheters(Mattanawcook/PVHS)
113: Evan Kowalsky (Mt Ararat/Brunswick) Fall. Noah Parenteau (Belfast)
120: Chance Watson (Mountain Valley) Fall. Nickolaus Allen (Wells)
126: Caiden Skidgell (Dirigo) Fall. Jace Ianello (Wells)
132: #10 (150) Dyllan Davis (Wells) Dec. 4-0 Landon Pease (Camden Hills)
138: Chris Watkinson (Mt Ararat/Brunswick) Fall. Kaeden Swan (Dirigo) 144: Colby Nadeau (Lawrence) Fall. Eli Lindus (Dirigo)
157: Michael Rollins (Camden Hills) Fall. Curtis Fogg (Oxford Hills)
165: Dash Farell (Mt Ararat/Brunswick) Dec. 2-0 Justin Batty (Camden Hills) 175: Riley Turner-Watts (Camden Hills) Fall. JJ Stoops (Portland/South Portland) 190: #7 (175) Eli Potter (Wells) Fall. Colton Carter (Lawrence)
215: James Dube (Mattanawcook/PVHS) Dec. 11-3 Chris Levesque (Oxford Hills) 285: Dawson Mason (Oxford Hills) Fall. Wesley Baultris (Mountain Valley)
3rd Place Matches
106: Tristan Atwell (Oxford Hills) Fall. Vincent Chapman (Dirigo)
113: Keygan Boucher (Mountain Valley) Dec. 9-0 Kergan Thomann (Camden Hills) 120: Parker Hunter (Mattanawcook/PVHS) Dec. 10-4 Garrett Tibbetts (Dexter) 126: Matt Severance (Dexter) Fall. Matthew Denlinger (Oxford Hills)
132: Jeremey Turner (Oxford Hills) Fall. Miller Foss (Skowhegan)
138: Damiair Miller (Dexter) Fall. Remi Gauthier (Mountain Valley)
144: Ryker Evans (Belfast) Dec. 7-1 Silas Wasklewicz (Portland/South Portland) 150: Hunter Wormwood (Oxford Hills) Fall. Nadir Fekkak (Camden Hills)
157: Ashton Darling (Lawrence) Fall. Alex Albright (Wells)
165: Tanner Bradeen (Dirigo) Fall. Dominic Buxton (Wells)
175: Ian Friend (Mattanawcook/PVHS) Fall. Quentin Rich (Dexter)
190: Harper Jenkins (Mattanawcook/PVHS) Fall. Gio Patterson (Dirigo)
215: Owen Gaudett (Mountain Valley) Dec. 5-2 Isaiah Bradeen (Dirigo) 285: Jed Fields (Dirigo) Fall. Josh Cyr (Portland/South Portland)
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