The St. John’s Prep wrestling team repeated as All-State champions this past weekend, recording 117.5 points. Rawson Iwanicki (160 pounds) repeated individually from last season, while Alex Schaeublin (113) won his first.
Iwanicki and Schaeublin each went 4-0 for the Eagles, who in total, were followed by Minnechaug (96), Milford (88), Haverhill (86), and Bridgewater-Raynham (80).
WRESTLING
The Lynnfield-North Reading wrestling season came to an end this past weekend. James Fodera (182 pounds) lost both his matches on Friday, losing to a Triton opponent (the Division III champion) 14-0, and a Taunton wrestler by pin at 3:54.
“Obviously, he was disappointed, but he can find great satisfaction in his accomplishments this season – and add placing in this tournament as a goal for next year,” LNR head coach Craig Stone said.
Fodera, a sophomore, who was unable to compete in postseason tournaments last year due to
injury, made quite an impact this season with a second place finish at the Division II sectionals and a fifth place finish in the state tournament.
James finished the season with a 34-12 overall record, along with winning the Cohasset Tournament and placing fourth at the CAL/NEC Tournament.
TRACK AND FIELD
Two Spartans impressed at the MIAA Meet of Champions. Brett O’Brien placed 23rd in high jump with a showing of 5’10” while Lory Suriel took 11th in the entire state in shot put with a throw of 34-9.
Peabody had five athletes make the podium to automatically qualify for New England’s next Saturday. Impressing were Brianna Ewansiha in high jump (5’6, second place), Savanna Vargas in the 55 meters (7.22, fifth), Sarah Divasta in the mile (personal best 5.03.3, third), Aaliyah Callahan in shot put (38-8, fifth), and Alex Jackson in shot put (52-11, fourth).
The 4×2 girls also picked up 10th place with a personal best of 1:47:47, while the 4×2 boys – who were disqualified – would have been fifth with a personal best of 1:32.66.
“We had a good day,” Peabody head coach Fernando Braz said.
For St. John’s Prep, Nathan Lopez – who has committed to run at Michigan – broke a school record in the 2-mile with a time of 9:01.31. Despite coming in second place to Sam Burgess of Framingham by just over two seconds, the Lynnfield native impressed as usual.
As for Marblehead, Ryan Thompson impressed in the 600 (1:24.12, seventh) while Keira Sweetnam caught eyes in the high jump (5’2, eighth). Cate Trautman also took home 16th place in the 300.
