Concord Wrestlers Win 2024 Minickiello Wrestling Tournament Saturday, Keene Places 2nd

KEENE, NH — Hundreds of wrestlers from dozens of schools in five states competed in the 2024 Annual Minickiello Wrestling Tournament on Saturday in Keene.

This year, girls could compete in matches with other girls (women’s division) or in co-ed bouts. Matches were also held on six mats instead of four in an effort to end the tourney earlier. Wrestlers from New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine competed in hundreds of bouts.

Concord came away victorious, besting Keene, the hosts of the tourney, by 16 points. Last year, Keene won the tournament, while Concord placed second, Bow came in fifth, and Amherst was tied for sixth.

The event is named after David Minickiello, the first coach to bring wrestling to Keene in the mid-1960s when only Timberlane High School had a program. During his decades of coaching, he earned dozens of championships and titles.

School Results

1st: Concord: 245.5 points

2nd: Keene: 229.5

3rd: Tie: Bow and Pinkerton Academy of Derry: 197.

5th: Noble of North Berwick, Maine: 170.5

6th: Souhegan of Amherst and Mont Vernon: 108

7th: John Stark Regional of Weare: 100

8th: Winnacunnet: 93

9th: Fair Haven, Vermont: 85

10th: Pathfinder Regional Voc Tech of Palmer, Massachusetts: 82

11th: Spaulding of Barre, VT: 71

12th: Manchester Memorial: 67

13th: Mohawk Trail of Shelburne Falls, MA: 62

14th: St. Johnsbury Academy, VT: 54

15th: East Greenwich, Rhode Island: 50.5

16th: ConVal Regional in Peterborough: 45

17th: White Mountains Regional in Whitefield: 38

18th: Campbell of Litchfield: 32

19th: Lebanon: 28

20th: Frontier of South Deerfield, MA: 26

21th: Manchester Central: 24

22nd: Raymond: 22

23rd: North Country Union of Newport, VT

24th: Monadnock Regional: 13

25th: Newport: 11

26th: Lake Region of Orleans, VT: 6

27th: Tie: Hopkinton High School and Stevens of Claremont: 0.

Women’s Division

1st: Northfield Mount Hermon of Gill, MA: 42

2nd: Winnisquam: 38

3rd: Keene: 35

4th: Mascoma Valley of Canaan: 29

5th: Tie: Lebanon and Raymond: 27

7th: Tie: Merrimack and Souhegan: 22

9th: Tie: John Stark and Mahar Regional of Orange, MA: 20

11th: Concord: 18

12th: Tie: Frontier and Winnacunnet

14th: White Mountains: 14

15th: Noble: 8

16th: Pathfinder: 7

17th: Tie: Manchester Memorial and Randolph, MA: 4

19th: Tie: Granby, MA and Newport: 0

Co-Ed Division

Weight 106: 1 Lily Runez (Keene); 2 Jaron Todisco Coulon (Bow); 3 Alex Luedke (Noble); 4 Biswas Darji (Concord); 5 Ethan Gahm (Winnacunnet); and 6 Oliver Greer (Keene).

113: 1 Adler Moura (Bow); 2 Jordan Lally (East Greenwich); 3 Taran Prak (Pathfinder); 4 Eoin Comes (North Country Union); 5 Seth Starkey (Noble); and 6 Noah Edwards (Winnacunnet).

120: 1 Cullen Burke (Concord); 2 Owen Gray (Nobel); 3 Ian Spencer (Keene); 4 Austin Strang (St. Johnsbury Academy); 5 Ben Smiley (Souhegan); and 6 Sean Crean (John Stark Regional).

126: 1 Brady Ouellette (Noble); 2 Carter Trubiano (Keene); 3 Griffin Norwalt (Concord); 4 Ian Maguire (Manchester Central); 5 Anthony Szabo (Fair Haven); and 6 Caleb Hauptman (John Stark).

132: 1 Trey Lee (Fair Haven); 2 Camden Arbogast (Pinkerton); 3 Hunter Richard (Concord); 4 Peyton Gowell (Keene); 5 Logan Brown (Souhegan); and 6 Leo Runez (Keene).

138: 1 Lance Bordeleau (Pinkerton); 2 Carter Spencer (Keene); 3 Chase Knuckles (Souhegan); 4 Levi Madison (Concord); 5 Carter Ouellette (Noble); and 6 Tyler Demas (St. Johnsbury).

144: 1 Kaden Dustin (Noble); 2 Christian Knuckles (Souhegan); 3 Silas Runez (Keene); 4 William Burke (Pathfinder); 5 Dominic Young (Winnacunnet); and 6 Jared Dolder (Bow).

150: 1 Jack Gillard (Keene); 2 Logan Moore (Mohawk Trail); 3 Max Chung (Concord); 4 Noah Denis (Souhegan); 5 Kaleb Miner (Keene); and 6 Konnor Savage (Fair Haven).

157: 1 Evan Landry (Pinkerton); 2 Liam Robinson (Fair Haven); 3 Gabe Hoar (Spaulding); 4 Alden Willey (White Mountains); 5 Ryley Holt (Concord); and 6 Noah Dunster (Spaulding).

165: 1 Logan Allaire (Campbell); 2 Ben McDowell (Bow); 3 Nels DeAlmeida (Pinkerton); 4 Anthony Gualtieri (Concord); 5 Dominic Jarry (Pathfinder); 6 Stephen Johnston (John Stark).

175: 1 Joseph McDowell (Bow); 2 Landon MacKiernan (Pinkerton); 3 Max Laperle (Spaulding); 4 Noah Souther (Winnacunnet); 5 Deltyn Williams (John Stark); and 6 Ryan Mccarthy (East Greenwich).

190: 1 Alex Descoteau (John Stark); 2 Tom LaCroix (Pinkerton); 3 Chase Flagg (Bow); 4 Zachary Lavy (Winnacunnet); 5 Isaiah Puckett (Concord); and 6 Alexander Poczobut (Spaulding).

215: 1 William VanVleet (Mohawk Trail); 2 Jackson Hall (Bow); 3 James Caruso (Pinkerton); 4 Jonathan Eylander (Lebanon); 5 Seth Adams (Monadnock Regional); and 6 Devon Farwell (Concord).

285: 1 Evan Ray (Keene); 2 Wayne Gutierrez-Sakakeeny (Concord); 4 Jayden Kuilan (Manchester Memorial); 4 Patrick Vachon (Manchester Memorial); 5 Javion Cabrera (Frontier); and 6 Bishop Benham (ConVal).

Women’s Division

A: 1 Joie Demmons (John Stark); 2 Dayna English (Keene); 3 Aina Oshiro (Mascoma Valley); and 4 Kristina Drew (Randolph).

B: 1 Rowan MacIntosh (Northfield Mount Hermon); 2 Jocelyn Antes (Frontier); 3 Abigail Stone (Lebanon); and 4 Anna Drinkwine (Winnisquam).

C: 1 Emily Angelo (Merrimack); 2 Sierra Gianini (Mascoma Valley); 3 Satori Swanson (Winnacunnet); and 4 Isabella DaPina (Northfield Mount Hermon).

D: 1 Isabelle Brandt (Souhegan); 2 Kyra Russell (Winnisquam); 3 Aero Buzby (Lebanon); and 4 Ella Brown (Noble).

E: 1 Delana Fausett (Mahar Regional); 2 Mya Crabb (Raymond); 3 Kasey Loch (Raymond); and 4 Lindsey Stewart (Mascoma Valley).

F: 1 Briana Marks (Keene); 2 Tara St. Cyr (Winnacunnet); 3 Niayla Curley (Northfield Mount Hermon); and 4 Karla Lazaro (Northfield Mount Hermon).

G: 1 Madison Beauregard (Concord); 2 McKinley Desmarais (Winnisquam); and 3 Ava Swist (Pathfinder).

Full results of all the wrestlers can be found on the FloWrestling website.

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