Midcoast Athletics

Medomak Valley wrestling roars to success, fourth place in Atlantic Invitational

Sun, 12/23/2018 - 9:45am

WELLS — The Medomak Valley wrestling team enjoyed a successful road trip to Wells for the Atlantic Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 22. 

As a team, the Panthers finished fourth at the invitational meet with 106 points. 

Individually, Reese Hasseltine earned fourth in the 106 pound division, Gavin Readinger finished third in the 113 pound division, Elias Miller finished first in the 160 pound division, Amos Hinkley earned fourth in the 170 pound division, Elijah Lash placed fourth in the 182 pound division, Jacob Gess secured second in the 195 pound division and Erik Benner earned first in the 220 pound division. 

Individual results involving Medomak Valley wrestlers are listed below. 

106 pounds: Reese Hasseltine pinned by Grant Carrier (Mountain Valley) and Eli Soule (Kennebunk). 

113 pounds: Gavin Readinger pinned by Sean Radel (Kennebunk), won by decision against Malik Keresey (Maine Central Institute) and pinned Spencer Gaudet (Nokomis). 

120 pounds: Josh Macdougall pinned Jacob Scott (Wells), pinned by Sean Moriarty (Marshwood) and pinned by Colby Downs (Biddeford).  

132 pounds: Brady Carter pinned by Aidan Rix-McElhinney (Marshwood), pinned Zechariah Hoeft (Fryeburg) and pinned by Zoe Buteau (Lisbon/Oak Hill). 

138 pounds: Colby Hide pinned by Ben DeJesus (Dirigo) and Castro Wilcox (Kennebunk). 

145 pounds: Zech Hesseltine pinned by Devin Chase (Wells). 

160 pounds: Elias Miller pinned Hunter Brewer (Lincoln Academy), Joe Wessling (Marshwood) and Anthony Mazza (Mountain Valley). 

170 pounds: Amos Hinkley pinned Jadien Valley (Biddeford), lost by decision to Trevor Fecko (Kennebunk), pinned Lucas Steinberger (Lincoln Academy) and pinned by Dan Bolton (Lisbon/Oak Hall). 

182 pounds: Elijah Lash pinned Will Orso (York/Traip Academy), pinned by Jonah Potter (Wells), pinned Chase Nelson (Dirigo) and lost by default to Cam Bourget (Lisbon/Oak Hall). 

195 pounds: Jacob Gess pinned Pius Olongo (Biddeford), Christian St. Hilaire (Lisbon/Oak Hall) and pinned by Darin Buono (Mountain Valley). 

220 pounds: Erik Benner pinned Zach Lau (Biddeford), pinned Morgan Welch-Thomspon (Wells) and defeated by decision Nolan Degroot (Dirigo). 


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