Rhode Island’s Bishop Hendricken High School Again Wins NH’s Capital City Classic Wrestling Tournament

CONCORD, NH — Students from 39 high schools in three states competed in the prestigious 35th annual Capital City Classic Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

The event, which is also the biggest fundraiser for the Concord High School Crimson Tide wrestling team program, featured the highest number of schools participating in its history. First held in 1991, the Capital City Classic was started by Jim Kaufman, the head coach of the Crimson Tide at the time, which had only had a wrestling team for about four years. The event has grown into one of the toughest and most efficient one-day tournaments in New England.

Wrestlers battled in nearly 700 bouts. The wrestling started at 8 a.m. on eight mats and lasted until 5 p.m. — slightly longer than normal due to more teams competing this year. The event also raised more than $12,000 for the school’s wrestling program.

As they have for several years, wrestlers from Bishop Hendricken High School of Warwick, Rhode Island, a Catholic boys’ prep school, placed first, while Concord came in second. Bedford NH High School came in third, Keene was fourth, and Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont, came in fifth.

Full School Results

1. Bishop Hendricken High School of Warwick, RI: 211 points

2. Concord High School: 191.5

3. Bedford NH High School: 148

4. Keene High School: 131

5. Spaulding High School of Barre, VT: 121

6. Natick MA High School: 118

7. Souhegan High School of Amherst, NH: 114.5

8. Bedford/Acton-Boxborough MA High Schools: 96.5

9. Haverhill MA High school: 90.5

10. Middlebury Union High School in VT: 89.5

11. Hollis Brookline NH High School: 88.5

12. Goffstown NH High School: 87

13. Exeter NH High School: 80

14: Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH: 77.5

15. Spaulding High School in Rochester, NH: 76.5

16. Tie: Alvirne High School in Hudson, NH, and Burlington MA High School: 65

18. Bow NH High School: 56

19. Pilgrim High School in Warwick, RI: 50

20. Portsmouth NH High School: 49

21. Aquidneck Island Wrestling of Middletown, Rogers, and Portsmouth, RI: 46

22: Windham NH High School: 40

23: St. Johnsbury VT Academy: 39.5

24: Waltham MA High School: 39

25: Nashua South NH High School: 38.5

26. White Mountains Regional High School in Whitefield, NH: 37

27: North Middlesex Regional High School in Townsend, MA: 35.5

28: Merrimack NH High School: 34.5

29: Nashua North NH High School: 34

30: Campbell High School in Litchfield, NH: 31

31: John Stark Regional High School in Weare, NH

32: Plymouth NH Regional High School: 27.5

33: North Country Union High School in Newport, VT: 26.5

34: Randolph VT Union High School: 24

35: Hopkinton NH High School: 16

36: Franklin NH High School: 5

37: Littletown NH High School: 0

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Maximillian Shvartsman of Burlington, Mass., was named the player of the meet, going 5-0 in the 106 bracket, with three pins. The player of the meet is elected by officials and coaches at the event.

Individual Results

106-pound bracket: 1st Maximillian Shvartsman (Burlington), 2nd Mason Verrocchio (Alvirne), 3rd Alex Gemma (Bishop Hendricken), 4th Biswas Darji (Concord), 5th Joe Grasso (Spaulding), and 6th Keegan McCarthy (Natick).

113: 1st Reid Grandmason (Exeter), 2nd Michael Owens Jr. (Bishop Hendricken), 3rd Jackson Ella (Bedford), 4th Lucas Colby (Spaulding VT), and tie for 6th: Cole Nault (Goffstown) and Carter Buxton (Concord).

120: 1st Miles Geotz (Middlebury), 2nd Michael Mortarelli (Natick), 3rd Victor Lomme (Hollis Brookline), 4th Michael Quinn (Bishop Hendricken), 5th Desanni Dias (Pilgrim), and 6th Eli Jones (Exeter).

126: 1st Henry Massey (Natick), 2nd Scout Crea (Hollis Brookline), 3rd Dominic Schinella (Concord), 4th Sebastian Ochoa (Nashua North), 5th Eoin Comes (North Country Union High School), and 6th Sam Baker (Campbell).

132: 1st Jack Kaler (Souhegan), 2nd Owen Gregg (Concord), 3rd Matthew Williams (Bishop Hendricken), 4th Hudson Berry (Exeter), 5th Lyncoln Jablonski (John Stark), and 6th Jairam Voleti (Bedford/Acton-Boxborough).

138: 1st Andrew “AJ” Craig (Portsmouth), 2nd Ian Spencer (Keene), 3rd Landon Carson (Souhegan), 4th Liam McGrail (Windham), 5th Karter Morey (St. Johnsbury), and 6th Jacob Coulon (Bow).

144: 1st Lucas Santo (Bishop Hendricken), 2nd Michael Grasso (Spaulding VT), 3rd Chase Knuckles (Souhegan), 4th Jaxon Carter (Concord), 5th Ian Campbell (Goffstown), and 6th Nolan Linstad (Hopkinton).

150: 1st Cashman Downes (Aquidneck Island Wrestling), 2nd Jayden Deal (Spaulding), 3rd Kaleb Miner (Keene), 4th Toben Miller (North Middlesex), 5th Jackson Bergeron (Bedford), and 6th Daniel Sheehan (Concord).

157: 1st Nick Ferro (Natick), 2nd Ben Byrne (Nashua South), 3rd Jacob Hamm (Keene), 4th Cash Torres (Merrimack), 5th Ethan Levesque (Bedford), and 6th Connor Combs (Pinkerton).

165: 1st Matthew Pappas (Bishop Hendricken), 2nd Jacob Critchfield (Hollis Brookline), 3rd Stephen Whisler (Portsmouth), 4th Noah Dunster (Spaulding VT), 5th Jack Gillard (Keene), and 6th Lucas Perez (Haverhill).

175: 1st Gianni Santo (Bishop Hendricken), 2nd Max Chung (Concord), 3rd Andrew Livshin (Bedford/Acton-Boxborough), 4th Ilias Azizeddine (Keene), 5th Parker Carl (Middlebury), and 6th Camden Santos (Bedford).

190: 1st Gavin McConnell (Bedford), 2nd Lincoln Tiernan (Bishop Hendricken), 3rd Maxwell Laperle (Spaulding VT), 4th Zane Cooper (Randolph), 5th Tyler Osorio (Goffstown), and 6th Quintin Tetreault (Alvirne).

215: 1st Matt Harrold (Haverhill), 2nd Isaiah Puckett (Concord), 3rd Gabe Holt (Souhegan), 4th Tucker Wright (Middlebury), 5th Jackson Nickerson (Bishop Hendricken), and 6th Benjamin Hockensmith (Keene).

285: 1st Robert Oates (Bedford/Acton-Boxborough), 2nd Steven Lackard (Middlebury), 3rd James Caruso (PA), 4th Wayne Gutierrez-Sakakeeny (Concord), 5th Matt Benn (Bedford), and 6th Alejando Marino (Pilgrim).

Gabe Holt of Souhegan High School recorded his 100th high school win on Saturday. Credit: Tony Schinella

Full results can be found online on Arena Flo Sports.

This year’s community supporters included the Ninety-Nines, Angelina’s Ristorante Italiano, The Barley House, Checkmate Pizza, Concord Co-op, New Hampshire Print & Mail, The Red Blazer, Starbucks, Smokeshow BBQ, Weathervane, and The Windmill.

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