The Boothbay Region High School wrestling team participated in the league meet on Saturday, Feb. 1. The team placed eighth overall but was the third highest finishing Class C school.

Howie Carter placed second in the 170-pound division. Howie went into the tournament as the eighth seed because he was wrestling up a weight class. He defeated the top seed from Mountain Valley in the first round and the fourth seed in the second round before losing in the championship 6-2 to Willy Macfawn of Fryeburg Academy.

Antonio Maulolo placed 4th at the tournament. He wrestled to victory against Monmouth and Madison while losing to Chuck Taylor of Wells in the championship bracket and losing to Julian Baldinelli of Dirigo by one point in the consolation finals.

Jude Alamo, Brandon Andrews, and Killian Miller all had one win on the day. Alamo defeated Emily Kay of Madison in the first “pigtail” match of the day (pigtails are single elimination matches), which allowed him to advance to the championship bracket. Andrews pinned Ivan Luu of Dirigo in the consolation semi-finals, and Miller earned a victory by injury default.

Next Saturday, Feb. 8, the team heads to Buckport for a seeding meet. Every school from Class C will be there and this meet will help decide where our wrestlers will be seeded in the state meet on February 15.