Boothbay Region will send one wrestler and two alternates to the state Class B wrestling championships this weekend. Cam Crocker qualified for the 195-pound state championship by finishing third in the Class B South regional tournament on Feb. 11 at Wells High School. Crocker entered the tournament seeded third. In the regional semifinal, he lost to No. 2 Dalton Berry of Dirigo in a 7-1 decision for the victor.

Crocker qualified for the state tournament for the second straight year by defeating No. 4 Isaak Peavey of Erskine Academy. Crocker won the third place match, pinning his opponent in four minutes and eight seconds.

He will compete in the state Class B tournament on Feb. 18 at Bucksport High School. Boothbay teammates Draco Peaslee (160) and Alex Bryer (285) will accompany him to Bucksport as alternates. Crocker was the only wrestler to win a match in the regional tournament. Boothbay amassed 15 points and finished ninth out 11 teams. Host team Wells won the regional team championship with 193.5 points. Runner-up Mountain Valley scored 154.5 points and third place Lisbon tallied 128. Lincoln Academy scored 37.5 points and finished eighth.

Peaslee was seeded fifth and lost to No. 4 Nathan Curtis of Wells in the quarterfinals. Curtis pinned Peaslee in three minutes and 52 seconds. Bryer was seeded fourth in his weight class. He was upset in the quarterfinals by No. 4 Jacob True of Dirigo who pinned him in three minutes and 38 seconds.

In other results, Boothbay’s Dylan Peters (145) was seeded seventh and lost to No. 2 Brock Glidden of Erskine Academy. Glidden pinned Peters in one minute and 33 seconds. Glidden won two more matches to win the 145-pound division regional championship.

Seahawk wrestler Ben Rumney (152) was seeded sixth and lost to No. 3 Nick Lerrette of Lisbon who pinned him in two minutes and 15 seconds. John Pray, seeded sixth, was pinned in 21 seconds by No. 3 Jesse Pelletier in the 170-pound division. Brandon Andrews, seeded sixth, lost in the 182-pound quarterfinals to No. 3 Zach Morin of Lisbon in an 8-0 decision.

Michael Ripley (220), seeded seventh, lost to No. 2 Sean McCormick-Kuhman of Wells, who pinned him in one minute and 15 seconds.