The 2014-15 Class B State Wrestling Champions Ellsworth Eagles and Coaches. Photo Courtesy Ellsworth Eagles via Coach Burns
The 2014-15 Class B State Wrestling Champions Ellsworth Eagles and Coaches. Photo Courtesy Ellsworth Eagles via Coach Burns
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The Ellsworth wrestlers won the State Championships on Saturday, the first State Victory for Ellsworth in any sport since 2002 and the first Wrestling State Championship since 1982! Coach JF Burns shared the following information with us:

With Jeff Week's victory in the consolation semi-finals at the 182 pound weight division and Senior Robert Banner's victory over Foxcroft Academy's Eli Olson in the 126 pound consolation final by a score of 6-2, Ellsworth clinched the Championship, as Mountain Valley and Camden Hills were mathematically eliminated from catching Ellsworth.

Ellsworth dominated the Class B State Championships, claiming 5 individual state titles. According to Coach Burns, if you were to compare the head to head scores of the ten weight classes that Ellsworth entered wrestlers, the team outscored the combined effort of the entire field of Class B Schools!

In the finals, freshman Peyton Cole remained undefeated at 132 pounds by pinning Steven Thompson of Medomak Valley in the 2nd period.  Junior Dagan Berenyi at 145 pounds and sophomore Trent Goddman at 160 pounds continued their domination of Maine opponents. Berenyi won by a technical fall score of 18-3 over Conor Smith of Fryeburg Academy and Goodman pinned Eli Smith of Camden Hills in the first period. .

The afternoon belonged to senior captain Jack Weeks at 138 pounds, and junior captain Connor Petros at 152 pounds. Weeks won his championships outscoring Dakota Jacques 4-3. Petros pinned the eventual third place finisher, Hunter Reed of Morse in the semifinals before coming from behind to defeat Josh Smith of York 9-6 in the finals.

Final Individual Results
120 pounds Noah Robidoux 4th place
126 pounds Robert Banner 3rd place
132 pounds Peyton Cole - Champion
138 pounds Jack Weeks - Champion
145 pounds Dagan Berenyi - Champion
152 pounds Connor Petros - Champion
160 pounds Trent Goodman - Champion
170 pounds Tyler Hardwick  - Did not place
182 pounds Jeff Weeks  4th place
195 pounds Jared Brown - Did not place

The future looks bright for the Ellsworth wrestling squad, as 7 of the 10 wrestlers will return to form the nucleus of next year's squad.,

An evening reception is planned for the Class B State Champion Ellsworth Wrestling Team on February 24th at Ellsworth High School!

 

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