The Alvirne High School Wrestling team had two of their wresters come away with first-place finishes at the New Hampshire Meet of Champions on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Bedford High School.
After getting a Division II State Championship one week earlier, Shawn Boudreau continued his winning streak to beat the best in the state for a first place win in the 215 lb.-weight-class.
Also at that competition, the New Hampshire Girl’s State Championships were also being held, where Hudson’s Morgan Gora battled her way to a state title in the 120 lb. weight-class.
In doing so, Gora became the first female champion in the school’s history.
All of her wins in the State Championship were by pinfalls.
Lady Bronco, Jillian Boncore, had a second-place finish in the girls’ 145 lb. weight. Boncore had a fall-win in her first-round bout over Raymond’s Kasey Loch, but was pinned in the finals, despite a very tough bout against Souhegan’s, Isabelle Brandt.
Boudreau won his Division II State title with a 9-3 decision win over Antonio Herbert of Goffstown.
Boudreau had three wins at the MOCs, all coming from decisions. He started the day with a 5-3 victory over Patrick Vachon of Manchester Memorial, followed by a 6-2 semi-final win over Lukas Boulanger of John Stark. His weight-class finals win came with another 6-2 victory, this time over Anthony Caruso of Pinkerton Academy.
Other MOC place finishers for the Broncos team were: Logan Jacques, at 157-pounds, who took fifth-place, and Cameron Steed, a sixth-place finish at 165-pounds.
Jacques won a DII state title, one-week prior, with a 25-16 fall win against Dylan Manley of Hollis-Brookline High School.
Steed also had a DII State Title, winning with a fall at 1:50 against Tomas Acosta of Hollis-Brookline.
Wins by Boudreau and Gora and the second place finish of Boncore qualified those three wrestlers for the New Englands in Providence RI this coming weekend.
This will be the first-ever New England Interscholastic Girls’ Wrestling Championship being held at the same time and place of the boys competition.
They are being held March 1 and 2 at the Providence Career and Tecnical Academy in Providence RI.
