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Black and Blues Prepare for Sectionals
Wrestlers on the combined Marblehead and Swampscott team will wrestle on Saturday for a chance to compete in the state tournament.
Black and Blue wrestlers have a solid week of practice to prepare for individual matches at the Sectional tournament at Triton Regional High School on Saturday.
The mantra for Coach Mike Stamison's wrestlers is this: Place among the top four finishers in your weight class or go home.
The coach looks for at least half of his lineup to finish in the top four and make it to the Division 3 State Tournament at Holliston.
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States are a two-day tournament, starting Friday and ending Saturday.
This past Saturday, at Wakefield, the Marblehead/Swampscott wrestlers won six matches in the first round of the Division 3 North Sectional Dual Meet against Wilmington.
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The team got pins from Jonah Weinstein at 103, Jake Powell who bumped up to wrestle at 112, Jeff Sherman at 125, Joe Mitlin at 130, Ali Attalah at 160 and Sean Taylor at 285.
Jason Veytsman wrestled very well against a tough opponent, Cody Halliday.
Another high point was Scott Powell getting his varsity win at 152.
The second match against Minuteman Tech didn't go as well.
The team only got pins from Veytsman at 140, Powell at 112, and Taylor at heavy.
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