Sports
Wrestlers in First Home Meet Tonight
The combination Swampscott/Marblehead team will tangle with Danvers/Ham-Wen tonight at 6 pm at Swampscott High School.
The Black and Blue wrestling team will hit the mat for their first home meet of the season tonight at 6 pm at .
Wrestling supporters will raffle coupons to establishments including Yans Bistro and Hot Cheese Pizza at the home opener.
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Coach Mike Stamison and his staff have been hammering away at the basics, arm bar defense and better body positioning as they prepare the grapplers for the rigorous wrestling season.
"We are well conditioned, but also have to be fundamentally sound, and that's what we are going to work on before the holiday break," the coach said.
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Here's the team roster by weight class:
106-none
113-Jake Powell, Captain, Junior, SHS
120-Jonah Weinstein, Junior, MHS
126-Jeff Sherman, Captain, Senior, MHS
132-none
138-Dmitri Lahodka, Freshman, MHS
145-Anthony Rizzo, Freshman, SHS
152-Mike McCuish, Sophomore, SHS
160-Ali Attalah, Sophomore, MHS
160-Joe Mitlin, Junior, SHS
160-Maleek Newsome, Soph, SHS
160-Scott Powell, Junior, SHS
170-Gabe Field, Freshman, MHS
182-none
195-none
220-Parker Kahn, Senior, SHS
285-Sean Taylor, Junior, MHS
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