Joey and Josh Eon accounted for all 11 of Massabesic’s championship round points to lead Massabesic to a four-point win over Noble at the state wrestling finals at Cony High School on Saturday. Massabesic finished with 151.5 points with Noble a close second with 147.5.
The championship win was a come-from-behind win for the Mustangs, as Massabesic trailed by two points entering Josh Eon’s 171-pound final. Eon’s pin of TJ Vallee of Cony gave the Mustangs the overall Class A state title.
Heading into the championship round, the Mustangs clung to a three-point lead. Noble took a three-point lead of their own in the 135-pound final when Mark Richardson of Noble pinned Massabesic’s Peter Gilman at 5:38 of their match.
The Mustangs reclaimed the lead in the very next match. In the 140-pound final, Joey Eon went head-to-head with Noble’s Steve Desrochers. Eon came away with a win and another individual state title with a 15-2 win. That win gave Massabesic a two-point lead in the overall standings.
But the Knights took the lead right back, grabbing a two-point lead in the following match, the 145-pound final. Noble’s Peter Bronder won a 12-6 decision over Sanford’s Paul Rivard. Bronder was the final Noble wrestler of the day and the Mustangs only had Josh Eon left at 171 pounds.
Eon’s pin sealed won the championship for the Mustangs and secured him his third straight state title.
Other individual winners were Morse’s DJ Brackett at 103 pounds, Matt Delgallo of Gardiner at 112, Chris Smith of Deering at 119 pounds, Zach Clarke of Sanford at 125 pounds, Sam Webber of Mt. Blue at 130, Steve Martin of Bonny Eagle at 152, Jon Hussey of Marshwood at 160, Zach Chandler of Mt. Ararat at 189, Raistlin Delisle of Kennebunk at 215 and Nate Lavallee of Cape Elizabeth at 285.
The Sanford Redskins finished the meet in third place with 78 points, Morse was fourth with 77, Deering was fifth with 71, Marshwood was sixth with 59.5, followed by Bonny Eagle with 51.5, Westbrook with 47, Mt. Ararat with 35, Cony with 29, Erskine Academy with 25, Kennebunk with 24, Skowhegan with 23.5, Cape Elizabeth with 23.5, Mt. Blue with 23, Gardiner with 22, Nokomis with 16, Oxford Hills with 7, Biddeford with 5.5, Brewer with three, Scarborough with two, Thornton Academy with one and Bangor with one point.
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