BELFAST — The numbers are there for the Belfast wrestling team to have a successful season, and the talent also is there for individuals to potentially find strong mat experiences, as the Lions showed their muscle in the first meet of the year on Saturday, Dec. 6.Belfast hosted a six-team meet, the Belfast Duals, and wrangled to five victories in as many matches to sweep its opponents to start the year on the right foot, as the Lions took down Ellsworth 60-12, Foxcroft Academy of Dover-Foxcroft 49-23, Medomak Valley of Waldoboro 39-36, Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor 66-12 and Oceanside of Rockland 52-30.
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The individual Belfast results, with Lion wrestlers listed first, were:
106 pounds — Connor Fournier won by forfeit over Ellsworth, Foxcroft Academy, Medomak Valley and MDI; and pinned Kayden Scudder, Ocean.
113 pounds — Gavynn Young won by forfeit over Ellsworth, Medomak Valley and Oceanside; pinned Cameron Parlee, FA; and pinned Logan Blanchette, MDI.
120 pounds — Caleb Hayes won by forfeit over Ellsworth and MDI; was pinned by Joseph Keenan, FA; and was pinned by Carter Fogarty, Ocean.
126 pounds — Hayes pinned Ian Doughty, Med.
Timothy Smith won by forfeit over MDI and Oceanside.
138 pounds — Kaden Bonin pinned Matt Reid, Ells; beat Krystofor Downing, FA; was pinned by Josh MacDougall, Med, at 2:13; pinned Travis Boumil, MDI; and won by forfeit over Oceanside.
145 pounds — Jonah Lovejoy won by forfeit over Ellsworth; won by major decision over Austin Gil, FA; beat Riley Micklich, Med, 11-5; pinned Hunter Gray, MDI; and won by major decision over Seth Spear, Ocean.
152 pounds — Gabe Kelley pinned Itsuki Langley, Ells; pinned Brady Carter, Med, 3:04; pinned Samuel Ingram, MDI; and pinned Josh Jackomino, Ocean.
Michael Ham lost by technical fall to Alex Atkinson, FA.
160 pounds — Jackson Lapierre won by forfeit over Ellsworth, MDI and Oceanside; and was pinned by Jethro Pease, Med, at 0:56.
Kelley pinned Samuel Robinson, FA.
170 pounds — Elijah Charbonnier was pinned by Noah Hughes, Ells; won by forfeit over Foxcroft Academy and Oceanside; was pinned by Ben Benefield, Med, at 2:30; and was pinned by Baylor Landsman, MDI.
182 pounds — Nathaniel Porter pinned Tate Schaffner-Whary, Ells; won by forfeit over Foxcroft Academy; pinned Jame Rose, Med, at 0:52; and pinned Nat Small, Ocean.
Josh Fairbrother won by forfeit over MDI.
195 pounds — Fairbrother won by forfeit over Ellsworth, Foxcroft Academy, Medomak Valley;
Porter won by disqualification over Ethan Harkins, MDI.
285 pounds — Rayon Kirby won by forfeit over Ellsworth and MDI; pinned Levi Strout, FA; was pinned by Erik Benner, Med, at 0:28; and was pinned by Kaleb Blackwell, Ocean.
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