On Saturday the 6th, Hyde-Woodstock hosted the Northern New England Invitational, a larger tournament with 13 other New England prep schools. This is a tournament shared between Tilton, Hyde-Maine, and Hyde-Connecticut and is held annually. The entire community pulled together, as they have done in the past, to make this a special day [...]
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Hyde-Woodstock: 72
Forman School: 3
Our last match of the day was against Forman. The score was very lopsided due to the small roster that the school brought with them. With only 3 official wrestlers and 1 exhibition match, this was to be a very quick match up. Mac McGuire ‘11 did not have [...]
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Hyde-Woodstock: 25
Taft School: 54
Our second match of the day was against Taft, a school known for a solid wrestling program. The match-ups worked against our team as we struggled to get a foothold in from the onset of the match. Several of our lower weight match-ups fell to Taft and put us at [...]
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Hyde-Woodstock: 46
Hamden Hall Country Day School: 24
The Hyde Wolf Pack traveled to Hamden, CT yesterday to face off in a quad-meet against Taft, Forman, and Hamden Hall. The teams in attendance were tough, yet beatable, and this gave the Wolf Pack the confidence they needed to have a great day. We opened against [...]
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Hyde-Woodstock: 66pts (11th Place)
Saturday, January 23rd, the Wolf Pack boarded the bus on a cold, dark morning and departed for Greenwich, CT at 5a.m. After a two and a half hour drive, the Wolfpack grapplers shook off their grogginess and weighed in at the 15-team tournament held annually at the Brunswick School. Due [...]
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Our last match on Saturday was against Deerfield Academy who had two top ranked wrestlers at the 119 and 160lb weight classes. Fighting back from the loss we took to Andover was not an easy feat, but the Wolf Pack is a tenacious and persistent bunch who are known for their underdog spirit. [...]
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Our next match on Saturday was against the very tough host school. Andover has always had an excellent program and have been a challenger to the championship in the Class A’s and New England. This year was no different than the rest, but the Wolf Pack did not back down from the challenge. [...]
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The Wolf Pack faced off against their SENE rivals this Wednesday the 20th at Marianapolis Prep. Marianapolis was a team that we easily beat last year, but with several returning wrestlers they had developed a better skill set and were not to be taken lightly. Marcos Mercado ‘13 earned a pin at the [...]
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Hyde-Woodstock: 28
Thayer Academy: 52
The last match of a quad-meet is generally a test of character. The wrestlers are fighting fatigue, self-doubt, and quitting attitudes. After facing off against two tough teams, we needed a morale boost. Thayer came out strong against the Wolf Pack and had an early lead. Some forfeits [...]
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Hyde-Woodstock: 6
Tabor Academy: 66
After such a tough loss against Loomis, the Wolf Pack went up against the host school on their turf. The environment was thundering with Tabor fans with air horns and cheering fans. It was a small wrestling room and this raised the intimidation level in Tabor’s favor. We were [...]
