Two years ago the St. Paul’s School (NH) started their own girl’s wrestling tournament. It was a great opening tournament to the year and a big part of the New England Girls’ Rankings. The Public-Prep tournament is the first major girl’s tournament of the year.
Last Year
Last year, Phillips-Andover (MA) came away with the title. The prep school had five finalists, two of which won gold. Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) came in second and had two champions. Northfield Mt. Hermon (MA) rounded out the top three. Keene (NH) was the highest placing public school in sixth coming away with a pair of champions.
2023 Top 5:
Phillips-Andover (MA) - 197
Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) - 112.5
Northfield Mt. Hermon (MA) - 79
T-4. Governor's Academy (MA) - 69
T-4. St. Paul’s School (NH) - 69
The Outlook:
This tournament promises to be a good one with 20 wrestlers ranked in the New England Top 8 entered. Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) starts the high school season ranked No. 30 in the country according to USAWrestling. The Boars got two power transfers in Lily Runez and Tatianna Irizarry, public New Hampshire and Connecticut state champions, respectively. The Boars have three No. 1 ranked wrestlers in the region compared to Phillips-Andover (MA)’s one.
The Boars look to be the favorite after coming in second last year, but you can’t count out Phillips-Andover—especially if they get strong performances from Dani Nugent, Destiny Covington, and Tasha Bodharded.
120 and 165 look to be the most entertaining weight classes of the event with three ranked wrestlers registered for each of those weights. A HUGE Potential matchup to watch: the 126 potential matchup between No. 1 Sara McLaughlin (Choate, CT) and No. 2 @120 Chloe Ross (Scituate, RI). McLaughlin is a Fargo All-American and the No. 5 P4P wrestler in the region while Ross sits at No. 7 in her freshman year.
Schwartz’s Projected Top 5:
Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) - 188
Phillips-Andover (MA) - 167
Noble (ME) - 102
St. Paul’s (NH) - 76
Mt. Blue (ME) - 63
Ranked Wrestlers Competing
100
No. 10 Maddie Morse - St. Paul’s (NH)
107
No. 1 (100) Lily Runez - Chote Rosemary Hall (CT)
114
No. 2 (107) Tatianna Irizarry - Choate Rosemary Hall (CT)
120
No. 1 Calli Gilchrist - Choate Rosemary Hall (CT)
No. 3 (114) Brooklyn Webber - Mt. Blue (ME)
No. 8 Jocelyn Antes - Frontier (MA)
126
No. 1 Sara McLaughlin - Choate Rosemary Hall (CT)
No. 2 (120) Chloe Ross - Scituate (RI)
132
No. 3 (120) Delaney Frost - Noble (ME)
No. 6 (120) Tasha Bohorad - Phillips-Andover (MA)
No. 9 (120) Danielle Choi - St. Paul’s (NH)
138
No. 1 Dani Nugent - Phillips-Andover (MA)
145
No. 6 (132) Avery Colgate - Governor’s Academy (MA
152
No. 2 (3/18/24) Lily Fitzpatrick - St. Paul’s (NH)
*Lily was removed in the last set due to an error that had her marked as a senior in 23-24
No. 8 (145) Georgia Wolfson - Choate Rosemary Hall (CT)
165
No. 4 (152) Bella Shmuylovich - Phillips-Andover (MA)
No. 5 Bella Bueno - Phillips-Exeter (NH)
No. 6 (152) Sadie Nadieau - Spaulding (NH)
185
No. 3 (165) Toni Ellliot - Phillips-Andover (MA)
No. 10 (165) Mirna Decker - Portsmouth Abbey (RI)
235
No. 3 Destiny Covington - Phillips-Andover (MA)
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