When? Saturday, December 9, 2023
Where? Salem High School (Salem, New Hampshire)
UPDATE: Northfield Mount Hermon (MA) head coach Zachary Bates was notified Thursday morning, December 7th that his team would NOT be able to participate in the Blue Devil Classic.
UPDATE: No. 6 Central Catholic (MA) is no longer participating in the tournament.
One of toughest tournaments in the region takes place this Saturday. fifteen talented teams will gather at Salem High School in New Hampshire for the Blue Devil Classic, one of the first high-quality events of the season drawing teams from four of the six New England states. Host Salem won last year, but they face strong opponents they have to beat to repeat on their home turf.
Participating Teams:
*11/10/23 Rankings used
(5) Shawsheen Tech (MA)
(6) Central Catholic (MA)
(11) Bedford (NH)
(21) Billerica (MA)
Concord (NH)
Goffstown (NH)
Hope (RI)
Lowell (MA)
Nashua South (NH)
North Andover (MA)
Pinkerton (NH)
Raymond (NH)
Salem (NH) (Host)
Spaulding (VT)
Windham (NH)
The tournament Top 25 rankings are determined only using ranked wrestlers and assuming not every team has their full lineup as they would in New Englands. So in a tournament like this, where the full lineup is available, that is quite the game-changer.
No. 5 Shawsheen Tech (MA) should have two guaranteed champions with the Tildsley Brothers, as well as another threat in Brayton Carbone. Meanwhile No. 6 Central Catholic (MA) is losing a few wrestlers this weekend as No. 1 at 175 Nate Blanchette and No. 4 at 106 Cole Glynn are both heading down to the well-renowned Walsh-Jesuit Ironman tournament.
EVERY RANKED WRESTLER COMPETING:
There are a multitude of ranked wrestlers making their season debut at this
event.
120:
(1) Peter Rincan (Billerica, MA)
(4) Emmett Logan (Lowell, MA)
(8) Evan Lynch (Salem, NH)
132:
(7) Brayton Carbone (Shawsheen Tech, MA)
(12) Nate Pass (Bedford, NH)
138:
(1) James Tildlsey (Shawsheen Tech, MA)
(7) Kiaben Kennedy (Bedford, NH)
144:
(1) Sidney Tildsley (Shawsheen Tech, MA)
157:
(1) Teghan McConnell (Bedford, NH)
165:
(10) Caden Chase (Central Catholic, MA)
285:
(11) Hayden Robinson (Raymond, NH)
NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON: NO LONGER COMPETING AS OF 12/7/23
Prep school Northfield Mount Hermon is making the trek to New Hampshire for
this competition entering only non-postgraduate wrestlers due to the event being
a CNESSPA (public school) tournament. Don’t be fooled, this lineup is still scary.
*11/10/23 New England Top 50 rankings used
106: Luke Galipeau (VT)
- Youth New England Finalist
113: Dominic Marinelli (MA)
- 2023 NE Prep 3rd
126: Musa Tamaradze (MA)
- 2023 NE Prep Champion
- #5 P4P In New England
132: Colby Houle (CT)
- Youth New England Champion
- Top 100 Freshman (Matscouts)
- #39 P4P in New England
138: Myles Burroughs (NJ)
- New Jersey Youth Finalist
138: Colby MacIntosh (MA)
- 2023 NE Prep 4th
150: Nate Consigli (MA)
- 2023 NE Prep 3rd
157: Elliot Humphries (MA)
- 2023 New England 3rd Place (Wrestled with Minnechaug, MA)
- #27 P4P in New England
165: Reece Spiro (NY)
- NY Catholic States 3rd
175/190: Isael Perez (RI)
- 2023 New England 2nd Place (Wrestled with Hope, RI)
- #7 P4P in New England
215: Dylan Greenstein (MA)
- National Prep All-American
- #30 P4P in New England
285: James Bechter (OH)
- 2023 OH State Placer
- 4x Fargo All-American
- #9 P4P in New England
Updated Matchups To Watch
Several premier matches are expected in this tournament. These are but some
that could go down.
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