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SPORTS
ROUNDUP

WRESTLING

Bridgewater
Rec Track & Field

Trojans pin down pair of titles

The Bridgewater
Recreation Commission
will continue to sponsor
a spring track and eld
program for Bridgewater
youngsters entering
grades 5-8. The program
will be held Mondays
and Wednesdays, from
5:30-7 p.m., beginning on
April 28 and continuing
through June 18, and will
take place at the Bridgewater State University
track and eld facility
at Swenson Field. The
program will be directed
by Sam Baumgarten,
Kim Larcom, and Joe
Gillis. Sign up forms
are being distributed
through the schools, and
completed applications
should be returned to
the Recreation Commission. The form is
also posted on the Town
website, www.bridgewaterma.org, and the youth
track website, www.
bridgewateryouthtrack.
webs.com. For additional
information, call Sam at
508-697-6848.

Old Colony YMCA

Swim Team
The Old Colony YMCA
Storm Swim Teams
interim season is just a
few weeks away. Sign-up
now and begin rening
your strokes, work on
endurance and make
new friends. Practices
are Mondays and
Wednesday 6-7 p.m. at
the Middleboro YMCA, 61
East Grove St.
For more info, visit
www.oldcolonyymca.org
or call 508-947-1390.

Basketball
showcase
Nextbball is holding a
basketball showcase
for high school age girls
interested in playing
college basketball, Saturday, March 22 at Tabor
Academy. Division 2 and
3 college coaches will be
in attendance. Register
at www.nextbball.com.

By Rick Seto
Gatehouse News Service

For someone who is not

considered a pinner in
the sport of wrestling, Aaric
Rivera sure does a good
impression of one.
The Brockton High
junior had pinned every
120-pound wrestler in
the Division 1 South Sectional during the dual
meet season, save one
Plymouth Souths Drew
Guadangno. When Rivera
met the No. 1 on Saturday night at the sectional
championships in Weymouth, the No. 2 seed was

South repeated at sectional

champs with 247.5 points.
Brockton totaled 96
points for ninth place, with
two Boxers also nishing in
the top four to join Rivera
at the Division 1 states next
weekend at Lawrence High:
freshman Devin Winn
(third, 132) and senior
Watna Cunha (third, 145).
Im actually really excited
with the way the younger
kids wrestled, said second-year BHS head coach
DeShawn Fentress. They
showed me that theyve
William Fuller of Bridgewater-Raynham defeated Tij
learned a lot.
SEE TROJANS, B2

Vassialli of Xaverian in the 195 lb Div. at the recent Division 1 South Sectional wrestling championships. WICKED
LOCAL PHOTO / GARY HIGGINS

THE SPIRIT OF
THE THING

YOUTH WRESTLING

FOLLOW THE BRICKROAD

By Alana Santos
Special to the
Independent and Call

ridgewaterRaynham varsity
wrestling coach
Fred Conrad doesnt leave
his job behind when he
pulls out of the B-R parking lot.
In his spare time, Conrad
is using his passion for the
sport to give back to the
community. Conrad has
been involved with Brickroad Wrestling Inc. for
three years. Brickroad is
a nonprofit organization
that helps under-privileged
youth stay on a straight
path..
Brickroad was established 10-12 years ago,
Conrad said. It was first
started through the school,
but after budget cuts it
was moved from the high
school to the middle school
and now to where it is in
Lakeville.
SEE WRESTLING, B2

Pitching lessons
The USC Complex on
Route 53 in Hanover
is offering a series of
pitching lessons for all
ages. The lessons are
conducted by former
Abington High School
and UMaine pitching ace
Steve Perakslis. Perakslis
just completed his rst
season of professional
baseball pitching for
Kane County, a single-A
affiliate of the Chicago
Cubs organization.
Lessons are half-hour
in duration and the fee
is $50 per session. For
more information, call
Mark Free at 781-9963053, ext. 114.

not expecting to win by fall.

But win by fall he did.
Rivera pulled off a pin in
the rst period to become
the rst of three area wrestlers to earn gold medals.
Bridgewater-Raynham
won titles in back-to-back
weight classes behind
seniors Dylan Carreiro
(170) and Tyler Vitali (182).
The Trojans had three
other finalists freshman Brett Rezendes (113),
senior Kyle Hamm (132)
and junior William Fuller
(195) who powered the
team to a third-place
nish in the 13-team eld
with 143 points. Plymouth

JOHN QUATTRUCCI

The
kids
are all
right
By John Quattrucci

ith 1:53 left in

the rst quarter of Friday
nights OA/Stoughton
boys basketball game,
forward Mike Manning
nailed a three-pointer
Brickroad Wrestling Inc. is a nonprofit organization that helps under-privileged
youth stay on a straight path. COURTESY PHOTO

SEE BASKETBALL, B2

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Isabella Antonangeli, Gymnastics

Isabella scored overall
best and highest scores
at the recent Cranberry
League North meet. Her
total overall score at the
League meet was 36.7. She
never misses a practice was
one of the two All-Arounders on the team.
Bio:

My name is Isabella

Antonangeli and I am a
sophomore at West Bridgewater High School. I am an
all-around gymnast from
West Bridgewater combining with B-R schools.
This is the first year WB
had an option to combine
so this is my first season
competing with them, but
I have been doing gymnastics since I was three years

old. I do not play any other into the gym. I love being
sports because gymnastics as strong as I am now and
is all year round for me.
cant wait to become even
stronger. Out of all four
What do you enjoy most
events, my favorite event
about playing your
is the bars. Gymnastics is
sport/position?
a little rough on the body
I e n j o y e v e r y t h i n g but in the end it is worth
about this sport. I love fighting to show off what
being able to be great at you can do.
something and feeling
Athlete of The Week, Isastress free when I walk
bella Antonangeli COURTESY
SEE ATHLETE, B2

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