Maine Amateur Wrestling Alliance

Belfast — The Camden Hills wrestling team got the new season off on the right foot Saturday by winning the season-opening seventh annual Belfast Crossover Duals tournament.

The event attracted Camden Hills, Belfast, Bucksport, Skowhegan, Erskine Academy of South China, Gardiner, Medomak Valley and a Gold team, which consisted of a mixture of all the team's non-varsity wrestlers and some independents.

The Windjammers had four first-place finishers, including Coleman Powers (103 pounds), Zach Fields (135), Brandon Rich (140) and Jacob Powers (152). The Powers, who are brothers, finished 10-0 overall during the tourney.

The format of the event included each team facing off in dual-meets with other squads. Then the top wrestlers in each weight division from those dual-meets moved on to the second portion of the tourney. It is in that championship portion that wrestlers, and their teams, earned points.

When all was said and done Saturday, the team scores were: Camden Hills 196, Belfast and Gardiner 184, Gold 141, Skowhegan 134, Erskine Academy 115, Medomak Valley 93 and Bucksport 91.

The duals had Pool A, which included Belfast, Erskine Academy, Skowhegan and Gold, and Pool B, which consisted of Camden Hills, Bucksport, Gardiner and Medomak Valley. Each team wrestled other squads in its pool. When the dual-meets were completed, the top two wrestlers in each weight class in Pool A and Pool B faced off for first through fourth places. The other four wrestlers in each weight class continued to wrestle for fifth through eighth places.

The tournament allowed each wrestler five matches, unlike the typical eight-man bracket in which when one loses two matches their competition for the day is complete.

Each team was awarded 12 points for each dual-meet win. Each team was awarded points for an individual wrestler's final tournament places, including 16 points for first, 12 for second, nine for third, seven for fourth, five for fifth, three for sixth, two for seventh and none for eighth.

Camden Hills and Medomak Valley also participated in dual-meets, with Camden Hills beating Gardiner 45-33, Bucksport 57-18 and Medomak Valley 48-6. Medomak Valley also lost to Gardiner 42-27 and Bucksport 40-34.

The individual results for Windjammers and Panthers in the final individual tourney format:

103 pounds — C. Powers (5-0 record), CH, pinned Nick Kothman, EA, at 3:27; and pinned Evan Drinkwater, Bel, 1:08. Powers finished first.

119 — Ben Lufkin (4-1), Med, pinned Matt Jewell, Gold, at 0:58; and was pinned by Brent Waterman, Bel, at 0:35. Lufkin finished second.

Calan Bragg (3-2), CH, was pinned by Waterman, Bel, at 1:04; and pinned Matt Jewell, Gold, at 0:50. Bragg finished third.

125 pounds — Thomas Cassidy (3-2), CH, pinned Shawn White, EA, at 0:30; and was pinned by by Matt DelGallo, Gard, at 3:52. Cassidy finished second.

Cheyenne Augustine (2-2), Med, pinned Gabby Crosson, Gold, at 0:56. Augustine finished fifth.

130 pounds — Max Bragg (3-2), CH, pinned Josh Parker, Bel, at 1:11; and lost by major decision to Dan DelGallo, Gard, 8-0. Bragg finished second.

135 pounds — Fields (5-0), CH, pinned Brendon Henderson, EA, at 0:22; and won by major decision over Phil Kyser, Gold (Georges Valley), 11-1. Fields finished first.

Kyser (4-1), GV, pinned Wyatt Thornton, Gard, at 3:01; and lost by major decision to Fields, CH, 11-1. Kyser finished second.

Tyler Miller (1-3), Med, was pinned by Jesse Kamienski, Bel, at 2:31; and won by forfeit over Taylor Miller, Buck. Tyler Miller finished seventh.

140 pounds — Rich (5-0), CH, pinned Neal Harrison, Gold, at 2:25; and won by by major decision over Aaron Taylor, EA, 16-5. Rich finished first.

Adam Lynch (3-2), Med, lost by major decision to Aaron Taylor, EA, 12-0; and pinned Harrison, Gold, at 5:35. Lynch finished third.

145 pounds — R.J. Muir (3-2), CH, pinned Ethan Fitzjurls, Bel, at 2:38; and lost to Kaleb Austin, Skow, 6-0. Muir finished second.

152 pounds — J. Powers (5-0), CH, pinned Levi Hayden, at 0:09; and won by major decision over Drew Leeman, EA, 10-0. Powers finished first.

Neal Young (2-2), GV, beat Zach Abram, Gard, 19-15; and lost by major decision to Alex Colon, Bel, 17-6. Young finished sixth.

160 pounds — Nat LaPointe (3-2), CH, was pinned by Justin Philbrook, Bel, at 1:22; and lost by forfeit to Patrick Fortier-Brown, Gard. LaPointe finished fourth.

171 pounds — Kyle Bell-Colfer (4-1), Med, beat Brandon Carson, Skow, 3-0; and lost to Kornealius Wood, Bel, 4-3. Bell-Colfer, who actually is from another school, finished second.

Anthony Batty (2-3), CH, pinned Colt Pierce, EA, at 2:32; and pinned Colby Fortier-Brown, Gard, at 0:53. Batty finished fifth.

189 pounds — Dylan Look (1-4), Med, was pinned by Lance Williams, Gard, at 1:11; and was pinned by Stephen Morse, EA, at 0:45. Look finished fourth.

Ryan Graffam (1-4), CH, beat Peter Kelley, Bel, 8-3; and lost to Robert Graf, Skow, 4-2. Graffam finished fifth.

215 pounds — Brandon Graffam (4-1), CH, pinned Steven Morse, EA, at 0:25; and lost to Andrew Pineo, Skowh, 11-7. Graffam finished second.

285 pounds — Jeff Bailey (2-4), CH, was pinned by Justin Boyle, Bel, at 3:30; and was pinned by Sean Gary, EA, at 2:53. Bailey finished fourth.

Gabriel Delano (0-4), Med, was pinned by Tyler Hawksley, Buck, at 5:45; and received a bye. Delano finished seventh.