Caleb Hawkins Wrestling Tournament
Jan 6, 2023
On December 3rd, the West Brunswick Wrestling team hosted their 12th annual Caleb Hawkins Tournament. The tournament is near and dear to our team and alumni, as it is in remembrance of Caleb Hawkins. Caleb was a wrestler during his time, but unfortunately passed in 2009 in a fatal car accident. So every year the Trojan community comes together to remember Caleb’s life and do what he loved, wrestle.
The tournament was also attended by Lumberton High School, Cox Mill High School, North Brunswick High School, New Hanover High School, and others. This year our trojans placed 4th overall, for JV and Varsity. The team had a great day with 6 JV individual wins and 7 Varsity individual wins.
For JV, Juniors: Cameron Lewis, 145; Noah Farris, 132; and Alex Domiguiez, 160; Freshman: Kevin Bland, 106; claimed 1st place for their respective weight classes. Sophomore, Alan Dominguiez, 170, claiming 3rd place along Sophomore, Gage Woods, 182, placing 2nd.
For Varsity, Juniors: Nicholas Chirco, 220; Dominic Grubb Jr., 145; and Luke Connick, 126; Sophomore, Cyrus Gregory, 152; placed second in their weight classes. Sophomore, Roy Nelson, 106 and Seniors Oscar Mendoza, 160, and Wyatt Monster, 195 claimed 3rd place.
So far, the season has been great for the team coming in 1st in their tournaments at West Carteret and Pender High School. In dual matches, the team has also won against Pender County High School, Ashley High School, Hoggard High School and West Carteret High School. The season is still young and we can’t wait to see what it has in store for our team.
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Junior Cameron Lewis pinning his competition from New Hanover High School. This pin allowed Lewis to claim 1st place in the 145 weight class for the JV tournament.
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Sophomore Chloe Mayes trying to bring down her competition from Pender County High School.
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Coach Whitman and Sophomore Austin Hill intentively watching the match before them.
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Junior Luke Connick flipping his opponent in order to go in for the pin.
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Junior Nicholas Chirco wrestling his competition in the 220 weight class against New Hanover High School.
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Senior Oscar Mendoza preforming a takedown on his competition from Pender County High School.
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Junior Nicholas Chirco in the beginning of his match with his competition from Lumberton High School.
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Junior Landen Wilson during his match.
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Freshman Nick Tantillo attempting to pin his competition in the 113 weight class.
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Coach Sherm and Sophomore Austin Hill cheering on the wrestlers.
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Junior Luke Connick pinning his opponent.
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Junior Dominic Grubb attempting a pin against his opponent.
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Sophomore Roy Nelson in the beginning of his match with his opponent.
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Referee Jimmy Fletcher raising Junior Cameron Lewis’s hand signifying that he won.
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Junior Nicholas Chirco attempting to flip his competition.
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Sophomore Cyrus Gregory pinning his opponent.
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Senior Wyatt Monster attempting to pin his opponent.
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Sophomore Roy Nelson pinning his opponent.
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Junior Luke Connick attempting a cradle movement with his opponent.
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Senior Wyatt Monster attempting to flip his opponent from North Brunswick High School.
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Junior Dominic Grubb fighting against his opponent.
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Juniors Dominic Grubb, Cameron Lewis, and Alex Dominguez posing with their metals.
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Junior Nicholas Chirco and Wyatt Monster posing together after collecting their metals.
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Freshman Kevin Bland standing with his 1st place metal.
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The JV and Varsity teams posing for a group picture after the tournament.
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