Ethan Principal ’24 faces a St. Paul’s opponent.
Co-Captain Sakina Cotton ’24 faces NMH opponent, Rowan Macintosh. The two have faced each other three times in the past year.
Saturday 1/20 – Andover: 36, St. Paul’s: 48 Andover: 36, Lawrenceville: 48 Andover: 7, NMH: 72 Andover Wrestling (8-7) competed against St. Paul’s, Lawrenceville, and Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH) on Saturday, coming up short against each team. Despite the absence of a significant portion of its regular lineup, the team made a valiant effort, with some members achieving their first varsity wins. Co-Captain Sakina Cotton ’24 faced her longtime rival from NMH, according to teammate Tasha Bohorad ’26. Driven by the support and motivation of the team, Cotton ultimately triumphed over her opponent. “She wrestled a girl from NMH named Rowan, who’s a National Prep champ… They’ve been wrestling with each other for the past year. I saw them wrestle almost exactly a year ago. They went into double or triple overtime last year and Rowan won. They wrestled once this year and Rowan won. And Sakina finally beat Rowan this year in a very intense match. It just shows that Sakina’s been working really hard,” said Bohorad. Despite nearly half of the varsity lineup being injured or ill, teammates rose to the occasion, replacing those who couldn’t compete, according to Ophelia Lee ’26. Lee said, “The strengths were that we persevered through it, even though a lot of our lineup was gone. A lot of people who hadn’t been wrestling much or it was their first year wrestling, got thrown on the varsity lineup, and they still managed to perform well under all that pressure. I think that’s definitely a strength.” Focused on overcoming its three losses, the team will be working on maintaining a positive attitude and staying calm under pressure, according to Julia Carmona ’24. Carmona said, “We’ll work on being prepared at every single moment of the match from the moment the whistle blows until somebody gets pinned or the match is over. Because I think a lot of us get caught up in our heads in the actual match, and that has caused some problems for us.” Andover Wrestling will host its 11th annual Female Wrestling Tournament on Sunday.
Saturday 1/20 –
Andover: 36, St. Paul’s: 48
Andover: 36, Lawrenceville: 48
Andover: 7, NMH: 72
Andover Wrestling (8-7) competed against St. Paul’s, Lawrenceville, and Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH) on Saturday, coming up short against each team. Despite the absence of a significant portion of its regular lineup, the team made a valiant effort, with some members achieving their first varsity wins.
Co-Captain Sakina Cotton ’24 faced her longtime rival from NMH, according to teammate Tasha Bohorad ’26. Driven by the support and motivation of the team, Cotton ultimately triumphed over her opponent.
“She wrestled a girl from NMH named Rowan, who’s a National Prep champ… They’ve been wrestling with each other for the past year. I saw them wrestle almost exactly a year ago. They went into double or triple overtime last year and Rowan won. They wrestled once this year and Rowan won. And Sakina finally beat Rowan this year in a very intense match. It just shows that Sakina’s been working really hard,” said Bohorad.
Despite nearly half of the varsity lineup being injured or ill, teammates rose to the occasion, replacing those who couldn’t compete, according to Ophelia Lee ’26.
Lee said, “The strengths were that we persevered through it, even though a lot of our lineup was gone. A lot of people who hadn’t been wrestling much or it was their first year wrestling, got thrown on the varsity lineup, and they still managed to perform well under all that pressure. I think that’s definitely a strength.”
Focused on overcoming its three losses, the team will be working on maintaining a positive attitude and staying calm under pressure, according to Julia Carmona ’24.
Carmona said, “We’ll work on being prepared at every single moment of the match from the moment the whistle blows until somebody gets pinned or the match is over. Because I think a lot of us get caught up in our heads in the actual match, and that has caused some problems for us.”
Andover Wrestling will host its 11th annual Female Wrestling Tournament on Sunday.
