AUGUSTA

As expected, Class B Camden Hills cruised from the get-go in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Wrestling Championships, held at Cony High School on Saturday.

Midway through the match, Camden Hills led with 75 points, followed by Mt. Blue (60), Cony (53) and Belfast (41.50)

However, as the semifinal round closed, Camden had picked up 201 points to Mt. Blue’s 104.

The Windjammers wound up with a whopping 259 points, followed by Class A Cony (136), Mt. Blue (135), Skowhegan (103.50) and Belfast (74.50).

Morse, led by 126-pound champ Gary Stevens, was ninth with 52 points, while Mt. Ararat, missing three wrestlers with illness, took 10th with 51.50.

Brunswick’s Jared Jensen, a 2011 champion at 130, captured the 152-pound title with a 7-0 decision over Cony’s Thon Itthipalakorn. Jensen improved to 40-0 in MPA action and earned all 26 of Brunswick’s points.

“He had a great day,” said father Erick Jensen, the Mt. Ararat coach. “He was named Outstanding Wrestler, which was a nice honor. Hopefully, we’ll have all of our guys back for the regionals and be at full strength.”

Stevens improved to 39-2 in MPA with a 3-2 win over Calan Bragg of Camden Hills. “He wrestled very smart,” said Morse coach Shawn Guest. “They wrestled last week and it went to four overtimes. Gary didn’t make any mistakes this time.”

Wyatt Brackett of Morse also advanced to the championship round of the 145-pound weight class where he lost to Neal Harrison Billiat of Camden Hills, 7- 1

Other standouts included Mt. Ararat’s Jacob Kenney at 106. Kenney took third with a forfeit win over Robbie Hamburger of Nokomis.

Corey Allen of Mt. Ararat was fourth at 113 with a pin loss (1:40) to Jake Charest of Cony.

Match results:

Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Championships, held at Cony High School

TEAM SCORES — Camden Hills 259, Cony 136, Mt. Blue 135, Skowhegan 103.50, Belfast 74.50, Nokomis 65, Gardiner 57.50, Erskine Academy 54.50, Morse 52, Mt. Ararat 51.50, Oxford Hills 51, Medomak 47, Brewer 44, Winslow 39, Mt. View 36.50, Brunswick 26, Edward Little 23.50, MCI 17, Lincoln Academy 13, Oak Hill 5.

Championship Finals

106 — Tyler Craig (Mt. Blue) pinned James Archer (Camden Hills) in 2:36.

113 — John Swett (Skowhegan) dec. John Underhill (Camden Hills), 16-0.

120 — Khalil Newbill (Mt. Blue) dec. Connor Winchenbach (Camden Hills), 9-3.

126 — Gary Stevens ( Morse) dec. Calan Bragg (Camden Hills), 3-2.

132 — Brent Waterman (Belfast) dec. Coleman Powers (Camden Hills), 7-1.

138 — Danny DelGallo (Gardiner) pinned Kaleb Brown (Skowhegan) in 2:49.

145 — Neal Harrison-Billiat ( Camden Hills) dec. Wyatt Brackett (Morse), 7-1.

152 — Jared Jensen ( Brunswick) dec. Thon Itthipalakorn (Cony), 7-0.

160 — Christian Jackson (Skowhegan) pinned Caleb Farrington (Mt. Blue) in 5:01.

170 — Ryan Graffam (Camden Hills) dec. Mikal Federici (Cony), 8-6.

182 — Anthony Batty (Camden Hills) pinned Levi Hayden (Skowhegan) in 2:59.

195 — Brandon Graffam ( Camden Hills) dec. Victor Irwin (Brewer), 7-3.

220 — Rhett Chase (Camden Hills) pinned Yannick Price- Prevot (Medomak) in 2:11.

285 — Steven Morse (Cony) pinned Aaron Lint (Winslow) in 1:55.

Consolation Finals

106 — Jacob Kenney (Mt. Ararat) won by forfeit over Robbie Hamburger (Nokomis).

113 — Jake Charest (Cony) pinned Corey Allen ( Mt. Ararat) in 1:40.

120 — Jon Hankey (Oxford Hills) dec. Mark Smith (Brewer), 8-4.

126 — Kevin Moore ( Mt. Blue) dec. Jonathan Crocker (Nokomis), 8-3.

132 — Stefan Nicholls (Medomak) dec. Connor Dufour (Cony), 7-4.

138 — Drew Blanchet (Mt. Blue) dec. Max Bryant (Camden Hills), 15-2.

145 — Chris Paradis (Cony) won by forfeit over Robert Soohey (Erskine Academy).

152 — Wyatt Thornton (Gardiner) pinned Jarred Gilbert (Camden Hills) in 4:59.

160 — Jack Hauprich (Camden Hills) won by forfeit over Shawn Bang (Edward Little).

170 — VJ Tantoco (Winslow) dec. Cyril Miller (Medomak), 17-3.

182 — Zack McFarlin ( Nokomis) dec. Cade Ayotte (Erskine Academy), 11-4.

195 — Peter Kelley (Belfast) won by injury default over Andrew Pineo (Skowhegan).

220 — Tyler Stevenson ( Mount View) pinned Justin Cummings ( Oxford Hills) in 3:33.

285 — Jacob Nichols ( Nokomis) pinned Dustin Edwards (Oxford Hills) in 3:40.

Outstanding Wrestlers:

Class A — Jared Jensen, Brunswick.

Class B — Dan Del Gallo, Gardiner.

Coaches of the Year:

Class A — Shawn Totman, Cony.

Class B — Levi Rollins, Camden Hills.

Up next for Mt. Ararat, Brunswick — Eastern Maine Class A Regional at Westbrook on Saturday.

Up next for Morse — Western Maine Class B Regional at York on Saturday.

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