Merrimack Youth Association competes in the 4th Annual Fitchburg Holiday Tournament

The Merrimack Youth Wrestling Program competed in the annual Fitchburg Holiday Tournament held at Monty Tech Vocational High School in Fitchburg, MA on December 18, 2016. This tournament attracted a lot of stiff competition from the area’s top wrestling club. Merrimack sent eleven wrestlers to compete with individual results below.

Kindergartner Grayson Chestnut raked in another first place medal plowing through the competition with two pins.

Andrew Schuster, K, took third place on the podium with one strong win by points.

Rhys Dewar, grade 2, went on a pin rally, taking down three of his opponents by pin to bring home second place on the day.

Second graders Collin Schuster, Kael McAloon and Liam Bright all made strong showings in tough brackets. Schuster took second place medal with one win by pin and one win by commanding points. McAloon took third with two pins on the day. First time competitor, Bright fought hard to bring home fourth.

Third graders Cayden Dine, Jackson Meehan and Christian Chestnut battled hard in tough brackets. All had one pin on the day with Dine taking third and Meehan and Chestnut bringing home fourth.

Fifth graders JJ Bright and Mitchell Krupp faced tough competition with Bright pinning two of his opponents to bring home runners up title and Krupp narrowly falling in his second match by a mere two points to take third.

Photo caption 1: Champ Grayson Chestnut attempting to roll his competition onto their back

Photo caption 2: Dine driving on his opponent by the neck

Photo caption 3: Liam Bright getting a hold on his competition by the waist

Photo caption 4: Krupp driving his competitor forward from underneath

Photo caption 5: Meehan grabbing his opponent’s legs away from him

Heather Meehan
Merrimack Youth Wrestling
www.myawrestling.com