March 29, 2024

Townies Runners-Up in Warwick Wrestling Tourney

Mario Peoples Named "Outstanding Tourney Wrestler"

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The East Providence High School wrestling team was snowed out of a tournament in Connecticut this past weekend. However the Townie wrestlers wouldn't sit idle and was a late entrant into the 2016 George Schmeider Memorial Invitational held at Warwick Vets High School on Saturday.

The Townies didn't disappoint as they finished in 2nd place overall from a field of 19 participating high schools. East Providence featured individual 1st place champions with Christian Hussey 120, Mario Peoples 182 and James Nicoll 220.

Finishing in 2nd place individually was Peter Leite at 126 lbs. In 3rd place was Constantino Capobianco at 106. Rounding out individual winners for the Townies were Jacob Estrada 113, David Sheldon 132 and Tyler Chagnon at 152. And a highlight for the Townie grapplers was the designation of the "Tournament Outstanding Wrestler Award" going to Mario Peoples. Peoples wrestles at 182 lbs and has been a mainstay of Townie wrestling.

In a particularly exciting contest, Con Capobianco was battling in a close match when, with the score tied at 4, he scored a point to win his match with one second on the clock. The win enabled Capobianco to capture the third place win and help the team to its' overall 2nd place finish at runner-up. "The guys have worked hard and we've been wrestling well. The team did well over the vacation break and I'm hoping they'll make some noise in the state finals," said veteran head coach, Tom Galligan.

(Photos accompanying this article are from Saturday's tournament and also from earlier matches in the season).

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