6 Norton Wrestlers Selected as League All-Stars

Senior captains Travers, McAlpine & Taylor

Congratulations to sophomore Aidan Kahn (113), juniors Elliott Johnson (182) and

Alek Donovan (285) as well as senior co-captains JT Taylor (145), Myles McAlpine

(160), and Mike Travers (195) who were all named first team Tri-Valley League

All-Star wrestlers. This is the second such selection for both McAlpine and Travers.

Once again the Norton Lancers had more all-stars than any other Tri-Valley team.  

In addition, Mike Travers was voted the league's Most Valuable Wrestler joining

Lancer notables Andrew Rockwell (2008) and Brett Gallagher (2011). 

What a great season for our Lancers!

Norton's Mike Travers Wrestles at New England Championships

Mike Travers winning State Championship 

Wrestling seasons usually end abruptly and hard because the competition 

gets tougher and tougher the deeper you go into the end-of-season

championship tournaments.  The New Englands, held in Providence, RI, 

last weekend is the toughest and most prestigious of them all for high school 

wrestlers and just to qualify is a great accomplishment.

 

Senior co-captain Mike Travers not only qualified, he competed well.  Mike 

made us all proud when he pinned the third-ranked 195 pound wrestler from 

Vermont in the first round of competition.  He then faced the Connecticut All-State

champion and was pinned.  Mike came back strong in consolations, however,

nearly pinning the third-ranked Connecticut wrestler before losing a 7-3 decision.  

Mike finished the season 38-6 (with 24 pins), was D-3 State champion, 

D-3 South sectional champion, and a Tri-Valley League all-star.  He had 

108 career victories which places him fifth all-time at NHS.

Congratulations to Mike Travers on a great career!  

Norton Wrestling Places Two at All-States

Mike Travers State Champion

Myles McAlpine 2x State Placewinner

The top six wrestlers from each of the three divisions came together for the 

All-States at the Tsongas Center in Lowell this weekend and the competition 

was intense.  Norton High qualified eight wrestlers for this prestigious

event, a school record, and two of them came home with medals, another 

school record capping off the best season ever for the Lancers!

Leading the way were senior co-catains Mike Travers and Myles McAlpine.

Travers reached the semi-finals before falling to eventual runner-up Matt

Paris of Springfield Central, the All-State champion team.  Mike wound up

finishing sixth.  McAlpine lost his first round match to Chris Ortega of Agawam

but fought back winning four of five matches losing only to Ian Horkan of 

Pembroke in overtime.  Myles finished seventh.  Both will continue training in 

preparation for the New Englands which will be held next weekend in 

Providence, RI. 

Six other Norton wrestlers qualified for All-States, though one, junior Elliott 

Johnson was unable to compete due to an injury suffered at States last week. 

Sophomore Aidan weekend lost in the first round, hurt his elbow and couldn't 

continue in the tournament.  However, sophomore Deven Schuko, juniors

Adam Marcon and Alek Donovan, along with senior co-captain JT Taylor all

wrestled well and won matches for the Lancers, though none of them placed

high enough to earn medals and, so, their seasons are over.  Taylor notched 

another pin bringing his school record-breaking total to 37 pins for the season!