Lancers Win Peckham Tournament with a Great Team Effort!

Last Saturday the Lancers took a 54-17 beating by a strong Somerset-Berkley team.  

This Saturday they showed how resilient and competitive they are by winning the
James Peckham Tournament at Canton by a narrow margin over Somerset-Berkley
and the rest of the 9-team field at Canton HS.  This is the 6th time since 2008 that the Lancers have won the championship trophy at this invitational tournament!

The key to the team victory was a well-balanced attack.  An impressive 11 Norton wrestlers placed in the top 4 in their weight classes and all 14 Lancers won matches to contribute to the team's total score.  Sophomore Justin Lunn, won 3 matches in his first varsity tournament to finish 4th.  Juniors Jake Burgess and Lucas Lavallee took away 3rd place bronze medals, while sophomores Andy Murphy, Brendan Merriott, and Kyle Pereira as well as juniors Anthony Cardone and Aidan Kahn along with senior co-captain Adam Marcon all took 

home silver medals as runners-up.

The Lancer stars who burned the brightest, however, were junior Deven Schuko and senior co-captain Alek Donovan.  Schuko won his 2nd tournament of the season, avenged last Saturday's 5-4 loss to the #1 seed from Somerset with a dominant 12-0 major decision in the finals to not only earn a gold medal, but also the tournament's "outstanding wrestler" trophy!  Schuko is now 17-1 on the season.  Donovan also had a brilliant day, avenging a 2-1 overtime loss to his Somerset opponent with a 4-1 overtime win this time and, in the process, clinching the team championship with his hard-fought victory!  His record so far this season is 14-2.