Bruins Compete at NEPSWA Championships

Five Brunswick wrestlers earned All-New England placement at the New England Preparatory School Wrestling Association (NEPSWA) Championships and qualified for the National Prep Wrestling Championships.

Owen Bartoszek '27 continued his strong freshman season and wrestled to seed in taking sixth place at 106 lb.

Christian Yanoti '25, now a two-time All-New England wrestler, took seventh at 113 lb.

Co-captain Michael Accetta '24 took fifth at 132 lb., earning a top five placement at New Englands for the second year in a row.

Alec Harned '26 ran his win total to 31 in taking fifth place at 144 lb.

Jack Degl '25 took an impressive fifth place in the toughest weight class at the tournament. Degl was seeded sixth and notched two wins on Friday night in the Round of 32 against a returning All-New England wrestler by pin and then in the Round of 16 against the #11 seed by major decision. In the quarterfinals on Saturday morning, Degl earned a 6-3 victory over the #3 seed, who is a nationally-ranked wrestler. After falling to another nationally-ranked wrestler in the semifinals and the consolation semifinals, Degl eventually took fifth place with another win avenging losses from earlier in the season.

Additionally, valuable team points were earned with wins by Marco Sethi '27 at 126 lb., Ethan Phelps '26 at 138 lb., Nikki Krause '26 at 175 lb., Declan Murray '25 at 215 lb., and Michael Marini '26 at 285 lb.

Brunswick finished ninth of the 38 teams who earned qualification to the tournament.