The North Providence Cougars JV and Freshmen traveled to Coventry High School to participate in their end of the year competition to crown the best young wrestlers. Similar to Varsity, this was the tournament that they have worked for all year so they put it all on the line. On the JV side North Providence had 6 state placers. Those state placers included sophomore Matthew Truppi at 220 pounds and Junior Chris Oldrid at 170 pounds both took 4th Graham at 170 and Sophomore Nathan Moreira at 160 pounds both took 2nd and Sophomore Ethan Young at 106 pounds and Senior Kostas Kosmidis at 160 pounds both were JV State Champions. At 160 a finals match between Nathan Moreira and Kostas Kosmidis made it the only All-Cougar matchup in the finals, with Kosmidis coming away with the tough 5-2 decision. In the Freshman Bracket, the only NP Freshman that place was Joshua Wheeler at 113 pounds who placed 4th. Wheeler will also be competing at the Varsity State Tournament held February 28th and March 1st. In the JV Tournament, the Cougars came in 4th out of 32 in the Freshman bracket.
By: Nathan Moreira