Strozier advances to all-states
Wiscasset Middle High School senior Sam Strozier, kneeling, competes Feb. 17 in Sanford, where he took second in the Class A state championships. Courtesy of soggy dog designs
Sam Strozier, top right, takes part in Saturday’s award ceremony. Courtesy of soggy dog designs
Wiscasset Middle High School senior Sam Strozier, kneeling, competes Feb. 17 in Sanford, where he took second in the Class A state championships. Courtesy of soggy dog designs
Sam Strozier, top right, takes part in Saturday’s award ceremony. Courtesy of soggy dog designs
On Saturday, Feb. 17, the Morse-Wiscasset wrestling team traveled to Sanford for the Maine Class A championships. In the first round, Wiscasset's Samuel Strozier, the second seed from the north, wrestled Collin Cyr from Noble. Strozier won by a pin at five minutes and 30 seconds of the third period.
In the semi-final round, Strozier, Wiscasset’s lone wrestler, faced the number one seed from the south, Isaac Plant from Sanford. And with a dramatic finish, Strozier won by a pin at 5:12 of the third period to advance to the finals.
In a tough-fought final, Strozier lost to Oxford Hills wrestler Zuka Mabior 9-3. Mabior is ranked seventh in New England at 182 poumds. Morse's other co-captain Isaiah Cogswell placed fourth at 152 pounds. Strozier advances to All-states which will be held at Noble High School next Saturday, Feb. 24, when the top wrestlers from Class A wrestle the top wrestlers from Class B.
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