New England Independent School Wrestling Association
NEW ENGLAND WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS – TEAM RESULTS & RECORDS {Individual Championship Results: Separate Document}
Update this info: first / last names, where tournament was held, and Outstanding Wrestlers. Email Bill X. Barron ([email protected]) with corrections / additions.
NEISWA TEAM CHAMPIONS (multiple years)
Belmont Hill (MA) – 2007, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 Choate (CT) – 1953, 1955 Deerfield (MA) – 1986, 1993 Loomis Chaffee (CT) – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Milton (MA) – 1949, 1950, 1952, 1985 Northfield Mt. Hermon (MA) – 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019 Phillips Exeter (NH) – 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2017 St. Paul’s (NH) – 1981, 1995, 1997, 1998
Team Champions – Public & Private School Combined Championships
1949 Milton Academy 21 points 1950 Milton Academy 33 points 1951 St. Marks School 18 points 1952 Milton Academy 20 points 1953 Choate School 24 points 1954 Phillips Exeter Academy 22 points 1955 Choate School 35 points 1956 Phillips Exeter Academy 72 points 1957 Phillips Exeter Academy 50 points 1958 Kent School 38 points 1959 Phillips Exeter Academy 37 points 1960 Phillips Exeter Academy 54 points 1961 ???
BOYS Team Champions --- Private School Championships Team Point Record: Phillips Exeter, 233 (2015)
1971 – 1980 ??? 1981 St. Paul’s School 1982 Tabor Academy 1983 Governor Dummer Academy 1984 Hopkins 1985 Milton Academy 1986 Deerfield Academy 1987 Phillips Exeter Academy 1988 Phillips Exeter Academy 1989 Phillips Exeter Academy 1990 Tabor Academy 1991 Phillips Exeter Academy 122.5 points 1992 Phillips Exeter Academy 144 points 1993 Deerfield Academy 1994 Phillips Exeter Academy 1995 St. Paul’s School 116 points 1996 Taft School 115.5 points 1997 St. Paul’s School 147.5 points 1998 St. Paul’s School 184 points 1999 Williston Northampton School 106 points 2000 Phillips Exeter Academy 181.5 points 2001 Phillips Exeter Academy 161 points 2002 Loomis Chaffee School 163 points 2003 Loomis Chaffee School 178 points 2004 Loomis Chaffee School 186 points
2005 Trinity-Pawling School 121 points 2006 Loomis Chaffee School 178.5 points 2007 Belmont Hill School 131 points 2008 Northfield Mt. Hermon School 201 points 2009 Belmont Hill School 179 points 2010 Northfield Mt. Hermon School 199.5 points 2011 Northfield Mt. Hermon School 214.5 points 2012 Northfield Mt. Hermon School 143.5 points 2013 Northfield Mt. Hermon School 174.5 points 2014 Brooks School 2015 Phillips Exeter Academy 233* points 2016 Belmont Hill School 201 points 2017 Phillips Exeter 227.5 points 2018 Belmont Hill School 187 points 2019 TIE: Belmont Hill / Northfield Mt. Hermon 198.5 points 2020 Belmont Hill School 194.5 points
GIRLS Team Champions – Private School Championships
2020 Northfield Mt. Hermon 103 points
Top Scoring N.E. Prep Wrestling Teams (# Years in Top 10) – 1993 to 2017 {In evaluating the top teams, we took the top ten team scores from each New England Championship, then assigned a point value: 10 for 1st, 9 for 2nd, etc., to 1 for 10th. Team with tied places split the point total.}
1. Northfield Mt. Hermon (Northfield, MA) – 161.5 (24) 2. Belmont Hill (Belmont, MA) – 144 (18) 3. Phillips Exeter (Exeter, NH) – 141 (18) 4. Loomis Chaffee (Windsor, CT) – 104.5 (18) 5. Brooks (N. Andover, MA) – 96 (16) 6. Brunswick (Greenwich, CT) – 77 (14) 7. Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY) – 76 (13) 8. St. Paul’s (Concord, NH) – 69.5 (11) 9. Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) – 61.5 (11) 10. Tabor (Marion, MA) – 52.5 (10) [from 2001 – present; prior year top 10 finishes needed] 11. Roxbury Latin (W. Roxbury, MA) – 42 (12) [from 2001 – present; prior year top 10 finishes needed] 12. Pomfret School (Pomfret, CT) – 31 (10) 12. Williston Northampton (Northampton, MA) – 31 (5) 14. Taft (Watertown, CT) – 27 (4)
NEW ENGLAND TEAM CHAMPIONS [*points record] {1949 – 1961: public & private combined; 1962 – 1970: private separate, no championship held}
1949 – Milton Academy (MA), 21 pts 1950 – Milton Academy (MA), 33 1951 – St. Mark’s School (MA), 18
1952 – Milton Academy (MA), 20 1953 – Choate School (CT), 24 1954 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 22
1955– Choate School (CT), 35 1956 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 72 1957 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 50
1958 – Kent School (CT), 38 1959 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 37 1960 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 54
1961 – ??? 1971 – (no team title) 1972 – (no team title)
1973 – (no team title) 1974 – (no team title) 1975 – (no team title)
1976 – (no team title) 1977 – (no team title) 1978 – (no team championship)
1979 – (no team title) 1980 – (no team title) 1981 – St. Paul’s School (NH)
1982 – Tabor Academy (MA) 1983 – Governor Dummer Acad. (MA) 1984 – Hopkins School (CT)
1985 – Milton Academy (MA) 1986 – Deerfield Academy (MA) 1987 – Phillips Exeter (NH)
1988 – Phillips Exeter (NH) 1989 – Phillips Exeter (NH) 1990 – Tabor Academy (MA), 118
1991 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 122.5 1992 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 144 1993 – Deerfield Academy
1994 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 1995 – St. Paul’s School (NH), 116 1996 – Taft School (CT), 115.5 116.5
1997 – St. Paul’s School (NH), 1998 – St. Paul’s School (NH), 184 1999 – Williston Northampton (MA), 106 147.5
2000 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 2001 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 161 2002 – Loomis Chaffee (CT), 163 181.5
2003 – Loomis Chaffee (CT), 178 2004 – Loomis Chaffee (CT), 186 2005 – Trinity-Pawling, 121
2006 – Loomis Chaffee (CT), 178.5 2007 – Belmont Hill (MA), 131 2008 – Northfield Mt. Hermon (MA), 201
2009 – Belmont Hill (MA), 179 2010 – Northfield Mt. Hermon 2011 – Northfield Mt. Hermon (MA), 199.5 (MA), 214.5
2012 – Northfield Mt. Hermon 2013 – Northfield Mt. Hermon 2014 – Brooks (MA), 182.0 (MA), 143.5 (MA), 174.5
2015 – Phillips Exeter (NH), 233* 2016 – Belmont Hill (MA), 201 2017 – Phillips Exeter NH, 232.5
2018 – Belmont Hill (MA), 187 2019 – Belmont Hill / NMH (MA), 198.5 2020 – Belmont Hill (MA), 194.5
2021 – 2022 – 2023 –
2024 – 2025 – 2026 –
{records needed for 1961, 1971 – 1980; team points needed for 1981 – 1989, 1993}
NEISWA COACH / OFFICIAL OUTSTANDING SERVICE RECOGNITION
1993 – Dave Hudson, Phillips Exeter Academy (NH), 1982 – 1991: 7 Class A, 4 N.E. Championships
1994 – Graham Ward, Brooks School (MA), 1966 – 1992: 2 ISL Dual, 1 Graves-Kelsey Championships
1995 – Dick Griffin, Milton Academy (MA), 1975 – 1993: 11 ISL Dual, 7 G-K, 1 N.E. Championships
1996 – John Wynne, Taft School (CT), 1966 – 1995, Career: 244 – 96 – 7, N.E. Championship
1997 – Larry Bidstrup, Tabor Academy (MA), 1964 – 1996: 5 Class A, 3 N.E. Championships
1998 – Ted Davis, Hotchkiss School (CT), 1970 – 1997, Program Founder; Career Record: 180 – 156 – 12
1999 – John Buxton, St. Paul’s School (NH), 1969 – 1998; Career: 307 – 130, 4 N.E. Championships
2001 – Frank Millard, Northfield Mt. Hermon School (MA), 1985 – present; Class A Newsletter Editor
2002 – Bill Treese, Worcester Academy (MA), 1984 – 2002; 2 National Prep Runner-Ups
2003 – Dave Coratti, Trinity-Pawling School (NY), 1984 – 2003, Career: 230 – 59, 4 WNEC Championships
2003 – Jack Jones, Prep School Official, 1963 – present; Co-Founder, Eaglebrook Jr. Prep Program 2004 – Steve Ward, Roxbury Latin School, 1976 – present; 9 ISL, 12 Graves-Kelsey Championships
2005 – Jack Craig, Fay School: 1971 – 1978, 63-16-0; Moses Brown School: 1978 – 2001, 230-140-8
2006 – Tim Ostrye, Brunswick: 1981 – 2006, 342-46-3; 2006 National Service Award, 7 WNEC Championship
2006 – Bill Bourne, Park School, 1961 – 2005; Founder, First N.E. Jr. Prep Program; In Memoriam
2006 – Bill Poirot, Brooks School, 1967 – 1990; Lifetime Service Award; In Memoriam
2007 – Don Bradley, Belmont Hill, 1990 – Present; 1 N.E., 6 ISL Dual, 4 Graves Kelsey Team Champions
2008 – Frank Millard, Northfield Mt. Hermon, 1985 – 2008; Nat. Prep Board Chair, Nat. Prep Service Award
2008 – Tim Walsh, Tabor, 1975-1996, 1999-2008; 5 Class A Team Champions, 2 Nat. Prep Champs
2009 – Livingston Carroll, Roxbury Latin MS; Multiple N.E. Jr. Prep Team Champions
2009 – William X. Barron, Cardigan 1980-98, Hyde-ME 1998-2008; Wrestling USA 2006 Editor of Year
2010 – Chips Norcross, Fay – 50 Years N.E. Jr. Prep Coach, Jr. Prep League Co-Founder
2011 – David Wilson, Canterbury
2012 – Scott Heitmiller, St. Paul’s School
NATIONAL PREP CHAMPIONS WHO BECAME COACHES
John Wynne, Hill (PA): 1956 – 1st, HWT; 1957 – 1st, 167 (1955 – 2nd, 177)
NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS WHO BECAME COACHES
Livingston Carroll, Taft (Roxbury Latin MS): Jeffrey Buxton, PCD ’75 (Blair): 1973 @ 121, 1974 @ 127, 1975 @ 133 Robert Latessa, Thayer ’75 (Blair, Lehigh): 1975 @ 167 Dave Wilson, Tabor ’80 (Canterbury): 1980 @ 160 Greg Waldman, GDA ’86 (GDA): 1986 @ 138 Marc Mantell, Hopkins ’93 (Hyde-ME): 1993 @ 135 Conan Leary, Tabor ’97 (Avon, Deerfield, Tabor): 1995 @ 160 (OW), 1997 @ 171 Benjamin Kernzner, Hamden Hall ’99 (HH): 1998 @ 119 Reid Prichett, Brooks ’91 (Lawrenceville): 1990 @ 171 Dan Shvartsman, Andover ’03 (Park): 2002 @ 135
FATHER – SON NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS
Bruce Carlsten, Cranston ’58: 1957@ 167, 1958 @ 167 Scott Carlsten, Loomis ’88: 1988 @ 160
Kevin Leary, Governor Dummer ’58: 1958 @ 157 Angus Leary, Tabor ’95: 1995 @ 189
Conan Leary, Tabor ’97: 1995 @ 160 (OW), 1997 @ 171
Sean Bilodeau, N. Yarmouth Academy ’73: 1973 @ 152 (O.W.) Sean Bilodeau, Fay ’04, Brooks ’07: 2004 @ 103, 2005 @ 125, 2006 @ 140 (O.W.), 2007 @ 152(O.W.)
York Mario, Tabor ’77: 1977 @ 115 Jake Mario, Tabor ’15: 2015 @ 170
BROTHER NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS
Michael Latessa, Thayer ’73: 1973 @ 145 Robert Latessa, Thayer ’75: 1975 @ 167
Sean Bilodeau, N. Yarmouth Academy ’73: 1973 @ 152 Tommy Bilodeau, P. Andover ’78: 1978 @ 145
Duane Crisco, Hopkins ’75: 1975 @ 110 Trey Crisco, Hopkins ’77: 1977 @ 127
Paul Spivey, St. Paul’s ’79: 1979 @ 138 Craig Spivey, St. Paul’s ’81: 1981 @ 160
Samir Giha, Providence Country Day ’81: 1979 @ 105, 1980 @ 110, 1981 @ 115 Salvador Giha, Providence Country Day ’85: 1985 @ 133
John Kolton, Milton ’84: 1983 @ 133 Joseph Kolton, Milton ’87: 1987 @ 138
Reid Prichett, Brooks ’90: 1990 @ 171 Trevor Prichett, Exeter ’93: 1991 @ 171
Angus Leary, Tabor ’95: 1995 @ 189 Conan Leary, Tabor ’97: 1995 @ 160 (OW), 1997 @ 171
Brian Kerzner, Hamden Hall ’97: 1996 @ 103 Ben Kerzner, Hamden Hall ’99: 1998 @ 119, 1999 @ 119
Mike Reisman, St. Paul’s ’98: 1995 @ 103, 1998 @ 125 Geoff Reisman, St. Paul’s ’00: 1st: 1997 @ 103, 1998 @ 112, 1999 @ 125; 2nd: 2000 @ 119
Erik Stuer, Wilbraham & Monson ’10: 2008 @ 171 Shaun Stuer, Phillips Andover ’08: 2008 @ 189
Joseph Gottfrield, Northfield Mt. Hermon ’15: 2015 @ 182 Jake Gottfried, Brooks ’15: 2015 @ 195