After big performances at the sectional championships last weekend, 14 Recorder area wrestlers qualified and will be making the trip to Foxborough High School on Friday and Saturday to compete in the MIAA Division 3 Championship meet. 

Athol, Franklin Tech, Frontier, Mahar and Mohawk Trail will all be represented on Friday, with the top four placers at each sectional tournament comprising the 16 athletes in each weight class at states. 

 The Eagles — which captured the first sectional team championship in program history on Saturday at the Div. 3 West Sectional, becoming the first Franklin County school to win a sectional title since Frontier did so in 1978 — had two wrestlers take home individual sectional titles and both will enter Friday as top-four seeds in their respective brackets. 

Carsten Couture took first place at 120 pounds at sectionals and is the No. 4 seed at Div. 3 states. He’ll square off against Gloucester’s Jayden Chadwick to open the day. 

Fellow Eagle Landon Purington also captured a sectional title, which got him seeded No. 4 at 132. He’ll take on Weston’s Jasaad Rogers in his first match on Friday. 

A total of seven Franklin Tech wrestlers will be competing in Foxborough on Friday. Collin Eddy, Jackson Morey and Dillon Laffond each finished second at sectionals. Eddy enters Friday as the No. 10 seed at 190, Morey the No. 10 seed at 215 and Laffond the No. 5 seed at 285. 

Maxon Brunette is the No. 12 seed at 126 while Travis Eastman is the No. 12 seed at 165 for the Eagles. Both placed third at sectionals. 

Franklin Tech wasn’t the only local school with a sectional champion at the Div. 3 West meet last week. Mohawk Trail's Logan Moore took home the title at 157 and he enters Friday as the No. 4 seed in the bracket. He’ll take on Ludlow’s Brady Trahan to start the event.

A pair of brothers from Frontier qualified for the state meet. Redhawk Konnor James is the No. 11 seed at 157 while his older brother, Kaden James, is the No. 11 seed at 215 on Friday. The duo both earned third place finishes at sectionals. 

While Franklin Tech, Frontier and Mohawk Trail were in Williamstown competing in the D3 West sectional, Athol and Mahar were in Wayland competing in the Div. 3 Central sectional. 

Mahar’s Abduli Gilmore knows what it takes to win a state title, having won the Div. 3 championship as a sophomore. Now a senior, Gilmore is back to reclaim his throne having placed second at 106 in sectionals. He’ll be the No. 6 seed at 106 on Friday. 

A pair of Athol wrestlers also placed second at sectionals to qualify for states. 

Timothy Gerry earned second at 215 while Nicholas LeBlanc came in second at 285 last weekend. Gerry comes into Friday as the No. 5 seed while LeBlanc is the No. 6 seed. 

Athol’s Adam Rodriguez placed fourth at sectionals to earn a spot at states, where he is the No. 15 seed at 120. 

Friday will feature the first round of the tournament through the second round consolation matches. The tournament picks back up Saturday at 10 a.m., with the championship matches taking place later in the day. 

Saturday also features the Div. 3 Girls Wrestling Championship, which is also taking place at Foxborough High School. 

Mahar’s Delana Fausett is the top seed at 152 while Franklin Tech’s Jacqueline Churchill is the top seed at 235. Frontier’s Jocelyn Antes is the No. 3 seed at 120 while Franklin Tech’s Mia Marigliano is the No. 3 seed at 132. 

Mohawk Trail’s Etta Thompson (107), Frontier’s Ainsley Southergill (126) and Mahar’s Makayla Butler (185) will also compete on Saturday though are not seeded.