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Massabesic High junior Evan Boulard became the first Maine boys wrestler since 2018 to win a New England championship on Sunday at the Providence Career & Technical Academy in Rhode Island.

“It’s been awhile. Feels nice to bring it home,” Boulard said Monday afternoon.

Boulard capped his title run with a decisive 10-1 victory in the championship match, raising his season record to 58-0.

“I set this goal of winning New Englands back in the summer, and in the second period, when I got that second takedown, I knew that pretty much did it and I almost started celebrating right then,” he said.

Boulard was back in the gym Monday, training for the Virginia Beach Nationals.

Boulard’s win at 132 pounds highlighted a great overall tournament for the Massabesic wrestling program.

The Massabesic girls won the team title with 52 points, with all of its points coming from 145-pound champ Sophie Grunhuvd and her sister, Nevaeh, who was runner-up at 138.

It’s the second New England title for Sophie Grunhuvd, who won in 2025 at 138 pounds. Nevaeh Grunhuvd was the 2025 champ at 132.

“They definitely wrestled well,” said Massabesic coach Ken Hall. “Nevaeh, she had lost to the girl she wrestled in the semifinal earlier in the year and had a pretty dominant win to get to the finals.”

Salem, New Hampshire, placed second with 48 points. Noble, the 2024 New England champion, and Mt. Blue tied for ninth with 31 points and Nokomis was 11th with 30 points.

Sora Bukoski of the Penobscot County co-op (John Bapst/Bangor/Brewer/ Hampden/Hermon/Old Town/Orono) and Ava McGinnis of Nokomis also won New England championships. Bukoski prevailed the 107-pound weight class. McGinnis took the 152-pound title.

Boulard defeated Robert Newton of Scituate, Rhode Island, in Sunday’s final. Boulard was 4-0 over the two-day tournament, winning his first match by pin and then allowing just a single point to each of his next three opponents. 

In the semifinals, Boulard edged Apollo Bellini of Ponaganset, Rhode Island, 4-1, in overtime. Both wrestlers earned one escape point during regulation time.

“I felt in control most of the match. I attacked mostly. He was just trying to keep it close, called a lot of injury timeouts,” Boulard said of his semifinal. “I knew if I kept that pace up, he would crack eventually.”

Boulard’s championship was the first New England title for a male wrestler from Maine since Ryan Fredette of Winslow won the 182-pound division in 2018. He became the first New England co-ed champ from Massabesic since Bob Eon in 1977.

Earlier this season, Boulard won his third Maine state title and completed an impressive tournament double by winning both the Noble Invitational and the Spartan Wrestling Annual Tournament.

Shamus Pease of Medomak Valley (215 pounds) and William Martinez of Wells (285 pounds) placed third. Both came back from losses in the semifinals to win their next two matches in convincing fashion, including pins in their third-place matches.

Also placing in the top six in the co-ed tournament were: Remington Grunhuvd of Massabesic, fifth at 106 pounds; Kylan Berry of Bonny Eagle, sixth at 113; Dominic Simpson of Belfast, fourth at 120; Evan Madigan of Edward Little, sixth at 144; Brady Ouellette of Noble, sixth at 165; Grady Pease of Medomak Valley, sixth at 190; Merlin Smith of Edward Little, sixth at 215; and Chris Levesque of Oxford Hills, fifth at 285.

In the girls tournament, Parker Theriault of Mattanawcook Academy was the runner-up at 100 pounds, Lillian Soper of Bucksport was third in the 235-pound division, and Zady Paige of Belfast claimed third in the 152-pound division. Paige won four consolation matches.

The other top-six finishers in the girls tournament from Maine were: Abigail Garland of Mt. Blue, fifth at 100; Hannah Perro of Noble, sixth at 100; Kelsie Strong of Marshwood, fifth at 107; Alanna Smith of Camden Hills, fourth at 120; Delaney Frost of Noble, third at 126; Kaydn Hansen of Mt. Blue, fourth at 132; and Kylie Biter of Oxford Hills, fifth at 132.