TWO WRESTLERS WIN DIAA INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

The wrestling team lead by head coach Greg Spear earned the 3rd seed in Division II of the 2023 DIAA Dual Team State Championships and defeated 6th seeded Lake Forest 37-36 in the Quarterfinals. Anthony Lucian ’23, Thatcher Flynn ’26, Dominic Lucian ’27, Aiden Pratt ’25 and Jack Duffy ’24 won their bouts by fall while Eddie Nace ’23 and Drew Pratt ’23 won their bouts by decision. The match ended in a 36-36 tie before Tower Hill was awarded the victory on tie-breaking criteria. The win marked the program’s first victory in the dual team tournament in school history!

At the 2023 DIAA Individual State Championships, our wrestling team finished 8th overall with four state placewinners! For the first time since 1972, Tower Hill had wrestlers earn individual state championships with Jack Duffy ’24 winning at 144 lbs, and Dominic Lucian ’27 winning at 106 lbs! Duffy and Lucian become just the 10th and 11th wrestling state champions in school history. Anthony Lucian ’23 was a state finalist at 165 lbs, finishing in 2nd place and Drew Pratt ’23 finished in 4th place at 126 lbs. As three-time state placewinners, Drew and Anthony become only the fourth and fifth wrestlers to accomplish this feat in program history! In addition Drew achieved 100 career wins this season.