2007-08 TABOR WRESTLING SEASON SUMMARY

This year’s team faced the season with cautious optimism, particularly given the graduation of last year’s strong senior class. The leadership of this year’s seniors enabled the Seawolves to fashion a credible 18-4 dual meet record and place competitively in every tournament they entered.  An initial 51-26 upset victory over New England powerhouse Brooks School launched the season for the Tabor grapplers. The last meet of the year was payback to a Noble & Greenough squad that had pulled an upset victory the previous season. Payback can be painful and it was an impressive win where their competitive opponents could only win four individual bouts that day; it seemed that Tabor was on a mission its 47-27 final victory. Other big wins came against Pomfret, Loomis, Worcester and Phillips Exeter Academy. In the Doug Parker Christmas tournament the team won the third place trophy and in so doing was awarded the Team Sportsmanship Award . In the Class “A”s Tabor placed 4^th of 14 and later took 8^th of 44 at the New Englands. Both finishes were the best in over a decade and were a tribute to the hard work of this year’s edition of Tabor Wrestling. Freshman Santo Anza won gold at the “A”s in leading 8 others to medal in the event. Four Seawolves placed in the New Englands, led by senior Ryan Parish who overcame injuries to garner a 4^th place finish. All in all, the season was an unanticipated success and a real credit to the hard work of an unheralded and very competitive group of Tabor wrestlers.