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Macdonald-Cartier Pantheres reviving wrestling glory of the past
2023-02-22

From 1984 to 1989, the Macdonald-Cartier Panthères captured the SDSSAA Boys Aggregate banner six straight times.

After the Chelmsford Flyers snapped that streak in 1990, ESMC bounced back in 1991 and 1992, emerging victorious two more times.

Now, thanks to the efforts of head coach Celeste Contant-Rodrigues and wrestlers such as Ryland House, Hayden McIntyre, Cedric Toupin, Alain Levesque, Diego Valdes and Dia Tapsirou, the pride of Panthères wrestling has returned.

For the record, the first ever SDSSAA Girls Aggregate banner was awarded in 1998 to the St Charles College Cardinals, who then defended their chgampionship one year later.

Macdonald-Cartier captured the NOSSA boys aggregate last week in Sault Ste Marie while the hometown St Mary's Knights took top spot in both the Grils Aggregate and Overall Aggregate divisions.

A total of 21 SDSSAA athletes qualified for the 2023 OFSAA Wrestling Championships being staged on March 7th and 8th in Ottawa by virtue of finishing either first or second against some of the top competitors from northern Onatrio.

Following is a complete list of those who reached that goal:

Girls Divisions
47.5 kg - Gabrielle Chenard (ESMC) - 2nd
51 kg - Jordyn Vildis (LIV) - 1st
54 kg - Andra Pretty (HOR) - 2nd
57.5 kg - Kyla Fournier (ESMC) - 2nd
61 kg - Grace Beange (SSS) - 1st
61 kg - Sophie Keenan (LOE) - 2nd
67.5 kg - Payton Stos (LIV) - 1st
67.5 kg - Melody Hamilton (BAC) - 2nd
72 kg - Sophie Tchuente (SSS) - 1st
89 kg - Paige Kennedy (LIV) - 1st

Boys Divisions
47.5 kg - Logan Constantin (Champlain) - 1st
57.5 kg - Joe Vakareskov (LOE) - 2nd
61 kg - Cengiz Colgecen (LAS) - 1st
61 kg - Kian Marshall (LOE) - 2nd
64 kg - Noah Paredes (LIV) - 1st
67.5 kg - Tysen Doherty (Champlain) - 2nd
72 kg - Kolby McLean (LIV) - 1st
83 kg - Ryland House (ESMC) - 1st
89 kg - A.J. Guitard (LAS) - 1st
130 kg - Daniel Paulin-Poitras (LAS) - 1st
130 kg - Hayden McIntyre (ESMC) - 2nd

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