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FOXBOROUGH — Having won All-State wrestling championships in overtime and triple overtime, Shawsheen's Sid Tildsley was ready for his clutch moment at Gillette Stadium.

The wrestling season hit the mat for the first time Thursday. Check out our 12 players to watch: Alex Bajoras, St.

“Wrestling gave me an outlet for my energy and didn’t limit me by my deformations," said Wellesley sophomore Dominic Staunton, who suffers complications from being hit by a car when he was 7 years old.

For the third year in a row, top-ranked Newton North won the Division 1 title , and for the second straight season, the Tigers did it by defeating the only team to beat them in the regular season.

Down 11-1 in the first period of the Sons of Italy 157-pound final, Justin Bremberg refocused and remembered who he wrestles for.

The large crowd donned shirts that read “Wrestle Like Freddy.” The team obliged, using six pins to earn a 47-30 victory over Marblehead/Swampscott.

Shawsheen's Sid Tildsley won his first Bossi title as a freshman in 2021 (above). He's going for his fourth on Saturday. Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe

Wrestlers from Wakefield, Silver Lake, Middleborough, Saugus/Peabody, New Bedford, and Winchester rose to the top this week.

As a freshman, Amada Moundele signed up for the Lowell girls' wrestling team. She found out there wasn't one, yet.

Johnny Moraes looked at the George Bossi Lowell Holiday tournament as something “I could never possibly win.” Then he shocked the wrestling world — and himself.