King Philip Wrestling and Track Teams Do Themselves Proud

While the boys basketball team is looking to make history as they progress through the Division 2 South boys basketball tournament, King Philip has had some important wins on the wrestling mat and on the track.

In the 112-pound weight class, KP’s David Logan captured the Division 2 Championship with a pin of North Attleboro’s Shane LeBlanc at 5:47 of the match. To get there, Logan pinned Needham’s Zach Goldman in the first round, defeated Winchester’s Quinn Gregory 7-0 in the second round and beat Natick’s Peter Gutierrez 10-0 in his third bout. At the All States, Logan took home fourth place.

Austin Brais, competing in the 140-pound weight class, finished as the runner-up losing to North Andover’s Jason Rickett 4-3. To get to the championship bout, Brais took out Arlington’s Hunter Fogerty 10-0, Duxbury’s Pat Donovan 5-1 and Winchester’s Ryan MacDonald.

On the track at the Reggie Lewis Center in West Roxbury, Charles Ruffin held onto his number one seeding in the 300 meter run. After winning the Division 2 Championships, Ruffin ran a 35.72 second race, .25 of a second faster than Andover’s Pat Farnham, to claim stake to the All State Title.

In the mile, Chris Allen came into the race as a 12 seed and completed the All State race with a time of 4:26.35 to finish 13th, about nine seconds behind winner Josh Lampron of Mansfield.