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Twins Brooke and Jack Lightfoot lead the way for Tewksbury in Division 3 state tournament - The Boston Globe


Twins Brooke and Jack Lightfoot lead the way for Tewksbury in Division 3 state tournament - The Boston Globe

Moments after she pinned South Shore Tech's Taylor Campanile in 41 seconds to earn Tewskbury's first girls' state title, Brooke turned her attention to Jack and watched him take home the mixed-gender title with a 7-2 win over Mount Everett's Diego Cruz.

Jack's victory set the tone for Tewksbury, which defended its Division 3 mixed-gender crown after Nick Desisto (120) and Manuel Mengata (215) hoisted state titles to help the Redman (116.5 points) outlast Wakefield (113) and Bristol-Plymouth (95.5).

"Me, Nick Desisto, his twin brother Angelo and Brooke would always have wrestling tournaments at their house," Jack Lightfoot said. "We've been wrestling against each other our whole lives, so it feels good to both win."

Desisto, a junior, earned a 15-3 major-decision victory over Weston's Jisup Shin for his third consecutive state championship after earning the 106 title as a freshman and the 113 crown last year.

Mengata held on for a hard-fought 8-6 victory over Gloucester's Max Thomas to seal the team title for Tewksbury, which was jockeying with Wakefield atop the standings throughout the two-day tournament.

"Max is obviously a really good wrestler," said Mengata. "Going in, I knew we were so close with Wakefield, so it was really important. As a senior captain, I had to make sure to get a win."

Wakefield junior Aydin Lamb defended his 132-pound title with a second-period pin of Dedham's Manuel Garcia before senior Kip King earned the Warriors' second individual title with a 4-1 win over Franklin County's Dillon Laffond in the heavyweight final.

For a second straight year, Tewskbury was perfect in its title bouts, finishing 3-for-3 en route to the program's third state title (1989, 2024).

"We needed that," Tewskbury coach Steve Kasprzak said. "If we didn't [go undefeated in the finals] we wouldn't have won.

"This one was a little unexpected - I thought a top-five finish would be great today, but our core character guys stepped up today and pulled off something special. I'm very proud of them."

Karalene Mitchell (165) and Ginna Cycan (235) earned individual titles to lift South Shore Tech (71) to the girls' team title over Ludlow (54) and Carver (42).

Watertown senior Tessa Master captured her second consecutive state title with a first-period pin of Ludlow's Hayden Delrosario Rordigues in the girls' 145 final.

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