22nd Annual Peckham Wrestling Tournament

Coach Caffelle and Coach Steastedt in early action

Twenty-two years ago legendary CHS Wrestling coach, Tom Bartosek hosted the first annual Peckham Wrestling Tournament here at CHS. Today, wrestlers from eleven area schools converged on CHS to participate in this annual showcase of local high school wrestling talent. Our Bulldogs are facing some of the best wrestlers in the region today,

Peckham was a legend of Massachusetts Wrestling and is a member of the Massachusetts Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame as well. The tournament has grown and evolved over the years and has also become a celebration of coach Bartosek- who is really the "father of wrestling" in Canton.

For the past 9 seasons, the Bulldogs have been coached by Brian Caffelle- one of Bartosek's most impressive wrestlers back in his wrestling days. Caffelle has done an amazing job in keeping this local tradition alive and thriving up until this very day- the 22nd year.

Bulldog Dom Sica in the first match of the day

Participating in this year's tournament were Canton, Stoughton, King Philip, Norton, Xaverian, Sharon, Milton, Mansfield, Randolph, Southeastern Regional, and New Bedford.

Advancing to the Finals in their weight classes for the Bulldogs were:

- Senior Harry Carter was runner-up at 126lb
- Senior Jordan Neundorf was runner-up at 160lb
-Freshman Zach Peters was 3rd at 106

Thanks to EM Duggan
for our amazing mat

Today's tournament featured our two state-of-the-art Wrestling mats. One which was donated by EM Duggan Company and the other through the generous donations of so many including major support from the CHS Athletic Booster Club.

As Athletic Director, I can truly say that there is no other single athletic event held at CHS each year that is as impressive, competitive and ambitious as this annual tradition. It exudes teamwork, sportsmanship, hard work, perseverance, positive culture, tradition and the positive nature of competition- all in honor of some great role models.  What else can you ask from a high school athletic event/experience?

The Bulldogs return home to CHS after a brief road trip as they host perennial Davenport power North Attleboro on January 16th at 7:00pm.  It's an exciting team to watch.