Belmont Hill Wrestling has a long tradition of winning, and this year was no exception. Led by veteran senior captains Haden Bottiglieri, Will Stewart, and Cord Vallis, the team boasted a 24-3 record (9-0 ISL) and collected the ISL Dual Meet Trophy for the best in-league record. Following a strong regular season, Belmont Hill hosted the Graves-Kelsey ISL Championship. Brody Sayers ’28, Isaac Novod ’27, Henry Santini ’28, Jack Dragoumanos ’26, Andrew Pimental ’25, Cord Vallis ’24, Will Stewart ’24, Haden Bottiglieri ’24, and Alex White ’25 placed first, while Aaron Stanger ’24, Wesley Zhu ’25, Myles Beckett ’25, and Nick Fiumara ’26 placed second. Haden Bottiglieri was also voted a Globe All-Scholastic Student-Athlete during a coaches meeting, which is typically awarded to the league’s Wrestler of the Year. The team’s dominant performance led to the eighth consecutive BH victory and allowed Belmont Hill to become the winningest team in Graves-Kelsey history, surpassing Roxbury Latin’s eighteen wins by posting their nineteenth tournament win.
The following weekend, the team traveled down to Choate to compete at New Englands. Isaac and Haden became New England Champions, Henry and Jack earned second, Cord and Andrew won the consolation brackets, and Brody, Aaron, Wes, Alex, and Myles also punched their tickets to Nationals. Despite being a few wrestlers short, the team placed third overall by a wide margin.
Traveling down to Lehigh this past weekend, nine BH wrestlers competed at Prep Nationals, where Isaac Novod, Jack Dragoumanos, and Haden Bottiglieri all made the semi-finals and finished as All-Americans, the former two placing sixth and Haden placing third by winning the consolation bracket. Led by these stellar performances, the team ended as the thirteenth-best in the nation, an impressive figure.
The 2024 Belmont Hill Wrestling Season is certainly one to remember, as the program saw itself succeed by not only earning a historic nineteenth Graves-Kelsey Victory, but also once again proving Belmont Hill to be one of the powerhouse programs in New England and cementing its role as a Top 15 school in the nation. Belmont Hill Wrestling has a history of excellence that cannot be understated – under Coach Bradley the team has amassed well over 500 wins. 2024 was no different, as Belmont Hill continued to demonstrate the strength of the program in the ISL, New England, and the nation, and the program will undoubtedly continue to thrive for years to come.
