VICTORY: Knights Defeat Natick, Keep State Title

They did it.

The Scarlet Knights charged forward and won Wednesday's state title meet in Worcester, defeating Natick 32-25.

Two stars of the night were Adam Bates and Ryan Neals, who had really tough matches -- they'd go up by one and two points, and then their opponents would surge in points, and so on.

The meet was grueling, but the crowd was cheering up a storm and the Knights trudged through until the end and emerged victorious.

North Andover started off their 2010-2011 campaign with a demolition of Hamilton-Wenham. The Knights traveled up 128 and

The only loss of the Knights’ season was a tough one in a quad meet later in Decemeber. to give their only taste of defeat this season.

On New Year’s Eve, the Knights to close the year out on a positive note.

Throughout January, the Knights were unbeatable; they from Triton, Wilmington, Duxbury, Framingham, Lawrence, Dracut, North Reading, and Pentucket.

With all the momentum in the world, North Andover went into February with the mission of repeating as Division II State Champions.

got the month started off right and gave the Knights confidence and energy going into the Dual-meet State Semifinal against Marshfield.

Despite on child pornography charges, the Knights Assistant Carl Cincotta provided all the coaching necessary for the Knights to advance to the finals and keep their state title, as he has been coaching high school wrestlers for over 22 years.

Read Patch tomorrow morning for full story and photos of this exciting night.