Taunton High School Wrestler Christian Balmain Commits to Iowa Lakes Community College

TAUNTON — Superintendent John Cabral and Athletic Director Mark Ottavianelli are happy to announce that Taunton Excessive Faculty wrestler Christian Balmain has dedicated to wrestling on the collegiate degree within the fall.

Within the fall of 2022, senior Balmain shall be attending Iowa Lakes Group School in Estherville, Iowa, to pursue wrestling on the collegiate degree. He obtained an athletic scholarship from the faculty for wrestling.

Balmain has been wresting for the previous 5 years at Taunton Excessive Faculty. Throughout that point, he gained 122 of the 183 (67%) wrestling matches he participated in. Balmain has 63 pins, 233 takedowns, 58 escapes and 30 reversals. In whole, he earned 576 workforce factors for the Taunton Excessive Faculty wrestling workforce.

“Christian within the final 5 years has been the catalyst for our workforce’s transformation from a fringe workforce with one to 2 good wrestlers a 12 months to a workforce of nice wrestlers,” Head Wrestling Coach Adilson Galvao stated. “This culminated in our workforce profitable its first Division 1 South Sectional title and that may be traced to Christian’s dedication to the game and his management on and off the wrestling mat. Christian was not solely devoted to the workforce and the game within the season but in addition through the low season and that legacy will assist form Taunton Excessive wrestling for years to return.”

Most not too long ago, Balmain positioned in eighth on the 2021-22 Division 1 All States  Competitors. Earlier than that, he positioned fourth on the 2021-22 Division 1 State Competitors, second on the 2021-22 Division 1 South Sectional, second on the 2022 Cape Cod Invitational, first on the 2022 Sandwich Early Hen, second on the 2019-20 Division 1 South Sectional and fourth on the 2018-19 Division 1 South Sectional.

“Your complete Taunton Excessive Faculty neighborhood extends their congratulations to Christian on committing to wrestle at Iowa Lakes within the fall,” Director Ottavianelli stated. “All through his time at the highschool, Christian has had a particularly spectacular wrestling profession. All of us enormously stay up for watching him proceed to good his abilities on the collegiate degree and need him a profitable first season.”

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