Hannah Perro, Noble junior, 100 pounds: The 2024-25 Varsity Maine Girls Wrestler of the Year didn’t just beat the competition, she dominated it. Perro won two of her three matches at Maine State Girls Wrestling Championship by pinfall in less than a minute, including the championship match to take her third girls crown. She didn’t allow a single point on her way to a second consecutive New England title. And for the second straight year, she placed fourth at 106 pounds at the co-ed Class A championships. Perro did all this while battling a shoulder injury that required surgery after the season.

Catori Watson, Mountain Valley sophomore, 107: Watson rolled to the 107-pound title at the girls state championships, winning two of her matches by pinfall in the first period, and another by technical fall. Her victory was the punctuation mark of a season full of progress, as she finished third at the Noble Invitational girls tournament earlier in the season. Watson would go on to finish fifth at the New England girls tournament.

Kaydn Hansen, Mt. Blue freshman, 114: The daughter of Mt. Blue coach Mike Hansen cruised to the 114-pound championship at the girls state meet, winning two of her matches by technical fall, including the championship final. Hansen wrestled at 120 and 126 earlier in the season, reaching the finals of the Noble Invitational girls tournament before losing to eventual New England champion Delaney Frost of Noble. She also won the 126 title at the Skowhegan Girls Open.

Delaney Frost, Noble sophomore, 120: Frost fell one win shy of a New England girls championship as a freshman last season. This year, she made the clean sweep at 120. She allowed just three points total and won two matches by tech fall as she plowed through the competition at the girls state championships. Then she managed to capture her first New England title, beating Adriana DeGroat of Framingham, Massachusetts, by a 9-7 decision. She also won the 120 crown at the Noble Invitational girls tournament.

Brooklynn Webber, Mt. Blue junior, 126: Webber moved up two weight classes and again captured a girls state title, holding off Piper Leone of Belfast by a 13-8 decision in the championship final. Webber reached the semifinal round of the New England girls championships, eventually taking sixth place. Earlier in the season, Webber captured the 114 title at the Noble Invitational girls tournament. She also won the 120 title at the Skowhegan Open.

Neveah Grunhuvd, Massabesic junior, 132: Grunhuvd won the 132-pound title at the girls state meet, winning each match by pinfall, and nearly won the championship match by technical fall. She battled for her first New England title, beating Rylee Donohue of Norwalk, Connecticut, by a 7-4 decision. Grunhuvd was one of the keys to the Mustangs capturing their first team state title.

Sophie Grunhuvd, Massabesic junior, 138: Grunhuvd won each of her matches by pinfall to take home the 138-pound title at the girls state meet, helping the Mustangs capture their first team championship. She pulled the same feat at the New England championships, winning all four by pinfall, including the championship match, where she topped Maxine Spencer of Erskine Academy for the regional crown.

Martina Gili Fernandez, Maine Central Institute junior, 145: Gili Fernandez was a model of consistency throughout the season for the Huskies. She won the 138-pound title at the Skowhegan Open in January, and won each of her matches by pinfall to win the 145-pound title at the girls state meet a month later. She went on to reach the semifinal round of the New England tournament and finished fourth.

Ava McGinnis, Nokomis sophomore, 152: Only a sophomore, McGinnis won the 152-pound title at the Noble Invitational girls tournament in December and was the runner-up to eventual 165-pound state champion Zady Paige at the Skowhegan Open. McGinnis won both of her matches at the state girls meet to earn the 152 crown, winning the championship match by first period pinfall. McGinnis finished runner-up at the New England championships.

Zady Paige, Belfast sophomore, 165: Paige successfully defended her girls state title by winning both of her matches by pinfall, topping Izzy Bertocchi of Maine Central Institute in the championship match. Paige also showed improvement at the regional level, reaching the semifinal round and eventually beating Sky Lewit of Manchester, Vermont, by a 7-6 decision to take third place at the New England championships.

Grace Jean, Caribou senior, 185: The 2023 girls champion at 185 pounds, Jean recaptured her title at the girls state meet, winning each of her matches by pinfall in the round-robin. Jean didn’t allow a point in her first two matches at the New England championships, reaching the semifinal round before falling to Kayli Morris of Meriden, Connecticut, and ultimately finishing sixth at the meet.

Lily Soper, Bucksport sophomore, 235: Only a sophomore, Soper is now a two-time state champion at 235. She beat Lucianna Pike of Caribou twice to defend her title at the girls state meet. Soper lost in the quarterfinal round of the New England championships, but then picked up three victories, all by pinfall, in the consolation rounds to take third place.

COACH OF THE YEAR

Joe Eon, Massabesic: Eon has had many accolades in his years at Massabesic, from being a four-time state champion on the mat from 2006-09, to leading the Mustangs to a Class A title as a coach last year. He can add one more feather in his cap, as he led the Mustangs to their first girls state championship this winter. Led by Neveah and Sophie Grunhuvd, who each captured state titles, Massabesic racked up 127.5 points to hold off Mt. Blue (107) and Belfast (83.5) to win the team championship. The Mustangs went on to finish third as a team at the New England championships.