Quane Randall News Today

With 10 seconds left in his match, Holyoke’s Juan Santiago knew he needed to make a move, and quick. Santiago was grappling with Marlborough’s Kevin Desena in the championship match of the 220-pound weight class at the Western Mass. Division 2...

BUCKLAND – With things tightening in the third period of a championship bout, Alex Willard remembered something Saturday evening.“After six years wrestling, I realized I really wanted to win this,” he said with a laugh.The Hampshire Regional senior...

NORTHAMPTON – Keagan Hollister wagered with Quane Randall last season: if he didn’t make the varsity basketball team, he would come out for wrestling.“It was a joke. He’s always trying to recruit people,” Hollister said. “Then I got cut. He told the...

Payton Sladeski is still new to the sport of wrestling.The Frontier Regional senior didn’t begin his time grappling until he was a sophomore, and with his junior season canceled due to COVID-19, this past winter marked just his second in the sport.You...

FITCHBURG — It was a quick day’s work for Frontier’s Payton Sladeski.The senior took just 11 seconds to pin East Longmeadow’s Gabrial Roman in the first round of the 120-pound weight class, then secured a first round pin against Danvers’ Mark Haskins...

DALTON — It’s been about as successful of a senior year athletically for Frontier Regional’s Payton Sladeski as anyone could have. Sladeski helped lead the Redhawks boys soccer team to a state final appearance in the fall. On Saturday the 120-pounder...

GRANBY – Facing a bigger, stronger opponent, Granby wrestler Nathan Grandmont turned to his conditioning.The senior wrestled Northampton’s Keegan Hollister at 160 pounds Wednesday in Granby. He normally competes at 152.“It was a bit overpowering,”...