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Wrestling - Co-Ed 1st Team
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Overview
Wrestling - Co-Ed 1st Team
Welcome to the home of the 2014 Independent School League and New England Prep Team Champions. With our significant recent success, Brooks is one of the premiere wrestling programs in the Northeast. We were also home to three of the most dominant wrestlers in the history of New England Independent School wrestling: Charlie Davies '04 was a four-time New England finalist and three time champion; Kyle Harger '04 and Sean Bilodeau '07 were each four-time New England champions, and Bilodeau was a 2007 National Prep Champion. We have also had a number of other individual New England Champions in the recent past. These include Justin Davies ’07, Mike O’Boyle ’11, Conor Duffey ’11, Nate Gibeley ’14, Andrew Konovalchik ’14, Nicholas Konovalchik ’17 and Owen Rosenberger ’17. We are very proud of our wrestling tradition.
Brooks wrestling is dedicated to developing the total student-athlete, including mind, body and character. We believe that wrestling offers a great way to develop all of these strengths. Paramount emphasis is placed on discipline and achievement in the classroom. In the area of physical development, we focus on making progress in strength, conditioning and wrestling technique. In character development, we believe that the sport of wrestling offers wonderful training for life. We often take time to reflect upon life lessons that wrestling can teach our athletes.
Coaches
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Head Coach
Chris Barker joined Brooks School's coaching staff in 2019 in an official capacity, having previously served as a volunteer wrestling assistant at Brooks in 2017. HIs coaching experience includes many years as head wrestling coach at Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School and Concord Academy, where he was twice recognized as the Eastern Independent League wrestling coach of the year at each school. In previous years, he also assisted with the North Andover Booster Club youth wrestling program. He feels fortunate to have wrestled during his high school days for legendary coach Heb Evans at Governor's Academy and later for renowned coach John Clark at St. Lawrence University. When not coaching wrestling and soccer at Brooks, Barker teaches math at The Fenn School in Concord, Mass. As founder and owner of Barker Tutoring Services, he also provides one-on-one math tutoring and SAT prep support to students in North Andover, where he lives with his wife, Jill. In his spare time he enjoys gardening, hiking and kayaking. -
Assistant Coach
East Pepperell, Mass. native Zack Hamilton joined the Brooks Wrestling program in 2022 with 18+ years of wrestling experience. At the high-school level, Hamilton was a two-time state vocational champion, two-time Most Outstanding Wrestler, as well as an MVP. He graduated in 2017 from Greater Lowell Technical High school's electrical program. Hamilton then went on to attended Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, where he majored in criminal justice and played lacrosse. He is currently training full-time in MMA and recently qualified for the 2024 American Games in wrestling. In his free time, he enjoys hiking with his puppy Kora.