Oceanside High School alum Maddie Ripley has had a successful postgraduate season at Wyoming Seminary in Pennsylvania, with hopes of wrestling at the college level next season. Photo courtesy of Wyoming Seminary Wrestling Maddie Ripley made an indelible mark in Maine high school wrestling, becoming the first girl to win an individual state wrestling championship while competing against boys. The trailblazing wrestler from Rockland, who repeated the feat last season for Oceanside High , is a postgraduate student at Wyoming Seminary, a wrestling prep power in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.
And she’s continuing to impress on the mats. Competing against college grapplers, Ripley finished fourth in the 110-pound division at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, last month. In November, she won the 110-pound title at the East Stroudsburg Open in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Both events featured elite wrestlers from across the country. “Maddie is great,” said Wyoming Seminary girls wrestling coach Bret Fry. “Aside from her wrestling skills, she’s one of the most likable kids we’ve had at Sem.
That’s the first impression that jumps out: she’s a sweetheart of a kid. The progress that she’s made since she’s been here is unreal. .
.. To win the East Stroudsburg, as a high schooler, that’s a pretty big deal.
And she did it in dominant fashion, too — it wasn’t even close. She’s a great student, good on campus. I wish we had 10 more Mad.
