Coach: Chris Bean (third year)

Conference: Mid-State League; Class: B

Last year’s results: Fourth place in regional, 10th in state.

Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Jake Thornton, Anthony Boucher, Zach Cross; Junior — Ian Austin, Dakota Jacques, Michael Provencher, Brandon Gill.

Key loss: Nicole Burgess.

Promising newcomers: Juniors — Tucker Rowland, Coyote Freeman, Nathaniel Boucher; Freshmen — Caleb Austin, Ethan Boucher, Eddie Deroche, Kyle Farrar, Nick Girard, Kaylee Hagen.

Season outlook: This should be a year of resurgence for the Falcons, who last won a state title in 2011. Jacques was a regional champion at 132 pounds. Gill and Thornton were runners-up, and four other wrestlers reached the consolation round. Caleb Austin leads a highly decorated freshman class that has doubled the team’s numbers from 2012-13.

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