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PHOTO: Referee Shawn Guest presents Sam Schmitt with his state champion award on Feb. 19 in Bath. (Jason Gendron photo)
By Mark Huard
BATH — Winslow High School Senior Sam Schmitt captured Maine’s Class B State Wrestling Championship at 138 pounds on Saturday Feb.19, at Morse High School, continuing a family tradition of state champion titles.
Schmitt overcame a tough finals opponent, Michael Ducharme, of Wells with eight takedowns to finish at 18-10 for the win. Schmitt was also named Outstanding Wrestler for the meet.
Schmitt won the KVAC Championship at 138 pounds on Feb. 5, and celebrated his 100th high school career win earlier this season.
Schmitt comes from a long line of uncles, cousins and two sisters who have all competed in the sport for Winslow. He is the fourth of the family to win a Maine State Championship, joining his grandfather Randall Fredette (1961), cousin Ryan Fredette (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) and cousin Alex Demers (2020) as a title holder. This is Schmitt’s 12th year of wrestling – he started in the Pee Wee program as a kindergartener and won the Maine State Pee Wee Championship as a second-grader. As a high school freshman, he placed four at 106 pound and was third his sophomore year at 120 pounds. There was no season his junior year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Schmitt is also member of the National Honor Society and was recently chosen as Winslow High School’s Student of the Month by faculty and staff. He plans to pursue a degree in business marketing. He is the son of Tara and Mike Fredericks of Winslow, and Rob and Lisa Schmitt of Waterville.
