Varsity Wrestling
The Program
The team has won the ISL Dual Meet 17 times (recent wins include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022); 18 Graves Kelsey Championships (recent wins include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023); and New England Championships in 2007, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
The Coach
Don Bradley has coached varsity wrestling since 1989 and has built one of the strongest programs in the country. In 2006, Don was named Coach of the Year for New England Independent Schools. Several of Coach Bradley’s wrestlers have gone on to wrestle in college. Mr. Bradley is Director of the Upper School and a teacher of history.
Current Record
Other Teams
Schedule
Schedule
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Germantown Tournament
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German Town Academy | Tournament | Details about Varsity Wrestling | CANCELLED | |||
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Hotchkiss School | Details about Varsity Wrestling | ||||||
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Governor's Academy
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Governor's Academy | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Beaver Country Day School
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Wrestling Room | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Northfield Mount Hermon
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All Day
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Northfield Mount Hermon | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Beast of the East Tournament
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All Day
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Beast of the East Tournament | Tournament | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | |||
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Beast of the East Tournament
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All Day
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Beast of the East Tournament | Tournament | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | |||
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Beast of the East Tournament
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All Day
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Beast of the East Tournament | Tournament | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | |||
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Landmark, Lexington Christian Academy
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Landmark | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Thayer Academy, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
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Buckingham Browne & Nichols School | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Hyde School, Brooks School
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St. Paul's School | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Marianapolis Prep, Chapel Hill-Chauncey Hall School
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Wrestling Room | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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St. Paul's School
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St. Paul's School | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Trinity Pawling, Avon Old Farms
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Avon Old Farms | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Lexington Christian Academy, Middlesex School
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Middlesex School | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Eaglehill School
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Wrestling Room | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Blair Academy
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All Day
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Blair Academy | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Noble and Greenough School, St. Sebastian's School
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Wrestling Room | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Choate Rosemary Hall, Roxbury Latin School
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All Day
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Choate Rosemary Hall | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Northern New England Tournament
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All Day
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Hyde School | Tournament | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | |||
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St. Mark's School, Milton Academy
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St. Mark's School | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Portsmouth Abbey, Wheeler
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Portsmouth Abbey | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Graves Kelsey Tournament
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Graves Kelsey Tournament | Tournament | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | |||
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Mount St. Charles
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Wrestling Room | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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New England Championships
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All Day
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Phillips Exeter Academy | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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National Prep Tournament
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All Day
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Lehigh University | Tournament | Details about Varsity Wrestling | Subscribe to Alerts |
Dynamic Athletics Hero
The Program
The team has won the ISL Dual Meet 17 times (recent wins include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022); 18 Graves Kelsey Championships (recent wins include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023); and New England Championships in 2007, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
The Coach
Don Bradley has coached varsity wrestling since 1989 and has built one of the strongest programs in the country. In 2006, Don was named Coach of the Year for New England Independent Schools. Several of Coach Bradley’s wrestlers have gone on to wrestle in college. Mr. Bradley is Director of the Upper School and a teacher of history.
Meet the Coaches
Meet the Coaches
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Head Coach
Mr. Bradley is Director of the Upper School and has been at Belmont Hill since 1987. He teaches European History AP, and History 1. Mr. Bradley is also head coach of the Varsity Wrestling team. Mr. Bradley currently holds the Centennial Chair in History, established in 2018 by an anonymous Belmont Hill family to honor a faculty member for excellence in the teaching of history, and for inspiring a spirit of open inquiry, good citizenship, and greater understanding of our world.
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Dr. Davis joined the Belmont Hill faculty in 2014 and is the Chair of the Classics Department. He teaches Latin Gamma A, Latin 3A, Greek, and History 1. He also coaches Middle School football and Varsity wrestling and Head Form Advisor for Form IV.
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Mr. Kaplan is an alumnus of Belmont Hill (Class of '83). He has been teaching Arts at Belmont Hill since 1994. He teaches First Form Art, Woodworking, Woodworking II, and Panel Carving. Mr. Kaplan is a coach of the Fifth Football team and an assistant coach for the Varsity Wrestling team.
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Mr. Leonardis joined Belmont Hill's faculty in 2008. He teaches English 2, English 3, American Literature, Non-Fiction Writing, and the inquiry course, God Man, and Myth. Mr. Leonardis holds the Maggie and John Ryan Family Teacher/Coach Chair, established in 2017 in memory of Maggie and John Ryan by the Ryan family—Ann, Tony, Matthew ’14, William ’17, and Thomas ’19. This chair honors a faculty member who exemplifies an ideal embraced by the School since its founding: excellence as both a teacher and a coach.
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Mr. Messina joined the Belmont Hill faculty as a one-year teaching fellow in the Science department in 2024. He teaches Science 1 and Environmental Science. He is part of the residential life program and coaches football and wrestling.
He is a recent graduate of Middlebury College where he earned his B.A. in environmental geology with a minor in education. As a football offensive lineman, he was named to the NESCAC All-Academic squad four times. He was inducted into the Vermont Collegiate Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame, named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society, and received Middlebury’s John P. Stabile '40 Memorial Trophy which is Awarded to a member of a men's team who best exemplifies the Middlebury Spirit. -
Mr. Ryan returns to Belmont Hill as a one-year interim teaching fellow, where he will teach three classes, coach, and advise students. After completing his degree at Columbia University and graduating in May 2021 with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a minor in Music Theory, Mr. Ryan will also contribute to Belmont Hill’s emerging robotics and STEAM programs using his proficiency in coding in C, Python, Java, and Verilog HDL. At Columbia University, he was a member of the Heavyweight Division 1 rowing team and also made the Dean’s List.
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Mr. Sullivan teaches U.S. History, Economics, and Government and coaches Wrestling and Lacrosse. He is the Head Form V Advisor and Belmont Hill's Sustainability Coordinator.
After graduating from Belmont Hill in 2007, he attended Williams College where he majored in Political Science. He spent a summer at the London School of Economics where he studied in its finance program. Mr. Sullivan comes to Belmont Hill from The Pingry School, where he taught financial literacy before he transitioned to a grade seven history teacher.
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Mr. Williams is a member of the History Department, a football and wrestling coach, and a Form V advisor. He teaches U.S. History, 20th Century World History, and Middle East and China. Prior to coming to Belmont Hill in 2021 he taught Upper School history at the Brunswick School and taught English while studying abroad. Mr. Williams has a degree in history from Middlebury College, where he served as captain of the football team in his senior year.