We tried to go to a tournament every weekend, and if that got canceled, we went to another one and made plans at the last minute.
“I have a great administration and a great athletic department. “We have been blessed to wrestle every weekend,” Blasucci said. “It’s big for a minute and tomorrow and Monday we are back in the room getting ready for March. Estevez made the varsity as a seventh-grader. “I felt this was our time,” said Blasucci, who started the program at the school 10 years ago. The win by Estevez was the fourth straight by a Somerset grappler and Panthers coach Joe Blasucci forfeited the 160-pound match since they had already clinched the title. It was the school’s first state championship in any sport. Reproduce freely with attribution.Somerset Academy senior Darian Estevez literally had a walk-off win against Palm Bay’s Jack Dinberg and handed the Class 1A Dual State Wrestling Championship to the Panthers at Osceola High School in Kissimmee on Saturday evening.Įstevez’s 12-2 majority win over Dinberg capped a comeback that saw Somerset Academy rally from a 22-17 deficit en route to a 33-28 victory. If it is transferred to Somerset Superior Court, a hearing would be held later in the year, he said.Īny original material on these pages is copyright © 2004. 23 arraignment if the case remains in Skowhegan District Court, he said. A hearing could be held as early as six weeks from the Jan. "We sought impoundment in order to minimize the level of pretrial publicity associated with this case," District Attorney Evert Fowle said later in the day.īecause the charges are misdemeanors, the case likely will not go to the grand jury, according to Fowle. The motion to impound states that an ongoing investigation exists and early publication of the information would make it difficult to impanel a jury. About an hour later, Judge Charles LaVerdiere approved a motion by the district attorney's office to impound the document. The affidavit was made available briefly Wednesday morning. Since news of the arrest became public, many members of the community have defended Gleason as a good man with a history of public service. He was the town's recreation director, and then a coach prior to becoming assistant principal and athletic director.įollowing his release from jail on Sunday, Gleason resigned his position as pastor of the Maranatha Assembly on Church Street in Anson. Gleason has worked closely with the area's youth for more than three decades. Later in the day, the boy and his father met with Gottardi. The next day, the boy's mother reported the incident to the sheriff's office. Once in the boy's yard, Gleason reportedly told the boy they could take a longer route the next time he gave him a ride home. The startled boy did not reply, nor did he know what to do, the court document states.Īccording to the affidavit, the boy said Gleason then touched and fondled him. Gleason then began talking about the hair on the boy's "tummy," and asked the boy if he could rub it. Gleason then pulled the boy toward him, hugged him, called him his "buddy" and briefly placed his hand on the boy's leg, the affidavit states. Following the game, Gleason gave him a ride back home, and the two were alone. 21, as Gleason gave the boy a ride home following a Carrabec basketball game.Īccording to the affidavit, Gleason, driving a pickup truck, picked the boy up at home so the boy could help him set the gym up for the game. The incident allegedly occurred on the night of Dec. Gleason went on to tell the boy he thought he was "good-looking," that he really cared about him and that he probably should not have touched him. Gottardi was present during the call, made to Gleason's cell phone.ĭuring the phone conversation, Gleason admitted "in part and substance" to touching the boy's penis, but said he did not want the boy to tell anyone, the affidavit states. The document details that, earlier that day, police recorded the boy calling Gleason at his home. Gottardi obtained an arrest warrant for Gleason on Dec. Gottardi II, a Somerset County Sheriff's Department detective, filed the affidavit. School Administrative District 74 has placed the Carrabec assistant principal and athletic director on administrative leave, and he has stepped down from his position as pastor of Maranatha Assembly in Anson. The Anson resident is scheduled to make his first court appearance Jan.
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Gleason, 60, is free on $1,500 cash bail on charges of unlawful sexual conduct and sexual abuse of a minor. SKOWHEGAN - Police taped a phone conversation in which Carrabec High School administrator and church pastor Frank "Skip" Gleason admitted to sexual contact with a 15-year-old male student, according to an affidavit filed in Skowhegan District Court. Police Say They Have Gleason Admission on Tape Police Say They Have Gleason Admission on Tape, Morning Sentinel,
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