Ben Tavitian, right, is joined by his coach, Ben King, after receiving an award for the most falls in the least amount of time at the MIAA Division 2 Sectional Wrestling Tournament where he won the 220-pound title.
BRADFORD, Mass.—For someone who took up wrestling to get in shape for football, 220-pound stalwart Ben Tavitian certainly came a long way this winter in his alternate sport.
Ben Tavitian, right, is joined by his coach, Ben King, after receiving an award for the most falls in the least amount of time at the MIAA Division 2 Sectional Wrestling Tournament where he won the 220-pound title.
Tom Vartabedian is a retired journalist with the Haverhill Gazette, where he spent 40 years as an award-winning writer and photographer. He has volunteered his services for the past 46 years as
a columnist and correspondent with the Armenian Weekly, where his pet project was the publication of a special issue of the AYF Olympics each September.