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Connecticut High School State Championships
Class LL State Tourament
Team results
1. Danbury, 274.5; 2. New Milford, 172; 3. Amity-Woodbridge, 156; 4. Southington, 147.5; 5. Trumbull, 136.5; 6. Cheshire, 124.5; 7. Stamford, 111.5; 8. New Britain, 106; 9. Greenwich, 101; 10. Norwich Free Academy, 81.5; 11. Glastonbury, 80; 1 (tie). Xavier-Middletown and Manchester, 75; 14. Newington, 68; 15. Shelton, 58; 16. Hall-West Hartford, 54.5; 17. Bridgeport Co-op, 49; 18. Norwalk, 48; 19. East Hartford, 45; 20. South Windsor, 35.5; 21. Newtown, 30.5; 22. Westhill-Stamford, 29.5; 23. Fairfield Prep, 18; 24. New Haven Co-op, 16; 25. Platt Tech/West Haven, 0.
Individuals
103: Championship: Mike Battinelli (Stamford) dec. Anthony Amorando (New Milford), 7-0; Consolation: Mike Briskin (Cheshire) dec. Nick Custodio (Trumbull), 6-5; Fifth place: Jack Germano (Newington) dec. Mike Medeiros (Danbury), 3-1.
112: Championship: Jeff Solomon (Southington) pinned Mike Cunningham (South Windsor), 3:43; Consolation: Ronnie Waters (Cheshire) dec. George Madkour (Danbury), 6-4; Fifth place: Tyler Vallario (Glastonbury) dec. Steve Krohley (Amityh), 4-2.
119: Championship: Dave Badgley (Southington) pinned Steve Cessario (East Hartford), 5:30; Consolation: Jon Goncalves (Danbury) dec. Chris Ly (Shelton), 5-3; Fifth place: Rich Reher (Trumbull) pinned Mike Katz (Amity), 3:28.
125: Championship: Brett Roberts (New Britain) dec. Spiros Stefanatos (New Milford), 6-3; Consolation: Tucker Schaefer (Danbury) pinned Matt Van Houston (Stamford), 1:31; Fifth place: Justin Krofssik (Shelton) dec. Brett Pallotto (Cheshire), 9-7.
130: Championship: Tyler Howe (Danbury) technical fall over Trevor Ritchie (Southington), 15-0; Consolation: Mike Vernik (Amity) dec. Mike Bagot (Glastonbury), 10-8; Fifth place: Pat Notti (Cheshire) dec. Andrew Davis (New Britain), 2-1.
135: Championship: Joe Bullard (Bridgeport Co-op) dec. Dean Smith (Danbury), 9-5; Consolation: Jordan Jacquo (New Britain) dec. Andrew Gewirtz (Amity), 8-6; Fifth place: Casey Smith (Trumbull) won by injury default over Stefon Camacho (Stamford).
140: Championship: Frank Cammisa (Danbury) won by technical fall over Mike Bellagamba (New Milford), 18-2; Consolation: Elard Coello (Stamford) dec. Matt Ehalt (Shelton), 4-3; Fifth place: Brian Meskill (Xavier) pinned Harold Zomback (Cheshire), 1:55.
145: Championship: Tom Scott (Danbury) dec. E. Pierre Saint (Stamford), 4-3; Consolation: Cody Griswold (New Milford) dec. Jake Clarke (Greenwich), 3-2; Fifth place: Robert Tomlinson (Cheshire) won by injury default over Uzzell Thomas (New Britain).
152: Championship: Kyle Rodgers (Danbury) dec. Jamie Pisano (New Milford), 6-0; Consolation: Evan Ogren (Hall) dec. Nik Sam (Trumbull), 5-0; Fifth place: Derek Waldron (NFA) won by injnury default over Ron Thompson (Westhill).
160: Championship: John Holzinger (Xavier) dec. Tim Petrides (Norwalk), 8-3; Consolation: Ryan Roddy(Amity) dec. Rich Zschoche (Danbury), 4-0; Fifth place: Kayden Luchs (Glastonbury) dec. Alex Uliasz (Southington), 5-3.
171: Championship: Jeff Espositi (Danbury) dec. Anthony Kaponis (Newington), 5-2; Consolation: Joe Colella (New Britain) dec. Ken Oghayore (Bridgeport Co-op), 4-1; Fifth place: Loc Nguyen (Manchester) pinned P.J. Arnold (New Milford), 2:10.
189: Championship: Brandon Williamson (Greenwich) pinned Nik Murphy (NFA), 5:20; Consolation: Dan Lombardo (Amity) dec. Dave Kennedy (Danbury), 10-2; Fifth place: Erik Sommer (Trumbull) pinned Omar Brown (East Hartford), 1:30.
215: Championship: William Knight (Manchester) pinned Platon Koukides (Norwalk), 3:51; Consolation: Matt Vernick (Amity) pinned Robert McAviney (Cheshire), 1:34; Fifth place: Jesse Ludgin (Hall) pinned Max Connolly (Southington), 5:31.
275: Championship: Tom Ferrell (New Milford) pinned Anell Montanez (Trumbull), 5:35; Consolation: Mike Ward (NFA) dec. Rej Gachelin (Greenwich), 3-2; Fifth place: Spencer Charette (Southington) pinned Ryan Grabinski (Amity), :08.
Class L Tournament
Team: Fairfield Warde, 173; Bristol Central, 166; Conard, 155; Bristol Eastern, 131.5; Bunnell, 120; Masuk, 111.5; Farmington, 109.5; Staples, 109; Ridgefield, 97.5; Maloney, 92; Platt, 90; Fitch, 88; Fermi, 88; Guilford, 86; Simsbury, 85.5; New Canaan, 81; Wethersfield, 66; Pomperaug, 52; Rockville, 48; Wilton, 39; East Lyme, 20.5; E.O. Smith, 18; Windsor 8, Brien McMahon, 8; Branford 8; Bulkeley, 4.
103:
Quarterfinals: Alexander Blank (Ridgefield) def. Zachary Schreiner (Bristol Central), 12-7; Nick Gottier (Rockville) def. West Johnson (Platt), 5-3; Nathan Nadeau (E.O. Smith) def. Justin Beers (Fitch), 8-1; Jason Wojnarowski (Fairfield Warde) defeated Ken Velez (Wethersfield), 13-11.
Semifinals: Blank def. Gottier, 4-0; Wojnarowski def. Nadeau, 18-3.
Finals: Blank def. Wojnarowski, pin, 3:50
112:
Chris Lombardi (Bristol Central) def. David Walsh (Fairfield Warde), 15-0; Evan Bailey (Farmington) def. Paul Mazarella (Wethersfield), 7-4; Matt Mazzacarro (Platt) def. Eric Bergeron (Maloney), 7-1; Vinny Spinelli (Bristol Eastern) def. Jordan Tiger (Ridgefield), 11-0.
Semifinals: Lombardi def. Bailey; 10-1; Spinelli def. Mazzacarro, 5-2.
Finals: Lombardi def. Spinelli, 4-3
119:
Corey Paulish (Ridgefield) def. Brian Martin (Bristol Eastern), pin, 2:35; Ryan Clarke (East Lyme) def. Mike Brignano (Farmington), 11-4; Jose Negron (Rockville) def. Marc Halper (Bunnell), pin, 1:04; Kyle Kelly (Fitch) def. Ryan Garrity (Fermi), 9-5.
Semifinals: Paulish defeated Clarke, pin, 1:51; Kelly def. Negron, 5-2.
Finals: Paulish defeated Kelly, pin, 2:50.
125:
Nelson Gonzalez (Platt) def. Evan Jabobs (Bunnell), 16-1; Steven Brant (Simsbury) def. Ray Marci (Farmington), 12-10; Peter Menchaca (Staples) def. Matthew Fallon (Ridgefield), 1-0; Brett Kalbacher (Conard) def. Gregory Labbe (Bristol Central), pin: 4:27.
Semifinals: Gonzalez def. Brant, 19-4; Kalbacher def. Menchaca, 5-1.
Finals: Gonzalez def. Kalbacher, 6-0
130:
Dennis Bogusky (Bunnell) def. Max Saglimbeni (Bristol Eastern), 4-0; Micah Flashman (Masuk) def. Ralph Riello (Platt), 5-2; Patrick Toole III (Staples) def. Timothy Steamer (East Lyme), 12-7; Johnathan Abbey (Fairfield Warde) def. Chris Stiso (Fermi), default
Semifinals: Bogusky def. Flashman, 7-0; Toole III def. Abbey, pin, 5:26
Finals: Bogusky def. Toole III, 4-0
135:
William MacDonald (Simsbury) def. Jesse Black (Fairfield Warde), 7-0; James Hespeler (Fitch) def. Ben Brody (Farmington), pin, 5:39; David Mack (Pomperaug) def. Ken Brace (Fermi), 6-1; Christopher Foster (Maloney) def. Daniel Makowicki (Bunnell), 7-2.
Semifinals: MacDonald def. Hespeler, 4-3; Foster def. Mack, 8-6
Finals: MacDonald def. Foster, 6-4
140
Chase Verzillo (Pomperaug) def. Matthew Gonzalez (Platt), 8-1; Andrew Cyr (Bristol Central) def. Yuri Avila (Bunnell), 15-0; Jeff Kalbacher (Conard) def. Michael Turcio (Guilford), 8-4; Nick Tenan (Bristol Eastern) def. Tom OÕDay (Staples), 16-1.
Semifinals: Cyr def. Verzillo, 6-2; Tenan def. Kalbacher, 8-1.
Finals: Tenan def, Cyr, 5-3
145:
Adrian Gonzalez (Fitch) def. Walter Ruilova (Bunnell), 17-1; Todd Krolikowski (Bristol Eastern) def. Jared Darley (Bristol Central), 16-4; Joe Lambert (Fermi) def. Randall Mintz (Simsbury), 9-2; Kyle Mayer (Conard) def. Ryan Sullivan (Platt), 10-3.
Semifinals: Gonzalez def. Krolikowski, pin, 1:52; Mayer def. Lambert, 4-2.
Finals: Gonzalez def. Mayer, 15-1
152:
Samuel Molina (Masuk) def. Washington Gordon (Bunnell), 11-4; Jesse Conrad (Bristol Central) def. Nicholas Abrams (Maloney), 10-5; Joseph Spaziano (Guilford) def. Gregory Cheverier (Conard), 11-10; Silas Shelley (Fairfield Warde) def. Spencer Cohen (Staples), 11-7.
Semifinals: Molina def. Conrad, 16-2; Spaziano def. Shelley, 12-2.
Finals: Molina def. Spaziano, 8-4É
160:
Italo Marino (Bristol Eastern) def. Mike Bevilacqua (Branford), 7-2; Jareth Cardosa (Wethersfield) def. Burak Buyuksolak (Masuk), pin, 2:45; Garrett Linske (Guilford) def. Mike Marcovici (Rockville), 8-7; Omar Gradieul (Fairfield Warde) def. Ryan Hehn (Bunnell), 8-5.
Semifinals: Cardosa def. Marino, 7-5; Linske def. Gradieul, 5-3.
Finals: Linske def. Cardosa, 5-2
171:
Andrew Frazer (Conard) def. Bill Hunt (Farmington), pin, 3:47; Peter Massee (Fairfield Warde) def. David Blackwell (Bunnell), 6-4; Peter Morano (New Canaan) def. John Steele (Simsbury), 8-4; Brandon Sundwall (Guilford) def. C.J. Chaika (Bristol Eastern), 12-1.
Semifinals: Frazer def. Massee, pin, 1:27; Morano def. Sundwall, 5-3
Finals: Frazer def. Morano, 17-5
189:
John Ragno (Fermi) def. Daniel Perez (Bunnell), pin, 3:07; James Coyle (Farmington) def. Bill Ryan (Masuk), pin, 3:46; Matt Dabrowski (Bristol Central) def. Baron Jacobs (Pomperaug), 16-4; J.J. Casagrande (Fairfield Warde) def. Kyle Mahder (Wethersfield), 17-0.
Semifinals: Ragno def. Coyle, 14-9; Dabrowski def. Casagrande, 9-8.
Finals: Ragno def. Dabrowski, pin 1:36.
215
Andrew Drummond (Wilton) def. Ryan Carbone (Bristol Eastern), pin, 5:06; Gonzalo Pereira (New Canaan) def. Kia Gholampour (Farmington), pin, 3:28; Keith Kaynar (Conard) def. Matthew Anania (Fairfield Warde), pin, 3:51; Evan James (Staples) def. John Maljevic (Bristol Central), 2-1
Semifinals: Pereira def. Drummond, 8-7; James def. Kaynar, pin, 1:57.
Finals: Pereira def. James, 5-4
275
Willie Brown (Maloney) def. Eddy Mattoon (Staples), pin, 2:24; Kevin Potter (Platt) def. George Robinson (Farmington), pin, 3:37; Scott Hiller (Ridgefield) def. Chris Richichi (New Canaan), pin, 3:40; Paul Fenaroli (Masuk) def. Tim Chambers (Bristol Central), pin, 1:00.
Semifinals: Brown def. Potter, pin, 0:52; Fenaroli def. Hiller, pin, 1:39.
Finals: Brown def. Fenaroli, pin, 3:26
Class M Tournament
1. Windham, 188.5; 2. Montville, 187; 3. Waterford, 177; 4. Ledyard, 169; 5. Hand-Madison, 138; 6. Berlin, 114; 7. Killingly, 113; 8. Bethel, 94; 9. Middletown, 84.5; 10. Hartford Public, 84.
Individual results
103 - Championship round: C.J. Satti (Ledyard) dec. Nick Marouski (Windham), 8-7; Third place: Nester Rivera (Hartford Public) dec. Nick Chirantano (Stratford), 7-5; Fifth place: Vinny Staffa (East Haven) dec. Andrew Wilhelm (Law), 6-3.
112 - Championship round: Casey Leslie (Middletown) dec. Jay Mahoney (Hand), 14-5; Third place: Carlos Cruz (Windham) dec. Josh Go (Montville), 4-0; Fifth place: Mikal Grant (New Fairfield) dec. Anthony Ricco (Startford), 8-6.
119 - Championship round: Will Heller (Montville) dec. Andrew Blain (Windham), 3-0; Third place: Chris Solek (Berlin) pinned Nicholas Gallicano (Law), 4:04; Fifth place: Matt Wargo (RHAM) dec. Caleb Morth (Ledyard), 6-2.
125 - Championship round: Pat Ryan (Montville) dec. Justin Kristie (Foran), 15-5; Third place: Matthew Kozak (Brookfield) dec. Rowan Hines (Fairfield Ludlowe), 6-3; Fifth place: Mike Crowe (Berlin) dec. Jake Bernardo (Hand), 1-0.
130 - Championship round: Brian Peek (Killingly) dec. Chris Ebersole (Waterford), 5-1; Third place: Nick Spinnato (Hand) pinned Gage Hogestyn (Seymour), 4:48; Fifth place: Daniel Oquendo (Windam) won by injury default over Tom Pelletier (Cheney Tech).
135 - Championship round: T.J. Hepburn (Ledyard) dec. Brennan Ward (Waterford), 8-3; Third place: Shane Day (Berlin) dec. James Peek (Killingly), 6-2; Fifth place: Nick Bernardo (Hand) dec. Scott Sullivan (Brookfield), 14-4.
140 - Championship round: Jonathan Torres (Windham) dec. Eric Campbell (RHAM), 3-2; Third place: Ryan Thiel (Middletown) pinned Steve Flathers (Stratford), 2:11; Fifth place: Derek Fish (Hand) dec. Rob Rahusen (Montville), 4-1.
145 - Championship round: Sam Gauvine (Enfield) dec. Andrew Brown (Ledyard), 6-3; Third place: Shane Yachulke (New Fairfield) dec. Dave Brown (RHAM), 6-2; Fifth place: Jon Fiorillo (Berlin) dec. Steve Nelson (Montville), 3-1.
152 - Championship round: Justin Camputero (Hand) dec. Ken O'Brien (Waterford), 6-3; Third place: Dave Fiorillo (Berlin) dec. Blerim Hodza (Berlin), 3-1; Fifth place: Michael Sherbo (Seymour) dec. Addison Fleming (Windham), 4-3.
160 - Championship round: Dave Loomis (Killingly) dec. Michael Kaptein (Bethel), 8-6; Third place: Tobias Andrews (Waterford) won by injury default over Anthony Giansanti (Montville); Fifth place: Craig Osakowicz (Berlin) dec. David Bellaflores (Ledyard), 8-4.
171 - Championship round: Bran Crudden (Windham) won by tech fall over Pat Neilan (Waterford), 21-6 (5:12); Third place: Anthony Kostek (Bethel) dec. Brian Webster (Montville), 11-7; Fifth place: Ben Hadden (Brookfield) dec. Tucker Gilbert (Ledyard), 2-1.
189 - Championship round: A.J. Tulba (Waterford) dec. Jon Moran (Enfield), 10-8; Third place: John Moulton (Hand) dec. Pat Duhamel (Windham), 11-5; Fifth place: John Wamser (Brookfield) won by injury default over Jake Nihart (Law).
215 - Championship round: Julian Hightower (Ledyard) pinned Leonard Stanley (Weaver), 3:03; Third place: David Carruba (New Fairfield) pinned Luis Padilla (Hartford Public), 2:55; Fifth place: Craig Foster (Fairfield Ludlowe) won by injury default over Max Beaudry (Brookfield).
Hwt. - Championship round: Rashannon Stanley (Weaver) dec. Robert Wilkinson (Foran), 10-2; Third place: Luis Ferrer (Hartford Public) dec. Chris Yeager (Montville), 5-2; Fifth place: Bryan Grote (Waterford) pinned Nick Morales (Ledyard), 4:42.
Outstanding wrestler: Bran Crudden.
Fastest fall: David Carruba (New Fairfield), five pins in 8:55.
Class S Tournament
1 200.5 Griswold
2 188.0 Avon
3 175.5 Bacon
4 125.0 Morgan
5 125.0 Granby Memorial
6 125.0 Derby
7 98.0 Suffield
8 85.5 St. Bernard
9 84.5 Plainville
10 84.0 East Windsor
11 79.5 Stafford
12 73.0 Gilbert
13 72.0 Terryville
14 70.0 Holy Cross
15 69.0 Portland
16 68.0 Nonnewaug
17 60.0 Weston
18 58.0 East Catholic
19 56.5 Canton
20 54.0 Housatonic Regional
21 49.0 Somers
22 49.0 Rocky Hill
23 49.0 Lyman Memorial
24 43.0 Thomaston
25 33.0 Northwestern
26 32.0 Classical
27 27.0 Immaculate
28 24.0 Haddam Killingworth
29 22.0 Woodland
30 19.0 Windham Tech
31 16.0 Shepaug
32 9.0 Northwest Catholic
33 8.0 Old Saybrook
34 5.0 Hale Ray
35 4.0 Ellington
36 0.0 O'Brien Tech
37 0.0 New London
--- Place Winners ---
103
1 Youngin Lim, Avon, Decision 9-7
2 Ryan Quinn, Bacon
3 John Miller, Stafford, Decision 7-0
4 Ben Arel, Housatonic Regional
5 Michael Daly, St. Bernard, Default
6 Anthony Delprete, Derby
112
1 Tyler Banks, Griswold, Decision 12-3
2 Tim Mandel, Northwestern
3 Jake Miller, East Windsor, Decision 4-0
4 Joe Reisman, Shepaug
5 Lou Piscottano, Somers, Pin 4:54
6 Jason Kirschenbaum, Weston
119
1 Este Lara, Avon, Decision 2-1
2 Tucker Grass, Morgan
3 Roop Singh, Rocky Hill, Decision 9-6
4 Justin Sheridan, Suffield
5 Thomas Levene, Weston, Decision 10-5
6 David Daly, St. Bernard
125
1 Nick Cavallaro, Plainville, Decision 4-2
2 Greg Martel, Stafford
3 Brock Coutu, Griswold, Pin 1:44
4 Louis Diaz, Terryville
5 Alex Deltgen, St. Bernard, Pin 2:54
6 Mike Angelillo, Nonnewaug
130
1 Dale Rollet, Suffield, Decision 16-5
2 Sam Wilcox, Griswold
3 Matt Broulliard, Holy Cross, Decision 8-6
4 Tj Magnoli, Rocky Hill
5 Rob Butcher, Morgan, Default
6 Nick Pantuosco, Somers
135
1 Nick Watson, Granby Memorial, Decision 12-5
2 Phil Strobel, Nonnewaug
3 Adam Twitchell, Avon, Decision 18-1
4 Tony Blekis, Terryville
5 Julian Christie, Immaculate, Pin 3:33
6 Chad Verbitsky, Plainville
140
1 Sean Fisher, Griswold, Pin 3:37
2 John Mclaughlin, Stafford
3 Nick Bristol, Canton, Decision 10-8
4 Andy Dionne, Portland
5 Ryan Van Nostrand, Granby Memorial, Pin 4:37
6 Jared Marshall, Avon
145
1 James Gladue, Griswold, Decision 9-0
2 Ryan Mednick, Bacon
3 Jp Roesler, St. Bernard, Decision 22-6
4 John Stroud, Portland
5 Mike Cobuzzi, Plainville, Pin 1:34
6 Ryan Plourde, Thomaston
152
1 Sam Smith, Bacon, Decision 3-2
2 Andrew Dahlman, Granby Memorial
3 Tim Vollaro, Somers, Decision 3-1
4 Evan Huddy, Avon
5 Brandon Macarz, Morgan, Decision 7-2
6 Lucas Clunan, Terryville
160
1 Chris Nadeau, Granby Memorial, Pin 5:25
2 Fred Parlos, East Windsor
3 John Groth, Gilbert, Decision 9-3
4 Sam Cox, Bacon
5 Richard Bailey, Derby, Pin 3:20
6 Justin Chapman, Thomaston
171
1 Eric Bottomley, East Windsor, Decision 4-3
2 William Sedlmeier, Lyman Memorial
3 Edward Ortiz, Derby, Decision 3-2
4 Tom Clarke, East Catholic
5 Jerry Thompson, Bacon, Decision 5-3
6 Will Vallee, Avon
189
1 Nate Shippee, East Catholic, Decision 9-2
2 Brian Cramer, Morgan
3 Sean Burgess, Bacon, Decision 6-3
4 David Rodriques, Avon
5 Kevin Blanchard, Holy Cross, Pin 4:20
6 Tj Warren, East Windsor
215
1 Brian Mcneil, Griswold, Pin 2:47
2 Kyle Kiaunis, Morgan
3 Matt Chalmers, Bacon, Decision 5-0
4 Andy St Onge, Avon
5 Jimmy Haring, Haddam Killingworth, Default
6 Steve Rodriguez, Derby
275
1 Thomas Izzo, Derby, Pin 3:18
2 Tim Rustek, Portland
3 Ben Kendrick, Gilbert, Decision 3-0
4 Adam Shortell, Woodland
5 Aj Mancini, Avon, Decision 13-2
6 Jamell Stevenson, Suffield
--- Fastest Fall Winner ---
Mike Cobuzzi From Plainville
145 Lbs, 4 Pins, 6:47
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