Trumbull, New Milford, Xavier capture tournament titles

Fewer than 14 points separated the top four teams, with Trumbull squeaking out a narrow victory at the Connecticut Challenge Saturday in Southington.

The Eagles, who had two individual champions and six wrestlers in the top three, scored 148.5 points to edge runner-up Ludlowe, who scored 145.5 with one champion and seven top-four finishes. Host Southington scored 138.5, and East Providence (RI) scored 135.

Trumbull’s champions included Aethan Munden (195 pounds) and Lukas Cylwik (285), while Ludlowe’s champ was Donell Young (152).

Southington had three weight class winners: Jared Mangiafico (126), Colton Thorpe (132), who was also named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler, and Josh Howard (138).

East Lyme/Norwich Tech had two winners in Lincoln Carlson (160) and Brayden Soleau (182), and Berlin took one title with Nick Ebrahimi (220).

New Milford wins Ridgefield Challenge

One week after winning its own tournament, New Milford was at it again, this time taking first place in the Gary Tiger Ridgefield Challenge.

The competition is named in honor of Gary Tiger, Ridgefield’s coach for more than 15 years, who died in February, 2022, after a battle with cancer.

This year’s tournament featured several top squads, with New Milford scoring 209 points to finish first, while Coventry (RI) was runner-up with 159.5 points. Warde (158) was third, and Fairfield Prep and Ridgefield (136.5) tied for fourth.

The host Tigers had a couple of weight class champions with Andrey Kosygin winning at 182 pounds, and Victor Petkov winning at 138.

New Milford won with 11 wrestlers earning topfive finishes. The Green Wave had two champs: Alex Oberc (106) and Angelo Fernandez (170).

Warde had the most individual champions with three, as Owen Sheiman (113), Dominick Spadaro (126), and Nehemias Pettway (285) all winning weight classes.

No. 1 Xavier wins Massachusetts tournament

Xavier, which has held the No. 1 spot in the Connecticut Wrestling Online state poll for the past four weeks, continued its road success by winning the Methuen Invitational in Massachusetts.

Braylon Gonzalez was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler after winning at 113 pounds. Also winning for the Falcons were Raekwon Shabazz (106), Kyle Levesque (132), Anthony Basile (138), and Charles Weidman (182).

Mat winners

There were several tournaments around the state this weekend.

New Canaan won the Brookfield Invitational, with rival Darien as the runner-up; Platt edged

NFA to win the Lawmen Invitational at Jonathan Law; Avon had four weight class champions and dominated the Highlander Invitational in Portland; and South Windsor won the Rodney Smith Classic in Suffield.

Connecticut Challenge

at Southington

Team results

1 Trumbull 148.5, 2 Fairfield Ludlowe 145.5, 3 Southington 138.5, 4 East Providence (RI) 135, 5 North Providence (RI) 116.5, 6 Berlin 106, 7 Glastonbury 99, 8 West Springfield (MA) 86, 9. Hall 80, 10 Essex (VT) 79, 11 East Lyme/ Norwich Tech 72, 12 LaSalle Academy 62.5, 13 Enfield 62, 14 Ellis Tech 54, 15 Southington B 37, 16 Middletown 36, 17 Sheehan 20, 18 Lyman Hall 10, Conard 6.5.

Individual results

106: 1st: William Soe (North Providence) pinned Oscar Rodriquez (Trumbull), 3:49; 3rd: Joseph Garofalo (Southington) NC Brady Deroy (East Providence, RI). 113: 1st: Ryan Conlan (La Salle Academy) dec. Mason Arborio Berlin, CT (Berlin), 8-2; 3rd: Ryan Ouelette (Glastonbury) pinned Micah Soe (North Providence, RI), 3:04. 120: 1st: Martim Moniz (East Providence, RI) pinned Tennyson Miller (Essex), 1:25; 3rd: Edwin Lovely (Ellis Tech) pinned Micah Kelly (Fairfield Ludlowe), 2:33. 126: 1st: Jared Mangiafico (Southington) dec. Jay Chase (Sheehan), 14-7; 3rd: Antonio Ortiz tech. fall (Hall) dec. Ethan Buonanducci (Enfield), 5-2. 132: 1st: Colton Thorpe (Southington) pinned Dylan Sherman (Fairfield Ludlowe), 5:18; 3rd: Laitham Arias (Hall) NC Nathaniel Post (Glastonbury). 138: 1st: Josh Howard (Southington) tech. fall Andrew De la rosa (Glastonbury), 15-0 3:56; 3rd: Charles Phillips (East Providence, RI) dec. Hood Mohsin West (West Springfield, MA), 11-4. 145: 1st: Noah Powell (Essex, VT) dec. Miguel Santana (North Providence, RI), 12-7; 3rd: Tyler Neiva (Trumbull) NC Simon Palumbo (East Providence, RI). 152: 1st: Donell Young (Fairfield Ludlowe) dec. Anthony Matas (Essex, VT), 10-6; 3rd: Sam Lapham (Trumbull) NC Sam Dempsey (North Providence, RI). 160: 1st: Lincoln Carlson (East Lyme/Norwich Tech) pinned Jacob Poore (East Providence, RI), 4:58; 3rd: Jeffrey Hutzelmann (Fairfield Ludlowe) pinned Conlan Simard (Berlin), 5:12. 170: 1st: Julian Cortes (West Springfield, MA) pinned Luke Raisanen (Fairfield Ludlowe), 1:38; 3rd: Xaiver Dietz (Ellis Tech) pinned Sam Sorkin tech. fall (Hall), 1:43. 182: 1st: Brayden Soleau (East Lyme/Norwich Tech) dec. Jesse Baldwin (Middletown), 4-2; 3rd: Troy Giaccone (Glastonbury) pinned Robert Amaral (East Providence, RI), 5:06. 195: 1st: Aethan Munden (Trumbull) pinned Aaron Borkowski (Southington B), 0:37; 3rd: Jackson Hart (East Lyme/ Norwich Tech) dec. Brian Seiler (Fairfield Ludlowe), 3-2.

1st: Nick Ebrahimi (Berlin) pinned Mike Gianetti (Trumbull), 1:21; 3rd: Chris Folsom (Essex, VT) pinned Aaron Mysatyukow (Southington), 5:32. 285: 1st: Lukas Cylwik (Trumbull) pinned Keonta Crawford (Enfield), 1:41; 3rd: Joe Toro (Fairfield Ludlowe) NC Luc Abbatemarco (Hall). 126: 1st: Hayden Myers (Coventry, RI) tech. fall Carl Avery (Middlebury), 16-0 3:51; 3rd: Jack Dean (Fairfield Warde) dec. Tynan Lim (New Milford), 6-4 SV. 138: 1st: Victor Petkov (Ridgefield) dec. Sebastian Armstrong (Coventry, RI), 10-4; 3rd: Braden Olmstead (New Milford) pinned Robert Reinwald (Amity), 0:40. 145: 1st: William Smith (Fairfield Prep) tech. fall Ryder Langlois (New Milford), 16-1 4:59; 3rd: Eli Silverman Coventry, RI (Coventry) dec. Cooper Macnevin Woodbridge, CT (Amity), 9-3. 152: 1st: Ibrahim Aljamal (Washingtonville, NY) pinned Spencer Ferullo (Amity), 0:39; 3rd: Jonathan Scimeca (Arlington, NY) pinned Austin Rasmussen (Fairfield Warde), 2:35. 160: 1st: Musa Aljamal (Washingtonville, NY) pinned Cole Grenier (Fairfield Warde), 1:15; 3rd: Kane Ehrhart (Greenwich) pinned Ryder Dadasovich (Ridgefield), 1:36. 170: 1st: Angelo Fernandez New Milford) dec. Tyler Smith (Fairfield Prep), 10-7; 3rd: Logan Serafin (Washingtonville, NY) pinned Branimir Lah (Amity), 4:18. 182: 1st: Andrey Kosygin (Ridgefield) dec. Thomas Morales (Fairfield Prep), 8-3; 182 3rd: Chayten Prashant (New Milford) dec. Ammar Jamal (Arlington, NY), 3-1. 195: 1st: Benjamin Virgulak (Fairfield Prep) dec. Adam Oberc (New Milford), 3-1; 3rd: Ryan Brace (Brewster, NY) inned Johnny Rios (Bristol Central), 0:26. 220: 1st: Nehemias Pettway (Fairfield Warde) major dec. Dason Jones (Coventry, RI), 15-3; 3rd: Christopher Reiss (New Milford) pinned Steven Schmitt (Arlington, NY), 2:16. 285: 1st: Malachi Mercer-Robinson (Fairfield Prep) pinned Ason Jones (Coventry, RI), 0:48; 3rd: Endrit Brahimaj (Bethel) pinned Marco Accurso (Brewster, NY), 2:28.

Methuen Invitational

at Methuen, Mass.

Team results (top 5): 1 Xavier 232, 2 Salem (NH) 165, 3 Natick (MA) 162, 4 Methuen (MA) 159, 5 Minnechaug (MA) 149.5

Xavier results: 106: 1st: Raekwon Shabazz, pinned Nick Desisto (Tewksbury, MA) at 1:23 in final; 113: 1st: Braylon Gonzalez, dec. Dominic Gangi (Methuen, MA) 10-4 in final; 120: 5th: Kevin Kasperowski; 126: 5th: Cael Loria; 132: 1st: Kyle Levesque, dec. Shaun McLaughlin (Natick, MA) 3-1 in final; 138: 1st: Anthony Basile, dec. Cam Ice Minnechaug, MA) 2-1 in final; 145: 6th: John Lagana; 152: 6th: Matthew Ferrucci; 182: 1st: Charles Weidman, pinned Anthony Fernandez (Nashua South, NH) at 5:37 in final; 220: 3rd: Vincent Scileppi.

Brookfield Invitational

at Brookfield

Team results

1 New Canaan 201.5, 2 Darien 141.5, 3 Canton 135, 4. Brookfield/Shepaug 123, 5 Joel Barlow 115, 6 Danbury B 106, 7 Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross 98, 8 Pomperaug 85, 9 Westhill 81, 10 Wilton 57.5.

Individual results

106: 1st: Matt Bray (Brookfield/Shepaug) major dec. Maela Sosa (Canton), 15-3; 3rd: Jake Leblanc (Danbury) dec. Sophie Brault (Joel Barlow), 4-2. 113: 1st: Nick Leadbetter (Canton) pinned Emin Ismaili (Pomperaug), 1:21; 3rd: Jase Stanzione (Danbury) dec. Parker Ivezaj (New Canaan), 7-5. 120: 1st: Reese Titus (Canton) dec. Steve Purcell (Pomperaug), 6-5; 3rd: Bryce Faranda (Westhill) pinned Ellis Frey (New Canaan), 1:15. 132: 1st: Danny Carrozza (Brookfield/Shepaug) pinned Trey Kaupp (New Canaan), 5:54; 3rd: Stryder Hanson (Joel Barlow) dec. Julianna Morris (Pomperaug), 5-2. 138: 1st: RJ DeCamillo (New Canaan) dec. Scott Romano (Joel Barlow), 7-6; 3rd: Tommy Goetz (New Canaan) pinned Keshav Khanna Stamford, CT (Westhill), 2:47. 145: 1st: Tucker Milligan (New Canaan) pinned Nathan Wolyniec (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross), 1:00; 3rd: Carter Chambers (Canton) pinned Marco Derubeis (New Canaan), 2:10.

152: 1st: Cael Wilderman (New Canaan) dec. Kip Faison (Brookfield/Shepaug), 8-4; 3rd: Liam Pearsall (Wilton) dec. Savion Razor (Darien), 5-1. 170: 1st: Gavin Piersol (Darien) pinned Theodore Williams (Darien), 2:23; 3rd: Dylan Amaswache (New Canaan) major dec. Dylan Cooke (Joel Barlow), 12-1. 195: 1st: Gilbert Clay (New Canaan) won by forfeit over Brody Grecula (Canton); 3rd: Alex Lee (Pomperaug) major dec. Jermain Higgs (Derby/ Oxford/Holy Cross), 11-2. 220: 1st: Don Shivas (Derby/ Oxford/Holy Cross) pinned Andrew Passaretti (Darien), 4:57; 3rd: Marco Cacace (Brookfield/Shepaug) pinned Justin Barker (Danbury), 1:40.

Alvarado Diaz (New Britain), 0:49. 1st: Isaiah Adams (Avon) pinned Hoshena Gemme (Old Lyme), 0:24; 3rd: Adam Dean (Portland) pinned Noah McCarthy (Haddam-Killingworth), 1:39. 120: 1st: Elijah Fagin (Avon) tech. fall Dominic Larabee (Morgan), 15-0; 3rd: Cameron Cardona (New Britain) won by forfeit over Jacob Pacheco (Coventry). 126: 1st: Gunnar Howes (Haddam-Killingworth) dec. Tristan Gauvin (Avon), 4-3; 3rd: Ethan Bochman Rodriguez (Terryville) pinned Joey Bernardi (Nonnewaug), 0:33. 132: 1st: Naveen Rodriguez (Coventry) pinned Nicholas Spaziano (Morgan), 1:19; 3rd: Declan Kessler (Haddam-Killingworth) dec. Akanksh Bhabad (Avon), 3-2. 138: 1st: Joseph Kennedy (Plainville) won by forfeit over Spencer Rosado (Portland); 3rd: Larkin Pantano (Daniel Hand) dec. Angel Arroyo (Manchester), 10-7. 145: 1st: Jonah Weber (Avon) dec. Luviss Offarill (New Britain), 8-2; 3rd: Durkin Stankevich (Nonnewaug) dec. Ethan Dean (Portland), 10-3. 1st: Jack Janes (Avon) dec. Matt Gish (Cromwell), 7-3; 3rd: Jeff Bernardi (Nonnewaug) NC Gabe Alvarez (New Britain). 160: 1st: Cavin Napoletano (Haddam-Killingworth) pinned Jeremy Castillo (New Britain), 1:36; 3rd: Roel Johnson (Avon) NC Cooper Theriault-Dinielli (Plainville). 170: 1st: Jacob Martone (Haddam-Killingworth) pinned Jaiden Fore (Bristol Eastern), 1:50; 3rd: Liam Gervais (Griswold) dec. Matias Berrio (Avon), 4-3. 1st: Jack Wendel (Nonnewaug) pinned Andrew Johnson (Portland), 0:42; 3rd: Gavin Fallon (Avon) NC Benjamin Lemoine (Manchester). 1st: Stefan Ryer (Old Lyme) major dec. Jacob Boucher (Plainville), 13-5; 3rd: Morris Selmani (Daniel Hand) NC Toby Klafter (Avon). 220: 1st: Nicholas Dennis (Plainville) major dec. Rio Fernandez (Bristol Eastern), 13-0; 3rd: Maxwell Janes (Avon) pinned Ethan Krasniewski (Portland), 2:47. 1st: Jeff Quirion la oz (Plainville) dec. Marquise Eason (New Britain), 4-0; 3rd: Bobby Wright (Plainville) NC Jaylen Thigpen (Plainville).

Lawmen Invitational

Miranda (Notre Dame-West Haven), 4-2; 3rd: Darren Gibbons (Platt) pinned Christopher Bucknor (Bunnell), 2:00. 170: 1st: Ahmed Hernandez (Platt) pinned Cooper Light (Stonington), 5:23; 3rd: Mark Nitsche (Shelton) pinned Daniel Aguirre (Notre Dame-West Haven), 0:51. 182: 1st: Zaire Wallace (Norwich Free Academy) pinned Ben Girendola (Jonathan Law), 1:37; 3rd: Emmanuel Lugo (Platt) pinned Braulio Miranda (Notre Dame-West Haven), 0:21. 195: 1st: Jimmy Lowman (Notre DameWest Haven) dec. Jason Toth (East Haven), 4-3; 3rd: Michael Melendez (Platt) pinned Dylan Beebe (Fitch), 2:42. 220: 1st: Chefren Spodnik (Harding) pinned Brenden Vine (Norwich Free Academy), 0:36; 3rd: Naszier Matthews (Fitch) pinned Louvensky Auguste (Harding), 2:59. 285: 1st: Lucas Kellogg (St Joseph) pinned Edward Medaris (Masuk), 5:48; 3rd: Jesse Tingley (Norwich Free Academy) NC Carl Mullings (Bunnell).

Rodney Smith Classic

at Suffield

Team results

1 South Windsor 191, 2 Ludlow (MA) 169, 3 Hampden Charter East (MA) 149, 4 Rockville 137.5 5 Stafford 137, 6 Suffield/Windsor Locks 99, 7 West Springfield (MA) 80, 8 Northwestern Regional 24.