Newtown, Stratford win tournaments, postseason on deck
Newtown wrapped up its regular season in fine form, winning by more than 70 points at the Matt Bishel Bobcat Classic at Bacon Academy on Saturday.
The Nighthawks won six of the 14 weight classes while scoring 231.5 points, well ahead of the 160 scored by runner-up NFA. Portland (145), East Haven (140) and host Bacon Academy (108) finished out the top five.
Individual winners for Newtown were Tommy Milligan (106), Kenna Gioffre (113), Marc Maurath (145), Lucas Manfredi (152), Fisher Stites (170) and John Dasilva (285).
Portland and East Haven had two winners apiece, with Spencer Rosado (138) and Andrew Johnson (182) finishing first for Portland and Chris Doheny (120) and Jason Toth (195) finishing first for East Haven.
Also winning were North Branford’s Christopher Manganiello (126), NFA’s Jackson Sorel (132), Bacon Academy’s Carson Brown (160), and Harding’s Chefren Spodnik (220).
Stratford stars
Stratford had seven finalists and captured four weight class championships en route to the team title at the Stafford Invitational on Saturday.
James Duhancik, who won at 220 pounds, was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler. Justin Duhancik (170 pounds), Nathaniel Nagel (132) and Jahmari Figaro (18) also won weight class titles.
The Red Devils scored 247 to finish first, with host Stafford runner-up with 205 points.
Stafford had two individual winners in Kaiden Jellison (138) and William Depault (160).
Ellis Tech had wins from Georgios Sezenias (113) and Edwin Lovely (120); Putnam had wins from Jacob Olson (106) and Lucas Benoit (195); and Somers had wins from Harrison Accorsi (126) and Tait Gaudet (152).
Jonathan Law’s Brayden McCourt won at 145, and Anthony Shivas of the DerbyOxford/Holy Cross won at 285.
Conference Tournaments
FCIAC at New Canaan: Friday, 4:30 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.
SCC at Branford: Saturday, 10 a.m.
SWC at Stratford: Friday, 6 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
ECC at Killingly: Friday, 4:30 p.m., and Saturday, 11 a.m.
NCCC Tournament at Somers: Saturday, 10 a.m.
Berkshire Valley Tournament at Derby: Saturday, 9 a.m.
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pinned Marchello Torres (East Haven), 3:21.
113: 1st: Kenna Gioffre (Newtown) pinned Jack BatistaFletcher (East Haven), 4:46; 3rd: Hoshena Gemme (Old Lyme) dec. Adam Dean (Portland), 8-2.
120: 1st: Chris Doheny (East Haven) dec. Brendan Carmody (Bristol Central), 7-5; 3rd: Brody Quinn (Portland) won by forfeit Howard Wichert (Pathfinder, MA).
126: 1st: Christopher Manganiello (North Branford) dec. Ethan Bochman Rodriguez (Terryville/Thomaston), 8-5; 3rd: Edward Lavoie (NFA) won by forfeit Ja’vari Sanchez (Mt. Pleasant, RI).
132: 1st: Jackson Sorel (NFA) dec. Erick Tojsam (Mt. Pleasant, RI), 5-1; 3rd: Miles Tolman (Rockville) dec. Rowan Hovey (Old Lyme), 3-2.
138: 1st: Spencer Rosado (Portland) pinned William Burke (Pathfinder, MA), 2:52; 3rd: Henry Terifay (Newtown) dec. Dylan Snyder (East Haven), 8-2.
145: 1st: Marc Maurath (Newtown) pinned Naser Saleh (Suffield/Windsor Locks), 3:25; 3rd: Gabriel Mahon (Bacon Academy) def. Noah Franchi (East Haven).
152: 1st: Luca Manfredi (Newtown) technical fall Matt Gish (Cromwell), 17-2; 3rd: Thomas Brunelli (NFA) pinned Alex Dombrowski (East Haven), 0:16.
160: 1st: Carson Brown (Bacon Academy) pinned Tyler Quinn (Portland), 3:55; 3rd: Damon Cardonales (Pathfinder, MA) pinned Nathan Duarte (Rockville), 3:29.
170: 1st: Fisher Stites (Newtown) pinned David Adekomaya (Mt. Pleasant, RI), 3:33; 3rd: Dante Colella (Bacon Academy) pinned Elijah Ellis (North Haven), 0:26.
182: 1st: Andrew Johnson (Portland) pinned Zaire Wallace (NFA), 5:07; 3rd: Acea Shaham (Newtown) NC Miguel Reyes (Mt. Pleasant, RI).
195: 1st: Jason Toth (East Haven) major dec. Stefan Ryer (Old Lyme), 15-6; 3rd: Charles Dunn (Newtown) pinned Owen Norlavong (Mt. Pleasant, RI), 2:05.
220: 1st: Chefren Spodnik (Harding) pinned Ethan Krasniewski (Portland), 1:13; 220 3rd: Brenden Vine (NFA) NC Randy Garcia Providence, RI (Mt. Pleasant).
285: 1st: John Dasilva (Newtown) pinned Jayden Spaulding (Rockville), 0:47; 3rd: Joseph Carbone, Jr. (North Haven) NC Noah Botto (Terryville/Thomaston).
Stafford Invitational
at Stafford
Team results: 1 Stratford 247, 2 Stafford 205, 3 Ellis Tech 148.5, 4 Putnam 124, 5 Jonathan Law 108, 6 Derby/Oxford/ Holy Cross 83.5, 7 Somers 82.5, 8 Coventry 58, 9 Northwestern 26. 10 St. Paul 24.
Individual results
106: 1st: Jacob Olson (Putnam) pinned Derek Consolini (Stafford), 4:53; 3rd: Addisyn Herdic (Ellis Tech) dec. Nathan Marshall (Stratford), 7-0.
113: 1st: Georgios Sezenias (Ellis Tech) pinned Carter Murawski (Putnam), 0:08; 3rd: Tyler Curtiss (Stratford) dec. John Bean (Stafford), 6-0.
120: 1st: Edwin Lovely (Ellis Tech) pinned Marcus Cavallo (Stratford), 0:25; 3rd: Jacob Pacheco (Coventry) pinned Ryan Tirado (Stratford), 2:19.
126: 1st: Harrison Accorsi (Somers) major dec. Hayden Ferland (Ellis Tech), 18-5; 3rd: Brayden Hancock (Jonathan Law) won by forfeit Shyna Rolle (Stratford).
132: 1st: Nathaniel Nagel (Stratford) dec. Naveen Rodriguez (Coventry), 7-3; 3rd: Kolby Sanders (Ellis Tech) pinned Alexander Ciarleglio (Jonathan Law), 2:45.
138: 1st: Kaiden Jellison (Stafford) major dec. Anthony Consentino (Putnam), 11-0; 3rd: Avery Griffin (Ellis Tech) pinned Cowen Joyal (Somers), 4:59.
145: 1st: Brayden Mccourt (Jonathan Law) dec. Logan Wolf (Stafford), 11-6; 3rd: Nathan Wolyniec (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross) dec. Edy Morente Mendez (Putnam), 5-2.
152: 1st: Tait Gaudet (Somers) pinned Drew Spellman (Stratford), 0:54; 3rd: Peyton Krah (Stafford) dec. Russell Melius, Jr. (Northwestern), 5-1.
160: 1st: William Depault (Stafford) pinned Paul Mushala (Stratford), 0:37; 3rd: Keegan Hill (St. Paul) pinned Luciano Mazella (Jonathan Law), 2:26.
170: 1st: Justin Duhancik (Stratford) pinned Caleb Ives (Stafford), 2:37; 3rd: Xaiver Dietz (Ellis Tech) pinned Braden Joyal (Somers), 4:45.
182: Round robin format: 1st: Jahmari Figaro (Stratford); 2nd: Braeden Gray (Staffiord); 3rd: James Grover (Stafford); 4th: Dylan Bird (St. Paul).
195: 1st: Lucas Benoit (Putnam) won by forfeit Cameron Kelemen (Stratford); 3rd: Christian Martorelli (Stafford) pinned Jermain Higgs (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross), 4:36.
220: 1st: James Duhancik (Stratford) dec. Don Shivas (Derby/ Oxford/Holy Cross), 5-1; 3rd: Kaleb Arcouette (Stafford) pinned Michael Ellis (Putnam), 2:22.
285: 1st: Anthony Shivas (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross); 2nd: Zachary Sulkis (Law); 3rd: Ethan Butz (Stratford); 4th: Horatio Glover (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross).