CIAC STATE OPEN WRESTLING
Following is a list of top and local seeds for the 2023 CIAC State Open wrestling tournament at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven (see schedule below):
BOYS
106 pounds: No. 1 Ben Fournier (RHAM); Locals: 8. Seth Christie (Griswold/Wheeler); 10. Tatianna Irizarry (Ledyard).
113: No. 1 Isaiah Adams (Avon); Locals: *8. Hoshena Gemme (Old Lyme); 22. Josiah Estriplet (Ledyard).
120: No. 1 Joe Mahoney (New Fairfield); Locals: 9. Jaiden James (NFA); 12. Hunter Sanchez (Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech); 22. Brody Ruest (Waterford); 24. Andy Martinez-Soliz (New London).
126: No. 1 Dominick Spadaro (Fairfield Warde); Locals: None.
132: No. 1 Kaden Ware (Killingly); Local: 12. Nehemiah Czelusniak (LM/WT).
138: No. 1 Jaeckez Mendez (East Hartford): Locals: No. 3 James Linder Jr. (Montville); 22. Dugan Marsh (NFA); 24. Jeffrey Bentley (G/W).
145: No. 1 Thomas Bock (New Fairfield); Locals: 6. Lucas Gannotti (Waterford); 10. Jesse Costley (G/W); 13. Luke Chapman (Montville); 16. J.J. Morse (East Lyme/ Norwich Tech).
152: No. 1 Jack Richardson (Killingly): Locals: 11. Thomas Brunelli (NFA); 22. Connor Tuttle (Bacon Academy).
150: No. 1 Drayvn Roberts (East Hartford): Locals: 6. Lincoln Carlson (EL/NT); 11. Kanye Nance (New London); 23. Carson Brown (Bacon).
170: No. 1 Fisher Stites (Newtown); Locals: 4. Cameron Sammarco (LM/WT); 12. Devon Powers (Waterford); 21. Trevin Robledo-Thompson (New London).
182: No. 1 Joshua Nieroda (Suffield/Windsor Locks): Locals: 8. Brayden Soleau (EL/NT); 15. Zaire Wallace (NFA); 20. Zachary Ruest (Waterford); 23. Michael Capalbo (G/W).
195: No. 1 Brendan Gilchrist (Norwalk): Locals: 8. Stefan Ryer (Old Lyme); 24. Braeden Sollima (Waterford).
220: No. 1 James Duhancik (Stratford): Locals: 6. Naszier Matthews (Fitch); 15. Kaiden Smith (New London).
285: No. 1 Doug Traynor (New Fairfield); Locals: 11. Henry Santana-Liriano (New London); 23. Jonathan MacFeat (G/W). *Opted out to compete in State Open girls’ tournament.
GIRLS
100 pounds: No. 1 Daylianette Sanchez Cardina (Platt); Local: Jessica Dudley (Ledyard).
107: No. 1 Samantha Yapp (Stamford); Local: 6. Karla Flores (Montville).
114: No. 1 Calli Gilchrist (McMahon); Local: 2. Hoshena Gemme (Old Lyme).
120: No. 1 Emily DeSouza (Amity).
126: No. 1 Rylee Donohue (Norwalk).
132: No. 1 Esther Ribeiro (Bethel); Locals: 2. Linda Holeman (Ledyard), 5. Makiyah Raine Boozer (New London).
138: No. 1 Camryn Brown (Amity).
145: No. 1 Kelly Aspras (Foran).
153: No. 1 Brianna Seixas (Guilford).
165: No. 1 Kaydence Atkinson (New Britain); Local: Jalinda Pontes (Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech).
185: No. 1 Arianna Bellamy (Maloney).
235: No. 1 Kayli Morris (Platt); Local: 2. Kayla Navarro (Griswold/ Wheeler).
Schedule (subject to change) Today: First round, 3:15 p.m.; Second round, 4:30 p.m.; consolation first round; championship quarterfinals and consolation second round, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday: Consolation third round, 10 a.m.; championship semifinals and consolation quarterfinals, 11:30 a.m.; consolation semifinals, 1:30 p.m.; consolation finals (3rd and 5th place), 2:30 p.m.; championship finals, 4 p.m.