Wrestler From Simsbury Wins Class L Title

ACROSS CONNECTICUT — A little bit of everything could be found at the CIAC class wrestling meets Saturday, spread across four venues in different parts of the state. One school won its 22nd class championship in 31 years, while another program captured its first-ever state title. Two team championships were decided by fewer than six points, while two others were dominated by teams winning by more than 40 points. Finally, in what is believed to be a first in state history, two wrestlers with inverted names won consecutive weight classes in the Class LL meet.

Danbury won its fourth straight LL title, and 22nd since 1989, by compiling 269 points to 227 for runner-up Fairfield Warde. The Hatters' Ryan Jack won the 138-lb. division, immediately after the 132-lb. victory by Jack Ryan of Trumbull.

Xavier edged Simsbury by a 243-240.5 margin to eke out the Class L championship, the first for the Falcons since capturing the Class LL and State Open titles in 2012. In another close battle, the Suffield/Windsor Locks co-op earned its first state title with 187 points, just ahead of Foran's 181.5. Finally, host Killingly breezed to the Class S crown with 207 points, 50 ahead of Haddam-Killingworth.

Here are the top three teams in each class, plus individual weight class champions. Click the class headers for complete results.

CLASS LL (at Trumbull)

Teams

1. Danbury, 269
2. Fairfield Warde, 227
3. Southington, 151.5

Individuals

• 106 - Michael Longo, Trumbull
• 113 - Kallan O'Dell, Danbury
• 120 - Drew Currier, Hall
• 126 - Tyler Johnson, Danbury
• 132 - Jack Ryan, Trumbull
• 138 - Ryan Jack, Danbury
• 145 - William Ebert, Fairfield Warde
• 152 - Cole Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde
• 160 - George Tsiranides, Fairfield Prep
• 170 - Thomas Mazur, Westhill
• 182 - William Carr, Southington
• 195 - Nicholas Augeri, Staples
• 220 - DJ Donovan, Danbury
• 285 - Matthew Weiner, Shelton

CLASS L (at Bristol Central)

Teams

1. Xavier, 243
2. Simsbury, 240.5
3. New Milford, 166.5

Individuals

• 106 - Evan Lindner, New Milford
• 113 - Michael Rapuano, Xavier
• 120 - Giuseppe Iamunno, North Haven
• 126 - Kalil Shabazz, Middletown
• 132 - Thomas Finn, Simsbury
• 138 - Khalil Bourjeili, New Milford
• 145 - James Lunt, Xavier
• 152 - Tyler Sung, New Canaan
• 160 - Luke Tischio, Xavier
• 170 - Richard Morrell, New Milford
• 182 - Simon Flaherty, Amity
• 195 - Jakob Salinas, Bristol Central
• 220 - Joshua Foote, Amity
• 285 - Nicholas St. Peter, Bristol Eastern

CLASS M (at Guilford)

Teams

1. Suffield/Windsor Locks, 187
2. Foran, 181.5
3. RHAM, 166

Individuals

• 106 - Josh Brault, Joel Barlow
• 113 - Josh Nieroda, Suffield/Windsor Locks
• 120 - Zackary Kanaltis, RHAM
• 126 - Zachary Johns, Suffield/Windsor Locks
• 132 - Alec Divito, East Haven
• 138 - Tanner Divito, East Haven
• 145 - Dylan Washburn, Suffield/Windsor Locks
• 152 - Alex Klein Wassink, Joel Barlow
• 160 - Zahir McLean-Felix, Brookfield
• 170 - Frankie McNeary, Joel Barlow
• 182 - David Justin Osler, Branford
• 195 - Carson Licastri, Joel Barlow
• 220 - Christopher Gens, Avon
• 285 - Luke Fuerstenberg, Platt

CLASS S (at Killingly)

Teams

1. Killingly, 207
2. Haddam-Killingworth, 157
3. Ledyard, 149.5

Individuals

• 106 - Kaden Ware, Killingly
• 113 - Connor Doran, Ledyard
• 120 - Dylan Levesque, East Hampton
• 126 - David Charron, Killingly
• 132 - Devin Matthews, Gilbert
• 138 - Tristan Julian, Stafford
• 145 - Ben Richardson, Killingly
• 152 - Kyle Matthews, Gilbert
• 160 - Brayden Grim, Ledyard
• 170 - Ryan Powers, Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech
• 182 - Jack Cronin, Nonnewaug
• 195 - Jamikael Lytle, Northwestern Regional
• 220 - Bajram Gutic, Gilbert
• 285 - Thomas Perry, Haddam-Killingworth