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Plainville Invitational
At Plainville (Sat. Dec. 20)
Team results : 1. West Springfield, Mass., 265½, 2. Bristol Central 225½, 3. Plainville 156½, 4. East Catholic 127, 5. RHAM 125, 6. Brookfield 120, 7. Chicopee, Mass., 76½, 8. Woodstock Academy 44, 9. Rocky Hill 29
Individual results
103: 1. J. McKeever (Brookfield) pin Connor Hayes (BC) 1:27; 3. E. Arslan (West) dec. A. Straton (RHAM) 4-2
112: 1. Mizam Tameradze (West) pin M. Koh (Brook) 1:48; 3. W. Gerardi (RHAM) dec M. Pokorny (BC) 13-1
119: 1. Jose Flores (West) dec S. Gonzalez (EC) 5-1; 3. V. Russo (Plain) pin Cantazaro (RHAM) 2:30
125: 1. B. Lynn (RHAM) dec Ryan Carbonell (BC) 5-1; 3. J. Levine (Brook) dec S. Le (West) 8-3
130: 1. M. Gonzalez (EC) dec Nick Cyr (BC) 6-4; 3. Z. Harper (Plain) pin B. Marquez (West) 3:59
135: 1. K. Schilling (RHAM) pin Tom Shea (West) 2:39; 3. AJ Wojtusik (BC) dec B. Brandon Melendez (Chic) 10-5
140: 1. Seth Vose (BC) dec Justin LeTourneau (BC) 15-0; 3. R. Voisine (Plain) dec K. Line (West) 17-6
145: 1. Z. Moran (EC) dec M. Bove (Wood) 3-0; 3. M. Delvalle (Brook) dec L. Siano (West) 4-0
152: 1. E. Sakowski (EC) dec Brady Walsh (West) 12-7; 3. ZackCoppola (BC) pin Turner (EC) 0:30
160: 1. Mario Acca (Plain) dec Ralph Marquez (West) 7-3; 3. O. Mironchenko (Wood) dec C. Dionne (BC) 13-7
171: 1. E. Brainard (RHAM) pin Illi Cojacura (West) 2:58; 3. Miguel Ramos (BC) pin C. Westervelt (Plain) 2:36
189: 1. Steve Wrona (West) pin J. Pietrowicz (Plain) 0:33; 3. K. Spence (Plain) pin J. Wamser (Brook) 4:52
215: 1. Rhamel Hill (West) pin Dylan Casey (Chic) 3:39; 3. Joe Guzman (Chic) dec D. Phyfe (Wood) 12-8
285: 1. T. Chambers (BC) pin Victor Rivera (Chic) 1:53; 3. J. Reardon (Plain) pin Garbalosa (BC) 2:36
Most Outstanding Wrestler – Mario Acca (160)- Plainville; Fast fall: Miguel Ramos (Bristol Central, 171) 4 pins in 7:20
Plainville Invitational
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n Plainville’s Mario Acca (160) won the outstanding wrestler award at the Plainville Invitational
n East Catholic’s E. Sakowski beats Brady Walsh of West Springfield, 12-7 in the finals at 152 pounds of the Plainville
n B. Lynn of RHAM outlasts Bristol Central’s Ryan Carbonell in the 125 pound final of the Plainville Invitational, 5-1
n Steve Wrona of Westhill-Stamford (189) pins Plainville’s J. Pietrowicz in 33 seconds to win a championship.
n Rhamel Hill of Westhill-Stamford pins Dylan Casey of Chicopee, Mass. in 3:39 to win the championship at 215 pounds
n Bristol Central’s Tim Chambers (285) wins the Plainville Invitational with a pin of Chicopee’s Victor Rivera in 1:53
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