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With five champions, Danbury wins third straight Class LL championship

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Connecticut Wrestling Online
February 17, 2018

TRUMBULL, February 17 — With five individual champions, Danbury won their third straight Class LL title with a 74-point win over Fairfield Warde, 274-200. Danbury’s Gino Barretta (170) beat Southington’s Paul Calo in triple OT, 2-1. Ryan Jack (120) won his second straight Class LL crown while Kyle Field (132) also won in OT. The Hatters had 11 of 14 wrestlers finish in the top six to earn berths to next week’s State Open.

Class LL championships
At Trumbull
Team scores: 1. Danbury 274; 2. Fairfield Warde 200; 3. (tie) Trumbull and Southington 175; 5. East Hartford 117; 6. Simsbury 112; 7. Ridgefield 93.5; 8. Newtown 91; 9. Manchester 87; 10. Westhill 76; 11. Greenwich 75.5; 12. Stamford 69; 13. Norwich Free Academy 67.5; 14. Glastonbury 63; 15. Norwalk 61; 16. New Britain 59; 17. Staples 53; 18. Enfield 51.5; 19. Brien McMahon 44.5; 20. Fairfield Prep 38; 21. Conard 36; 22. Shelton 31; 23. Cheshire 15; 24. New Haven 13.
Individual results
106: Final — Thomas Finn, Simsbury dec. Jack Ryan, Trumbull 5-2; 3. Tyler Johnson, Danbury pin Martial Sutton, Glastonbury 0:49; 5. Caleb Brick, Southington pin Elijah Pelkey, Enfield 0:51.
113: Final — Ben LeBlanc, Danbury dec. Parker Sutton, Glastonbury 8-3; 3. Lowayne Harris, East Hartford dec. Saul Pera, Simsbury 3-2; 5. Terry Brannigan, Staples major dec. Carlos DeWinter, Greenwich 17-5.
120: Final — Ryan Jack, Danbury dec. William Chase Parrot, Westhill 13-3; 3. Benjamin Smart, Ridgefield pin Cole Shaughnessy, Warde 0:21; 5. Samuel White, Norwalk pin Dominic Renfree, Norwich Free Academy 2:11.
126: Final — Aaron Occhipinti, Newtown dec. Jonathan Kosak, Trumbull 6-3; 3. Thomas Mazur, Westhill dec. Jacob Cardozo, Southington 7-0; 5. Nathan Cuoco, Warde pin Nic Savo, Danbury 2:30.
132: Final — Kyle Fields, Danbury dec. Alex Steele, Warde 6-4 OT; 3. Nikolas Accousti, Newtown dec. David Castaldo, Trumbull 5-4; 5. Jason Brault, Southington pin Elijah Watson, New Britain 5:04.
138: Final — Matt Ryan, Trumbull dec. Shamar Schand, Manchester 8-7; 3. Noah Zuckerman, Warde dec. A.J. Caba, Danbury 4-3; 5. Shaun Wagner, Southington dec. Alex Edwards, Westhill 8-2.
145: Final — A.J. Kovacs, Danbury pin George Tsiranides, Fairfield Prep 0:52; 3. Garey Mendez, Stamford pin Timothy Roberts, East Hartford 4:21; 5. Anthony Zarlenga, Warde dec. Traivon Nieves, Manchester 1-0.
152: Final — Kris Gjinaj, Warde dec. Lazar Agoev, Ridgefield 6-2; 3. Tagan Welch, Southington pin Owen Walsh, Newtown 1:56; 5. Theran Vanasse, Norwich Free Academy tech. fall Jasen Gonzalez, Manchester 18-2.
160: Final — Izaake Zuckerman, Warde pin Simon Preston, Ridgefield 3:05; 3. Eric Rodonis, Conard dec. William Carr, Southington 7-2; 5. Jonathan Davila, McMahon major dec. Ibrahim Abdul-Hakeem, Stamford 9-1.
170: Final — Gino Baratta, Danbury dec. Paul Calo, Southington 2-1, OT; 3. Jake Heerman, Stamford major dec. Jakari Walker, Norwalk 14-3; 5. Nate Chesworth, Enfield pin Jackson Blanchard, Greenwich 2:29.
182: Final — Joe Palmieri, Trumbull dec. Jackson King, Simsbury 4-3; 3. Andrew Nanai, Greenwich pin George Estevez, Danbury 1:43; 5. Marc Thelusma, Norwich Free Academy, by forfeit over Joshua Atkins, Manchester.
195: Final — Brett Nutter, Trumbull dec. Joe Gjinaj, Warde 3-2; 3. Ray Weiner, Shelton pin Isaiah Medina, New Britain 2:20; 5. Jeffrey Cocchia, McMahon pin Ryan Merida, Greenwich 2:04.
220: Final — Isaiah Jiminian, East Hartford dec. Montez Osbey, Danbury 3-1, OT; 3. Jacob Vecchio, Southington, pin Dante Solano, Norwalk 2:20; 5. Kamren Snodgrass, Norwich Free Academy, dec. Nathan Keegan, Manchester 6-2.
285: Final — George Harrington, Staples dec. Joe Zeller, Newtown 3-2, OT; 3. Jordan Agosto, Danbury pin Anthoneil Phillips, East Hartford 1:27; 5. Christian Bier, Westhill by forfeit over Biliaminy Affini, Manchester.
Outstanding wrestler: Matt Ryan, Trumbull (138)
BRACKETS: 2018 Class LL championships