Sunday, Dec. 8
Women’s Ironman
At Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Team results (top 10) – 1. Bixby OK 131, 2. Olentangy Orange OH 127½, 3. Cleveland TN 114½, 4. Hernando FL 93, 5. Andrew High IL 80, 6. Wyoming Seminary PA 75½, 7. Blair Academy NJ 74½, 8. Marysville High OH 61,9. Canon-McMillian PA 59, 10. Lebanon High OH 58
Individual results
100
Final: Makennah Craft (Jackson High School) dec. Ryleigh Sturgill (Baylor) 9-2
105
Final: Jaclyn Bouzakis (Wyoming Seminary) Sarissa Tucker (Mountain view) 7-1
110
Final: Libby Roberts (University) dec. Kayla Moroschan (Chippewa) 4-1 OT
115
Final: Marie Sharp (Blair Academy) dec. Harlee Hiller (Loyola Academy) 12-3
120
Final: Angelina Cassioppi (Hononegah) dec. Mackenzie Carder (Olentangy Orange) 7-0
3. McKenna Wilson (Tulsa Union High School) dec. Natalia Accorsi (Blair Academy) 12-2
125
Final: Milana Borrelli (Venice High School) dec. Anna Madi (Brecksville) 11-1
130
Final: Emma bacon (Wyoming Seminary) dec. Caroline Hilton (Cleveland) 7-4
135
Final: Taina Fernandez (Archbishop Spalding HS) pin Corynne McNulty (Blair Academy) 3:45
140
Final: Lillian Hendricks (Greeneview ) pin Cara Leng (Marysville) 5:31
145
Final: Eleanor Dean (Freedom HS) pin Gennaveve Matt (Greeneview ) 5:17
155
Final: Juliet Alt (Chestnut Ridge ) pin Mariah Earl (Hernando ) 3:44
170
Final: Piper Fowler (Cleveland) tech fall Millie Azlin (Bixby) 15-0, 3:08
190
Final: Grace Leota (Hernando ) dec. Amie Hartman (Mountain Home High School) 7-0
235
Final: Deionna Borders (Berea Midpark ) dec. Madelin Zunin (Cleveland) 5-0
W0men’s Ironman 2024 brackets and results (TrackWrestling.com)
Saturday, Dec. 7
Taft 66, Marianapolis Prep 6
Taft 54, Hamden Hall 12
Taft 48, Pomfret 23
Pomfret 42, Hamden Hall 12
Pomfret 48, Marianapolis Prep 10
Hamden Hall 24, Marianapolis Prep 12
Bearcat Brawl
At Salisbury (Hotchkiss)
Team results – 1. Northfield Mt. Hermon (MA) 313, 2. Belmont Hill (NH) 214½, 3. Brunswick School 191½, 4. New York Military Academy 188½, 5. Trinity Pawling (NY) 145, 6. Choate Rosemary Hall 120½, 7. Hopkins School-New Haven 83, 8. Avon Old Farms 55, 9. Suffield Academy 54½, 10. Salisbury 40, 11. Hotchkiss 37, 12. Marvelwood-Cornwall 26, 13. Canterbury 25½, 14. Wilbraham and Monson Academy 16
113 lbs
Final: Eric Fusscas East Lyme, CT (Hopkins) dec. Declan Woolbert (Belmont Hill), 6-0
3. Tatianna Irizarry Wallingford, CT (Choate Rosemary Hall) pin Alex Post Suffield, CT (Suffield Academy), 0:33
5. Peter Paradise (Trinity Pawling) pin Nicholas Lucana Salisbury, CT (Hotchkiss School), 0:48
120 lbs
Final: Oumar Tounkara (New York Military) dec. Luke Galipeau (Northfield Mt. Hermon), 15-3
3. Landon Herdic (NYMA) tech fall Calli Gilchrist Wallingford, CT (Choate Rosemary Hall), 15-0 4:41
5. Christian Yanoti Greenwich, CT (Brunswick) pin Sammy Flood (Belmont Hill), 1:25
126 lbs
Final: Solomon Johns Suffield, CT (Northfield Mt. Hermon) pin Firdavs Ahmadzoda (New York Military), 3:17
3. Owen Bartoszek Greenwich, CT (Brunswick) pin Will Sandor (Belmont Hill), 4:20
5. Connor Mclaughlin Wallingford, CT (Choate Rosemary Hall) pin Alexander Benke Westport, CT (Hopkins), 1:48
132 lbs
Final: Musa Tamaradze (NYMA) dec. Jack Dragoumanos (Belmont Hill), 5-0
3. Dominic Marinilli (Northfield Mt. Hermon) pin Emran Moradi Kent, CT (Marvelwood), 0:50
5. Judah Viders (Brunswick) pin Alex Savoulides (Belmont Hill), 1:41
138 lbs
Final: Paxton Zerega Norwalk, CT (Choate Rosemary Hall) dec. Axel Caramico (Trinity Pawling), 11-0
3. Patrick O’donahue Greenwich, CT (Brunswick) dec. Wesley Zhu (Belmont Hill), 4-0
5. Fereol Faure New Haven, CT (Hopkins) pin Calvin Roach (Trinity Pawling), 1:12
144 lbs
Final: Andrew McCarthy (NYMA) dec. Colby Houle Canton CT (Northfield Mt. Hermon), 5-0
3. Andrew Pimental (Belmont Hill) tech fall Ethan Rothman Shelton, CT (Choate Rosemary Hall), 19-3 4:22
5. Maurice Ellis Stratford, CT (Hopkins) dec. Ethan Collura (Trinity Pawling), 9-0
150 lbs
Final: Myles Burroughs (Northfield Mt. Hermon) tech fall Henry Santini (Belmont Hill), 19-4 5:52
3. Avi Meltzer (Trinity Pawling) dec. Jameson Bell Simsbury, CT (Avon Old Farms), 9-3
5. Ihsan Yumak Salisbury, CT (Hotchkiss School) dec. Jaiden Lee (Belmont Hill), 6-0
157 lbs
Final: Nate Consigli (Northfield Mt. Hermon) tech fall Alec Harned Greenwich, CT (Brunswick), 17-2 1:13
3. Jordan Joslyn (New York Military) pin John Granger Simsbury, CT (Avon Old Farms), 2:44
5. Rich Fearon New Haven, CT (Hopkins) pin John Crocker (Wilbraham & Monson Academy), 3:55
165 lbs
Final: Tyler Fromm (Trinity Pawling) tech fall Jack Degl (Brunswick), 22-7 4:57
3. Preston Burroughs (Northfield Mt. Hermon) pin George Carroll (Belmont Hill), 1:35
5. Robert Berger (New York Military) pin Chaim Fogel Pikesville (Marvelwood), 2:05
175 lbs
Final: Benjamin Smith (NYMA) dec. Elliot Humphries (Northfield Mt. Hermon), 4-1 SV
3. Joseph Tumolo (Trinity Pawling) pin Kayden Soares Wallingford, CT (Choate Rosemary Hall), 0:18
5. Andrew Rana Suffield, CT (Suffield Academy) dec. Andrew Lee Salisbury, CT (Hotchkiss School), 4-2
190 lbs
Final: Reese Spiro (Northfield Mt. Hermon) pin Alex White (Belmont Hill), 1:29
3. Alexander Goldman (Northfield Mt. Hermon) pin Maxx Miller (Trinity Pawling), 2:29
5. Dom Valcin Salisbury, CT (Salisbury School) pin Cameron McGarr (Northfield Mt. Hermon), 2:03
215 lbs
Final: Dylan Greenstein (Northfield Mt. Hermon) pin Soren Rief Griswold, CT (Canterbury School), 0:46
3. Tyler Rebick Simsbury, CT (Avon Old Farms) dec. Seth Allaben (Northfield Mt. Hermon), 8-0
5. Nikki Krause Greenwich, CT (Brunswick) pin Nate Skelly Wallingford, CT (Choate Rosemary Hall), 1:22
285 lbs
Final: James Bechter (Northfield Mt. Hermon) pin Kweku Arthur-Mensah (Trinity Pawling), 1:39
3. Kayden Bennett Suffield, CT (Suffield Academy) pin Michael Marini Norwalk, CT (Brunswick), 4:44
5. Declan Murray (Brunswick) dec. Luke Benanto Wallingford, CT (Choate Rosemary Hall), 10-0
Outstanding wrestler:
2024 Bearcat Brawl brackets and results (FloArena)
2024 Ironman Tournament
At Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Team results – 1. Faith Christian Academy (PA) 213, 2. Bishop McCort (PA) 177½, 3. Lake Highland Prep (FL) 157, 4. Wyoming Seminary (PA) 153, 5. Malvern Prep (PA) 132, 6. Stillwater (OK) 117½, 7. St. Edward High (Ohio) 104, 8. Edmond North (OK) 98½, 9. Blair Academy (NJ) 89½, 10. Perrysburg High (Ohio) 86
Connecticut schools: 44. Greens Farms Academy-Westport 21
NOTE: There were representatives from 117 teams in the tournament
106
Final: Caleb Noble (Warren Township) dec. Justin Farnsworth (Malvern Prep), 4-1 OT
3. Loc Webber (Dublin Coffman) dec. Brayden Wenrich (Northampton) 9-6 OT
113
Final: Fred Bachmann (Faith Christian Academy) dec. Ignacio Villasenor (Stillwater) 4-3
3. Case Bell (Brownsburg) dec. Cole Welte (Skutt Catholic) 4-0
120
Final: Joe Bachmann (Faith Christian Academy) dec. Revin Dickman (Brownsburg) 6-3 OT
3. Dom Munaretto (St Charles East) dec. Ethan Timar (St Edward) 11-5
126
Final: Nathan Desmond (Wyoming Seminary (PA) dec. Keanu Dillard (Bethlehem Catholic), 3-2 OT
3. Matt Oneill (Malvern Prep) dec. Gauge Botero (Faith Christian Academy) 6-0
132
Final: Jax Forrest (Bishop McCort) dec. Jayden Raney (Union County) 10-7 OT
3. Manuel Saldate (SLAM Academy) dec. Matthew Botello (Wyoming Seminary (PA)) 1-0
138
Final: Marcus Blaze (Perrysburg) dec. Seth Mendoza (Mount Carmel) 4-1
3. Sergio Vega (Sunnyside) pin Sam Herring (Bishop McCort) 4:46
144
Final: Bo Bassett (Bishop McCort) tech fall Carlos Stanton (Sunnyside) 22-4, 2:23
3. Tyler Traves (Mountain View) dec. Joseph Sandefer (Perry (Massillon), OH) 7-4
150
Final: Noah Nininger (Staunton River) dec. Joseph Jeter (Edmond North) 16-9
3. Zeno Moore (Lake Highland Prep) dec. Cole Evans (Perrysburg) 4-0
157
Final: Kody Routledge (Edmond North) dec. Will Denny (Marist) 12-4
3. Brogan Tucker (St Paris Graham) dec. Ishmael Guerrero (Stillwater) 6-4
165
Final: LaDarion Lockett (Stillwater) dec. Melvin Miller (Bishop McCort) 10-1
3. CJ Torres (Lake Highland Prep) dec. Cael Weidemoyer (Faith Christian Academy) 5-3
175
Final: William Henckel (Southbury CT/Blair Academy) dec. Asher Cunningham (State College) 15-12, OT
3. Emmitt Sherlock (Gilman School) dec. Maximus Norman (Baylor School) 4-1
190
Final: Adam Waters (Faith Christian Academy) pin Lane Foard (Benedictine College Prep) 4:19
3. Jimmy Mastny (Marian Central Catholic ) dec. Robert Kucharczk (Lake Highland Prep) 8-1
215
Final: Jude Correa (Wyoming Seminary (PA)) dec. Cade Ziola (Skutt Catholic) 4-3
3. Noah Weaver (Rossville) medical forfeit over Landon Jobber-Spence (Staunton River)
285
Final: Michael Mocco (Cardinal Gibbons) dec. Mark Effendian (Faith Christian Academy) 16-6
3. Jacob Levy (Lake Highland Prep) pin Lukas Zalota (Malvern Prep) 1:45
Outstanding wrestler:
Ironman 2024 results and brackets (TrackWrestling.com)
Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of Connecticut Wrestling Online. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.