Sunday, Dec. 22
2024 Beast of the East
At Newark, Del
Top 10 teams: Faith Christian Academy (PA) 276½, 2. Lake Highland Prep (FL) 255½, 3. Malvern Prep (PA) 236½, 4. Blair Academy (NJ) 165½, 5. Brecksville Broadview Heights HS (Ohio) 150, 6. St. Joseph Regional-Montvale (NJ) 129, 7. Bethlehem Catholic (PA) 129, 8. Bergen Catholic (NJ) 129, 9. Northfield Mount Hermon School (MA) 118, 10. St. Peters Prep (NH) 103½
Connecticut teams: 41. Xavier (8 wrestlers entered) 41, 116. Ridgefield (4) 11, 149. Danbury (1) 6, 171. Sheehan (1) 2.0
Individual results
106
Final: Justin Farnsworth (Malvern Prep) dec. Nico Emili (Bethlehem Catholic) 12-1
113
Final: Fred Bachmann (Faith Christian Academy) dec. Rylan Seacrist (Brecksville) 1-0
120
Final: Landon Sidun (Norwin) dec. Joe Bachmann (Faith Christian Academy) 3-2, OT
126
Final: Anthony Knox (St John Vianney) dec. Keanu Dillard (Bethlehem Catholic) 13-3
132
Final: Aaron Seidel (Northern Lebanon) dec. Tyler Dekraker (Chantilly) 4-0
138
Final: Caedyn Ricciardi (St Peter Prepatory) pin Carson Walsh (Pope John XXIII) 3:31
144
Final: Tahir Parkins (Nazareth) dec. Eren Sement (Council Rock North) 4-1 OT
150
Final: Zeno Moore (Lake Highland Preparatory School) dec. Sonny Amato (Rumson-Fair Haven Regional) 4-1
157
Final: Chase Van Hoven (Brooke Point) dec. Chase Hontz (Faith Christian Academy) 11-1
165
Final: Claudio Torres (Lake Highland Preparatory School) dec. Salah Tsarni (Bullis Prep) 4-3
175
Final: William Henckel (Blair Academy/Southbury) dec. Ryan Burton (St Joseph Regional) 5-3
190
Final: Adam Waters (Faith Christian Academy) dec. Lane Foard (Benedictine College Prep) 5-4
215
Final: Cash Colbert (St Paul VI Catholic) dec. Peter Snyder (Blair Academy) 3-1
285
Final: Jacob Levy (Lake Highland Preparatory School) dec. Cristian Alvarez (St Joseph Regional) 10-2
Outstanding wrestler: Anthony Knox, St. John Vianney, 126
Beast of the East 2024 brackets and results (TrackWrestling.com)
2024 Girls Beast of the East
At Newark, Delaware
Team results – 1. Choate Rosemary Hall 106, 2. East Stroudsburg (PA) High 88, 3. Gettysburg (PA) High 74½, 4. Palisades (PA) High 71½, 5. Phillips Andover (MA) Academy 70, 6. DePaul Catholic (NJ) 76, 7. Blair Academy (NJ) 67½, 8. High Point Regional (NJ) 66, 9. Chestnut Ridge (PA) High 62, 10. Brighton (Colorado) 60
Individual results
100
Final: Francesca Gusfa (Ridgewood) pin Olivia Mancha (Battlefield) 3:27
105
Final: Sarissa Tucker (Mountain View HS) pin Summer Mutschler (Archbishop Spalding) 0:31; 3. Lily Runez (Choate Rosemary/Keene NH) tech fall Sarina Gunn (Woodbridge Senior) 15-0, 4:32
110
Final: Julia Horger (Conwell Egan) tech fall Gabriella Conte (Hanover Park) 19-3, 3:09
115
Final: Riley Rayome (The Woodlands) dec. Marie Sharp (Blair Academy) 3-0, OT; 3. Kylie Gudewitz (Howell) dec. Tati Irizarry (Choate Rosemary/Ledyard) 3-0
120
Final: Calli Gilchrist (Choate Rosemary/Norwalk) pin Elle Changaris (High Point Regional) 1:06
125
Final: Sara McLaughlin (Choate Rosemary/Scituate, MA) dec. Lexy Pabon (Crofton) 10-3
130
Final: Sophia Slaughter (Orange County) tech fall Abigail DeBerry (Stafford) 19-3, 3:09
135
Final: Taina Fernandez (Archbishop Spalding) dec. Aubre Krazer (Easton) 13-3
140
Final: Daniella Nugent (Phillips Academy) dec. Zoey Haines (Gettysburg) 13-6
145
Final: Violette Lasure (Chestnut Ridge) dec. Jordyn Fouse (Bishop McCort) 3-1
155
Final: Ella Poalillo (High Point Regional) pin Juliet Alt (Chestnut Ridge) 3:01
170
Final: Kaylie Hall (Spring Mills) pin Bryce Snyder (Palisades) 0:52
190
Final: Caroline Hattala (Quakertown) pin Kaylynn Bryant (Queen Anne’s County) 1:41
235
Final: Caroline Biegel (DePaul Catholic) dec. Giavonna Farrel Byers (Howell) 5-1; 7. Keiarra Leonard (Norwin) pin Rhema Woolcock (Choate Rosemary) 0:38
3rd annual Girls Beast of the East brackets and results (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.