In their own gym, Killingly won their third straight Class S title and their fourth in the last five years. (Photo courtesy of the CIAC)
With eight wrestlers finishing in the top three of their individual weight classes, Killingly won their third straight Class S championship on Saturday with a 225½ to 172 win over Stafford in Danielson.
Killingly (32-2) had one individual champion and six finalists and grabbed their fourth Class S title in the last five years and their eighth in program history.
“It’s the first-ever three-peat in Killingly history,” Killingly head coach Rich Bowen said. “A great team effort. We had eight wrestlers place in the top three. We also set a school record for dual meet wins at 32. A truly great team effort all year.”
Killingly’s Anthony Oates (285) got a reversal with 59 seconds left in the third period to snap a 7-7 tie and earn a 10-7 win over Waterford’s Cooper Myers in the finals and his second consecutive Class S title.
Stafford had their best-ever finish in a CIAC tournament with their second-place finish. The Bulldogs had eight wrestlers finish in the top six of their respective weight classes. Stafford’s Kaiden Jellison (175) outlasted Nonnewaug’s Joey Bernardi, 4-3, to win an individual championship.
“I’m very proud of what this team has accomplished this year,” Stafford coach Rich Ives said. “This is such a great group of wrestlers. They’ve worked hard and continued to improve and rally together throughout the season.”
Lewis Mills junior Jack Gedney (126) won his third straight Class S championship with a 9-4 win over Windham’s Delmazio Despard.
Gedney, the only wrestler from his school, trains with Simsbury and was the No. 8 seed. Gedney beat top-seeded Seth Christie of Griswold/Wheeler in the quarterfinals with a pin and blanked Ledyard’s Joseph Crader in the semifinals, 5-0.
Somers’ William Accorsi (113) won his second straight Class S title with a technical fall win over Killingly’s Ronald Wood IV while his brother, Harrison Accorsi (132), pinned Canton’s Nick Leadbetter to win his first state championship.
The Accorsi brothers are the 21st set of brothers to win a state title on the same day and the first pair to achieve the feat in Class S since Gilbert’s Devin Matthews and Kyle Matthews won titles together in 2020.
Sheehan’s Jay Chase (138) and Stonington’s Cooper Light (190) each won their second straight Class S championship. Chase won with a technical fall while Light outlasted Old Lyme’s Taiyo Gemme, 10-5.
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2025 Class S championships
At Killingly
Team results – 1. Killingly 221½, 2. Stafford 172, 3. Ledyard 164, 4. Windham 137½, 5. Waterford 129½, 6. Plainville 129, 7. St. Joseph 122½. 8. Suffield/Windsor Locks 115½, 9. Canton 112½, 10. Nonnewaug 91½, 11. Griswold/Wheeler 90½, 12. Haddam-Killingworth 83½, 13. New Fairfield 83, 14. Terryville/Thomaston 64½, 15. Somers 62, 16. Granby 53, 17. Weston 51½, 18. Putnam 43½, 19. Morgan 37½, 20. Sheehan 37, 21. Bacon Academy 34½, 22. Rocky Hill 30½, 23. Stonington 30, 24. Northwestern Regional 29, 25. Old Lyme 28, 26. Lewis Mills 26, 27. Notre Dame-Fairfield 20, 28. St. Paul 17½, 29. Woodland 14, 30. Ansonia and Coventry 7, 32. East Granby 6, 33. East Catholic and O’Brien Tech 4, 35. East Hampton 3½, 36. North Branford 0
Individual results
Finals
106 Peter Annis (Suffield/Windsor Locks) tech fall John Bean (Stafford), 19-4 4:31
113 William Accorsi (Somers) tech fall Ronald Wood IV (Killingly), 15-0 4:45
120 Lukas Boxley (Ledyard) dec. Bradey Jonasch (Killingly), 12-0
126 Jack Gedney (Lewis Mills) dec. Delmazio Despard (Windham), 9-4
132 Harrison Accorsi (Somers) pin Nick Leadbetter (Canton), 5:54
138 Jay Chase (Sheehan) tech fall Brady Zadora (Killingly), 18-0 3:16
144 Durkin Stankevich (Nonnewaug) pin Aiden Mantia (Killingly), 1:35
150 Lucas Gannotti (Waterford) pin Naser Saleh (Suffield/Windsor Locks), 4:56
157 Michael Maroney (St Joseph) pin Carter Chambers (Canton), 4:49
165 Cooper Theriault-Dinielli (Plainville) pin Exael Padilla (Killingly), 3:09
175 Kaiden Jellison (Stafford) dec. Joey Bernardi (Nonnewaug), 4-3
190 Cooper Light (Stonington) dec. Taiyo Gemme (Old Lyme), 10-5
215 Jacob Boucher (Plainville) pin Malachi Fowler (Windham), 5:16
285 Anthony Oates (Killingly) dec. Cooper Myers (Waterford), 10-7
3rd Place
106 Gavin Jonasch (Killingly) dec. Talon Vanase (Ledyard), 9-1
113 Michael Puff (New Fairfield) dec. Jameson Grant (Bacon Academy), 11-3
120 Mark Pietruszka (Haddam-Killingworth) dec. Jacob Olson (Putnam), 10-6
126 Derek Consolini (Stafford) dec. Joseph Crader (Ledyard), 7-4
132 Max Richardson (Killingly) tech fall Oscar Mendoza-Soto (Windham), 21-4 3:23
138 Ethan Bochman Rodriguez (Terryville/Thomaston) pin Robert Kammerman (St Joseph), 0:53
144 Troy Torres-Morey (Windham) forfeit over Seth Ives (Stafford)
150 John Maroney (St Joseph) dec. Gunnar Howes (Haddam-Killingworth), 6-1
157 Josue Lamb Alvarado (Plainville) dec. Adam Balfour (Waterford), 15-7
165 Russell Stewart (Griswold/Wheeler) pin Jeff Bernardi (Nonnewaug), 0:37
175 Mathias Schweitzer (Haddam-Killingworth) dec. Bartlomiej Powala (Plainville), 2-0
190 Peyton Krah (Stafford) dec. Michael Capalbo (Griswold/Wheeler), 5-4
215 Lucas Benoit (Putnam) dec. David Karlak (Terryville/Thomaston), 10-3
285 Lucas Kellogg (St Joseph) pin Yasin Afrailov (Suffield/Windsor Locks), 2:49
5th Place
106 Landon Dacruz (Canton) dec. James Lemmis (Weston), 6-3 SV
113 Jose Rivera (Canton) dec. Julian Larabee (Morgan), 12-1
120 Liam Kirkpatrick (Granby) pin Joe Carrozza (New Fairfield), 4:31
126 Seth Christie (Griswold/Wheeler) forfeit over Ryan Mcveigh (New Fairfield)
132 Lucas Sotolongo (St Joseph) pin Collin Rhodes (Ledyard), 2:12
138 Josiah Estriplet (Ledyard) pin George Redford (Canton), 3:51
144 Kieran Failla (New Fairfield) dec. Jackson Annis (Suffield/Windsor Locks), 3-2
150 Nathan Addy (Rocky Hill) dec. Cartier Hightower (Granby), 19-9
157 Braxton Swanbeck (Ledyard) dec. Logan Wolf (Stafford), 20-13, OT
165 Tyler Wolf (Stafford) pin Ryan Taggart (Ledyard), 0:37
175 Brandon Torillo (Windham) forfeit over Colby Marson (Woodland)
190 Andi Dermaku (Terryville/Thomaston) pin Maxwell Lipton (Weston), 4:26
215 Braeden Sollima (Waterford) forfeit over Kaleb Arcouette (Stafford)
285 Aidan Schlimgen (Ledyard) pin Osiris Cerqueira (New Fairfield), 1:20
Outstanding wrestler: Jacob Boucher, Plainville, 215
Class S championships brackets and results (Flo Arena)
Class S brackets and results printable
