Sunday, February 23
2025 Queen of the Mat
At Milford (Foran)
Team results – 1. Trumbull 127, 2. Amity 111½, 3. Platt 94½, 4. Maloney 85, 5. New Milford 74, 6. Jonathan Law 68, 7. Stratford 63, 8. Stamford 59, 9. Shelton 51½, 10. Conard 49½, 11. Manchester 48, 12. Bristol Central 46, 13. Platt Tech 45, 14. East Haven 44½, 15. Bridgeport co-op 44, 16. Foran, Westhill and Windham 40, 19. Staples 37½, 20. Haddam-Killingworth 37, 21. Griswold/Wheeler 35, 22. Fairfield Ludlowe , Greenwich and New Britain 32, 25. South Windsor 29, 26. Branford 27½, 27. Bloomfield/Weaver/East Windsor 25, 28. Darien, North Branford and Suffield/Windsor Locks 22, 31. St. Joseph 20, 32. Bethel, Nonnewaug and West Haven 19, 35. Lyman Hall 17, 36. Morgan 16, 37. Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross 14, 38. Brookfield/Shepaug 13, 39. North Haven 9½, 40. Hand and RHAM 9, 42. Killingly 8, 43. Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech 7, 44. East Granby and Newington 5, 46. Notre Dame-Fairfield 4, 47. New Haven 3, 48. Bunnell and Fairfield Warde 1, 50. Berlin 0
Championship finals
100 Sophia Gordon (South Windsor) tech fall Jessica Smokes (Amity), 15-0 4:20
105 Clara Reynolds (New Milford) dec. Jocelyn Sanchez Bridgeport Co-op), 13-8
110 Selena Batres (Jonathan Law) dec. Abby Pallotto (Amity), 15-1
115 Eliana Selerais (Amity) dec. Makayla Santiago (Conard), 16-11
120 Ava Gamberdella (Branford) pin Maleeah Rios (Bristol Central), 3:55
124 Gaby Aliaga (Greenwich) dec. Juliana Porcu (North Branford), 10-5
128 Cristel Miguel (Amity) tech fall Cassidy Torres (Maloney), 19-4 2:00
132 Emma Rial (Trumbull) dec. Sophia Abbaspour (Jonathan Law), 4-0
136 Amelia Peterson (Haddam-Killingworth) pin Idalia Lopez (Windham), 3:53
140 Josephina Piel (New Milford) pin Zeynep Sare (Amity), 3:04
145 Maddie Cooper (East Haven) dec. Kan-yah McCarthy (Fairfield Ludlowe), 5-4
150 Jelene Lainez (Platt Tech) dec. Matilda Tote (Bunnell), 8-0
158 Adeanna Mckay (Stratford) pin Mayelin Disla (Westhill), 5:09
165 Marangelie Teixeira (Trumbull) pin Kaydence Atkinson (New Britain), 1:16
175 Jen Thompson (Manchester) pin Linette Diaz (Bridgeport Co-op), 3:30
185 (round robin): Kayli Morris, Platt 4-0, Camila Mitja, New Britain, 3-1, Kam Robinson, Manchester 2-2. Key result: Morris pin Mitja, 2:52
215 (round robin): Jadaliz Acota (Bloomfield) 4-0, Cielo Contreras (Stamford) 3-1, Jade Castrillon (Trumbull) 2-2. Key result: Acosta pin Contreras, 2:19
285: 1. Makayla Reiss, New Milford
3rd Place
100 Daylianette Sanchez Cardona (Platt) tech fall Sophia Coubrough (Foran), 18-1 2:19
105 Nollan Thomas (Griswold/Wheeler) pin Gabriella Parris-Dwyer (Maloney), 3:56
110 Lila Poincelot (Lyman Hall) dec. Sophie Mraz (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross), 3-0 OT
115 Nina Smith (Darien) pin Angela Dellorusso (Staples), 2:39
120 Jillian Blake (Trumbull) dec. Ariana Farr (Morgan), 10-2
124 Indigo Kimball (Nonnewaug) pin Liliana Diaz (Platt), 0:53
128 Myalis Dejesus (Maloney) pin Princesse Stessy Hyppolite (Stamford), 4:39
132 Jazmin Cruz (Conard) pin Maria Vazquez (Maloney), 1:00
136 Winner Tshibombi (Stratford) pin Mackenzie Nichols (Jonathan Law), 4:57
140 Linda Ixperpuac Castro (Windham) forfeit over Amelia Guidmond (Staples)
145 Amelia Auten (St Joseph) pin Delia Fruin (Trumbull), 3:52
150 Ella Piccirillo (Shelton) tech fall Olivia Ortiz (East Haven), 16-1 3:08
158 Alareice Bohn (Platt Tech) dec. Miley Cobena (Platt), 10-7
165 Jasmine Afrailova Suffield/Windsor Locks) pin Fiona Dunleavy (Bethel), 2:54
175 Aniyah Salgado (Foran) dec. Shyann Bryan (Bristol Central), 5-3
Outstanding wrestler:
2025 Queen of the Mat brackets and results (FloArena)
NOTE: This girls-only tournament was open to Connecticut girls in CIAC schools only. Trumbull won the third annual Queen of the Mat tournament with a tournament record 127 points. The event included 18 weight classes. It had 12 weight classes in 2003 and 11 in 2024.
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 Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025 and the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.


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