Ledyard wins first ECC girls championship in wrestling

Ledyard beat NFA on Thursday to win the first ECC girls wrestling championship Thursday in New London. (Photo courtesy Ledyard Athletics)

With one champion, two finalists and four girls finishing in the top four of their weight class, Ledyard won the first Eastern Connecticut Conference girls wrestling championship Thursday at New London High.

Ledyard beat NFA by 12 points, 74-62, to win the first girls wrestling conference tournament in state history. Twelve teams entered girls in the tournament with NFA and Griswold/Wheeler each coming home with two individual champions.

The Central Connecticut Conference will host their first girls wrestling conference tournament on Saturday at Platt in Meriden.

Kaitlyn Schlimgen (185) picked up a individual title for the Colonials with a pin in the finals while teammate Brooklyn Hepburn (235) finished second. Ariyana Nelson (114) and Danielle Garrett (152) each finished third for Ledyard.

The ECC girls wrestling championships were held Thursday at New London High. (Photo courtesy Ledyard Athletics)

Felicitas Dietz (107) and Jillian Comeau (132) won titles for Griswold/Wheeler while Tiyana Taylor (285) and Tisiane Monteiro (152) brought home titles for NFA.

Killingly’s Joseline Sanchez Ruelas (114) and Putnam’s Abigail Daniels (120) each won individual titles.

GIRLS WRESTLING
ECC Championships
At New London
Team results – 1. Ledyard 74, 2. NFA 62, 3. Griswold/Wheeler 58, 4. New London 35½, 5. Bacon Academy 30½, 6. Killingly 24, 7. Putnam 22, 8. Woodstock Academy 18, 9. Windham 17, 10. East Lyme/Norwich Tech 16, 11. Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech 16, 12. Waterford 10, 12. Fitch/Stonington/Grasso Tech 7
Individual results
107 lbs
Final: Felicitas Dietz (Griswold/Wheeler) pin Ryleigh Teague (Norwich Free Academy), 2:46; 3. Kendall Grant (Bacon Academy) dec. Analeigh Fussell (Fitch/Ston/Grasso), 10-7
114 lbs
Final: Joseline Sanchez-Ruelas (Killingly) pin Makenna Sanchez (Lyman Mem/Windham Tech), 0:27; 3. Ariyana Nelson (Ledyard) pin Demia Crews (Ledyard), 3:47
120 lbs
Final: Abigail Daniels (Putnam) pin Arielle Lozada-Reyes (New London), 1:48; 3. Charlotte Grant (Bacon Academy) pin Ximena Altunar (Windham), 2:07
132 lbs
Final: Jillian Comeau (Griswold/Wheeler) pin Olivia Digregorio (Woodstock Academy), 2:50; 3. Anabella Bryant (Waterford) dec. Angelica Marin Reyes (Norwich Free Academy), 6-3
152 lbs
Final: Tisiane Monteiro (Norwich Free Academy) pin Francia Evaristo (New London), 0:16; 3. Danielle Garrett (Ledyard) pin Genevieve Kukich (Bacon Academy), 3:56
185 lbs
Final: Kaitlyn Schlimgen (Ledyard) pin Abigail Mikolinski (East Lyme/Norwich Tech), 1:55; 3. Zelie Dietz (Griswold/Wheeler) dec. Anlly Perez (Windham), 5-3
235 (round robin): Tiyana Taylor (NFA) 2-0, Brooklyn Hepburn (Ledyard) 1-1, Raegan Aberle (Ledyard) 0-2. Key result: Taylor pin Hepburn, 4:15
Outstanding wrestler:
2026 ECC Girls Wrestling championships brackets and results (FloArena)