Results: Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026

written by Gerry deSimas, Jr. , Connecticut Wrestling Online | February 28, 2026

Saturday, February 28
2026 State Open championships
At New Haven
Team results – 1. Xavier 218½, 2. Ridgefield 146, 3. Staples 76, 4. Fairfield Warde 72, 5. Ledyard 66½, 6. Newtown 64½, 7. East Lyme/Norwich Tech 59, 8. Danbury 56½, 9. Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech and Notre Dame-WH 56, 11. Bristol Central 54½, 12. Trumbull 53, 13. New Britain 52, 14. Killingly 51½, 15. Middletown 47½, 16. Plainville 47, 17. Bristol Eastern 46½, 18. Conard 42½, 19. Shelton 42, 20. Somers 41½, 21. Suffield/Windsor Locks 40, 22. Wilton and Windham 39½, 24. Amity 37½. 25. Stamford 36 and Platt, 27. Weston 33½, 28. Stafford 32½, 29. Gilbert/Torrington/Wolcott Tech 32, 30. Cheshire and Glastonbury 31½, 32. Lyme-Old Lyme/Westbrook co-op 31, 33. Bunnell and Greenwich 30, 35. Foran 28½, 36. Manchester 27½, 37. Guilford and Maloney 27, 39. Ellis Tech 25½, 40. Southington 24, 41. Terryville 23, 42. Avon and Fairfield Prep 22½, 44. Canton 22, 45. Pomperaug/Watertown/Naugatuck 21, 46. New Milford 20, 47. Brookfield/Shepaug and Simsbury 19, 49. Branford and New Fairfield 18, 51. Griswold/Wheeler 17, 52. Waterford 15, 53. Jonathan Law 14½, 54. Bloomfield/Weaver/East Windsor 14, 55. Masuk and St. Joseph 13, 57. NFA 11½, 58. Bacon Academy, Berlin and RHAM 11, 61. New London10, 62. North Haven 9½, 63. Bethel, Fairfield Ludlowe and Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross 9, 66. Hand, East Haven and Westhill 7, 69. Enfield, Hall and Sheehan 6, 72. Farmington and Lewis Mills 5, 74. Joel Barlow, New haven, Norwalk and Rockville 4, 78. Portland/Cromwell, Putnam 3, 80. New Canaan, Nonnewaug and Woodland 2, 83. Fitch/Stonington/Grasso Tech, Granby/East Granby 1, 85. Bridgeport co-op, Coventry, East Hampton, Goodwin Tech, Montville, Morgan, O’Brien Tech, Platt Tech, South Windsor, St. Paul and West Haven 0
Finals
106 Josh Perez (Xavier) tech fall John Bean (Stafford), 17-2 3:06
113 Cole Desiano (Ridgefield) pin Peter Annis (Suffield/Windsor Locks), 3:46
120 Zack Dixon (Xavier) dec. William Accorsi (Somers), 12-0
126 Delmazio Despard (Windham) dec. Alexander Depratti (Xavier), 4-3
132 Jude Grammatico (Fairfield Warde) dec. Zaphyr Musshorn (Xavier), 2-1, 2 OT
138 Lukas Boxley (Ledyard) pin Ethan Bochman rodriguez (Terryville), 0:34
144 Braylon Gonzalez (Xavier) dec. John Carrozza (Ridgefield), 3-1, 2 OT
150 Alex Lamarre (Bristol Central) dec. Isaiah Mcdaniel (Middletown), 1-0
157 Antonio Arguello (Newtown) dec. Riley Storozuk (Notre Dame-West Haven), 8-4
165 Evan Schibi (Gilbert/Torr/Wolc) dec. Harry Marino (Conard), 2-0
175 Vincent Rivera (Xavier) dec. Jack Lilly (Fairfield Prep), 14-10
190 Chase Catalano (Xavier) dec. Dylan O’Brian (Fairfield Warde), 2-1 OT
215 Taiyo Gemme (Lyme-Old Lyme/WB) pin Julian Rousseau (Staples), 1:37
285 Chase Galke (Shelton) dec. Jacob Palermo (East Lyme/Norwich Tech), 3-0
3rd Place
106 Daniel Candullo (Pomperaug co-op) dec. Sean Sevigny (Notre Dame-West Haven), 17-10
113 George Jolley (Ledyard) dec. Treydan Beam (Xavier), 9-0
120 Carter Lanzilli (Ridgefield) pin Joshua Ramos (Middletown), 0:26
126 Mael Pierre-Paul (Bunnell) dec. Mason Beecher (Avon), 8-1
132 Matt Bray (Brookfield/Shepaug) dec. Dylan Meyers (Ridgefield), 1-0
138 Alex Uzzo (Guilford) dec. Trevin Guardarrama (Bristol Eastern), 4-2
144 Robert Perez (Cheshire) dec. Calvin Sammarco (Lyman Mem/Windham Tech), 14-7
150 Leo Moore (Ridgefield) dec. Midgerson Gelin (Stamford), 10-3
157 Em’rick Henry (Danbury) tech fall Gavin Lefebvre (Foran), 17-2 3:26
165 Hubert Szymko (Trumbull) dec. Evan Christianson (Wilton), 4-1
175 Harrison Muller (Danbury) dec. Cooper Theriault-dinielli (Plainville), 7-2
190 Noah Colon (Manchester) dec. Lucas Judd (Lyman Mem/Windham Tech), 3-0 SV
215 Nicholas Jandrucko (Weston) tech fall Thomas Johnson (Canton), 17-2 3:44
285 Michael Smith (Platt) dec. Nicholas Esparo (Amity), 4-2
5th Place
106 Gavin Jonasch (Killingly) dec. Kody Dragon (Bristol Central), 5-0
113 Edward Fioletov (Glastonbury) dec. Owen Blair (Newtown), 7-2
120 Gavin Donaldson (Staples) dec. Jameson Grant (Bacon Academy), 6-1
126 Seamus Brannigan (Staples) dec. Simon Rodriguez (Ridgefield), 22-8
132 Andrew Kuljancic (Ellis Tech) tech fall Ryan Mcveigh (New Fairfield), 17-0 4:17
138 Mark Zolotarevsky (Greenwich) dec. Giuliano Sirianni (Simsbury), 9-4
144 Aiden Lucero (Stamford) pin Andrew Jackson (Amity), 4:46
150 Troy Torres-Morey (Windham) dec. Robert Kammerman (St Joseph), 8-5 OT
157 Shane Ryan (Trumbull) dec. Logan Davis (Lyman Mem/Windham Tech), 9-2
165 Exael Padilla (Killingly) dec. Tyquell Lucas (Foran), 13-2
175Damian Rousseau (Staples) forfeit over Jake Maddox (Newtown)
190 Michael Capalbo (Griswold/Wheeler) dec. Rocco Paolino (Bristol Central), 10-1
215 Cameron Gronholm (East Lyme/Norwich Tech) dec. Aidyn Davies (Bristol Eastern), 6-1
285 Yasin Afrailov (Suffield/Windsor Locks) pin Abdalla Abdalla (New Britain), 2:00
Outstanding wrestler: Lucas Boxley, Ledyard (138)
2026 State Open brackets and results (FloArena)
Printable brackets 2026 State Open

2026 Connecticut Girls State Open
At New Haven
Team results – 1. Trumbull 132, 2. New Milford 107, 3. Maloney 100, 4. Stratford 99½, 5. Foran 85½, 6. Bristol Central 74, 7. Jonathan Law 72½, 8. Platt 71½, 9. Stamford 67, 10. Bristol Eastern 61½, 11. Westhill 57, 12. Ledyard 53½, 13. Bunnell 47, 14. Conard 46, 15. Norwalk 45, 16. Shelton 44, 17. Amity 43, 18. South Windsor 42, 19. Ellis Tech and New Britain 39, 21. NFA 37, 22. Bloomfield/Weaver, Canton and Manchester 36, 25. RHAM 35½, 26. East Haven 33, 27. Danbury 32, 28. Plainville 31½, 29. Branford 29½, 30. Fairfield Ludlowe and Griswold/Wheeler 29, 32. Greenwich 28, 33. Haddam-Killingworth 27½, 34. Staples 27, 35. Hand, Fairfield Warde and Montville 26; 38. Bridgeport co-op and Cheshire 25; 40. Darien and Middletown 24, 42. Hall 22, 43. Lyman Hall 21, 44. Guilford and Somers 20½, 46. Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross 20, 47. Windham 19, 48. Killingly 17, 49. East Lyme/Norwich Tech 16, 50. Bethel 15½, 51. North Branford 15, 52. Wethersfield 14½, 53. Stafford and West Haven 14, 55. Gilbert/Torrington/OWTS 13, 56. Nonnewaug and Suffield/Windsor Locks 12, 58. Bacon Academy 11, 59. Simsbury 10, 60. Windsor 9½, 61. Platt Tech and Woodstock Academy 9, 63. Granby/East Granby  and Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech 8, 65. Enfield 6½, 66. Rockville, St. Joseph and Waterford 6, 60. Putnam 5, 70. Crosby, New London, Northwestern 4, 73. Berlin 3, 74. Fitch, New Haven, Ridgefield, Rocky Hill and Terryville 0
Finals
100 Sophia Gordon (South Windsor) pin Isha Khanna (Westhill), 1:52
107 Brooke Heffernan (RHAM) dec. Clara Reynolds (New Milford), 9-2
114 Ava Gamberdella (Branford) dec. Selena Batres (Jonathan Law), 6-0
120 Jillian Blake (Trumbull) tech fall Monica Flores Romero (Fairfield Warde), 17-1 2:29
126 Adelina Tate (Ellis Tech) pin Ashlynn Cummings (Fairfield Ludlowe), 1:51
132 Eliana Selerais (Amity) pin Evelyn Lavigne (Daniel Hand), 1:41
138 Winner Tshibombi (Stratford) dec. Gaby Aliaga (Greenwich), 22-8
145 Gabriella Kiely (Stratford) pin Josephina Piel (New Milford), 1:17
152 Matilda Tote (Bunnell) pin Ella Piccirillo (Shelton), 5:01
165 Marangelie Teixeira (Trumbull) pin Kaydence Atkinson (New Britain), 5:14
185 Kayli Morris (Platt) pin Shyann Bryan (Bristol Central), 1:25
235 Jeily Euceda (Norwalk) pin Arianna Bellamy (Maloney), 4:34
285 Brooklynn Hepburn (Ledyard) pin Ivanelis Figueroa Rosario (Maloney), 1:53
3rd Place
100 Sienna Poirier (Bristol Central) pin Amarellis Arenas M (Maloney), 3:52
107 Lila Poincelot (Lyman Hall) dec. Sophie Mraz (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross), 13-0
114 Norah Reeps (Haddam-Killingworth) dec. Gabriella Parris-Dwyer (Maloney), 9-0
120 Maleeah Rios (Bristol Central) pin Nina Smith (Darien), 1:54
126 Emma Rial (Trumbull) pin Liliana Diaz (Platt), 0:58
132 Narayah Rodriguez (Bristol Eastern) pin Jillian Comeau (Griswold/Wheeler), 2:52
138 Mackenzie Nichols (Jonathan Law) pin Gianna Defelice (Cheshire), 3:11
145 Regan Murphy (Canton) dec. Ava Cleary (Foran), 3-1 OT
152 Moyao Sun (Hall) medical forfeit over Vanessa Tshibombi (Stratford), 3-1 0:45
165 Bethany-Grace Dean (Bristol Eastern) dec. Gabriella Mighty (Stamford), 7-4
185 Kam Robinson (Manchester) dec. Abigail Mikolinski (East Lyme/Norwich Tech), 14-0
235 Jadaliz Acosta (Bloomfield/Weaver) pin Tiyana Taylor (NFA), 4:58
285 Makayla Reiss (New Milford) pin Malia Melon (Stamford), 4:12
5th Place
100 Sophia Coubrough (Foran) tech fall Emme Lim (New Milford), 18-1 3:00
107 Joseline Sanchez-Ruelas (Killingly) pin Mari Soares (Bunnell), 4:14
114 Evie Day (Guilford) pin Zoey Thomas (Bloomfield/Weaver), 1:18
120 Harley Danton (Plainville) dec. Juliana Porcu (North Branford), 1-0
126 Adriana Rodriguez (East Haven) dec. Maria Emirzian (Canton), 9-7
132 Isabella Dupree Danbury) dec. Princesse Stessy Hyppolite (Stamford), 10-9
138 Jazmin Cruz (Conard) pin Amelia Guimond (Staples), 0:39
145 Anastasia Bazile (Shelton) pin Alec Bedingfield Montville), 3:58
152 Emily Speringo (Foran) pin Ryann Ramery (New Milford), 2:25
165 Mayelin Disla (Westhill) dec. Addison Powell (Somers), 7-2
185 Isabella Blanco (Trumbull) FOR Aniyah Salgado (Foran), 0-0
235 Isabella Roman (Middletown) pin Savannah Arocho (Plainville), 2:51
285 Gabriela Rivera (Bridgeport Co-op) pin Myrakle Dorset (Stratford), 0:12
Outstanding wrestler: Jillian Blake, Trumbull (120)
2026 State Open girls results and brackets (FloArena)
Printable brackets

Stratford’s Gabriella Kelly is about to pin Josephina Piel in the State Open final at 145 pounds as Kiely’s coaches anxiously await the pin call from referee George Albano.