Monday, February 17
2025 SouthWest Conference tournament
At New Fairfield
Team results – 1. Newtown 273½, 2. New Milford 174, 3. New Fairfield 156, 4. Stratford 152½, 5. Weston 120, 6. Masuk 94½, 7. Bunnell 77½, 8. Brookfield/Shepaug 74½, 9. Bethel 59½, 10. Pomperaug co-op 59, 11. Joel Barlow 48½, 12. Notre Dame-Fairfield 19
Individual results
Finals
106 Owen Blair (Newtown) pin Joseph Fleming (New Milford), 1:33
113 Dante Cavallo (Stratford) dec. Michael Puff (New Fairfield), 5-1
120 Kenna Gioffre (Newtown) dec. Matt Bray (Brookfield/Shepaug), 16-3
126 Alex Oberc (New Milford) pin Ryan Mcveigh (New Fairfield), 2:51
132 Mael Pierre-Paul (Bunnell) dec. Ryder Symes (Newtown), 13-5
138 Cayden Morin (Bunnell) dec. Shawn Pitrulle (New Fairfield), 8-3
144 Tyler Roussel (New Milford) dec. Shaun Daoust (Newtown), 11-8, OT
150 Antonio Arguello (Newtown) dec. Scott Romano (Joel Barlow), 20-8
157 Jake Maddox (Newtown) forfeit over Brennan Botelho (New Milford)
165 Marc Maurath (Newtown) tech fall Luke Longo Monroe, CT (Masuk), 19-2 4:32
175 Justin Duhancik (Stratford) tech fall Ian Karlin (Pomperaug), 15-0 3:48
190 Charles Dunn (Newtown) pin Colby Shears (New Milford), 1:59
215 Trey Parker (Brookfield/Shepaug) dec. Matthew Tarzia (Bethel), 7-3
285 Osiris Cerqueira (New Fairfield) pin Brayden Ayles (Newtown), 3:58
3rd Place
106 Dominic Smeraglino (Masuk) dec. James Lemmis (Weston), 13-10
113 Anthony King (Masuk) dec. Jai Bette (Pomperaug), 15-2
120 Joe Carrozza (New Fairfield) pin Chris Setear (New Milford), 0:44
126 Ty Jorgenson (Newtown) pin Griffin Allen (Masuk), 0:57
132 Tyler Curtiss (Stratford) dec. Caden Reynolds (New Milford), 1-0
138 Ryan Knob (Joel Barlow) pin Dante Ames (Newtown), 3:36
144 Dylahn Perez (Masuk) pin Kieran Failla (New Fairfield), 5:53
150 Victor Ignacio (New Milford) pin Noam Ben-Zvi (Weston), 1:44
157 Mark Wilkinson (Weston) pin Cole Maseto (Stratford), 2:00
165 Branden Spurling (Stratford) pin Olaf Kasinski (Weston), 4:02
175 Andrew Corey (Newtown) pin Lucas Schafer (Weston), 1:15
190 Cris Menendez (Bethel) tech fall Maxwell Lipton (Weston), 18-3 4:01
215 Nicholas Jandrucko (Weston) pin Anthony McKague (New Fairfield), 4:26
285 Evan Wendland (Stratford) pin Julian Smith (Weston), 4:42
Outstanding wrestler: Kenna Gioffre, Newtown (120)
2025 SouthWest Conference brackets and results (FloArena)
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.


