Sunday, February 1
2026 Queen of the Mat
At Milford (Foran)
Team results – 1. New Milford 131½, 2. Trumbull 126½, 3. Stamford 122, 4. Foran 104, 5. Stratford 100, 6. Amity 82½, 7. Jonathan Law 78½, 8. Maloney and Platt 75, 10. Westhill 72, 11. Bristol Central 60, 12. Shelton 59, 13. NFA 54, 14. Bristol Eastern and Plainville 53, 16. Haddam-Killingworth 44½, 17. Somers 41, 18. South Windsor 40½, 19. Conard and Manchester 37½, 21. Greenwich 34½, 22. Bloomfield/Weaver/East Windsor 33, 23. Branford 31½, 24. West Haven 31, 25. Fairfield Warde, Suffield/Windsor Locks and Norwalk 30, 28. Ellis Tech 29½, 29. East Haven and Windham 29, 31. Guilford 28, 32. Hall 27, 33. Hand and North Branford 26, 35. Bunnell 23, 36. Cheshire and Darien 22, 38. Canton and Windsor 21, 40. Fairfield Ludlowe, New Britain and Rocky Hill 20, 43. Lyman Memorial/WT 18½, 44. RHAM 18, 45. Danbury and Lyman Hall 15, 47. Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross and Bridgeport co-op 14, 49. New London 12, 50. Ridgefield and Staples 10, 52. Griswold/Wheeler and St. Joseph 8, 54. East Granby and Rockville 7, 56. Wethersfield 6, 57. Crosby 5, 58. Gilbert/Torrington/Wolcott Tech, Nonnewaug and Platt Tech 4, 61. Fitch 2, 62. Berlin 0
Individual results
100 Sophia Gordon (South Windsor) tech fall Emme Lim (New Milford), 15-0 2:12
105 Clara Reynolds (New Milford) pin Mari Soares (Bunnell), 5:36
110 Selena Batres (Jonathan Law) tech fall Gabriella Parris-Dwyer (Maloney), 16-1 4:14
115 Ava Gamberdella (Branford) dec. Norah Reeps (Haddam-Killingworth), 10-2
120 Jillian Blake (Trumbull) pin Juliana Porcu (North Branford), 1:18
124 Monica Flores Romero (Fairfield Warde) pin Nina Smith (Darien), 3:05
128 Emma Rial (Trumbull) dec. Eliana Selerais (Amity), 5-1
132 Cristel Miguel (Amity) tech fall Evelyn Lavigne (Daniel Hand), 21-5 4:27
136 Winner Tshibombi (Stratford) dec. Gaby Aliaga (Greenwich), 11-5
140 Ava Cleary (Foran) pin Gianna Defelice (Cheshire), 0:59
145 Josephina Piel (New Milford) dec. Gabriella Kiely (Stratford), 2-1
150 Ella Piccirillo (Shelton) pin Vanessa Tshibombi (Stratford), 3:32
158 Moyao Sun (Hall) dec. Addison Powell (Somers), 17-4
165 Marangelie Teixeira (Trumbull) dec. Gabriella Mighty (Stamford), 2-1
175 (round robin): Shyann Bryan (Bristol Central) 3-0, Aniyah Salgado (Foran) 2-1, Leisa Astacio Pacheco (Windsor) 1-2. Key match: Bryan pin Salgado, 1:38
185 Kayli Morris (Platt) pin Esther faith Albert (Stamford), 1:42
215 Tiyana Taylor (NFA) dec. Jadaliz Acosta (Bloomfield/Weav/EW), 13-10
285 Arianna Bellamy (Maloney) pin Jeily Euceda (Norwalk), 1:30
Third place
100 Isha Khanna (Westhill) dec. Sienna Poirier (Bristol Central), 11-5
105 Freya Cooper (Westhill) dec. Jessica Smokes Amity), 17-9
110 Brooke Heffernan (RHAM) dec. Sophie Mraz (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross), 5-2
115 Maleeah Rios (Bristol Central) pin Makenna Sanchez (Lyman Mem/Windham Tech), 3:20
120 Evie Day (Guilford) NC Harley Danton (Plainville)
124 Adriana Rodriguez (East Haven) dec. Sara Ospina (Stamford), 11-4
128 Ashlynn Cummings (Fairfield Ludlowe) pin Princesse Stessy Hyppolite (Stamford), 0:56
132 Adelina Tate (Ellis Tech) pin Narayah Rodriguez (Bristol Eastern), 1:13
136 Mackenzie Nichols (Jonathan Law) dec. Peyton Dixon (Haddam-Killingworth), 5-0
140 Tisiane Monteiro (Norwich Free Academy) dec. Mia Grandmaison (Jonathan Law), 6-0
145 Regan Murphy (Canton) dec. Anastasia Bazile (Shelton), 2-1, 2 OT
150 Emily Speringo (Foran) pin Olvia Ortiz (Platt), 1:02
158 Manasvi Madala (Trumbull) dec. Chole Daniele (Stamford), 1-0
165 Mayelin Disla (Westhill) dec. Bethany-grace Dean (Bristol Eastern), 4-2
185 Anlly Perez (Windham) pin Kam Robinson (Manchester), 2:40
215 Savannah Arocho (Plainville) pin Cielo Contreras (Stamford), 2:51
285 Makayla Reiss (New Milford) dec. Ivanelis Figueroa Rosario (Maloney), 3-2, 3 OT
5th Place
100 Victoria Freitas (Trumbull) pin Jacy Reyes (West Haven), 3:18
105 Jasmine Barnaby (Somers) dec. Divanie Cervantes (Norwalk), 6-5
110 Lila Poincelot (Lyman Hall) dec. Yailia Wilkes (New Britain), 11-3
115 Leah Negron (Stratford) dec. Zoey Thomas (Bloomfield/Weav/EW), 6-2
120 Domna Christakos (Foran) pin Evellyn Neiva (Trumbull), 2:57
124 Jocelyn Newberry (Amity) dec. Yandeh Njie (Shelton), 7-4
128 Liliana Diaz (Platt) pin Emilly Cabral (Trumbull), 3:20
132 Madelyn Morello Suffield/Windsor Locks) NC Isabella Dupree (Danbury)
136 Jazmin Cruz (Conard) dec. Taliya Greene (Stamford), 9-6 OT
140 Lucy Cherniske (New Milford) forfeit over Madilyn Meadows (Ridgefield)
145 Lydia Roberts (Manchester) dec. Sophia Ramos (Platt), 14-4
150 Ryann Ramery (New Milford) dec. Amelia Hosack (Suffield/Windsor Locks), 1-0
158 Isabella Blanco (Trumbull) pin Isobel Roche (West Haven), 1:26
165 Kaydence Atkinson (New Britain) dec. Jasmine Afrailova (Suffield/Windsor Locks), 9-2
185 Aaliyah Rice (Foran) forfeit over Avery McCarthy (Greenwich)
215 Adalynn Southworth (Conard) dec. Malia Melon (Stamford), 7-3
285 Gabriela Rivera (Bridgeport Co-op) pin Ailani Gray (Westhill), 1:45
Outstanding wrestler: Cristel Miguel (Amity), 132 pounds
2006 Queen of the Mat brackets and results (FloArena)
Printable brackets 2026 Queen of the Mat

More than 270 girls were in Milford for the fourth annual Queen of the Mat tournament at Foran in Milford. (Photo courtesy David Esposito)
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.


