From left, Brighton Karovski, Colby Houle and Nicholas Singer with their trophies from the 2021 Reno Worlds tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend.
Four Connecticut wrestlers earned medals at the 2021 Reno Worlds youth wrestling tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Colby Houle (96 pounds) from the Collinsville section of Canton and Nicky Singer (120) from Norwalk each finished second in their respective weight class while Newtown’s Brighton Karvoski (73) finished third in their respective weight classes, also in the 12-and-under division.
Cole Lemovitz of the Dayville section of Killingly was fifth at 70 pounds in the 12 and under division.
Houle, a student at The Master’s School in West Simsbury, went 2-1 in the tournament. Houle beat Gavin Rangel of Hillsboro, Oregon, 1-0 on a penalty point before outlasting Quinten Cassiday of Pierson, Mich., 2-1 with a takedown with five seconds left in the third period in the semifinals. Houle fell in the final to Chris Dennis of Furlong, Pa., 10-5.
Singer went 5-1 in the tournament with two pins and a technical fall. After a pin and a win by technical fall, Singer advanced to the semifinal before dropping a 6-4 decision to Dean Anderson of Meza, Arizona.
Singer rebounded with three consecutive wins in the consolation round including a 24 second pin of Ty Thrasher of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in the consolation final. That put Singer into the true second place bout where he beat Sonny Amato of Bethlehem, Pa., 4-1.
Karovski went 3-2 in the tournament with one pin. He beat Peyton Van Hoven of Stafford, Va., 7-0, to finish third. He also had an opportunity to wrestle for second place but fell to Kevin Muyheart of Columbia, Md., 2-0.
Lemovitz was 2-2 in the tournament and finished fifth with a 7-6 win over Joey Guanella of Santa Rosa, Ca.
