Log In


Reset Password
  • MENU
    High School
    Thursday, April 25, 2024

    State Open wrestling pairings

    Montville's Jake Caskey, top, who pinned Woodstock Academy's Nick Listro to win the ECC 138-pound title on Feb. 8 and won the Class S title a week later, will attempt to win a State Open title this weekend when action begins today at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.

    Following are pairings (subject to change) for the 2014 State Open wrestling tournament, which begins today at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven (see schedule below):

    106 pounds

    First round - Brandon Aguda (Greenwich) vs. Joe Miano (Farmington), Sharone Foster (Morgan) vs. Cristian Andino Torres (New London), Moonis Ansari (Gilbert) vs. Jack Price (Warde), Pat Moynihan (Xavier) vs. Ryan Botseas (Waterford), Joe Pedrolini (NW Regional) vs. Alec Opsal (New Fairfield), Kevin Zentner (Fairfield Prep) vs. Halim Bourjeli (New Milford), Matt Foster (NFA) vs. Noah Pantani (Branford), Brandon Davis (East Windsor) vs. Robert Hartling (E.O. Smith).

    Second round - Paulo Freitas (Danbury) vs. Aguda-Maino winner, Max Gonzalez (East Catholic) vs. Foster-Andino Torres winner, Baltazar Gonzalez (Ellis Tech) vs. Ansari-Price winner, Geore Wales (Ludlowe) vs. Moynihan-Botseas winner, Patrick Miko (Derby) vs. Pedrolini-Opsal winner, Zach Murillo (Southington) vs. Zentner-Bourjeli winner, Ryan Pantalena (Maloney) vs. Foster-Pantani winner, Matt Dowler (St. Bernard/Norwich Tech) vs. Davis-Hartling winner.

    113 pounds

    First round - Nghia Nguyen (Windsor) vs. Austin Abacherli (Southington), Bijaya Jaisi (Branford) vs. Devon Schoenberger (Gilbert), Mikey Commander (New London) vs. Alex Margetoes (Greenwich), Dan Morocho (Bristol Eastern) vs. Fred Elledgard (Terryville), Chase LaRusso (Fermi) vs. Joel Morth (Montville), Luke Schwartz (Norwalk) vs. Vincent Palermo (Simsbury), Eric Kirkgasser (Ludlowe) vs. Darius Sanchez (Housatonic), Will McCallister (Stratford) vs. Nico DiStassio (Shelton).

    Second round - Kyle Lindner (New Milford) vs. Nguyen-Abacherli winner, Zach Smith (Killingly) vs. Jaisi-Schoenberger winner, Jacob Martin (Windham) vs. Commander-Margetoes winner, Jeremy Fields (Danbury) vs. Morocho-Ellegard winner, Jacob Pouliot (Foran) vs. LaRusso-Morth winner, Timmy Kane (Warde) vs. Schwartz-Palermo winner, Ed Lovely (Newtown) vs. Kirchasser-Sanchez winner, Josh Russell (Derby) vs. McCallister-DiStassio winner.

    120 pounds

    First round - Tim Rebenstisch (Law) vs. Josh Wilson (Bristol Eastern), Matt Conte (Westhill) vs. Ed Boistis (Nonnewaug), Zach Bylykbashi (Southington) vs. Nate Hunter (Maloney), Zach Veleas (Berlin) vs. Christian Andrade (Somers), Kyle McGinnis (Shelton) vs. Zach Looney (Montville), Andrew Ignoto (Guilford) vs. Charles Schultz (New Milford), Mike LaPia (Stratford) vs. Angel Solis (Portland), Luca Crudo (Newtown) vs. Drew Dahlberg (Farmington).

    Second round - Brentt Smith (Waterford) vs. Rebensttisch-Wilson winner, Keith Penney (Simsbury) vs. Conte-Boistis winner, Sam Ferreira (Terryville) vs. Bylykbashi-Hunter winner, Marion Argueta (Platt) vs. Veleas-Andrade winner, Chris Bryant (Danbury) vs. McGinnis-Looney winner, Alejandro Paulino (New London) vs. Ignoto-Schutlz winner, Ben Batulanon (Ludlowe) vs. LaPia-Soltis winner, Sebby Ruffino (Windham) vs. Crudo-Dahlberg winner.

    126 pounds

    First round - Joe Kyle (Conard) vs. Nick Kelsey (Branford), Mike Mauro (Derby) vs. Mike Ross (Bunnell), Tommy Wynosky (Montville) vs. Jubilee Witte (Foran), Jesse Cala (Amity) vs. Robert Petry (Hall), Dominic Rivera (Windham) vs. Marcus Sherrod (Ludlowe), Jake Holland (Xavier) vs. Ethan Greider (Berlin), Matt Gonzalez (Newtown) vs. vs. Matt Pangle (Pomperaug), Lyiam Mathis (Old Lyme) vs. Connor O'Brien (Bacon).

    Second round - Kevin Jack (Danbury) vs. Kyle-Kelsey winner, Elliott Wilion (Terryville) vs. Mauro-Ross winner, Niko Stefanatos (New Milford) vs. Wynosky-Witte winner. Colin Rook (Gulford) vs. Cala-Petry winner, Mason Rambarose (Portland) vs. Rivera-Sherrod winner, Cross Cannone (Trumbull) vs. Holland-Greider winner, Niko Randolph (Waterford) vs. Gonzalez-Pangle winner, Dan Ebert (Warde) vs. Mathis-O'Brien winner.

    132 pounds

    First round - Robert Clark (Ludlowe) vs. Anthony Milano (East Haven), Tom Fredericks (Xavier) vs. Janos Lobb (Oxford), Kevin Cecio (Trumbull) vs. Stewart Adams (Suffield/Windsor Locks/East Granby), Aaron Beinstein (Warde) vs. Mackay Revis (Haddam-Killingworth), Alex Jarombek (Greenwich) vs. Zac Cassidy (Griswold), Tyler Burrow (Bristol Central) vs. Rich Schlichting (Berlin), Jordan Baker (Middletown) vs. Connor Reinsch (Portland), Justin Peterson (Danbury) vs. Josh Rahal (Ledyard).

    Second round - Conor Caffrey (South Windsor) vs. Clark-Milano winner, Kevin Side (Ridgefield) vs. Fredericks-Lobb winner, Tyler Dobek (Derby) vs. Cecio-Adams winner, Sam Lindblom (Waterford) vs. Beinstein-Revis winner, James Leuci (Newtown) vs. Jarombek-Cassidy winner, Bryan Rojas (New Milford) vs. Burrow-Schlichting winner, Emmett LiCastri (Immaculate/Barlow) vs. Baker-Reinsch winner, Kieran Duggan (Nonnewaug) vs. Peterson-Rahal winner.

    138 pounds

    First round - Peter Harris (East Catholic) vs. Zach Thompson (Bristol Eastern), Alec Marquis (Danbury) vs. Nick Listro (Woodstock), Jacob Cervero (Cheshire) vs. Brian Goncalves (Newington), Ryan Landona (Derby) vs. Brandon Hallaway (Guilford), Tracy Trice (Weaver/HPHS) vs. Mark Bluemer (Law), Jordan Balskus (Portland) vs. Zach Arnold (New Milford), Dane Christiansen (Seymour) vs. Steve Sobota (Suffield/WL/EG), Christian Carter (Manchester) vs. Nathan Roy (Middletown).

    Second round - Jake Caskey (Montville) vs. Harris-Thompson winner, Keith Fernandes (Simsbury) vs. Marquis-Listro winner, Justin Lindblom (Waterford) vs. Cervero-Goncalves winner, Ashton Gyenizs (Hand) vs. Landona-Hallaway winner, Will Chowanec (Xavier) vs. Trice-Bluemer winner, David Colvin (Westbrook/Old Saybrook) vs. Balskus-Arnold winner, Dylan Bender (Warde) vs. Christansen-Sobota winner, Joe Martone (Branford) vs. Carter-Roy winner.

    145 pounds

    First round - Nick Temple (Branford) vs. Kevin Kehoe (East Windsor), Owen Gottlick (Hand) vs. Nick Pogacsas (Shelton), Youssef Saez (Platt) vs. Michael Rivera (Windham), Jeremy Eliades (Berlin) vs. Ken Agosto (New Haven Co-op), Chase Lind (Ludlowe) vs. Quinn Marino (Xavier), Mitchell LaFlam (Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech) vs. Nick Bradley (Morgan), Jimm Roscover (Waterford) vs. Krzysztof Mazur (Westhill), Brendan Zotti (Newington) vs. Sean Mooney (East Catholic).

    Second round - Howie Kilpatrick (Bacon) vs. Temple-Kehoe winner, Brett Leonard (New Milford) vs. Gottlick-Pogacsas winner, Alex Perez (Manchester) vs. Saez-Rivera winner, Ryan Henderson (H-K) vs. Eliades-Agosto winner, Ryan Rigney (Farmington) vs. Lind-Marino winner, Graysen DeLuca (Woodstock) vs. LaFlam-Bradley winner, George Andrews (Terryville) vs. Roscover-Mazur winner, Favion Williams (Weaver/HPHS) vs. Zotti-Mooney winner.

    152 pounds

    First round - Bernard Figuera-Velez (Platt) vs. Mike Graff (Ledyard), Jahill Bryant (NFA) vs. Jacob Berry Parker (Somers), Sean Penney (Simsbury) vs. Jake Lundberg (Guilford), Anthony Rotz (Warde) vs. Jacob Schmaltz (Montville), Jack Freiheit (Greenwich) vs. Pat Lawler (Canton), Anthony Ryan (Pomperaug) vs. Victor Viera (Berlin), Jophy Nieves (Maloney) vs. Jon Oliveira (Plainville), Felix Gonzalez (Manchester) vs. Spencer Sgandurra (Waterford).

    Second round - Max Odell (South Windsor) vs. Figuera Velez-Graff winner, Steve Briganti (Trumbull) vs. Bryant-Berry Parker winner, Joe Adams (Goodwin Tech) vs. Penney-Lundberg winner, Jonah Swett (Lyman/WT) vs. Rotz-Schmalzt winner, Anthony Falbo (Newtown) vs. Freiheit-Lawler winner, Christian Zotti (Newington) vs. Ryan-Viera winner, Austin Caffrey (Killingly) vs. Nieves-Oliveira winner, Bryan Burnette (Holy Cross) vs. Gonzalez-Sgandurra winner.

    160 pounds

    First round - Tom Reardon (Glastonbury) vs. Brendon Goulette (Lyman/WT), Stefan Ceconi (New Milford) vs. Ian Concascia (Montville), Otton Velez (Masuk) vs. Andrew Lorah (East Lyme), Joe Ryan (Trumbull) vs. Jarret Maloney (Enfield), Ray Nunez (Danbury) vs. Jeff Csisar (Ledyard), Yovanny Goris (Westhill) vs. Tim Caplan (Portland), Colin Ventura (Warde) vs. Justin Keating (St. Bernard/NT).

    Second round - Brendan Butler (Xavier) vs. Reardon-Goulette winner, Ben Onofrio (Hand) vs. Ceconi-Concascia winner, Steve Persson (Oxford) vs. Velez-Lorah winner, Andrew D'Amico (New Fairfield) vs. Ryan-Maloney winner, Harry Pacheco (Farmington) vs. Billy Goff (Fitch), Alex Martin (Southington) vs. Nunez-Csisar winner, Brandon Dufour (Bacon) vs. Goris-Caplan winner, Dakota Fleming (Windham) vs. Ventura-Keating winner.

    170 pounds

    First round - Liam Cummings (Shelton) vs. Dylan Houle (Canton), James Pevelchak (Bristol Eastern) vs. Alex Lagas (Immaculate/Barlow), Nick Koury (Windsor) vs. James Planeta (Portland), Seve Burgos (Xavier) vs. Dave Verizzi (Lyman/WT), Ian Gonzalez (Bristol Central) vs. Dylan Bouchard (Ellis Tech), Forrest Speed (Newtown) vs. Patrick Bogan (Montville), Martin Chobanyan (Westhill) vs. Noah Hubler (Foran), Brad Marston (E.O. Smith) vs. Alex Perez (Windham).

    Second round - Juan Garcia (Danbury) vs. Cummings-Houle winner, Jacob Grasis (Middletown) vs. Pavelchak-Lagas winner, Collin Flannery (Vinal Tech) vs. Koury-Planeta winner, Zach Roth (H-K) vs. Burgos-Verizzi winner, Dovydas Simanskis (Farmington) vs. Gonzalez-Bouchard winner, Gabe Vegas (Cheshire) vs. Speed-Bogan winner, Tyler Bergeron (Terryville) vs. Chobanyan-Hubler winner, Devon MarcAurele (Ledyard) vs. Marston-Perez winner.

    182 pounds

    First round - Kevin Crispin (Wolcott Tech) vs. Khaleed Exum-Strong (NFA), Turner Ellis (New Milford) vs. Chris Young (Rocky Hill), Jacob Skalski (Platt) vs. Shawn Devin (Southington), Mike DeMarco (East Haven) vs. Ryan O'Connell (Weston), Steve Goodrich (Bristol Eastern) vs. Greg Lee (Morgan), Jon Pelletier (Rockville) vs. Tom LaRussa (Newtown), Dan Contino (Ledyard) vs. Spencer Ravagnani (Portland), Doug Katz (Masuk) vs. Josh Graves (New Britain).

    Second round - Khamri Thomas (Suffield/WL/EG) vs. Crispin-Exum Strong winner, Jordan Kenyon (Fitch) vs. Turner-Young winner, Paul LaRosa (H-K) vs. Skalski-Devin winner, Colin Cunningham (Xavier) vs. DeMarco-O'Connell winner, Cody Carrillo (Middletown) vs. Goodrich-Lee winner, Brendan McIntyre (Bethel) vs. Pelletier-LaRussa winner, James DeMaio (Simsbury) vs. Contino-Ravagnani winner, John D'Agostino (Nonnewaug) vs. Katz-Graves winner.

    195 pounds

    First round - Andy Hubina (Newtown) vs. Robert Crespo (Windsor), Jared Willsey (Bethel) vs. Adam Patsun (Somers), Clayton Ahearn (Lyman Hall) vs. Justin Dwyer (Hand), Alex Swaby (New Britain) vs. Devin Glasson (Canton), Kurt Ollstead (Avon) vs. Seiji Arzuaga (Windham), Alex Merdinger (Shelton) vs. Dimitri Smith (Maloney), Jacob Feldman (Simsbury) vs. Blake Ward (Griswold), Caile Johnson (Ledyard) vs. Jordan Baggiero (Platt).

    Second round - Zach Maxwell (Southington) vs. Hubina-Crespo winner, Steve Ghossani (Immaculate/Barlow) vs. Willsey-Patsun winner, Justin Pronovost (Terryville) vs. Ahearn-Dwyer winner, Ogadinma Ikani (Hall) vs. Swaby-Glasson winner, Zach Hubler (Foran) vs. Ollstead-Arzuaga winner, Connor Sollenberger (Trumbull) vs. Merdinger-Smith winner, Sal Longo (Masuk) vs. Feldman-Ward winner, Fjoralb Cekici (Nonnewaug) vs. Johnson-Baggiero winner.

    220 pounds

    First round - Noel Cardona (Manchester) vs. Nick Zacchio (Avon), Cody McQuarrie (Bristol Central) vs. Tom Bergeron (Terryville), Jamar Jones (Middletown) vs. Nick Condon (Suffield/WL/EG), Justis Lewis (McMahon) vs. Travis Delaney (Weston), Tom McIlveen (New Milford) vs. Joe Corkindale (Holy Cross), Luis Laboy (New Britain) vs. Dan DeLoreto (Bacon), Andrew Marino (Trumbull) vs. Justin Lengvansky (Granby), Jake Pelletier (Bristol Eastern) vs. Cody Cleary (Waterford).

    Second round - Andrew Cavanna (Glastonbury) vs. Cardona-Zacchio winner, John Bernardo (Platt) vs. McQuarrie-Bergeron winner, James Walsh (Griswold) vs. Condon-Jones winner, Daric Johnson (Ledyard) vs. Lewis-Delaney winner, Cole Souza (Hall) vs. McIlveen-Corkindale winner, Chide Broderick (Xavier) vs. Laboy-DeLoreto winner, Ben Croll (Foran) vs. Marino-Lengvansky winner, Skylar Lang (Canton) vs. Pelletier-Cleary winner.

    285 pounds

    First round - Andres Del Valle (Newington) vs. Josh Throop (Ledyard), Bruce Stiles (New Haven) vs. Chris Ernst (Seymour), Nik Photos (Amity) vs. Austin Novak (Rockville), Vincent Stevens (Farmington) vs. Enrique Mejia (Enfield), Pat Malchar (New Britain) vs. Chris Seales (Morgan), Keith Benjamin (Windsor) vs. Bonalumi Gino (Avon), Joe Fraccoroli (Wilton) vs. Anthony Fernandez (Windham), Ryan Wagner (Newtown) vs. Austin Blum (New Fairfield).

    Second round - Ahmed Hourani (Warde) vs. Del Valle-Throop winner, Brad Helmkamp (Simsbury) vs. Stiles-Ernst winner, Dylan Fusco (Plainville) vs. Photos-Novak winner, Luke Edmonson (Foran) vs. Stevens-Mejia winner, Nick Crowle (Fairfield Prep) vs. Malchar-Seales winner, Kyle Porter (Bristol Eastern) vs. Benjamin-Gino winner, Mike Burek (Berlin) vs. Fraccoroli-Fernandez winer, Dan Carbonaro (Oxford) vs. Wagner-Blum winner.

    Schedule (subject to change)

    Today - First round, 4:15 p.m.; second round, 6 p.m.; consolation first round, 8 p.m.

    Saturday - Championship quarterfinals and consolation second round, 9 a.m.; consolation third round, 11 a.m.; championship semifinals and consolation quarterfinals, 12:30 p.m.; consolaton semifinals, 2:30 p.m.; consolation finals, 3:45 p.m.; championship finals, 5:30 p.m.

    Comment threads are monitored for 48 hours after publication and then closed.