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Indoor Track, Wrestling Tournaments: Area Athletes Shine

Competitors from Hartford and Tolland county schools experienced success Saturday in Class L and S indoor track, and CCC and NCCC wrestling.

The Central Connecticut Conference and North Central Connecticut Conference conducted their league wrestling tournaments Saturday. The Class L and Class S indoor track championships also took place on a busy day.
The Central Connecticut Conference and North Central Connecticut Conference conducted their league wrestling tournaments Saturday. The Class L and Class S indoor track championships also took place on a busy day. (Michelle Moeller)

CONNECTICUT — On a busy Saturday, teams from throughout Hartford and Tolland counties took part in some intense competition, as the Class L and Class S indoor track championships took place at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven, the Central Connecticut Conference wrestling tournament was conducted at Simsbury High School and grapplers from the North Central Connecticut Conference took to the mats at Rockville High School.

Here is how athletes from the region fared at the events, with links to complete results.

INDOOR TRACK

CLASS L

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Boys

Teams
1. Xavier, 86.50
3. (tie) Conard
5. Windsor
6. Bristol Central
9. Simsbury
16. (tie) Wethersfield
18. (tie) Bristol Eastern

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Area Event Winners
1600 meters - Gavin Sherry, Conard, 4:13.97
3200 meters - Gavin Sherry, Conard, 8:59.45
55 meter hurdles - Jarrett Boxley, Bristol Central, 7.97
4x800 relay - Conard (G. Sherry, Martin, Walters, C. Sherry), 8:16.66
high jump - Timothy Watson, Simsbury, 6-04
Complete Results

Girls

Teams
1. Windsor, 64
5. Simsbury
6. (tie) E.O. Smith
13. Farmington
20. (tie) Bristol Central

Area Event Winners
300 meters - Victoria Francis, Simsbury, 42.02
1000 meters - Olivia Birney, Simsbury, 3:01.63
55 meter hurdles - Shani Smith, Windsor, 8.50
4x800 relay - E.O. Smith (Bigelow, Buskey, Rose, Hernandez), 9:43.32
Complete Results

CLASS S

Boys

Teams
1. Stonington, 56
2. Bloomfield
3. Suffield
8. Weaver
11. (tie) St. Paul
13. (tie) Coventry
15. Canton
17. (tie) Granby
17. (tie) Rocky Hill
20. (tie) Somers
27. (tie) Capital Prep
27. (tie) East Catholic
31. (tie) Civic Leadership
31. (tie) East Windsor
31. (tie) MLC

Area Event Winners
55 meters - Malcolm Beckford, Weaver, 6.57
300 meters - Malcolm Beckford, Weaver, 36.09
4x200 relay - Weaver (A. Zebie, Beckford, M. Zebie, Morgan), 1:35.43
4x400 relay - Bloomfield (Wolliston, Davis, Blackwood, Turner), 3:35.9
high jump - Robert Dunkley, Bloomfield, 6-04
long jump - Tyler Turner, St. Paul, 21-06
shot put - Alex Krause, Coventry, 49-05
Complete Results

Girls

Teams
1. Bloomfield, 92
6. Somers
9. (tie) Canton
9. (tie) Weaver
19. (tie) MLC
21. (tie) Capital Prep
21. (tie) Lewis Mills
24. (tie) St. Paul
29. Northwest Catholic

Area Event Winners
1600 meters - Rachel St. Germain, Somers, 5:12.73
3200 meters - Rachel St. Germain, Somers, 11:01.08
4x200 relay - Bloomfield (Wilson, Henderson, Gray, Lloyd), 1:48.07
4x400 relay - Bloomfield (Williams, Gray, Henderson, Williams), 4:15.52
high jump - D'Jior Delisser, Bloomfield, 5-00
long jump - D'Jior Delisser, Bloomfield, 17-07
shot put - Tommie Barker, Canton, 33-05
Complete Results

WRESTLING

(results courtesy of Connecticut Wrestling Online)

CCC tournament

Teams
1. Simsbury, 257.5
2. Berlin, 210
3. RHAM, 178
4. Avon, 153.5
5. Plainville, 115
6. Enfield, 106
7. Farmington, 96.5
8. South Windsor, 81
9. Southington, 77.5
10. New Britain, 57
11. (tie) Newington, 32
11. (tie) Tolland, 32
13. Wethersfield, 23
14. Maloney, 11
15. Bloomfield, 4
16. Windsor, 0

Championship matches
106 - Ben Fournier (RHAM) pin Mason Arborio (Berlin), 1:09
113 - Isaiah Adams (Avon) pin Griffin Devivo (Simsbury), 4:52
120 - Jason Guglietta (Farmington) tech fall Jacob Gordon (South Windsor), 18-3, 5:50
126 - Eric Emmanuel Maldonado (New Britain) dec. Zain Gray (South Windsor), 6-1
132 - Cael Finn (Simsbury) default over Jonah Weber (Avon), 10-3, 4:00
138 - Zackary Kanaitis (RHAM) pin Landon Vieira (Berlin), 1:34
145 - John Mairano (Simsbury) tech fall Joseph Kennedy (Plainville), 18-3, 5:11
152 - Zach Johns (Simsbury) pin Nate Mcnamara (Tolland), 1:03
160 - Jeremy Devine (RHAM) pin Gabriel Hernandez (Plainville), 1:53
170 - Marco Marino (Berlin) dec. Michael Nunez (New Britain), 9-1
182 - Shane Hurley (Farmington) dec. Alexander Santini (Plainville), 10-6
195 - Nick Ebrahimi (Berlin) pin Devon Schmidt (Farmington), 3:46
220 - Hamza Mourabit (Berlin) pin Nils Jerger (Avon), 1:31
285 - Begench Kulyyev (Simsbury) pin Keonta Crawford (Enfield), 0:47
Complete Results

NCCC tournament

Teams
1. Portland, 171
2. Stafford, 151
3. Canton, 126
4. Somers, 107
5. Suffield/Windsor Locks, 69
6. Granby, 68
7. Rockville, 43
8. Coventry, 31

Championship matches
106 - Taylor McCormick (Somers) 2-0, Nick Leadbetter (Canton) 1-1, Liam Kilpatrick (Granby), 0-2; Key match: McCormick pin Leadbetter, 1:06
113 - Manny Davis (Somers) pin Maela Sosa (Canton), 1:13
120 - Reese Titus (Canton) pin Jacob Pacheco (Coventry), 1:47
132 - Ethan Titus (Canton) pin Naveen Rodriguez (Coventry), 2:41
138 - Spencer Rosado (Portland) dec. Naser Saleh (Suffield/Windsor Locks), 6-0
145 - Ethan Dean (Portland) pin Cameron Truntz (Granby), 2:35
152 - Tyler Quinn (Portland) dec. Luke Dlugolenski (Granby), 14-3
160 - Joshua Nieroda (Suffield/Windsor Locks) pin Ryker Bahre (Canton), 1:33
170 - Cooper Barrett (Somers) pin Andrew Johnson (Portland), 5:15
182 - Tommy Bean (Stafford) 2-0, Jacob Shine (Granby) 1-1, Mark Freedenberg (Canton) 0-2. Key match: Bean pin Shine, 1:44
195 - Derek Davis (Stafford) pin Chris Dinneen (Canton), 3:37
220 - Owen Brunk (Portland) pin Kaleb Arcouette (Stafford), 1:41
285 - Ashton Oakliff (Portland) pin Jayden Spaulding (Rockville), 2:25
Outstanding wrestler: Joshua Nieroda (160), Suffield/Windsor Locks
Complete Results

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