Granby Wrestler Prepared for New England Championships

GRANBY, CT — Sixteen wrestlers from a dozen schools will be representing Hartford and Tolland counties this weekend at the 53rd annual New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championships.

The event is slated for March 3-4 at the Providence Career and Technical Center in Rhode Island.

Connecticut wrestlers who placed in the top five at last week's State Open qualified for New Englands.

Southington led the area schools with three qualifiers, while Simsbury and Tolland have two apiece.

Here are the qualifiers from Hartford and Tolland county schools. For the complete bracket, click here.

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• Southington - Austin Abacherli, 152; Paul Cato, 160; Richard Rivera, 220

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• Simsbury - Joshua Kowalski, 138; Jasper Stone, 285
• Tolland - Ryan Angers, 132; Michael Angers, 152

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• Berlin - Nick Arborio, 113
• Bristol Central - Christopher Trelli, 106
• Bristol Eastern - Michael Barrett, 160
• Conard - Dillon Forstberg, 220
• E.O. Smith - Robert Hartling, 113
• East Hartford - Fransisco Jiminian, 182
• Granby Memorial - Benjamin Kibby, 170
• Somers - Jackson Rheault, 195
• South Windsor - Devon Schoenberger, 113

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