Danbury Wins Another FCIAC Wrestling Title

With Danbury, the state's top-ranked team seemingly in another league, the real fight at the FCIAC wrestling championships was the battle for second place.

Fairfield Warde won that competition, edging Greenwich for the runnerup spot during Saturday's championships at New Canaan.

Danbury won nine of the 14 finals bouts to easily claim the team title for the 25th time in the last 26 years. Warde dramatically ended the Hatters' 23-year reign in 2010 before Danbury regained the title last year.

The Hatters finished with 330 points Saturday, outdistancing Warde's second-place total of 193.5. The Mustangs had five wrestlers in the final, although all five.lost.

Greenwich placed third with 136.5 points while Trumbull, which sent three wrestlers to the finals, was fourth with 136.0 points. Fairfield Ludlowe (113.5) completed the top five.

Kevin Jack (106), Chris Bryant (112), Zach Tepper (120), Dylan Bryant (126), Shane Jennings (138), Juan Garcia (152), Will Jack (182), Eddie Garcia (220) and Jevon Pegues (285) all won titles for Danbury.

Stamford placed two wrestlers in the finals and each won their matches. At 132 pounds, Ben Pierre Saint bested Warde's Pharoah Eaton's, 7-3, and Miguel Nieto decisioned Greenwich's Ryan Whittle 6-4 at 170 pounds.

Greenwich's Cam Driscoll won the 145-pound weight class, defeating Danbury's Anthony Cote 9-5 in a decision; Darien's Max Kiplinger took the 160-pound title with a 12-2 major decision over Warde's Joey Muratori and Norwalk's Brandon Riggins pinned Danbury's Tyler Hancock at 195.

Warde's Mike Money lost a 6-3 decision to Pegues in the heavyweight finals bout while Warde's Kevin Kollar was pinned by Juan Garcia at 152 pounds and James Heinzman was pinned by Will Jack at 182 pounds.

For Trumbull, Brandon Liscinsky (120 pounds), Ben Anderson (138) and Andrew Marino (220) each were beaten in their championship bouts.

Westhill's Pascal Medor (106), New Canaan's Kevin Hall (113) and Fairfield Ludlowe's Henry Wales (126) also fell in their finals matches.

Danbury wrestlers went 9-2 on the day.

Results:

106: Kevin Jack (Danbury) dec. Pascal Medor (Westhill) 3-1

113: Chris Bryant (Danbury) dec. Kevin Hall (New Canaan) 8-2

120: Zack Tepper (Danbury) pinned Brandon Liscinsky (Trumbull);

126: Dylan Bryant (Danbury) dec. Henry Wales (Fairfield Ludlowe) 10-4

132: Ben Pierre-Saint (Stamford) dec. Pharoah Eaton (Fairfield Warde) 7-3

138: Shane Jennings (Danbury) dec. Ben Anderson (Trumbull) 8-4

145: Cam Driscoll (Greenwich) dec. Anthony Cote (Danbury) 9-5

152: Juan Garcia (Danbury) pinned Kevin Kollar (Fairfield Warde)

160: Max Kiplinger (Darien) maj. dec. Joey Muratori (Fairfield Warde) 12-2

170: Miguel Nieto (Stamford) dec. Ryan Whittle (Greenwich) 6-4

182: Will Jack (Danbury) pinned James Heinzman (Fairfield Warde)

195: Brandon Riggins (Norwalk) pinned Tyler Hancock (Danbury)

220: Eddie Garcia (Danbury) pinned Andrew Marino (Trumbull)

285: Jevon Pegues (Danbury) dec. Mike Money (Fairfield Warde) 6-3

Team scores:

Danbury 330.0, Warde, 193.5, Greenwich 136.5, Trumbull 136.0, Fairfield Ludlowe 113.5, Stamford 84.0, New Canaan 82.0, Westhill 70.5, Ridgefield 66.0, Darien 65.0, McMahon 63.0, Norwalk 49.0, Staples 36.0, Bridgeport Central 25.0, Wilton 21.0, Harding 12.0