Caratazzolo Brothers and Mannino Pace Wilton Youth Wrestling at Danbury Tournament

Wilton Youth Wrestling, now in its 6th season, had a highly successful performance on Sunday at the Danbury Youth Wrestling tournament.

The team was paced by the Caratazzolo brothers, Lorenzo (4th grade) and Dominic (8th grade), who both won their weight classes by being undefeated on the day. Lorenzo began the day with a 30 second fall over his Mahopac opponent and finished with a technical fall (12 point differential) over his Derby opponent. Dominic pinned opponents from Trumbull and New Canaan and clinched the gold medal with a dominating 8-2 win over Ridgefield.
In addition, Max Mannino, a 7th grader and returning state placewinner, took gold with wins over Glastonbury and East Hartford.
Dan McGuire (Weston resident wrestling for Wilton), Griffin Morris, Caleb Forland, Harrison Forland, and Max Mannino all finished the day with 2-1 records, for silver medals. 8th grader McGuire recorded pins over Fairfield and East Hartford, while Morris, another returning state placewinner, recorded wins over Danbury and Blue Wave of Long Island. Caleb Forland recorded first period falls over 2 Ridgefield wrestlers, while younger brother Harrison recorded wins over Beast (Danbury) and Milford.
On Saturday, 8 of Wilton’s newer wrestlers competed in the John Jay novice event, and all wrestlers won matches, including Ryan Siegel, Greg Flynn, Michael Arbisi, Liam Pearsall, Cole Siegel, Raymond Ferranti, and CJ Young.

Wilton Youth Wrestling returns to action thus Sunday at Zeoli Fieldhouse where it hosts the Warrior Youth Wrestling Classic from 9 AM to 4 PM.