Saturday, Dec. 16
WRESTLING
C.J. McCormack Memorial Tournament: 1. New Milford 227½, 2. Berlin 203½, 3. Avon 197½,
Darien Invitational: 1. Shelton 266, 2. Bunnell 156, 3. Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross and Masuk 124
Skip Ardan Invitational: 1. East Hartford 222, 2. RHAM 215, 3. Trumbull 179½
BOYS HOCKEY
Newington co-op 3, Joel Barlow/Weston/Abbott Tech (JBWA) 2
South Windsor 5, Farmington Valley 2
Simsbury 4, Ridgefield 3
GIRLS HOCKEY
Darien 2, Southington co-op 0
BOYS HOCKEY
Newington co-op 3, JBWA 2
At Danbury
Newington (2-0) 2 1 0 — 3
JBWA (1-1) 1 0 1 — 2
Goals: Jack Guilmartin (N) 2, Mason Buckley (N), Wesley Arees (J), Emmett Arees (J); Assists: Jack Petronio (N), Billy Ryan (N), Connor Blais (N), Cole Brandon (N), Wesley Arres (J), Dylan Staunton (J), Theo Spitzer (J); Saves: Andrerson Claffey (N) 21, Matthew Bonner (J) 20
2023 C.J. McCormack Memorial Tournament
At Berlin
Team results – 1. New Milford 227½, 2. Berlin 203½, 3. Avon 197½, 4. Foran 146, 5. Brookfield/Shepaug 130, 6. Bristol Eastern 117½, 7. East Haven 105, 8. Conard 97, 9. Middletown 90½, 10. Jonathan Law 89½, 11. Suffield/Windsor Locks 70, 12. Farmington 57, 13. North Branford 0
Championship finals
106 Peter Annis (Suffield/Windsor Locks) dec. Matt Bray (Brookfield/Shepaug), 4-2
113 Isaiah McDaniel (Middletown) dec. Jack Fletcher (East Haven), 7-2
120 Adrian Photopoulos (New Milford) dec. Armen Arakelian (Conard), 1-0
126 Mason Arborio (Berlin) dec. Alex Oberc (New Milford), 12-4
132 Tyler Roussel (New Milford) pin Kai Logan (Avon)
138 Danny Carrozza (Brookfield/Shepaug) dec. Elijah Fagin (Avon), 10-2
144 Harry Marino (Conard) pin Aki Bhabad (Avon)
150 Derek McMahon (Middletown) tech fall Hiram Sepulveda (Berlin), 17-1
157 Kip Faison (Brookfield/Shepaug) dec. John Murphy (Avon), 12-6
165 Danilo Scalizitti (New Milford) dec. Brooks Mcmahon (Conard), 6-5
175 Adam Oberc (New Milford) dec. Owen Broyles (Bristol Eastern), 6-1
190 Gavin Fallon (Avon) dec. Trey Parker (Brookfield/Shepaug), 9-0
215 Christopher Reiss (New Milford) pin Maxwell Janes (Avon)
285 Nicholas Ebrahimi (Berlin) pin Zachary Sulkis (Jonathan Law)
3RD PLACE
106 Yussuf Bah (Bristol Eastern) pin Sybella Landrie (Berlin)
113 Collin Sullivan (Berlin) pin Brian White (Avon)
120 Owen White (Avon) dec. Caden Reynolds (New Milford), 5-2
126 Mason Hallstrom (Foran) dec. David Jacobs (Avon), 14-0
132 Luke Viens (Bristol Eastern) pin Bennett Lane (Foran)
138 Antonios Aspras (Foran) dec. Victor Ignacio (New Milford), 10-0
144 Alphonse Milano (East Haven) pin Jed Dubuc (Berlin)
150 Alex Rivard (Farmington) tech fall Sean McCall (Middletown), 16-1
157 Alex Dombrowski (East Haven) dec. Thomas Mahon (Foran), 7-2
165 Hunter Noonan (Foran) pin Conlan Simard (Berlin)
175 Chase Horning (Berlin) dec. Constantino Pavlat (Foran), 6-4
190 Panagiotis Christakos M (Foran) dec. Colby Shears (New Milford), 8-1
215 Braydon Sohn (Conard) pin Mohammed Niyazi (Middletown)
285 Riccardi Fernandez (New Milford) pin Semih Selimoglu (Farmington)
2023 Darien Invitational
At Darien
Team results – 1. Shelton 266, 2. Bunnell 156, 3. Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross and Masuk 124, 5. Cheshire 123½, 6. Darien 111, 7. Rocky Hill 99½, 8. Weston 69½, 9. Canton 67, 10. Northwestern 64, 11. Somers 47, 12. Hamden Hall 14, 13. Ansonia 10, 14. Seymour 6
Championship finals
106 Brendan Johnson (Darien) pin Ahmed Sabbagh (Shelton), 2:27
113 Carlos Sanchez (Shelton) pin Julian Garcia (Bunnell), 3:02
120 Nathaniel Smith (Darien) pin Mael Pierre-Paul (Bunnell), 5:27
126 Cayden Morin (Bunnell) pin Ike Blomberg (Shelton), 5:31
132 Harrison Accorsi (Somers) pin Christian Mazza (Shelton), 1:28
138 Reese Titus (Canton) pin Logan Persson (Shelton), 2:41
144 David Pires (Bunnell) dec. Jacob Tierney (Cheshire), 10-4
150 Nathan Wolyniec (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross) pin Kegan Wills (Shelton), 1:54
157 Luke Longo (Masuk) pin Ryan Kinick (Shelton), 3:54
165 Mark Nitsche (Shelton) pin Theodore Williams (Darien), 1:15
175 Evan Deleo (Masuk) pin Elias Rivera (Cheshire), 0:29
190 Ben Sharon (Northwestern) dec. Nicholas Jandrucko (Weston), 6-5
215 Patrick Dabrowski (Shelton) pin Benjamin Iannantuoni (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross), 2:39
285 Anthony Shivas (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross) pin Connor Morin (Bunnell), 0:44
Consolation finals (third place)
106 Parker Derochick (Northwestern) dec. Sophie Mraz (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross), 9-7
113 Cooper Duncan (Cheshire) tech fall Griffin Allen (Masuk), 17-1
120 William Accorsi (Somers) dec. Pawel Konopka (Bunnell), 13-1
126 Caden Pereiras (Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross) dec. Harley Guida (Cheshire), 10-6
132 Nick Leadbetter (Canton) pin Beaudin Damboise (Northwestern), 2:47
138 Emiliano Kasma (Rocky Hill) pin Ryan Lombardy (Darien), 3:23
144 Michael Strazza (Shelton) dec. George Redford (Canton), 8-5
150 Nathan Addy (Rocky Hill) tech fall Hershel Terry (Northwestern), 21-5
157 Roman Costa (Cheshire) pin Matteo Matarazzo (Rocky Hill), 2:28
165 David Marciano (Masuk) pin Henry Zawel (Cheshire), 1:58
175 Chase Galke (Shelton) dec. Mark Wilkinson (Weston), 8-1
190 Gabriel Flores (Shelton) pin Desean Nesmith (Rocky Hill), 0:26
215 Brian Gonzalez (Bunnell) pin Jeremy Wojtowicz (Shelton), 2:51
285 Joseph Vargas (Shelton) pin David Mandujano (Weston), 2:30
2023 Darien Invitational results and brackets
2023 Skip Ardan Invitational
At Manchester
Team results – 1. East Hartford 222, 2. RHAM 215, 3. Trumbull 179½, 4. Glastonbury 153, 5. Simsbury 129, 6. South Windsor 110, 7. Manchester 92½, 8. New Britain 47, 9. Wethersfield 34, 10. Cheney Tech 7
Championship finals
106 Oscar Rodriquez (Trumbull) dec. Miles Yorio (RHAM), 9-4
113: Round robin: Ben Fournier (RHAM) 3-0, Ethan Quinn (Simsbury) 2-1, Luis Betacourt-Fuster (East Hartford) 1-2. Key result: Fournier pin Quinn, 4:22
120 Kyden Merlin (South Windsor) medical forfeit over Gagandeep Parasa (South Windsor)
126 Landon Roy (RHAM) pin Giuliano Sirianni (Simsbury), 5:24
132 Christopher Ouellette (Glastonbury) pin Kyle Currier (RHAM), 1:36
138 Gavin Plourde (RHAM) dec. Shane Ryan (Trumbull), 9-0
144 Jaeckez Mendez (East Hartford) pin John Granger (Simsbury), 1:35
150 Michael Guerriero (RHAM) pin Alexsondro Alfonso (East Hartford), 4:43
157 Yaxier Rivera (East Hartford) dec. Kyle Amirault (Glastonbury), 13-5
165 Noah Colon (Manchester) dec. Justin Dittmar (South Windsor), 12-9
175 Drayvn Roberts (East Hartford) pin Braden McDermott (Trumbull), 1:25
190 Troy Giaccone (Glastonbury) pin Michael Romano (Trumbull), 2:43
215 Sammy Montovani (East Hartford) pin Aethan Munden (Trumbull), 4:18
285 Brody Magnanini (RHAM) pin Thiago Delacruz (RHAM), 0:55
Consolation finals (third place)
106 Moses Olea-Sulivan (Simsbury) dec. Sophia Gordon (South Windsor), 14-4
120 Ryan Ouelette (Glastonbury) dec. Mick Granger (Simsbury), 10-2
126 Tyler Tummillo (Glastonbury) forfeit Jose Dejesus (East Hartford)
132 Usman Akhtar (East Hartford) dec. Radwel Lora (Manchester), 6-4 OT
138 Donato Laurie (Wethersfield) dec. Joshua Javillonar (East Hartford), 4-1
144 Jacob Gordon (South Windsor) pin Junior Chanaca (Trumbull), 0:40
150 Reid Peterson (Trumbull) pin Dante Casdia (Glastonbury), 2:46
157 Jesean Lewis (East Hartford) pin Harley Emmons (RHAM), 4:44
165 Landon Roberts (New Britain) medical forfeit over Michael Norman (Glastonbury)
175 Boone Swanson (RHAM) pin Griffin Humes (Simsbury), 0:32
190 Rory Firmender (Trumbull) dec. Alex Perez (East Hartford), 8-2
215 Tyler Rebick (Simsbury) pin Benjamin Lemoine (Manchester), 4:13
285 Alex Kingan (Trumbull) pin Rodrigo Ortiz (New Britain), 1:11
Friday, Dec. 15
BOYS BASKETBALL
Canton 64, Grasso Tech 50
Granby 38, Rockville 26
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bristol Eastern 41, Avon 39
East Granby 43, Portland 16
Farmington at Wethersfield
Granby 53, Rockville 24
Lewis Mills 47, Plainville 29
Simsbury 51, Enfield 26
BOYS BASKETBALL
Canton 64, Grasso Tech 50
At Canton
Grasso Tech (50) Chris Johnson 9-2-22, George Rogers 0-2-2, Nick Stanley 5-2-15, Kelvin Paulino 0-0-0, Rane Brown 0-0-0, Jeffrey Santiago 0-0-0, Joey Moore 2-0-4, Bryce Johnson 0-0-0, Ethan Chacha 1-0-2, Christian Laprade 0-0-0, Ryan Gendry 2-0-5. Totals 18 6-24 50
Canton (64) Tate Bemis 5-5-19, Ryan Cuniowski 4-4-12, James Canny 0-0-0, Jake Sidlowsky 0-0-0, Braydon Keefe 2-0-6, Jayden Young 1-10-12, David Grabowski 0-0-0, Chase Ahlgren 3-0-6, Michael Valenti 2-1-5, Wyatt Bernabucci 2-0-4. Totals 18 20-25 64
Grasso Tech (0-1) 3 12 17 18 — 50
Canton (1-0) 24 9 13 16 — 64
Three-point goals: Gendry (G), Stanley (G) 3, Johnson (G) 2; Bemis (C) 4, Keefe (C) 2
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bristol Eastern 41, Avon 39
At Avon
Bristol Eastern (41) Vanessa Drury 2-2-6, Alaina Joy 0-0-0, Cassie Sward 1-0-2, Amanda Noel 1-5-7, Savannah Drury 1-0-2, Autumn Udoh 9-4-24. Totals 14-11
Avon (39) Lila Aquilar 4-0-9, Adi Standish 5-0-10, Sophia DiBella 1-0-2, Gianna Godbout 3-4-11, Mya Hall 3-1-7, Haley Chisholm 0-0-0, Lia Bosanac 0-0-0. Totals 16-6
Avon (1-1) 12 7 6 14 — 39
Bristol Eastern (2-0) 12 8 13 8 — 41
Three-point goals: Aquilar (A), Godbout (A), Udoh (B) 2
Thursday, Dec. 14
BOYS BASKETBALL
Avon 51, Wethersfield 48
Somers 54, East Granby 28
Farmington 62, Conard 55
Ellington 45, Granby 42
East Hartford 63, Lewis Mills 60
Manchester 73, Simsbury 52
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Ellington 47, Granby 29
BOYS BASKETBALL
East Hartford 63, Lewis Mills 60
At East Hartford
Lewis Mills (60) Connor Evans 5-3-15, Eli Pelletier 5-0-14, Jack Nestor 2-0-4, Gavin Daly 3-0-6, Tristian Mooney 5-0-13, Max Dinunzio 0-0-0, Tom Dinunzio 4-0-8, Chad Edmond 0-0-0. Totals 24-3
East Hartford (63) Dom LaDuca 3-0-9, Cam Major 8-1-18, Justin Victoria 5-1-11, Keshawn Walker 5-0-11, Tristan Walton 4-1-9, John Kechick 2-1-5. Totals 27-4.
Lewis Mills (0-1) 13 20 8 19 — 60
East Hartford (1-0) 17 21 17 8 — 63
Three-point goals: Pelletier (LM) 4, Mooney (LM) 3, Evans (LM) 2, LaDuca (EH) 3, Major (EH), Walker (EH)
Avon 51, Wethersfield 48
At Wethersfield
Avon (51) Luke Coppen 5-6-18, Tyler Assaro-Gracy 1-0-2, Joseph Vitkauskas 0-0-0, Jahki Ritchens 2-2-8, Samuel Muni 3-1-8, Steven Westrick 2-3-7, Jude Turner 2-2-7, Harrison Srb 0-0-0. Totals 15-14
Wethersfield (48) Mikel Lleshi 3-0-7, Jaiden Melendez 1-0-3, Joel Reddick 0-0-0, Thomas Daly 5-9-19, Max Prunier 5-0-10, Douglas Lee 1-0-2, Yadiel Busanet 0-2-2, Xavier Torres 0-0-0. Dominic O’Fori Agyemang 2-0-4. Totals 17-11
Avon (1-0) 3 27 12 9 — 51
Wethersfield (0-1) 8 12 15 13 — 48
Three-point goals: Coppen (A) 2, Ritchens (A) 2, Muni (A), Turner (A), Lleshi (W), Melendez (W)
Wednesday, Dec. 13
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Farmington 58, Hand 45
WRESTLING
Avon 52, Bristol Central 27
Ellis Tech 48, Canton 33
Simsbury 37, RHAM 33
Farmington 48, E.O. Smith 36
BOYS HOCKEY
East Haven co-op 8, Farmington Valley 2
Newington co-op 4, Hall 3
GIRLS HOCKEY
Southington co-op 3, Suffield co-op 1
Mercy/NW Catholic/East Hampton 3, Simsbury 1
BOYS HOCKEY
Newington 4, Hall 3
At Newington
Hall (0-1) 1 1 1 — 3
Newington (1-0) 1 3 0 — 4
Goals: Jack Petronio (N) 2, Josh Beaudoin (N), Jack Guilmartin (N); Zachary Gerken (H), Connor McHugh (H), Sawyer Hollander (H); Assists: Gerkern, McHugh, Guilmartin, Gavyn Munson (N) 2, Nick Fox (N), Kyle Klimas (N), Billy Ryan (N); Saves: Anderson Claffey (N) 14, Matthew Bonner (H) 20; Shots: Newington 24-17
WRESTLING
Ellis Tech 48, Canton 33
At Danielson
106 Addisyn Herdic (ET) pin Sean Titus (C), 0:22; 115: Georgios Sezenias (ET) forfeit; 120: Ammar Kuljancic (ET) forfeit; 126: Evangeline Moran (ET) forfeit; 132 Nick Leadbetter (C) pin Edwin Lovely (ET), 4:51; 138 Reese Titus (C) pin Avery Griffin (ET), 1:42; 144 George Redford (C) dec. Sebastian Hanshaw (ET), 12-5; 150: Kolby Sanders (ET) forfeit; 157 Gabriel Fuentes (ET) pin Jared Lindell (C), 2:36; 165 Max Codding (ET) pin Grant Inlow (C), 1:01; 175 Steven Rudnick (C) pin Benjamin Mayo (ET), 0:43; 190 Kian Murphy (C) pin Kolton Meyer (ET), 3:00; 215: Cogan Gosselin (ET) forfeit; 285: Thomas Johnson (C) forfeit
Records: Ellis Tech 1-0, Canton 0-1
Avon 45, Bristol Central 27
At Bristol
106 Sebastian Carlo (A) pin Maleeah Rios (BC), 1:09; 115: Ben White (A) forfeit; 120 Owen White (A) dec. Kaden Dragon (BC), 5-3; 126 Alex Lamarre (BC) pin David Jacobs (A), 3:49; 132 Joseph Niek (BC) dec. Noli Lumani (A), 8-2; 138 Elijah Fagin (A) pin Julian Colon (BC), 3:21; 144 Derek Sedlak (BC) pin Aaron Svelan (A), 1:57; 150 Aiden Lamarre (BC) pin Carter Davies (A), 1:43; 157 Lincoln Archibald (BC) pin Myles Paquette (A), 1:25; 165 John Murphy (A) pin Alexander Zolla (BC), 4:42; 175 Matias Berrio (A) dec. Jayden Colon (BC), 12-7; 190 Gavin Fallon (A) pin Rocco Paolino (BC), 2:49; 215 Maxwell Janes (A) dec. Jack Jones (BC), 4-0; 285 Ben Klaus (A) pin Muhammad Khan (BC), 3:06
Records: Avon 1-0, Bristol Central 0-1
Simsbury 37, RHAM 33
At Hebron
106 Miles Yorio (RHAM) dec. Moses Olea-Sullivan (S), 10-8; 113 Ben Fournier (RHAM) pin Ethan Quinn (S), 1:52; 120 Brady Quinn (S) pin Alex Rivera (RHAM), 3:42; 126 Coleman Finn (S) pin Landon Roy (RHAM), 1:05; 132 Ryan Pilon (S) MD Daren Gagnon (RHAM), 20-7; 138: Griffin Devivo (S) forfeit; 144 John Granger (S) dec. Gavin Plourde (RHAM), 6-5; 150 Michael Guerriero (RHAM) pin Andrew Diviney (S), 5:13; 157 Harley Emmons (RHAM) pin Vinayak Rajesh (S), 1:46; 165 Gavin Leite (S) dec. Seth Dunko (RHAM), 8-4; 175 Boone Swanson (RHAM) pin Mateo Atherton (S), 0:22; 190 Nolan Plourde (RHAM) pin Griffin Humes (S), 1:45; 215 Maximus Konopka (S) pin Cayden Caplette (RHAM), 1:48; 285 Tyler Rebick (S) dec. Brody Magnanini (RHAM), 6-2
Records: Simsbury 1-0, RHAM 0-1
Tuesday, December 12
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Avon 50, Platt 10
Lewis Mills 52, Bloomfield 24
Simsbury 65, Glastonbury 47
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Avon 50, Platt 10
At Avon
Platt (10) Sophia Texidor 0-1-1, Asia Felix 3-0-6, Camirya Carrion 0-0-0, Brooke Bell 0-1-1, Nariah Lewis 0-0-0, Denisse Guerrero 0-0-0, Zenaida Bon 1-0-2, Gabriella Bourdon 0-0-0. Totals 4-2
Avon (50) Mya Hall 2-0-4, Gianna Godbout 3-0-6, Lia Boscanac 2-3-7, Lila Aquilar 1-2-4, Adi Standish 8-2-18, Haley Chisholm 0-0-0, Sophia DiBella 1-0-2, Grace Chute 0-0-0, Totals 17-7
Platt (0-1) 1 4 2 3 — 10
Avon (1-0) 8 14 20 8 — 50
Three-point goals: none
Monday, Dec. 11
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Northwest Catholic 54, Farmington 45
Somers 58, East Granby 20
GIRLS HOCKEY
Stamford/Westhill/Staples 5, Simsbury 0
Sunday, Dec. 10
GIRLS HOCKEY
Longmeadow Mass. 5, Suffield co-op 0
Saturday, Dec. 9
FOOTBALL
CIAC state championship games
Class LL: Staples 21, West Haven 20
Class L: New Canaan 28, Darien 21
Class MM: North Haven 21, Wilton 0
Class M: Rockville 57, Hand 20
Class SS: Joel Barlow 21, Watertown 20
Class S: Bloomfield 42, Cromwell/Portland 20
GIRLS HOCKEY
Suffield co-op 9, Hamden co-op 2
Southington co-op 6, Wilton/Norwalk/Brien McMahon 1
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Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025 and the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.
