Pairings and results for the 2024 Central Connecticut Conference’s winter post-season tournaments.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Thursday, Feb. 22
No. 1 East Catholic 96, No. 16 Enfield 49
No. 8 Conard 48, No. 9 Lewis Mills 46
No. 4 NW Catholic 70, No. 13 Middletown 62
No. 12 Newington 75, No. 5 Southington 48
No. 2 Windsor 76, No. 15 RHAM 60
No. 7 Bristol Eastern 58, No. 10 Glastonbury 51
No. 3 Manchester 69, No. 14 East Hartford 65
No. 11 Farmington 41, No. 6 New Britain 39
Seeds with CCC records: 1. East Catholic 15-1, 2. Windsor 14-1, 3. Manchester 14-2, 4. NW Catholic 13-3, 5. Southington 13-3, 6. New Britain 12-3, 7. Bristol Eastern 12-3, 8. Conard 12-4, 9. Lewis Mills 12-4, 10. Glastonbury 11-5, 11. Farmington 10-6, 12. Newington 8-7, 13. Middletown 8-8, 14. East Hartford 8-8, 15. RHAM 8-8, 16. Enfield 8-8
Saturday, Feb. 24
Quarterfinals at Enfield
Windsor 85, Bristol Eastern 59
East Catholic 67, Conard 50
Newington 65, NW Catholic 62
Farmington 68, Manchester 61
Tuesday, Feb. 27
Semifinals at University of Hartford
East Catholic 67, Newington 49
Windsor 82, Farmington 56
Thursday, Feb. 29
Championship at University of Hartford
Windsor 63, East Catholic 61
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Thursday, Feb. 15
First round
(1) Conard 46, (16) Southington 41
(2) NW Catholic 65. (15) Manchester 43
(3) Simsbury 54, (6) Farmington 36
(4) Newington 48 (13) Enfield 30
(12) Windsor 65, (5) E.O. Smith 46
(11) Berlin 52, (6) Glastonbury 48
(7) Middletown 50, (10) East Catholic 48
(9) Rocky Hill 57, (8) Bristol Eastern 49
Seeds based on overall CCC records: 1. Conard 14-2, 2. NW Catholic 14-2, 3. Simsbury 13-3, 4. Newington 12-3. 5. E.O. Smith 12-4, 6. Glastonbury 12-4, 7. Middletown 12-4, 8. Bristol Eastern 12-4, 9. Rocky Hill 11-4, 10. East Catholic 11-4, 11. Berlin 11-5, 12. Windsor 10-5, 13. Enfield 10-9, 14. Farmington 9-7, 15. Manchester 8-7, 16. Southington 8-8
Saturday, Feb. 17
Quarterfinals at Plainville
Conard 63, Rocky Hill 41
Windsor 51, Newington 33
Simsbury 47, Berlin 33
NW Catholic 64, Middletown 49
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Semifinals at University of Hartford
NW Catholic 39, Simsbury 28
Windsor 49, Conard 39
Thursday, Feb. 22
Championship at University of Hartford
Windsor 66, Northwest Catholic 52
BOYS HOCKEY
Wednesday, Feb. 28
CCC North semifinals
(1) Simsbury 3, (4) Wethersfield 1
(2) NW Catholic 7, (3) Glastonbury 2
CCC South semifinals
(1) Conard 5, (4) Enfield 1
(3) Newington co-op 5, (2) E.O. Smith/Tolland 4
Friday, March 1
Championship at ISCC-Simsbury
CCC North final: Simsbury 6, NW Catholic 4
CCC South final: Conard 5, Newington co-op 0
GIRLS HOCKEY
Monday, Feb. 19
(3) Southington co-op 2, (2) NW Catholic/Mercy 1
(1) East Catholic co-op 6, (4) Hall/Conard 0
Friday, Feb. 23
Championship at Trinity College
East Catholic co-op 5, Southington co-op 2
East Catholic co-op 5, Southington co-op 2
At Hartford
Southington co-op (12-10) 1 0 1 — 2
East Catholic co-op (18-4) 0 2 3 — 5
Goals: Maya Fanelli (S), Maeve Walsh (S); Leah Martineau (EC), Tessa Roberts (EC), Charlotte Laramee (EC), Lexi Pacheco (EC), Liliana Ficarco (EC); Assists: Kalyn Reynolds (S), Ficaro (EC), Deirdre McKiernan (EC); Goalies: Sophia Ojala (S), Lola Espirito-Santo (EC)
WRESTLING
2024 Central Connecticut Conference championships
At Glastonbury
Team results – 1. Simsbury 226½, 2. Platt 168½, 3. Berlin 166, 4. Avon 152, 5. East Hartford 147, 6. Bristol Eastern and Enfield 142, 8. Bristol Central 120½, 9. Southington 118½, 10. Plainville 111, 11. Glastonbury 107½, 12. South Windsor 100½, 13. RHAM 97, 14. Conard 86, 15. Middletown 70, 16. Windsor 69, 17. Hall 68, 18. Maloney 65, 19. Farmington and Manchester 49, 21. New Britain, Rocky Hill and Wethersfield 35, 24. Newington 29, 25. Bloomfield/Weaver 7, 26. E.O. Smith 1
Championship finals
106 Chase Kastner (Southington) dec. Ben Fournier (RHAM), 13-7
113 Cesar Rodriguez (Platt) dec. Zaphyr Musshorn (Plainville), 5-1
120 Mason Arborio (Berlin) dec. Kyden Merlin (South Windsor), 12-2
126 Ethan Buonanducci (Enfield) dec. Coleman Finn (Simsbury), 8-2
132 Elijah Fagin (Avon) dec. Luke Viens (Bristol Eastern), 15-8
138 Jaeckez Mendez (East Hartford) pin Gavin Plourde (RHAM), 1:06
144 Harry Marino (Conard) dec. John Granger (Simsbury), 6-3
150 Josh Howard (Southington) pin Kyle Amirault (Glastonbury), 1:02
157 Caiden Talento (Platt) dec. Chad Mairano West (Simsbury), 4-3
165 Noah Colon (Manchester) dec. Cooper Theriault-Dinielli (Plainville), 12-9
175 Owen Broyles (Bristol Eastern) pin Conlan Simard (Berlin), 3:25
190 Gavin Fallon (Avon) pin Tim Mrachek (Berlin), 5:27
215 Sammy Montovani (East Hartford) dec. Tyler Rebick (Simsbury), 10-0
285 Keonta Crawford (Enfield) pin Nicholas Ebrahimi (Berlin), 4:42
Consolation final (third place)
106 Isaiah McDaniel (Middletown) pin Yussuf Bah (Bristol Eastern), 3:22
113 Ryan Ouelette (Glastonbury) pin Armen Arakelian (Conard), 4:04
120 Marlon Andino (Enfield) dec. Owen White (Avon), 8-4
126 Alex Lamarre (Bristol Central) dec. Kyle Currier (RHAM), 13-6
132 Jereck Echevarria castro (Platt) dec. Giuliano Sirianni (Simsbury), 7-5
138 Griffin Devivo (Simsbury) dec. Jacob Gordon (South Windsor), 7-5
144 Alex Rivard (Farmington) dec. Aiden Lamarre (Bristol Central), 6-5
150 Brayden Rathbun (Enfield) dec. Andrew Diviney (Simsbury), 6-2
157 Yaxier Rivera (East Hartford) pin John Murphy (Avon), 1:38
165 Lincoln Archibald (Bristol Central) dec. Devonte Ryans (Windsor), 5-1
175 Jacob Beiler (Enfield) pin Jayshaun Barrett (South Windsor), 2:13
190 Troy Giaccone (Glastonbury) pin Aidyn Davies (Bristol Eastern), 2:29
215 Michael Melendez (Platt) pin Rio Fernandez (Bristol Eastern), 4:22
285 Bobby Wright (Plainville) pin Luc Abbatemarco (Hall), 2:05
Fifth place
106 Justin Bunnell (Platt) dec. Ares Bourque (Enfield), 9-7
113 Ethan Quinn (Simsbury) dec. Chad Reed (Southington), 2-1
120 Kaden Dragon (Bristol Central) medical forfeit over Jose Dejesus (East Hartford)
126 Emiliano Kasma (Rocky Hill) pin David Jacobs (Avon), 5:04
132 Usman Akhtar (East Hartford) pin Jed Dubuc (Berlin), 3:18
138 Donato Laurie (Wethersfield) dec. Aki Bhabad (Avon), 8-1
144 Angel Aceedo (Hall) dec. Hiram Sepulveda (Berlin), 7-3
150 Derek Mcmahon (Middletown) tech fall Anthony Lara (Platt), 15-0
157 Justin Dittmar (South Windsor) dec. Michael Norman (Glastonbury), 7-4
165 Gavin Leite (Simsbury) pin Emmanuel Lugo (Platt), 0:40
175 Aaron Borkowski (Southington) dec. Griffin Humes (Simsbury), 7-3
190 Isaiah Smith (Platt) medical forfeit over Maximus Konopka (Simsbury)
215 Michael Zapor (New Britain) dec. Maxwell Janes (Avon), 3-2
285 Jaxon Yang (Windsor) pin Semih Selimoglu (Farmington), 3:14
Outstanding wrestler: Chase Kastner, Southington (103)
Fast fall: Jaeckez Mendez, East Hartford (138), 4 pins in 5:25
2024 CCC Championships results and brackets
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
CCC Championships
At New Haven (Jan. 27)
GIRLS
Team results – 1. Glastonbury 98, 2. Bloomfield 87, 3. Windsor 67, 4. E.O. Smith 47, 5. Manchester 33, 6. Conard 32, 7. Hall 30, 8. Newington 20, 9. Southington 18, 10. Avon 14, 11. Maloney 12, 12. East Hartford 8, 13. Wethersfield 8, 14. New Britain and Platt 6, 16. Lewis Mills 4, 17. Bristol Eastern, Hartford Public and South Windsor 3, 20. East Catholic, Plainville and Simsbury 2, 23. Berlin, Bristol Central and NW Catholic 1
2024 CCC Indoor Track and Field championships
BOYS
Team results – 1. Hall 90, 2. Bloomfield 65, 3. Windsor 55, 4. Manchester 48, 5. Southington 33, 6. Tolland 32, 7. East Hartford 28, 8. New Britain 24, 9. Bristol Central and Simsbury 23, 11. South Windsor 16, 12. Conard 13, 13. Glastonbury 12, 14. Lewis Mills 9, 15. Newington 6, 16. Rocky Hill 5, 17. RHAM, Wethersfield and Bristol Eastern 4, 20. E.O. Smith, East Catholic, Farmington and Middletown 3, 24. Hartford Public and Avon 2
2024 CCC Indoor Track and Field championships
BOYS SWIMMING
CCC North championships at Newington
Friday, March 1
Team results — 1. Wethersfield 350, 2. Newington 256, 3. E.O. Smith/Tolland 228, 4. Avon 199, 5. Rocky Hill 164, 5. Hartford Public 37
Individual results
200 Medley — Wethersfield 1:43.14 1) Cooper Schwartzman FR 2) John Simmons JR 3) Joseph Andino JR 4) Paolo Pirrotta JR Newington 1:43.51 1) Filip Nadratowski SR 2) Jake D’Amato SR 3) Kuba Latawiec JR 4) Matthew Vuong JR
200 Free –Newington Kuba Latawiec JR 1:47.14 Wethersfield Alexander Ahrens JR 1:48.41
200 IM — Avon Owen Vale SR 1:55.53 Rocky Hill Ved Bathula SR 2:07.78
50 Free — EO Smith-Tolland Benjamin Pope SO 21.23 Newington Matthew Vuong JR 22.92
Diving — Wethersfield: Chase Dumais, and Sr Luke Polmatier FR
100 Fly — Paolo Pirrotta JR Wethersfield 56.30 Ethan Rychling SR EO Smith-Tolland 56.74
100 Free – Benjamin Pope EO Smith-Tolland 47.99 Maxim Metlitski SR Avon 49.55
500 Free — Alexander Ahrens JR Wethersfield 4:57.55 Cooper Schwartzman FR Wethersfield 5:15.95
200 Free Relay: — EO Smith-Tolland 1:29.76 1) Benjamin Pope SO 2) Ethan Rychling SR 3) Nicholas DeForge SO 4) Zachary Beckham SR; Wethersfield 1:31.12 1) Joseph Andino JR 2) Alexander Ahrens JR 3) John Simmons JR 4) Piotr Wojtus JR
100 Back — Maxim Metlitski SR Avon 54.92 Ved Bathula SR Rocky Hill 55.74
100 Breast — Owen Vale JR Avon 59.62 Kuba Latawiec JR Newington 1:00.85
400 Free Relay — Wethersfield 3:22.37 1) Cooper Schwartzman FR 2) Alexander Ahrens JR 3) Piotr Wojtus JR 4) Paolo Pirrotta JR; Newington 3:25.31 1) Jayden Lu JR 2) Matthew Vuong JR 3) Filip Nadratowski SR 4) Kuba Latawiec JR
Previous years
2023 CCC winter tournaments
2022 CCC winter tournaments
2021 CCC winter tournaments
2020 CCC winter tournaments
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.
