We are stunned and so sad at the loss of Berlin High coach Jim Day, the Hall of Fame wrestling coach today. We was so giving to so many people in and outside of the wrestling community
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Our condolences to his family and friends
Middletown's Elijah Cyr (108) earns All-American honors at Junior Greco Roman nationals at Fargo. Goes 4-1 in tournament 📸Courtesy USA Wrestling CT
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@dragoncoach40
Danbury's Jakob Camacho (132) pinned current Cadet world champ Abzal Okenov of Kazakahstan in 5:36 in U.S. vs. World dual at Journeyman World Classic in Lake Placid.
@JakobCamacho
trailed 6-2 after one. USA lost, 40-39
@jmenwrestling
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@HattersWrestle
The Championship Round Deserved A True Champion To Kick It Off.
@IamRichPerryUSA
Stepped Foot On The Palestra Mats To Say Thank You To All Who've Supported Him In His Battle Back From Severe Injury
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#PerryStrong
Danbury High senior Ryan Jack has been named the Dave Schultz Award winner from Connecticut by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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@Hatterswrestle
Willimantic's Jo Jo Gonzalez of AIC earns All-American honors by finishing 7th at 165 lbs. at NCAA Div. II national championships in St. Louis. He the first All-American from CT at the D2 level since 2013.
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@HasenfusRich
@aicathletics
Connecticut Wrestling Online is a finalist for the Outlet of the Year award from the National Wrestling Media Association.
@CTWrestling
is one of five finalists for the award.
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Milford's Gino Esposito living his dream of competing at the highest level of collegiate wrestling at
@UNCWrestling
. The
@ForanWrestling
graduate is wrestling at 149. "You have to come in every day and keep working at it."
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Two CT wrestlers to compete for national titles Sunday. Ryan Jack (126, Danbury HS) and A.J. Kovacs (152, Iona Prep) in
@NHSCA
Junior Nationals. Elijah Cyr (113) and Sean Johnson (138) go for 3rd at Senior Nationals
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@dragoncoach40
@ejc380
Danbury's Jakob Camacho won USA Wrestling Senior National title at 57 kg (125.6 lbs) over Ethan Rotondo, 8-6. 'I'm just a fearless kid from Danbury down in Raleigh, North Carolina, going after it," Camacho said.
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📸
@SJanickiPhoto
@HattersWrestle
Southbury's Sarah Henckel (138) wins national title and OW award at USA Wrestling women's U16 freestyle. Henckel joins her brother with a national title from Fargo
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Normally, we would scouring results from the first Saturday of the season but there is little that is normal regarding 2020 due to COVID-19. Enjoy a few minutes of normalcy with the release of the 2021 CT High School Wrestling Record Book.
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With five pins in first seven bouts, No. 1 Danbury shows who is boss with a 51-17 win over No. 2 Simsbury
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@HattersWrestle
face Timberlane NH in finale of quad meet in Danbury
Six to be inducted into CT chapter of National Wrestling HOF in May -- Trumbull's Charlie Anderson; John Bennett; New Milford's Patrick Burns; Carmen DelVecchio; Fairfield Warde's Jason Shaughnessy and Bristol Central's Dennis Siegmann.
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The CT chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame has awarded $500 scholarships to Jarod Kosman of Fitch-Groton (Eric Weihenmayer Scholarship) and Demetre Carnot of Maloney-Meriden (Scholar Athlete award).
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@NWHOF
For the 2nd straight year, Danbury’s
@JakobCamacho
is a FloNationals champion. Camacho went 5-0. Camacho (126) won the title with a 11-3 win over Angelo Martinoni of Orangevale, CA
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@PackWrestle
Danbury's Kevin Jack of NC State wins again and is one win away from All-American honors. Hasn't allowed a point in 2 wins today. Wrestles again tonight
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@PackWrestle
Eight wrestlers earn more than 50 wins this season including
@SimsburyWrest
junior Ty Finn (55-3), who tied the state record for most victories in a single season.
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Just for practice? Ellis Tech's Sean Johnson (138) doesn't bend under the pressure to beat New Canaan's Justin Mastroianni for the New England title at 138 pounds. Johnson was named OW.
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State Open champions Josh Brault (JB), Michael Rapuano (Xavier), T.J. Finn (Simsbury), Ryan Jack (Danbury), Tyler Sung (New Canaan), Bill Carr (Southington) and Chris Gens (Avon) advance to semifinals of New England tournament, which resumes Sunday at 11 a.m.
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All-State teams announced in Class S, M, L and LL. Danbury's Ryan Jack is state wrestler of the year for the second straight season while two-time New England champion Danbury is named team of the year.
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Xavier’s Raekwon Shabazz won his second straight New England title Saturday night in Providence with his win at 113 pounds. A few seconds of the action at the end of the first period
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Bradford Area High School wrestler Dillon Keane made dreams come true by volunteering for a wrestling match with Jacob Meister, who has a physical disability, and the result is 🤗 (via
@brookemcgriff16
)
Danbury High's Ryan Jack is first state wrestler to compete in FloWrestling's Who is No. 1 preseason tournament in Iowa
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@HattersWrestle
Photo courtesy
@SJanickiPhoto
Two CT natives will be wrestling at NCAA Div. I nationals beginning Thursday. Newtown's Joe Accousti (
@SHUWrestling1
) and Danbury's
@JakobCamacho
(
@PackWrestle
) will compete. Pioneers also have 2 NCAA qualifiers for the first time in 14 years.
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Former State Open champion John Sullivan of Greenwich heading to the Super Bowl with the Rams. Remember, he was the center with the Vikings when Brett Favre was there in MN
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The Rams are headed to the Super Bowl with:
Three-time Iowa state champ/three-time Fargo All-American Austin Blythe starting at right guard.
Three-time Connecticut state champ/NHSCA AA John Sullivan starting at center.
Illinois state champ Brian Allen backing up Sullivan.
Danbury’s Kevin Jack won first 4 matches at U.S. Under-23 World Team trials but lost in semifinals to Dominic Demas of VFA, 3-0. Jack finished 6th, losing 2 bouts by medical forfeit. In QF, he beat Luke Pletcher of Ohio State, 5-4
@jack_jack123
@HattersWrestle
@WolfpackWC
Long-time
@HandTigers
coach Dave D'Alessio passed away Sunday. For more than 30 years, he was with the Hand program leading the team to more than 300 wins, 10 conference titles and a state championship in 1995.
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Foran's Ryan Luth (in photo ) and Southington's Paul Calo each won their second New England title Saturday as six CT wrestlers brought home New England championships. Kosman, Jack, Ortiz, Burchell each won
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More soon
Tough day for wrestlers and football players. CIAC's Board of Control eliminates alternative season meaning no high school wrestling or football this calendar year in CT. CIAC doesn't want to impact spring sports, which were all cancelled in 2020. More later
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Nine outstanding individuals will be inducted into the CT Chapter of the National Wrestling HOF in April 2025: Shirzad Ahmadi, Drew Black, Fritz Blasius, Gerry deSimas, Jr., Dave D’Alessio, Dave Green, Ted Oczkowski, Chris Piel, Ray Southland
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Cadets are ready to go!!! Watch them on Flo this morning!!!
Cam Hines
Josh Brault
Drew Currier
Nico Provo
CJ Shea
Will Ebert
Parker Sutton
Jack Ryan
Ty Finn
Tommy Nichols
Caleb Brick
Isaiah Ross
Tristan Julian
Peter Kane
Saul Pera
Breon Phifer
Dom Rossetti
Hunter Adams
Stratford's Nico Provo and Newtown's Nate Taylor win NHSCA national titles. Twelve CT wrestlers earn All-American status at nationals at Virginia Beach.
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@GFA_Athletics
@GFAwrestling
Three-time All-American Kevin Jack (Danbury,
@WolfpackWC
) moved into QF of U23 Freestyle World Team Trials at 65 kg (143) in Akron, Ohio with 3 tech falls. Jack will face Ohio State All-American Luke Pletcher in Sunday's QF
@HattersWrestle
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Marlborough's Jackson Heslin, a freshman at
@athleticsXHS
, will be representing
@USAWrestling
this weekend at the UWW Pan American championships in Mexico City. He will be wrestling at 53 kg (114 lbs) in Greco Roman and freestyle.
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More than 120 girls compete at Queen of the Mat girls-only tournament Sunday. Five defending state champions win titles and New Britain takes team title
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🚨 The Redshirts are Coming! 🚨
In the first episode of this new video series we spend some time with
@JakobCamacho
(Danbury, Conn.) at
@LPGCncstate
. ⛳️🏌️