2004 Class M
At Windham
Team results: 1. Windham High 227; 2. Killingly 167½; 3. Berlin 163; 4. Bethel 155½, 5. Waterford 155; 6. RHAM-Hebron 151; 7. Hand-Madison 122; 8. New Fairfield 106½; 9. Seymour, 88; 10. Enfield 86; 11. Woodstock Academy 76½; 12. Brookfield 73½; 13. Darien 66½; 14. Cheney Tech 62; 15. New Canaan 60½; 16. Vinal Tech 54½; 17. (tie) Ellis Tech and Foran 50; 19. Stratford 48½; 20. Jonathan Law 34½; 21. Wethersfield 30; 22. Holy Cross 22; 23. Wolcott Tech 20; 24. Woodland Regional 4.
Individual results
103
Championship: Tom Phillips (Killingly) dec. Chris Fusco (New Fairfield), 9-4. Third: Shaun Sidway (Enfield) dec. Tyler Panteleakos (Ellis Tech), 9-4. Fifth: Jay Mahoney (Hand) dec. Matt Volope (Brookfield), 4-0.
112
Championship: Zeth Nolda (Waterford) dec. Nick Palermo (Bethel), 4-2 (OT). Third: Trevor Olmstead (RHAM) dec. Andy Jackson (Holy Cross), 5-4. Fifth: Carlos Cruz (Windham) dec. Peter Janoski (Stratford), 4-3.
119
Championship: Nick Miragliuolo (Woodstock) dec. Scott Warren (RHAM), 5-3. Third: Mike Crowe (Berlin) dec. Brennan Ward (Waterford), 7-2. Fifth: Matt Kozak (Brookfield) dec. Blerim Hodza (Bethel), 2-1.
125
Championship: Sam Glauvine (Enfield) dec. Navarre Jones (Windham), 2-1 (OT). Third: Kris Lance (Bethel) dec. Shane Day (Berlin), 9-3. Fifth: Andrew DeScisiolo (Woodstock) pin Mike Karpman (RHAM), 2:44.
130
Championship: Travis Richards (Windham) pin Robert DeBiase (Seymour), 1:45. Third: Nick Newell (Law) dec. Dave Brown (RHAM), 6-1. Fifth: Mike Robinson (Berlin) dec. Nick Spinnato (Hand), 7-0.
135
Championship: Dan Madey (Berlin) dec. Jeff Larrow (Woodstock), 4-2. Third: Jared Czarnoski (Foran) dec. Jon Torres (Windham), 4-2. Fifth: Will Mahoney (Hand) dec. Eric Campbell (RHAM), 8-6.
140
Championship: Kurtis Strout (Windham) dec. Bobby James (New Fairfield), 9-5. Third: Kevin Turko (RHAM) dec. Dave Fiorillo (Berlin), 9-4. Fifth: Dylan Eldridge (New Canaan) pin Nick Roselund (Waterford), 2:18.
145
Championship: Bran Crudden (Windham) dec. Doug Dey (Hand), 12-3. Third: Nick Catalano (Berlin) dec. Scott Ivan (Bethel), 14-0. Fifth: Mike White (Brookfield) dec. John Jenson (New Canaan), 11-3.
152
Championship: Greg Dussol (RHAM) pin David Loomis (Killingly), 4:55. Third: Jim Solek (Berlin) dec. Christi Goodspeed (Bethel), 5-0. Fifth: Marc Gleason (Darien) dec. Washington Gordon (Stratford), 6-1.
160
Championship: Larry Loomis (Killingly) dec. Ryan Quinn (New Fairfield), 8-6. Third: Ryan Shaw (Waterford) pin Chris Bayly (Darien), 2:47; Fifth: Steve Wax (Bethel) dec. Camillo Ochoa (Stratford), 17-5.
171
Championship: Billy Haire (Darien) dec. Dan Ford (Bethel), 4-2. Third: Rich Meahan (Foran) dec. Eric McCurdy (Berlin), 7-2. Fifth: Sean Plumb (Seymour) won by forfeit over Jay Dubowsky (Vinal Tech).
189
Championship: Shawn Karasevicz (Waterford) pin Ferdinand Quiles (Windham), 3:06. Third: Josh Barreto (Killingly) dec. Will Downs (Cheney Tech), 5-0. Fifth: Martin Hurd (Wolcott Tech) dec. Doug Southerland (Brookfield), 11-4.
215
Championship: Mike LaBeef (Killingly) dec. Joe Taccone (Seymour), 6-2. Third: Tom Pacelli (Hand) dec. Angelo Evans (Cheney Tech), 11-8. Fifth: Kris Sears (Enfield) pin Derek White (Windham), 2:43.
275
Championship: Chris Finnie (Windham) pin Tim Rustek (Vinal Tech),5:58. Third: Craig Landri (New Canaan) dec. Tony Cacace (Hand), 8-2. Fifth: Kyle McCann (Cheney Tech) dec. Dennis Olmstead (Bethel), 5-4.
Fast Fall - Scott Warren (RHAM), four pins in 4:35.
Outstanding Wrestler - Greg Dussol (RHAM)
Connecticut Wrestling Online
WINDHAM, Feb. 21 -- It's been nine long years for the tradition-laden Windham High wrestling team without a championship.
"We've been so close through the years," Windham coach Pat Risley told the New London Day. "I've believed in myself and my abilities to get the kids ready. But I was beginning to wonder whether it was ever going to happen. It seemed like something always came up."
The only thing that will be going up this winter at Windham will be another championship banner. The No. 2 Whippets had nine medalwinners and four individual champions as they captured their first Class M championship since 1994 with a 227-167½ victory over defending champion Killingly.
Travis Roberts (130), Kurtis Strout (140), Bran Crudden (145) and Chris Finnie (275) each brought home titles for Windham, which brought home its eighth state championship.
How good a day was it for the Whippets? Freshman Jon Torres filled in at 135 pounds for the injured Jordan Blain, who got hurt on Thursday after an accident with an all-terrain vehicle. Torres finished fourth but picked up several victories for Windham and plenty of key points.
Berlin finished third with 163 points. The Redcoats had eight medalwinners, including Dan Madey, who won at 135 pounds with a 4-2 win over Jeff Larrow of Woodstock Academy.
Larrow pinned Madey in their last encounter. "(Madey) secured a quick takedown which he hadn't been able to do before," Berlin coach Jim Day told The Herald Press. "He hadn't been able to penetrate Larrow's defense but he's been working on his low-leg attack and he used that to his advantage."
Woodstock Academy's Nick Miragliuolo earned his first state championship. After finishing second for the past two years, Miragliuolo beat RHAM's Scott Warren with a takedown with seven seconds remaining to earn a 5-3 victory. Warren had tied the bout with 20 seconds left with an escape.
RHAM senior Greg Dussol (152) won his third straight Class M title by pinning Killingly's Dave Loomis in 4:55. Dussol was named the tournament MVP.
Killingly's Larry Loomis (160) remained undefeated at 43-0 with a victory over New Fairfield's Ryan Quinn by an 8-6 margin. Waterford's Shawn Karasevicz (189) is also undefeated at 35-0 after his pin of Windham's Ferdinand Quiles in 3:06.
Information from personal notes, Norwich Bulletin, New London Day, Hartford Courant and The Herald Press included in this report.
