Camacho takes fourth at Super 32 tourney
GREENSBORO, N.C., Oct. 16 – Danbury’s Jakob Camacho finished fourth at 120 pounds at the Super 32 preseason tournament in Greensboro on Sunday, losing with four seconds left in overtime.
After four straight wins on Saturday, Camacho lost in Sunday’s quarterfinals, 8-2 to Missouri’s Joshua Saunders.
But Camacho won two straight to earn a spot in the consolation final. Camacho got a takedown and near fall with 21 seconds left in the third period to beat Zurich Storm of Pennsylvania, 5-3. After advancing with a forfeit, Camacho beat Virginia’s Killian Cardinale, 3-1 in overtime. A takedown with 35 seconds left in OT lifted Camacho to the win.
In the consolation final, Camacho lost in overtime, 4-2 to Julian Chlebore of Northampton, Pennsylvania. Camacho used escapes with 49 seconds left in the second period and 1:45 remaining in the third period to battle to a 2-2 tie after regulation. Chlebore got a takedown with four seconds left in OT to win.
Newtown’s Joseph Accousti (170) lost on Sunday and went 5-2 in the tournament. Somers’ Jackson Rheault (195) also lost Sunday in the consolation round. Rheault went 4-2 in the tournament.
Several Connecticut wrestlers participated in the tournament, considered to be one of the toughest tournaments in the country for high school wrestlers. New Milford’s Mel Ortiz (126) went 5-2 in the tournament with five straight wins in the consolation round. Newtown’s Ed Lovely (145) also went 5-2 with five consecutive wins in the consolation round.
Foran’s Michael Ross (152), Fairfield Warde’s Tim Kane (138), Foran’s Gino Esposito (132) and Haddam-Killingworth’s Grayson Adler (160) each went 3-2 in the tournament.
In the middle school division, New Canaan’s Justin Mastrioanni (100) went 4-2 and finished fourth. He advanced to the semifinals before falling to Issac Sales of California, 4-2.
Wrestlers have to finish among the top four in their state championship tournament, be an All-American from a USA Wrestling national tournament in Fargo or qualify through an early entry tournament.
Perry wins 3 bouts at Olympic Trials, finishes tied for fifth
IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 10 – Middletown High graduate Richard Perry won three matches at the U.S. Olympic Trials at 86 kilograms (189 pounds) Sunday at Carver Hawkeye Arena and finished tied for fifth place. He came into the tournament seeded seventh.
Perry beat Tyler Caldwell of Morgantown, West Virginia in his first match, 10-4. A four-point throw with 23 seconds left in the first period gave Perry a four-point lead, 8-4, after one period and left him in control of the bout.
In the quarterfinals, Perry dropped a 10-7 decision to four-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake of Cornell. Perry led by one point, 5-4, after one period and had a three-point lead, 7-4, early in the second period.
But Dake exposed Perry to his back three times to earn the victory. Dake’s two-point exposure with 1:51 remaining in the bout cut Perry’s lead to one and Dake’s two-point exposure with 27 seconds left gave him an 8-7 edge. Dake got a final two points with one second left in the bout.
Perry rallied to win his first consolation round bout by pinning Clayton Foster of Laramie, Wyoming in 3:40. Next, Perry beat Deron Winn of Cyclone Wrestling Club in Ames, Iowa, 8-4. Perry led 6-1 after one period thanks to a four-point throw and a two-point exposure of Winn's back.
But in the consolation semifinal, Keith Gavin of Charlottesville, Va., scored 11 unanswered points in the second period to win, 11-1 by technical fall. Four two-point exposures were the difference for Gavin.
There is no match to determine fifth place.
Former Middletown wrestler Richard Perry at U.S. Olympic Trials
IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 8 – Middletown High graduate Richard Perry competes Sunday in the U.S. Olympic Trials in freestyle wrestling at 86 kilograms (189 pounds).
It’s a very competitive weight class. Three wrestlers at 86 kg have represented the United States in various world championship tournaments and nine of the wrestlers having won a combined total of 18 NCAA championships. Wrestling begins Saturday at Carver Hawkeye Arena.
Perry, who finished fifth at the U.S. Open tournament, is seeded seventh in the field.
The top seed at 86 kg freestyle is Jake Hebert of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who wrestled on the 2012 Olympic team in London and finished seventh. He is a three-time U.S. world team member ,who was second in the 2009 World Championships.
No. 2 seed is Ed Ruth of Tempe, Arizona, who wrestled on the 2014 U.S. world team. He was a three-time NCAA champion at Penn State. The No. 3 seed is former Cornell star Kyle Dake, who won four NCAA championships in four different weight classes.
Perry qualified for the trials by going 4-2 at the U.S. nationals in Las Vegas last December, finishing fifth. Perry wrestled four years at Bloomsburg State, going 110-30 and qualifying to wrestle in the NCAA Division I tournament three times. In his senior year, he set a school record with a 31-match winning streak.
Perry graduated from Middletown High in 2008 where he wrestled for two seasons. As a senior, he won the Class L and State Open championship at 215 pounds and finished second in New England. After spending a year at Hyde-Woodstock (where he finished second in New England at 215), he joined Bloomsburg in 2010.
While winning the 86 kg title earns you a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team, it doesn’t guarantee a trip to Rio and the Olympic Games. The trials champion will travel to Mongolia on April 24 and attempt to qualify the weight class for the Olympic Games at the first of two Olympic world qualifying tournaments. If unsuccessful in Mongolia, the U.S. will have one final chance to qualify 86 kg for the Olympic Games at the second Olympic Games World Qualifying Tournament being held in Istanbul, Turkey on May 8.
Newtown's Falbo finishes fourth in Junior freestyle
FARGO, N.D., July 24 – Newtown’s Anthony Falbo earned his second career All-American medal at the USA Wrestling national championships with a fourth place finish in the Junior Freestyle division at 182 pounds.
Falbo, who will be a senior at Newtown this fall, went 8-2 in the tournament. He dropped a 15-13 decision to Indiana’s Jacob Gray in the third round but rebounded to win seven straight bouts in the consolation bracket to earn a spot in the consolation final. Falbo had a 17-second pin and four technical falls in his run.
Michigan’s Jelani Embree beat Falbo, 11-0 by technical fall to finish third. Falbo earned All-American honors a year ago in the Cadet Freestyle division at 170.
The Kane brothers from Fairfield Warde didn’t win any medals. But Tim Kane (132) and Charles Kane (145) each lost matches to eventual All-American wrestlers. The four losses between the two brothers were each to All-American wrestlers.
Tim Kane (132) dropped a 12-1 decision to Minnesota’s Brent Jones (fifth) in the quarterfinals and a 6-3 decision in his first consolation round match to Illinois’ Gabriel Townsend (fourth). Charles Kane (145) dropped a quarterfinal decision to Colorado’s Ryan Deakin (fifth), 12-2 and lost to Iowa’s Zack Barnes (eighth) in a tiebreaker.
Tim Kane was 4-2 in the tournament while Charles Kane was 3-2. Barlow’s Emmett Licastri (160) went 4-2 with four straight wins in the consolation bracket.
Newtown’s Ed Lovely (145), New Milford’s Mel Ortiz (120) and Glastonbury’s Joey Rossetti (132) won three matches each.
In the Cadet Freestyle, no Connecticut wrestler finished in the top eight to earn All-American honors. But Trumbull’s Matthew Ryan (113), Danbury’s Jakob Camacho (120), Milford’s Ryan Luth (138) and Notre Dame-Fairfield’s Clyde Auba (182) each won four matches. Ryan and Luth each had four straight consolation round victories. Luth won three matches by technical fall.
Killingworth’s Ronan Marino (94), Tolland’s Michael Angers (145) and Xavier’s Rya Devino (152) each had two wins.
Broadus earns 4th All-American medal at nationals
FARGO, North Dakota, July 19 – Plymouth’s Cara Broadus became the most decorated Connecticut female wrestler at the USA Wrestling Cadet and Junior national championship tournament on Wednesday.
Broadus earned her fourth career USA Wrestling All-American medal by taking fifth in the women’s freestyle competition at 112 pounds. She ties the state record established by Simsbury’s Joey Martin, who earned four All-American medals from 2003-05.
Broadus went 4-2 on the day in the women’s freestyle, winning her first three matches before being defeated by Pennsylvania’s Amanda Walker in the semifinals by technical fall, 11-0. Broadus had two pins and a tech fall.
Broadus went 1-1 in the consolation bracket, beating Sariyah Jones of California to finish fifth with a 10-0 win by technical fall.
Earlier this week, Broadus became the first girl from Connecticut to win a USA Wrestling national championship when she won the Cadet freestyle tournament at 115 pounds. She also earned All-American honors in the Cadet and Junior freestyle tournaments last summer.
Seventeen Connecticut wrestlers competed in the Cadet Greco Roman tournament and the Junior Greco Roman tournament.
Trumbull’s Matt Ryan (6-2) won six consecutive consolation round matches at 113 pounds in the Cadet Greco Roman tournament and fell one victory shy of earning All-American honors. Ryan began the day with a one-point loss to Hawaii’s Issac Stalcup, 14-13. Trailing by five after one period, a 10-6 surge in the second period wasn’t enough.
In the consolation round, Ryan won three straight bouts by technical fall (10 points or more). Ryan remained alive, slipping past Austin Almauger of Washington state, 5-4. Eventually, Ryan was eliminated by Minnesota’s Colby Njos, getting pinned in 3:52.
State wrestlers with multiple wins in the Cadet Greco Roman competition included Killingworth’s Ronan Marino (100), who was 2-2, Tolland’s Michael Angers (138) with a 2-2 record and Xavier’s Ryan Devino (152), who finished with a 3-2 record.
In the Junior Greco-Roman tournament, Newtown’s Joe Accousti (160) was the top state wrestler, going 4-2 and finishing two wins shy of earning All-American status. Accousti had a 17 second pin in the consolation round.
Fairfield Warde’s Timmy Kane (132) went 3-2 with three consecutive wins in the championship bracket while Joel Barlow’s Emmett Licastri (160) went 3-2 as well. Berlin’s Nick Arborio (113) went 2-2 in the tournament.
Other Connecticut results
Cadet Greco Roman
Ronan Marino (100), Killingworth, 2-2
Matthew Ryan (113), Trumbull, 6-2
Jeremy Polanco (113), Platt-Meriden, 0-2
Michael Angers (138), Tolland, 2-2
Carson Licastri (138), Joel Barlow, 0-2
Ryan Devino (152), Xavier, 3-2
Clyde Auba (182), ND-Fairfield, 0-2
Junior Greco Roman
Devon Schoenberger (113), South Windsor, 1-2
Nicholas Arborio (113), Berlin, 2-2
Nate Reyes (120), Shelton, 0-2
Mel Ortiz (120), New Milford, 1-2
Timmy Kane (132), Fairfield Warde, 3-2
Joey Rossetti (138), Glastonbury, 0-2
Baltazar Gonzalez (138), Ellis Tech, 1-2
Joe Accousti (160), Newtown, 4-2
Emmett LiCastri (160), Joel Barlow, 3-2
Lachlan Rosato (195), Brunswick, 0-2
Cadet Freestyle
Ronan Marino (94), Killingworth,
2-2
Jeremy Polanco (106), Platt, 0-2
Matthew Ryan (113), Trumbull, 4-2
Jakob Camacho (120), Danbury,
4-2
Carson Licastri (138), Joel Barlow, 0-2
Ryan Luth (138), Foran, 4-2
Michael Angers (138), Tolland, 2-2
Ryan Devivo (152), Xavier, 2-2
Clyde Auba (182), ND-Fairfield, 4-2
Junior Freestyle
Devon Schoenberger (113), South Windsor, 1-2
Nick Arborio (113), Berlin 1-2
Kasim Khan (120), Fairfield Prep, 0-2
Gino Esposito (120), Foran, 0-2
Nate Reyes (120), Shelton, 0-2
Mel Ortiz (120), New Milford, 3-2
Tim Kane (132), Fairfield Warde,
4-2
Joey Rossetti (132), Glastonbury, 3-2
Baltazar Gonzalez (138), Ellis Tech, 2-2
Charles Kane (145), Fairfield Warde, 3-2
Ed Lovely (145), Newtown, 3-2
Michael Ross (152), Foran, 0-2
Emmett Licastri (160), Joel Barlow, 4-2
Joseph Accousti (170), Newtown, 2-2
Lachlan Rosato (195), Brunswick, 0-2
Matt Gray (220), St. Paul, 0-2
Anthony Falbo (182), Newtown,
8-2, fourth place
Women's Junior Freestyle
Cara Broadus (112), Plymouth, 4-2, 5th place
Joanne Ortiz (97), New Milford, 2-2
Women's Cadet Freestyle
Cara Broadus (115), Plymouth,
5-0, 1st place, national champion
Joanne Ortiz (101), New Milford,
0-2
Broadus wins U.S. national title in cadet freestyle
FARGO, N.D., July 16 – Plymouth’s Cara Broadus was dominant at the USA Wrestling Cadet and Junior national championship tournament at the Fargodome on Saturday.
Broadus won all five of her matches by technical fall (10 points or more) to capture the Cadet freestyle (ages 15-16) national championship at 115 pounds with a 10-0 win over Cameron Guerin of Washington state in just 54 seconds. Broadus didn’t give up a point in her five bouts. She won four matches by a 10-0 score and beat Viktoya Torres of Washington state in the semifinals, 11-0.
According to USA Wrestling, she is the first Connecticut woman to win a Cadet freestyle national championship. She is the first Connecticut wrestler to win a national championship in Fargo since East Lyme’s Ross Spencer in 2010 when he won a junior freestyle title at 105.
Broadus, who attends CREC’s Medical Profession and Teacher Profession Academy in New Britain, was a two-time All-American here a year ago. She was seventh in the Cadet women’s freestyle tournament in 2015 at 120 pounds and fifth in the Junior women’s freestyle tournament at 118.
CT wrestlers competing at national champs at Fargo
FARGO, North Dakota, July 15 – Twenty-eight wrestlers from Connecticut will be participating in USA Wrestling’s freestyle and Greco-Roman national championship tournaments over the next week at the FargoDome here in North Dakota. Competition will be held in the Cadet Division (ages 15-16) and Junior Division (high school, ages 15-18).
Among the participants on Team Connecticut are Fairfield’s Timmy Kane (132), who earned All-American honors in Cadet freestyle (third at 126) and Cadet Greco-Roman tournaments (sixth) a year ago, and Newtown’s Anthony Falbo, who earned All-American honors by taking fifth in the Cadet freestyle event. Also wrestling from Connecticut is Plymouth’s Cara Broadus, who earned All-American honors in the women’s cadet freestyle (seventh) and women’s junior freestyle tournament (fifth) last year. Click on the link to see the roster for Team Connecticut. We’ll be sharing results with you all week.
Girls
Cara Broadus, Terryville (CREC’s Medical Profession and Teacher Profession Academy-New Britain); Joanne Ortiz, New Milford
Boys Cadet Division
Ronan Marino (94), Killingworth; Jeremy Polanco (106), Platt-Meriden; Matt Ryan (113), Trumbull; Jakob Camacho (120), Danbury; Ryan Luth (138), Foran-Milford; Carson Licastri (138), Joel Barlow/Immaculate; Michael Angers (145), Tolland; Ryan Devino (152), Xavier; Clyde Auba (182), Notre Dame-Fairfield
Boys Junior Division
Nick Arborio (113), Berlin; Devon Schoenberger (113), South Windsor; Kasim Khan (120), Fairfield Prep; Gino Esposito (120), Foran-Milford; Mel Ortiz (120), New Milford; Nate Reyes (120), Shelton; JoJo Gonzalez (132), Ellis Tech-Danielson; Timmy Kane (132), Fairfield Warde; Joey Rossetti (138), Glastonbury (Phillips Exeter Academy); Ed Lovely (145), Newtown; Charlie Kane (145), Fairfield Warde; Michael Ross (152), Foran-Milford; Emmett Licastri (160), Joel Barlow/Immaculate; Joe Accousti (160), Newtown; Anthony Falbo (182), Newtown; Lachlan Rosato (195), Brunswick School-Greenwich; Matt Gray (220), St. Paul
