Complete brackets
2012 NHSCA Middle School Nationals
Connecticut entries
106
Pascal Medor, Westhill, 0-2
Saylee Phongsamphanh, Killingly, 2-2
113
Conor Kirkegard, New Milford, 2-2
120
Corey Billingham, Stratford, 0-2
132
Joey Battinelli, Stamford, 0-2
R.J. LaBeef, Pomfret, 3-2
Dylan Bryant, Danbury, 2-2
138
Justin Duperry, Bacon Acad., 1-2
Raymond Laudato, Masuk, 0-2
Brandon Walsh, Griswold, 2-2
145
Anthony Terlizzi, New Milford, 1-2
160
Ryan Peterson, Danbury, 1-2
170
Tyler Dufour, Bacon Academy, 0-2
182
Brandon Riggins, Norwalk, 2-2
Aaron Wing, Griswold, 3-2
220
Ozzy Garcia, Danbury, 0-2
Eric Tucker, Masuk, 3-3, 8th
113
Brian Amato, Newington, 2-2
Dylan Martel, Griswold, 1-2
126
Matt McAllister, Bacon Acad., 0-2
Geovanni Medina, New Britain, 4-3, 8th
Mishak Potter-Rivera, Lyman Memorial/WT, 1-2
132
Pharoah Eaton, Fair. Warde, 1-2
Nate Solomon, Southington, 2-2
138
Josh Fontanez, Portland, 0-2
152
Victor Fernandez, Ridgefield
Lucas Muntz, Conard, 0-2
170
Devyn Petsa, Windham, 2-2
Matt Tulba, Waterford, 2-2
195
Nick Poulin, Windham, 0-2
Chris Samboy, Htfd. Classical, 4-3, 8th
Joseph Peterson, Danbury, 0-2
220
P.J. Sawicki, Bacon Academy, 0-2
285
Travis Daly, Southington, 0-2
Darek Orange, Lyman Memorial/WT, 2-2
Ryan Murtha, Montville, 1-2
106
Ben Batulanon, Fair. Ludlowe, 0-2
Halim Bourjeili, New Milford, 0-2
Kevin Jack, Danbury, 4-3, 6th
120
Steven Beckham, Danbury, 1-2
126
Jake Caskey, Montville, 0-2
Howie Kilpatrick, Bacon Acad., 0-2
Christian Zotti, Newington, 1-2
132
Brendan Quinn, Bacon Acad., 0-2
138
Austin Holroyd, Bacon Acad., 0-2
145
Raymond Nunez, Danbury, 0-2
170
Tristan Jakobson, Danbury, 0-2
220
Daniel Deloreto, Bacon Acad., 0-2
106
Brandon Caffrey, Pomfret, 1-2
Paulo Freitas, Danbury, 1-2
Kyle Lindner, New Milford, 2-2
Lyiam Mathis, Old Lyme, 0-2
Connor O’Brien, Bacon Acad., 0-2
Brendan Zotti, Newington, 1-2
113
Alec Marquis, Danbury, 1-2
120
Zachary Cassidy, Griswold, 1-2
Zach Bylykbashi, Southington, 0-2
126
Frank Callace, Danbury, 0-2
152
Johnny Garcia, Danbury, 5-1, 3rd
Brandon Dufour, Bacon Acad., 0-2
106
Matt Elias, junior, Hand, 1-2
Nate Fair, junior, Haddam-Killingworth, 0-2
126
Sean Kellett, senior, Shelton, 1-2
C.J. Luth, senior, Foran, 1-2
Brandon Lanzofano, freshman, New Haven, 0-2
Eric Manuel, senior, Old Saybrook/Westbrook, 1-2
132
Tucker MacGregor, sr., Hand, 0-2
Doug Levine, junior, Hand, 0-2
Evan Reish, junior, Norwalk, 0-2
138
Jake Savoca, junior, Hand
145
Nate Misbach, junior, Guilford, 0-2
152
Dalton Ahern, senior, Old Saybrook/Westbrook
Jack McKeever, sr., Brookfield, 2-2
Cory Von Dassel, sophomore, Old Saybrook/Westbrook, 0-2
160
Brandon Fulco, jr., Trumbull, 0-2
Elliott Antler, junior, Xavier
170
Alex Cusano, sr., East Lyme, 0-2
Ned Berky, senior, Hand, 0-2
182
Elton Purvis, OSW, 2-2
220
Andrew Marino, so., Trumbull, 1-2
285
Julius Feniola, junior, East Haven
Saturday, April 1
Masuk's Tucker earns
All-American honors
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., April 1 -- Masuk's Eric Tucker earned All-American honors by finishing eighth at 220 pounds at the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Senior National wrestling championships Saturday. Tucker won two matches before losing in the quarterfinals. He earned a tight 2-1 decision over Dortanyia McIntyre of Louisiana to earn All-American honors. He finished 3-3 in the tournament.
Pomfret's R.J. LaBeef (132), Griswold's Brandon Walsh (138) and Griswold's Aaron Wing (182) came up one win short of earning All-American honors. LaBeef won three straight consolation round matches but dropped a 2-1 decision in OT to get eliminated. Walsh advanced to the quarterfinals with a pair of wins but dropped two straight to get eliminated. Wing also won three in a row in the consolation bracket.
Four state wrestlers
still alive at FloNationals
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 1 – Four Connecticut wrestlers remain alive in the consolation brackets at the 2012 FloNationals wrestling tournament at Drexel University. Hand junior Jake Savoca (138), Old Saybrook/Westbrook senior Dalton Ahern (152), Xavier junior Elliot Antler (160) and East Haven junior Julius Fenoila (285) were still competing this morning. Antler advanced as far as the quarterfinals with three straight wins before losing a match. Ahern has won three straight consolation round bouts.
Friday, March 30
Four state wrestlers earn
All-American honors
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., March 30 – Four Connecticut wrestlers have earned All-American honors by finishing in the top eight of their respective weight classes at the National High School Coaches Association’s (NHSCA) national tournament.
Danbury’s Johnny Garcia finished third at 152 pounds in the NHSCA’s Freshman National tournament while teammate Kevin Jack took sixth at 106 pounds in the NSCHA’s Sophomore Nationals.
In the Junior National tournament, New Britain’s Geovanni Medina (126) and Hartford Classical’s Chris Samboy (195) each finished eighth to earn All-American honors.
In the Senior National tournament, New Milford's Conor Kirkegard (113), Griswold’s Brandon Walsh (138) and Masuk's Eric Tucker (220) remain in the championship bracket and will wrestle Saturday morning in the round of 16.
Garcia won his first three matches before losing to eventual champion David Brian, 4-1 in the semifinals. Garcia won his final two bouts to take third. Jack won four straight bouts to earn a spot in the semifinals where he was beaten 2-0. He dropped two straight matches in the consolation round to take sixth.
Medina won his three matches before dropping a 3-2 decision in the quarterfinals. He earned a 3-1 decision to get into the medal round before losing two straight to finish eighth. Maine's Brent Waterman beat Medina, 8-4 to finish seventh. Samboy lost his second match but won three straight consolation round matches by one point to get into the medal round and earn All-American honors.
Over 80 state wrestlers in two national tournaments
HARTFORD, March 25 -- Over 80 Connecticut wrestlers will be competing in two national tournaments this weekend. Fifty-nine wrestlers are signed up to compete in the 23rd annual National High School Coaches Association’s national tournaments at Virginia Beach, Va. The NHSCA hosts national championship events in all 14 weight classes for freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. There are over 2,200 athletes signed up to wrestle in the event that begins Wednesday, March 28 and concludes on Sunday, April 1.
The newcomer on the block is the FloNationals championship tournament on March 31 and April 1 from Drexel University in Philadelphia. There are 23 Connecticut wrestlers signed up to compete in this tournament. This is the third year for the event.
