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Championship caliber
Athletes,
Scholars,
Coaches
Recognized
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2014 Class S All-State Wt: Wrestler Coach106: Patrick Miko, Derby Buster Jadach
113: Josh Russell, Derby Buster Jadach
120: Sebby Ruffino, Windham Patrick Risley
126: Mason Rambarose, Portland Jason Esteves
132: Kieran Duggan, Nonnewaug David Green
138: Jacob Caskey, Montville Gary Wilcox
145: Ryan Henderson, H-Killingworth Geoff Korper
152: Bryan Burnette, Holy Cross Steve LaBranche
160: Dakota Fleming, Windham Patrick Risley
170: Zachary Roth, H-Killingworth Geoff Korper
182: John D’Agostino, Nonnewaug David Green
195: Albi Cekici, Nonnewaug David Green
220: Skylar Lang, Canton Josh Kaplan
285: Dan Carbonaro, Oxford Ben Blue
At WindhamTeam results:1. Windham High 183½
2. Terryville 173½
3. Montville 163
4. Nonnewaug 143½
5. Derby 141½
6. Haddam-Killingworth 130½
7. Portland 116½
8. Oxford 104
9. Morgan 100
10. Canton 95
11. Seymour 72
12. Griswold 69
13. Somers 61½
14. Plainville 60
15. Holy Cross 59
16. East Catholic 57
17. Granby 56
18. Gilbert 52
19. East Windsor 48½
20. Weston 46
21. Enfield 42
22. OSW (Old Saybrook/
Westbrook) 29½
23. Northwestern 29
24. Goodwin Tech 26
25. Rocky Hill 25
26. Housatonic 23½
27. Stafford, Old Lyme 18
29. St. Paul Catholic 14
30. East Hampton 9
31. Notre Dame 7
32. O'Brien Tech 6
33. SMSA/Classical/University 4
34. Cromwell 0
Championship finals106: Patrick Miko, Derby dec. Max
Gonzalez, East Catholic, 6-1
113: Josh Russell, Derby pin
Jacob Martin, Windham, 4:40
120: Sebby Ruffino, Windham
tech fall Sam Ferreira, Terryville,
17-2
126: Mason Rambarose, Portland
dec. Elliott Wilion, Terryville, 7-5
132: Kieran Duggan, Nonnewaug
dec. Tyler Dobek, Derby, 11-5
138: Jacob Caskey, Montville dec.
David Colvin, OSW, 2-0
145: Ryan Henderson, Haddam-
Killingworth dec. George Andrews,
Terryville, 9-3
152: Bryan Burnette, Holy Cross
dec. Joseph Adams, Goodwin
Tech, 4-2
160: Dakota Fleming, Windham
dec. Steve Persson, Oxford, 6-3
170: Zachary Roth, Haddam-
Killingworth pin Tyler Bergeron,
Terryville, 0:58
182: John D’Agostino,
Nonnewaug pin Paul Larosa,
Haddam-Killingworth, 1:48
195: Albi Cekici, Nonnewaug dec.
Justin Pronovost, Terryville, 5-2
220: Skylar Lang, Canton pin
James Walsh, Griswold, 1:23
285: Dan Carbonaro, Oxford pin
Dylan Fusco, Plainville, 2:47
Outstanding wrestler: Jacob
Caskey, Montville (138)
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Wt: Wrestler Coach106: Matthew Dowler, STB/NT Tom Dowler
113: Jacob Pouliot, Foran Frank Peters
120: Brentt Smith, Waterford Chris Gamble
126: Colin Rook, Guilford Craig Vedrani
132: Samuel Lindblom, Waterford Chris Gamble
138: Joseph Martone, Branford Chris Bonagiuso
145: Howard Kilpatrick, Bacon Acad. Sean Smith
152: Jonah Swett, Lyman Mem./WT Brandon Stout
160: Andrew D’Amico, New Fairfield Paul Musso
170: Devon MarcAurele, Ledyard Steve Bilheimer
182: Khamri Thomas, Suffield/WL/EG Chris Potter
195: Zach Hubler, Foran Frank Peters
220: Daric Johnson, Ledyard Steve Bilheimer
285: Luke Edmondson, Foran Frank Peters
At Milford (Law)Team results:1. Ledyard 193
2. Waterford 168
3. Foran 153
4. Berlin 120
5. Branford 102½
6. Bacon Academy 102½
7. Lyman/Windham Tech 101
8. Guilford 98
9. New London 92½
10. New Fairfield 92
11. Immaculate/Joel Barlow 91
12. Killingly 82
13. Avon 80
14. Stratford 70
15. Suffield/Windsor Locks/East
Granby 69½
16. Ellis Tech 62
17. St.Bernard/Norwich 60
18. Jonathan Law 57½
19. Bethel 57½
20. Woodstock Academy 53½
21. Enrico Fermi 40
22. East Haven 37
23. East Lyme 34½
24. Vinal Tech 29½
25. Rockville 24
26. Wolcott Tech 21
27. Lyman Hall 20
Championship finals106: Matthew Dowler, St. Bernard/
Norwich Tech dec. Baltazar
Gonzalez, Ellis Tech, 10-6
113: Jacob Pouliot, Foran dec.
Zachary Smith, Killingly, 8-0
120: Brentt Smith, Waterford dec.
Alejandro Paulino, New London,
3-2
126: Colin Rook, Guilford dec.
Nikolas Randolph, Waterford, 8-1
132: Samuel Lindblom, Waterford
dec. Emmett Licastri,
Immaculate/Joel Barlow, 14-3
138: Joseph Martone, Branford
dec. Justin Lindbolm, Waterford,
3-0
145: Howard Kilpatrick, Bacon
Academy dec. Grayson Deluca,
Woodstock Academy, 13-1
152: Jonah Swett,
Lyman/Windham Tech pin Austin
Caffrey, Killingly, 5:49
160: Andrew D'Amico, New
Fairfield dec. Brandon Dufour,
Bacon Academy, 12-2
170: Devon MarcAurele, Ledyard
pin Collin Flannery, Vinal Tech,
3:02
182: Khamri Thomas, Suffield
dec. Brendan MacIntyre, Bethel,
7-0
195: Zachary Hubler, Foran dec.
Steven Ghossni, Immaculate/Joel
Barlow, 11-6
220: Daric Johnson, Ledyard dec.
Benjamin Croll, Foran, 4-3
285: Luke Edmonson, Foran dec.
Mike Burek, Berlin, 6-3
Outstanding wrestler:Devon
Marcaurele (170), Ledyard
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n Windham won its 11th statetitle.
n Windham is just the 2ndteam to win state titles in 3
divisions (L, M, S). Berlin is
the other team.
Did you know?
n Ledyard won a record 20thstate championship. They’ve
won 12 Class M titles.
n An ECC team has won inClass M for 12 straight years.
The last non-ECC winner was
RHAM in 2002.
Did you know?
2014 Class L All-State Wt: Wrestler Coach106: George Wales, Fair. Ludlowe Nick Garoffolo
113: Kyle Linder, New Milford Chris Piel
120: Marlon Argueta, Platt High Bryan McCarty
126: Daniel Ebert, Fairfield Warde Jason Shaughnessy
132: Conor Caffrey, South Windsor Jude Knapp
138: Ashton Gyenizs, Hand Michael Docker
145: Ryan Rigney, Farmington Eric Misko
152: Max Odell, South Windsor Jude Knapp
160: Harry Pacheco, Farmington Eric Misko
170: Dovydas Simanskis, Farmington Eric Misko
182: Cody Carrillo, Middletown Mark Fong
195: Ogadinma Ikani, Hall Anthony Weber
220: Cole Souza, Hall Anthony Weber
285: Ahmed Hourani, Fair. Warde Jason Shaughnessy
At Bristol CentralTeam results: 1. New Milford 215½
2. Fairfield Warde 188
3. Bristol Eastern 160½
4. Farmington 155½
5. Platt 134
6. Fairfield Ludlowe 133½
7. Middletown 125
8. Daniel Hand 108½
9. South Windsor 97
10. Newington 94½
11. Maloney 89
12. Hall 87
13. Bristol Central 85
14. Masuk 64
14. Windsor 64
16. Pomperaug 54
17. E.O. Smith 50½
18. Bunnell 46
19. Fitch 44
20. Wilton 28
21. Harding 26
22. Norwalk 24
23. Darien 20½
24. Wethersfield 18
25. RHAM 16
26. Notre Dame 4
27. New Canaan 3
Championship finals106: George Wales (Fairfield
Ludlowe) dec. Ryan Pantalena
(Maloney), 11-8
113: Kyle Lindner (New Milford)
dec. Timmy Kane (Fairfield
Warde), 11-7
120: Marlon Argueta (Platt) dec.
Benjamin Batulanon (Fairfield
Ludlowe), 4-3
126: Daniel Ebert (Fairfield
Warde) dec. Niko Stefanatos (New
Milford), 6-4
132: Conor Caffrey (South
Windsor) dec. Bryan Rojas (New
Milford), 11-0
138: Ashton Gyenizs (Daniel
Hand.) dec. Dylan Bender
(Fairfield Warde), 8-4
145: Ryan Rigney (Farmington)
dec. Brett Leonard (New Milford)
7-6
152: Max Odell (South Windsor)
d. Christian Zotti (Newington) 5-3
160: Harry Pacheco (Farmington)
dec. Benjamin Onofrio (Daniel
Hand), 2-1 OT
170: Dovydas Simanskis
(Farmington) dec. Jacob Grasis
(Middletown) 5-0
182: Cody Carrillo (Middletown)
dec. Jordan Kenyon (Fitch) 8-2
195: Ogadinma Ikani (Hall) dec.
Salvatore Longo (Masuk), 9-8
220: Cole Souza (Hall) dec. John
Bernardo (Platt) 4-2
285: Ahmed Hourani (Fairfield
Warde) pin Kyle Porter (Bristol
Eastern) 0:30
Outstanding wrestler: Conor
Caffrey, South Windsor (132)
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2014 Class L Tournament
2014 Class LL All-State Wt: Wrestler Coach106: Paulo Freitas, Danbury Ricky Shook
113: Jeremy Fields, Danbury Ricky Shook
120: Chris Bryant, Danbury Ricky Shook
126: Kevin Jack, Danbury Ricky Shook
132: James Leuci, Newtown Chris Bray
138: Will Chowanec, Xavier Mike Cunningham
145: Favion Williams, Hartford Lee Pinney
152: Anthony Falbo, Newtown Chris Bray
160: Brendan Butler, Xavier Mike Cunningham
170: Juan Garcia, Danbury Ricky Shook
182: Colin Cunningham, Xavier Mike Cunningham
195: Zach Maxwell, Southington Derek Dion
220: Andrew Cavanna, Glastonbury Rob Levesque
285: Nicholas Crowe, Fairfield Prep Corey Denis
2014 Class LL Tournament
At TrumbullTeam results: 1. Newtown 213
2. Xavier 207
3. Danbury 200½
4. Simsbury 185
5. Trumbull 146
6. Southington 119½
7. Shelton 92
8. Greenwich 91
9. Manchester 89
10. Westhill 82½
11. New Britain 80
12. NFA 78½
13. Amity 65
14. Ridgefield 61
15. Glastonbury 61
16. Hartford 60½
17. Cheshire 57
18. Conard 45
19. Fairfield Prep 44
20. Brien McMahon 38
21. Platt Tech/West Haven 28
22. New Haven 27
23. Stamford 24
24. East Hartford 19
25. Staples 11
26. Bridgeport Central 4
Championship finals106: Paulo Freitas, Danbury dec.
Zachary Murillo, Southington, 8-5
113: Jeremy Fields, Danbury dec.
Edward Lovely, Newtown, 8-1
120: Chris Bryant, Danbury dec.
Keith Penney, Simsbury, 6-0
126: Kevin Jack, Danbury dec.
Cross Cannone, Trumbull, 14-3
132: James Leuci, Newtown dec.
Kevin Side, Ridgefield, 3-1
138: Will Chowanec, Xavier dec.
Keith Fernandes, Simsbury, 11-3
145: Favion Williams, Hartford
dec. Alex Perez, Manchester, 23-8
152: Anthony Falbo, Newtown d.
Steven Briganti, Trumbull, 11-4
160: Brendan Butler, Xavier pin
Alexander Martin, Southington,
1:20
170: Juan Garcia, Danbury dec.
Gabe Vega, Cheshire, 7-1
182: Colin Cunningham, Xavier d.
James Demaio, Simsbury, 7-5
195: Zachary Maxwell,
Southington pin C. Sollenberger,
Trumbull, 5:47
220: Andrew Cavanna,
Glastonbury dec. Chid Broderick,
Xavier, 5-2
285: Nicholas Crowle, Fairfield
Prep pin Bradley Helmkamp,
Simsbury, 2:16
Outstanding wrestler: Zach
Maxwell (195), Southington
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Did you know?
n Danbury’s Kevin Jack is the12th wrestler in state history
with 3 State Open titles
n Newtown’s win in Class LLwas its first-ever state title
n Jack and Will Chowanecwon 3 straight Class LL titles
n Howard Kilpatrick, KhamriThomas & Zach Maxwell won
their 2nd State Open titles
n New Milford won its thirdClass L title in four years
n Kyle Linder, Ryan Rigneyand Ahmed Hourani won their
2nd straight Class L titles
Did you know?
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2014 State Open championsWt: Wrestler Coach106: Paulo Freitas, Danbury Ricky Shook
113: Kyle Linder, New Milford Chris Piel
120: Chris Bryant, Danbury Ricky Shook
126: Kevin Jack, Danbury Ricky Shook
132: Connor Caffrey, So. Windsor Jude Knapp
138: Will Chowanec, Xavier Mike Cunningham
145: Howard Kilpatrick, Bacon Acad. Sean Smith
152: Anthony Falbo, Newtown Chris Bray
160: Dakota Fleming, Windham Patrick Risley
170: Juan Garcia, Danbury Ricky Shook
182: Khamri Thomas, Suff/WL/EG Chris Potter
195: Zach Maxwell, Southington Derek Dion
220: Andrew Marino, Trumbull Nikko Filippakis
285: Ahmed Hourani, Fair. Warde Jason Shaughnessy
2014 State Open Tournament
At New HavenTeam results: 1. Danbury 141
2. New Milford 114½
3. Fairfield Warde 92
4. Xavier 89
5. Trumbull 88
6. Southington 85
7. Simsbury 80
8. Windham 72
9. Newtown 71½
10. Montville 71
11. Nonnewaug 60
12. Bristol Eastern 56½
13. South Windsor 49
14. Farmington 48
15. Fairfield Ludlow 44½
16. Daniel Hand 40½
17. Middletown 40
18. Ledyard 39
19. Foran 36
20. Bacon Academy, Oxford 35
22. Bristol Central 33
23. Canton 32
24. Haddam-Killingworth 30
25. Immaculate/Joel Barlow,
Suffield/W. Lock/EG 28
27. Maloney Newington 26
29. Somers 25
30. Glastonbury,
St. Bernard/Norwich Tech 23
32. Terryville 22½
33. Platt, Hartford 22
35. Fitch 21
36. Fairfield Prep, Holy Cross 20
38. Westbrook/Old Saybrook 19
39. Manchester 17
40. Berlin, Cheshire 16
42. Woodstock Academy 15½
43. Lyman Memorial/Windham
Tech, New Fairfield 15
45. Shelton 14½
46. Bethel, Branford, N. Britain 13
49. Brien McMahon 12½
50. Derby, Masuk, Westhill 12
53. Killingly, Ridgefield, Wilton 11
56. Hall, New London 10
58. Old Lyme, Portland 9
60. Morgan 8
61. Ellis Tech, Gilbert, Griswold
New Haven, Waterford, Windsor 7
67. Avon, Conard, NFA, Rockville 6
71. Bunnell, E.O. Smith,
Greenwich 5
74. East Catholic, Guilford,
Housatonic, Vinal Tech 4
78. Pomperaug, Wolcott Tech 3
80. Northwestern 2
81. Amity, East Haven, Jonathan
Law, Stratford 1
Championship results106: Paulo Freitas; Danbury dec.
Matthew Dowler, STB/NT, 7-1
113: Kyle Linder, New Milford pin
Timmy Kane, Fair. Warde, 4:49
120: Chris Bryant, Danbury dec.
Zach Bylykbashi, Southington, 1-0
126: Kevin Jack, Danbury dec.
Cross Cannone, Trumbull, 11-2
132: Conor Caffrey, S. WIndsor d.
Kiernan Duggan, Nonnewaug, 6-4
138: Will Chowanec, Xavier dec.
Jacob Caskey, Montville, 3-2
145: Howard Kilpatrick, Bacon d.
Favion Williams, Hartford, 10-7
152: Anthony Falbo, Newtown
dec. Max Odell, S. Windsor, 7-3
160: Dakota Fleming, Windham d.
Ben Onofrio, Hand, 3-1
170: Juan Garcia, Danbury dec.
Devon MarcAurele, Ledyard, 5-1
182: Khamri Thomas, Suff/WL/EG
d. John D’Agostino, Nonn. 7-2
195: Zach Maxwell, Southington
d. Jacob Feldman, Simsbury, 7-3
220: Andrew Marino, Trumbull d.
Andrew Cavanna, Glaston, 4-3
285: Ahmed Hourani, F. Warde p.
Kyle Porter, Bristol Eastern, 2:29
Outstanding wrestler: Kilpatrick
2014 New England TournamentAt Providence, R.I.
First placeKevin Jack, Danbury (126)
Khamri Thomas, Suffield/Windsor Locks/E. Granby (182)
Second placePaulo Freitas, Danbury (106)
Cross Cannone, Trumbull (126)
Juan Garcia, Danbury (170)
Ahmed Hourani, Fairfield Warde (285)
Third placeKyle Linder, New Milford (113)
Howard Kilpatrick, Bacon Academy (145)
Anthony Falbo, Newtown (152)
Fourth placeMatthew Dowler, St. Bernard/NT (106)
Jeremy Fields, Danbury (113)
Chris Bryant, Danbury (120)
Daniel Ebert, Fairfield Warde (126)
Emmett LiCastri, Immaculate/Joel Barlow (132)
Will Chowanec, Xavier (138)
Favion Williams, Hartford (145)
Dovydas Simanskis, Farmington (170)
Andrew Cavanna, Glastonbury (220)
Nicholas Crowle, Fairfield Prep (285)
Fifth placeZach Murrillo, Southington (106)
Cody Carrillo, Middletown (182)
Andrew Marino, Trumbull (220)
Sixth placeBrett Leonard, New MIlford (145)
Christian Zotti, Newington (152)
Team resultsn Top 5: 1. Mt. Anthony (VT) 121, 2. Danbury 108, 3. Exeter/West Greenwich (RI) 71, 4. Londonderry (NH) 67,
5. Timberlane (NH) 56½
n Connecticut teams: 10. Fairfield Warde 44, t14. Trumbull 34,t19. New Milford 29, t21. Xavier 27, t26. Southington 25,
t28. Suffield/Windsor Locks/East Granby 24, t34. Newtown 20,
t36. Bacon Academy 18, t43. Farmington 16½,
t45. Fairfield Prep, Middletown and Immaculate/JB 16,
t50. Glastonbury, Hartford 14, t56. Newington 12,
65. Nonnewaug 10½, t67. Old Saybrook/Westbrook 9,
t74. Canton and Simsbury 7; t82. South Windsor 6,
t92. Holy Cross, Montville, Portland 5; t97. Bristol Central,
Ledyard, Windham High 4; t113. Somers 3, t115. Maloney,
Oxford 2
Outstanding wrestler: Kevin Jack (126), Danbury
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COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Class LL: Chris Bray, Newtown
Class L: Chris Piel, New Milford
Class M: Steve Bilheimer, Ledyard
Class S: Patrick Risley, Windham
ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
Class LL: Mike McKeever, Newtown
Class L: Ryan Fitzsimmons, N. Milford
Class M: Marc Duplice, Waterford
Class S: Mike Haggerty, Windham
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
Kevin Jack, Danbury (126)
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Newtown
SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Zach Maxwell, Southington
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE
Nicholas Crowle, Fairfield Prep
Devon MarcAurele, Ledyard
Mike Burek, Berlin
Dylan Bender, Fairfield Warde
Connor Sollenberger, Trumbull
Ben Croll, Foran
Jake Pouliot, Foran
Jacob Caskey, Montville
Dovydas Simanskis, Farmington
2014 AWARDS
COACH OF THE YEAR
2013: Jude Knapp, South Windsor (LL),
Eric Misko, Farmington (L), Frank Peters,
Foran (M), Peter Veleas, Terryville (S)
2012: Mike Cunningham, Xavier
2011: Mike Cunningham, Xavier (LL);
Chris Piel, New Milford (L); Michael
Voiland (M), Dana Cooke (S), Griswold
2010: Chris Piel, New Milford
2009: Mike Cunningham, Xavier (LL),
Jason Shaugnessy, Fairfield Warde (L),
Chris Gamble, Waterford (M), Rich
Bowen, Killingly (S)
2008: Michael Voiland, Bacon Academy
2007: Mark Fong, Middletown
2006: Ricky Shook, Danbury (LL), Jason
Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde (L), Pat
Risley, Windham (M), Dana Cooke,
Griswold (S)
2005: Ricky Shook, Danbury (LL); Steve
Bilheimer, Ledyard (L), Chris Gamble,
Waterford (M), Darek Schibi, Northwestern
Regional (S)
2004: Ricky Shook, Danbury (LL); Patrick
Cox, Rockville (L); Pat Risley, Windham
(M), David Green, Nonnewaug (S)
2003: Rich Bowen, Killingly
2002: Ted Oczkowski, Bridgeport Central
2001: Peter Sepko, Southington
2000: Ricky Shook, Danbury
1999: John Nimock, Danbury
1998: Bob Serrano, New Fairfield
1997: John Nimock, Danbury
1996: Barry Bernstein, Manchester
1995: unknown
TEAM OF THE YEAR
2013: Danbury
2012: Xavier
2011: Bacon Academy
2010: Danbury
SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
2013: Elliot Antler, Xavier
2012: Brandon Walsh, Griswold
ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
2013: Doug Rohner, Glastonbury (LL),
Matt Boissoneault, Bristol Central (L),
Dave Esposito, Foran (M), Doug
Stevenson, Haddam-Killingworth (S)
2012: Niko Filippakis, Trumbull (LL), Mike
Daniels, Farmington (L), Julian Hightower,
Ledyard (M), Doug Stevenson, Haddam-
Killingworth (S)
2011: Kyle St. George, Xavier (LL); Ryan
Fitzsimmons, New Milford (L); Mike Morris
(M), Bacon Academy; Brandon Stout (S),
Griswold
2010: Matt Laskowski, Danbury (LL);
Ryan Fitzsimmons, New Milford (L); Mike
Morris, Bacon Academy (M); Mark Rivard,
Somers (S)
2009: Kyle St. George, Xavier (LL), Matt
Boissoneault, Bristol Central (L), Reggie
Allen, Waterford (M), Gary Tilbe,
Nonnewaug (S)
2008: Rafael Calixto, Windham High
2007: Matt Laskowski, Danbury (LL), Tim
D’Aquila, Middletown (L), Mike
Heuschneider, Ledyard (M), John Horton,
Griswold (S)
2006: Matt Laskowski, Danbury (LL),
Robert Gillen, Fairfield Warde (L), Jaime
Valetin and Rafael Calixto, Windham (M),
John Horton, Griswold (S)
2005: Steve Kaplanis, Danbury (LL), Mike
Heuschneider, Ledyard (L), Steve Welch,
Waterford (M); Derek Schibi, Northwestern
Regional (S)
2004: Gary Tilbe, Danbury (LL); Mark
Lawrence, Rockville (L); Jaime Valentin,
Windham (M), Rafael Calixto, Windham
(M); Chris Martinelli, Nonnewaug (S)
2003: John Taylor, East Haven
2002: Gary Tilbe, Danbury
2001: Derek Dion, Southington
2000: Joe DiMartino, Derby
1999: Ricky Shook, Danbury
1998: Ricky Shook, Danbury
1997: Ricky Shook, Danbury
1996: Mark Raymond, New Fairfield
1995: Walter Lee, Manchester
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
2013: Kevin Jack, Danbury (120)
2012: Devon Carrillo, Middletown (182)
2011: Patrick Gillen, Shelton (215)
2010: Charlie Costanzo, Danbury (119)
2009: Charlie Costanzo, Danbury (119)
2008: Derek Fish, Hand (145)
2007: T.J. Hepburn, Ledyard (140)
2006: Bran Crudden, Windham (171)
2005: Joey Martin, Simsbury (119)
2004: Brandon Stavola (135), Amity and
Greg Dussol (152), RHAM
2003: Anthony Hayes (140), Danbury
2002: Lee Mannion (135), Fairfield
2001: Allyn Quibble (140), Ledyard
2000: Nick Ciarcia (160), Xavier
1999: Anthony Reynolds (189), Berlin
1998: Brendan Harris, Somers
1997: Leo Lopes (125), Danbury
1996: Roberto Serrano (152), N. Fairfield
PREVIOUS WINNERS
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE
CRITERIA
4 Senior in good standing with school,exhibits good character and citizenship,
completes entire
season with team.
4 Member of first team or second teamAll-State squad in wrestling
4 Must score at least 1,800 on SAT(math, critical reading, writing) and/or at
least 26 on ACT
4 Nomination must be signed by coachand guidance counselor.
n NOTE: Some years, there was onestatewide award to the coach of the year.
In other years, there were only coaches of
the year awards in Class LL, L, M and S.