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6 days agoPJ Sora Armed Forces Memorial Wrestling Tournament (K-8) Londonderry High School 295 Mammoth Road Londonderry, NH 03053 Sponsored by the Londonderry Wrestling Association Tournament will be run on FloArena – link to registration: http://bit.ly/PJSora2019 Date: December 22, 2019 Times: Staggered start times. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN THE SCHEDULE WITH 5-8 GOING FIRST AND HONOR WEIGH INS. Gr 5-8 Wrestling Schedule: Arrive to check in at 7:15 am-7:45 am Wrestling begins at 8:30 am K-4 Wrestling Schedule: Check in between 10:15 - 10:45 Begin wrestling at 11:30 am (at the end of 5-8 or when enough mat space is available to start K-4) Weigh-Ins: K-8 WRESTLERS WILL NOT WEIGH-IN – The Honor System will be used. This is an early season tournament, the goal is to get matches, please use good sportsmanship and enter honest weights. At the discretion of the tournament director, wrestlers will be asked to step on a scale if their weight is questioned. Wrestlers will be grouped according to the weight entered when registering in FloArena online. Please use good sportsmanship and enter the correct weight! K-8 will use the Madison weight system. Athletes will be grouped in 8 man brackets where available using skill level as seeding criteria; round robin format will be used where necessary. This will be determined by the Tournament Director. Wrestlers will be grouped in grades using K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8. Entry Fee: Register online and pay onsite ($15) during check-in REGISTRATION DEADLINE – DECEMBER 19, 2019 NO WALK IN REGISTRATIONS Awards: Medals awarded to the top 3 place finishers. Questions: pjstournydirector@gmail.com
Late summer predictions for LL (over three months out till season starts...or about 100 days):
Class LL
106 – ?
113 – Longo (Trumbull) - 1st LL/AA @ Fargo GR or O’Dell (Danbury) - 5th NE @ 106
120 – Currier (Hall) - 3rd Opens & NE @ 113
126 – Johnson (Danbury) - 6th NE @ 120
132 – Ebert (Warde) - 3rd Opens & NE @ 126
138 – Jack (Danbury) - no need to explain this one, only that he is expected to go 138 - see http://www.hatterswrestling.com within '19-'20 Season Info
145 – ?
152 – Shaughnessy (Warde) - 3rd Opens & 6th NE @ 145
160 – Mazur (Westhill) - 4th NE @ 152
170 – Tsiranides (FP) - 2nd LL @ 160 or Vitti (Southington) - 5th Opens @ 160
182 – Carr (Southington) - 1st LL @ 170 or Rasmussen (Warde) - 6th Opens @ 170
195 – ?
220 – Cocchia (McMahon) - 3rd LL @ 220
285 – Agosto (Danbury) - 2nd LL & Opens @ 285, Weiner (Shelton) - 5th Opens @ 285, or Houston (New Haven) - 1st Opens @ 285
Mainly rolled up the various weights from the 18-19 results within LL and Opens, except 138 (Jack - see link above) and for the 220/285, which are more stable. Some weight classes included "?" as I did not see many juniors or below that had a record/place of distinction in the prior weight class in 18-19. Many wrestlers could increase more than one weight class...at this point, just a guess.
The other variable in this if there are any class changes (i.e., a school moving up/down to a different classification...LL to L, and vice versa). For example, does Simsbury and Xavier stay in the Ls or do they move up to LLs? Later in the fall, the updated classifications will be released via http://ciacsports.com/site/?page_id=976.
Longo AA'd at 101lbs so pretty confident he will be at 106 this year. I see Jack at 132 and Kovacs back at 138 for Danbury.
Now for the L...just under 100 days till the start of the season.
106 – ?
113 – Rapuano (Xavier) – 1st L/2nd Open/3rd NE @ 106
120 – Aldi (BC) – 2nd L @ 113
126 – T. Finn (Simsbury) – 1st L/3rd Open @ 120
132 – Mairano (Simsbury) – 1st L/4th Open @ 126
138 – Nichols (BE) – 1st L/3rd Open @ 132
145 – Mastroianni (NC) – 1st L/1st Open/2nd NE @ 138
152 – Sung (NC) – 1st L/1st Open/1st NE @ 145
160 – Maleryn (RHAM) 3rd L @ 152 or Sirois (Simsbury) – 4th L @ 152
170 – Bergin (Simbury) – 1st L @ 160
182 – ?
195 – ?
220 – Dubon (Middletown) – 3rd L @ 220
285 – Mackenzie (New London) – 3rd L @ 285 or Facey (BC) – 4th L @ 285
Again rolled up each weight class up by one, which is making very strong assumptions as many go up more than one in actuality. The Ls seem pretty clear in many weights and very open in others, especially in the upper weights. In all, the Ls are very strong in many of the lower weights with a good amount of returning L champions or finalists (8 by my count). It would be very interesting if some of the excellent wrestlers in the lower/middle weights went up by more than one class, thus producing some excellent matchups.
Again, the question is still at hand with some of the schools to whether they stay, enter, or exit from the Ls. But again, a very early late summer analysis...
Hamilton from BC is the guy here at 106. He should be able to make a push into the opens as well.
Mastroianni is going to Green Farms Academy this year
Now for the installment of the Ms...
106 – ?
113 – Brault (Joel Barlow) – 2nd M/4th Opens @ 106
120 – Johns (Suffield/WL) – 4th M @ 113
126 – O’Brien (Bacon) – 1st M @ 120 or Rondini (Platt) – 2nd M/2nd Open @ 120
132 – Charron (Killingly) – 1st M @ 126
138 – DiVito (E. Haven) – 2nd M @ 132
145 – Stabile (Brookfield) – 4th M @ 138
152 – Klein-Wassink (Joel Barlow) – 2nd M @ 145
160 – Adams (Suffield/WL) – 1st M/1st Open/1st NE @ 152
170 – McNeary (Joel Barlow) – 3rd M @ 160
182 – Doucette (New Fairfield) – 4th M @ 170
195 – LiCastri (Joel Barlow) – 1st M/1st Open/1st NE @ 182
220 – Gens (Avon) – 1st M/5th Open @ 220
285 – ?
The Ms have 9 returning finalists, similar to that of the Ls, with 126 being the most interesting based on rolling up the weights one weight class. H. Adam and C. LiCastri are the real cream of the crop in this class being the returning NE champions (and only Ms wrestlers that did anything at the 2019 NE tournament in terms of placing).
87 days till first practice/season opening...but who is counting?
both Ellis tech kids are from Ms? Sean Johnson 1 @ Ms 2nd open 1 NE 138, Hayden Minski 2nd Ms 4th Open and 6th NE
@John Both of those wrestlers performed well last year @ NEs. However, they were both seniors last year, thus cannot do anything in the Ms for the 19-20 season, which this thread is all about.
106 - i think brault is coming back down. Matt Carozza is also in contention at this weight.
Last installment of this thread...now for the Ss:
106 - Hines (Haddam-Killingworth) - 3rd Ss @ 106/AA @ Fargo FS @ 100
113 - Chapman (Montville) 2nd Ss @ 106
120 - Levesque (East Hampton) - 1st Ss/6th Opens @ 113
126 - Verdiglione (Nonnewaug) - 2nd Ss @ 120
132 - Bond (Montville) - 2nd Ss @ 126
138 - Bradley (Morgan) - 1st Ss @ 132 or Matthews (Gilbert) 2nd Ss/5th Opens @ 132
145 - Light (Stonington) - 2nd Ss @ 138
152 - Rodriguez Rivera - 1st Ss @ 145
160 - Matthews (Gilbert) - 1st Ss @ 152
170 - ?
182 - ?
195 - Cronin (Nonnewaug) - 1st Ss/2nd Opens @ 182
220 - Lytle (Northwestern) - 2nd Ss/5th Opens
285 - ?
The Ss have a bunch of returning finalists from the 2018-19 season - 11 from my count. The 138 weight-class could be the barn-burner in this class with a possible rematch of Bradley & Matthews. Again, many assumptions here with only moving up one weight class from last year's results (i.e., the final weight classes should be very different once the season starts AND after the 2-pound allowance).
72 days/10 weeks till opening day of practice...
Any thoughts on the possible 19-20 Opens contenders at each weight?
Killingly and Ledyard are moving down to Class S based on CIAC updated class list
@techfall Amity is also moving down from the LL to the L, with Fairfield Ludlowe moving up to the LL.
@techfall Bacon Academy also dropped to S. Looks like the entire ECC dropped. New London is now in M's
Cayleb Leclerc is going 145 again this year. He barely took second at 145 last year and was light for the weight class. This year will be his senior year !
Here is my attempt at the Opens...October-1 Edition:
106 - Brault (Joel Barlow) - 4th Opens @ 106 (and wrestled at 106 in Journeymen)
113 - Rapuano (Xavier) - 2nd Opens/3rd NE @ 106
120 - Currier (Hall) - 3rd Opens/3rd NE @ 113
126 - Rondini (Platt) - 2nd Opens, T. Finn (Simsbury) - 3rd Opens, or Johnson (Danbury) - 5th Opens/6th NE @ 120
132 - Ebert (Warde) - 3rd Opens/3rd NE @ 126
138 - Jack (Danbury) - 1st Opens/1st NE @ 126
145 - ?
152 - Sung (New Canaan) - 1st Opens/1st NE @ 145
160 - Adams (Suffield/WL) - 1st Opens/1st NE @ 152
170 - Vitti (Southington) - 5th Opens @ 160 or Bergin (Simsbury) - 6th Opens @ 160
182 - Rasmussen (Warde) - 6th Opens @ 170
195 - LiCastri (Joel Barlow) - 1st Opens/1st NE @ 182
220 - Lytle (Northwestern) - 5th Opens @ 195 or Gens (Avon) - 5th Opens @ 220
285 - Agosto (Danbury) - 2nd Opens or Houston (New Haven) - 1st Opens
There are many quality wrestlers coming back for a run at the Opens this upcoming season. For this analysis, I tried to stay with returning Open medalists, thus many other good wrestlers could contend for the Open title (i.e., many class champions did not place in the Opens).
Many weights look stacked, especially in the lower weights (e.g., 126). Also many weights have returning Open finalists/champions/NE place-winners (8 returning Open finalists and 4 returning NE champions - Jack, Sung, Adams, LiCastri). However, the 145 weight class looks wide open as all place-winners at 138 were seniors last season (and all class champions were also seniors last year).
Again, many assumptions made here as many wrestlers could go a different weight or could have moved out of state/go to private school (e.g., Mastrianni to Greens Farm Academy). Lastly, the 132/138 classes could change if Jack decides to go 132.
62 days till the first practice...
both Ellis tech kids are from Ms? Sean Johnson 1 @ Ms 2nd open 1 NE 138, Hayden Minski 2nd Ms 4th Open and 6th NE