Interest in wrestling has peaked I guess. Back to the 90's. I did a little search for "new england wrestling" and across the upstate NE states there are pockets of press about the local wrestlers. Down here it's Danbury, and the odd article about Tyler Sung from New Canaan. I applaud those communities that are still supporting their high school sports teams, but they are fading away. No wonder kids get burnt out on the sport.....it's not one that thrives without the support of a community. In a single year I've seen the interest in this site fade tremendously. GametimeCT writes fluff articles about the SCC. Local papers are pooling stories so they recycle across the region. Success through conflict should be celebrated....it's been a building block for character development for kids as long as I've been around. Thoughts? ~a full fledged cynic

Finally some data to look at in retrospect. I tallied up all the top 6 finishes by both conference and class at the Opens this year. Here's what I found: First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth LL 6 7 4 5 8 3 L 4 3 2 4 2 4 M 3 2 1 4 2 4 S 0 2 7 1 3 1 By conference: FCIAC (14 schools) 22 place winners/20 NE Qualifiers CCC (26 schools) 29 place winners/15 NE Qualifiers SWC (12 schools) 12 place winners/9 NE Qualifiers SCC (13 schools) 12 place winners/11 NE Qualifiers ECC (13 schools) 9 place winners/8 NE qualifiers Berkshire/NCCC/Unattached 10 place winners/7 NE Qualifiers (Apologies for any incorrect numbers, it was hand tallied and I wasn't doing it twice)

Are the team rankings on the home page supposed to be for regular season dual teams, or are they supposed to be expected tournament finishes?

Here are a couple names that could impact if they are enrolled somewhere, any insight on schools and weight classes? Khaliel Bourjelli Justin Shay Joey Iammuno Luca Manfredi Jesse DeFonce Jonah Webber Brayden Soleau Matty Lopes Zavier Hernandez Josh Neiroda Angelo Pelicci Ronnie Cristolin Aiden Squier Ben Plaue Fisher Stites I'm sure there are more that I'm missing.

Whenever I look at the rankings it seems like people mix the two, and there really isn't any consensus as to what the criteria is. The things that make a good dual team should be recognized because it highlights healthy programs, with depth and consistency. It highlights coaching because it's almost certain that kids have been developed to fill holes in the lineup. Nobody really gets a full lineup developed through youth programs in Connecticut. Even Danbury fills out the top end of their lineup with kids who start as freshmen. Then you have the teams that have some hammers that score no matter the competition level. Why not have two Top Ten or Top Twenty Ranks? It could be something where you vote on each one every two weeks so we stagger it. Maybe it's even done off of actual data instead of a vote? Thoughts?

LL - 810 L - 543.5 M - 586 S - 298.5 https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/ec316bcc-6808-41b1-b1c1-0c1b96a6ac9b LL had the most teams scoring and 1, 3, 5 placements (Danbury/Warde/Trumbull) L had 2, 4, 6, 7 (Xavier/Bristol Eastern/New Canaan/Simsbury) M highest 2 teams tied for 9th (Barlow/Suffield-Windsor Locks), second most teams scoring S highest team 11th (Northwestern)

-laughs- I thought I'd see a lot more commentary on the boards this morning. Okay....I'll get it started. Match results that caught my eye: ECC: 106 - Doran over Concascia 9-5 113 - Smith over M. Charron 12-7 120 - Najii over Morissette 2-0, and then over O'Brien 11-5 126 - Archer over Fantoli 3-0, and then over Dave Charron 5-3 (challenge for Folino?) 132 - Tyler Miller giving up 2 points in 3 matches 138 - Dirico and Zane split this year, rubber match at M's? 145 - Marcos Rodriguez over Minevich 3-0, and over Swett 6-1 152 - Ryan Powers hasn't gotten enough respect here, 18-5 over Vanase, 2 wins over Minevich this year 160 - Played to form 170 - Derek Turner gving up 3 points in 3 matches, scoring 34 182 - Class M final likely Commander vs LiCastri 195 - Played to form 220 - Played to form 285 - Bernier over Deveau 1-0 (shows quality for both), and a pin of Ryan in the finals FCIAC: 106 - O'Dell over M. Longo 2-0 (Kai seems to have made a competitive jump this year) 113 - Pina wrestling for Danbury instead of Liam Knight 120 - Tyler Johnson over Sam White 7-0, and Jack Ryan over Johnson 6-5 126 - Smart over Ebert 2-0, and losing to Ryan Jack 4-8 (solid match vs the best P4P) 132 - Fields over Parrot with a 3rd period pin (curious what the score was when it happened) 138 - Mikey Santaluccia taking third with wins over Mike Edwards and Logan Kovacs 145 - LeBlanc over Shaughnessy 10-2 152 - Zuckerman over Mazur 8-1 160 - Agoev over C. Sibbett 10-6 170 - J. Davilla over J. Oiu 7-6 182 - Palmieri over Nanai 7-6, rubber match setting up in class LL 195 - Pretty much to form 220 - Harrington over Cocchia 12-9 (has Cocchia been overlooked this year?) 285 - Rizy over Agosto by pin NCCC: (Some very tiny brackets for this, so not a lot to note) 126 - Ghassan Saleh over Jack Freedenberg 6-1 (Should he be noted in class M 126?) 132 - Julian over Washburn by pin in the second round 152 - Who is Kaleb Carlson and where is Bolton? Losses all seem to be quality opponents except Cheshire? 170 - Played to form 195 - Prosper John Vignone (best name ever) moved up to 195 and pinned Fluckiger in the third 285 - Flagg over Corso, Zuccalo over Flagg by pins SCC: 106 - Nice warm up for Rapuano 113 - Barlage over Loria 5-1, and Garcia over Barlage 19-4 120 - Divito over Davern 8-5 126 - Manganiello unranked, didn't give up a point and won finals over Bosken 8-0 132 - Louis Bradley over Barber 3-0, and over LaRose 7-4 (kid knows how to wrestle at the end of the year) 138 - Tanner Divito up from 132, Liam Keylock down from 145 and out in the consi semis, Stanko and Fillion third and fourth 145 - Mascola over Rodriguez 4-0 152 - Pretty much to form 160 - Tsiranides 4-0, 3-0, 2-0 170 - Khan over Seaton 12-3, lost to Sousa in finals 5-0 182 - Rusciecki over Barbour 7-6, Brogan over Rusciecki 5-0, Barbour over Rusciecki 5-2 (Ives at 220 for Foran) 195 - McHenry over Rao 9-5, Bannon over McHenry 20-8 (Minsock Lee to 220 for Branford) (Bannon clear #1 in M? McHenry #2?) 220 - Lee over Ives 5-2, Add both to class M 220? 285 - Salami over Houston 4-2 and over M. Weiner 3-1 SWC: 106 - Brault over Lindner 4-2 OT 113 - Prather over Carpenter by pin in second 120 - Julian Soares over Piel 14-8, over Alvarez by default, over Jutcawitz 18-7 126 - Coniglio over Amorando 10-2, lost to Chin 4-3 132 - Tolland-Matos over Accousti 6-4 OT 138 - L. Stabile over Kasbarian 7-4 and over Dematteo 3-1 145 - Maurath over Klein-Wassink 6-5 and lost to Fedorko 6-1 152 - Lobdell over Sayers 4-1 160 - Rich Morrell over Minch 4-1 170 - Pretty much to form 182 - Played to form 195 - J. McGuire over Toscano by pin and Deleo by pin 220 - Frame over D. McGuire 6-2 and Bai by pin 285 - Played to form Berkshire-Valley: (small brackets) 120 - Verdiglione over Chappa by pin in the third 132 - Matthews over K. Cenkolli by pin in the third 145 - Xavier Powell over Niez-Charest 5-0 and Leclerc 13-7 160 - Evan Jackson over Martino by pin in the third 220 - Therrien replaced by Madden for Oxford?

106 - Dan Charron really should be 2nd based on his career and results at Open last year. Nothing to indicate things have changed. 113 - Mike Charron popped up at 113, looks like his eligibility issues are past him. Would probably slot him and Martial Sutton in above Liam Knight. 120 - Najji Powell-Keyton is probably a little high based on results this year. 182 - LiCastri is definitely at 182

All in all I'd guess EC is embarrassed by the tourney this year. Apparently refs weren't scheduled by the state, and nobody followed up from the school to check up on the state. Refs were eventually found, but the tournament was already compromised. Wrestling started about two hours late, switched to single elimination for the first round. All went well til about 2pm when it was decided to take all winners of consi QF contest for fifth place, and champ semi losers contest for third. The resulting revamp of the brackets crashed the system and the tournament stopped for another two hours. Highlights from the wrestling: 145 - Veleas over Roberts 8-7 132 - Julian over Accousti 4-2 OT 126 - Hudson over Folino 12-6

106 Logan Smith 113 Dan Charron 113 Abi Bhabab 120 113 Dave Charron 126 James Rondini 126 J'mari Lowman - moved out of state 120 Mike Giordano 152 Hunter Chin 126 Eric Zane 138 Peton Tracy 138 126 Sean Johnson 138 Cole Dirico 145 Cooper Morissette 120 132 Shayne McCourt 152 AJ Sachatello 152 138 Ethan Edmonson 152 145 Kevin Pokornowski 160 Eamon Toland Matos 132 152 Nick Marchak - not wrestling? Jason Lobdel 152 160 Charles Rivas 170 Colman Doucette 170 170 Carson Licastri 195 (will be at 182 I believe after 2 lbs) 195 Ryan Greene 182

Apparently J'mari Lowman moved to Rhode Island yesterday. Carson LiCastri moved up to 195 and defeated Joe Gjinaj. Michael Rapuano won his bracket as an underweight 113, will move to 106 after the two pound allowance. Will Ebert won his bracket at 126 pretty handily.