Complete brackets
2018 FloNationals brackets
NHSCA Tournaments
Connecticut entrants
Seniors
Connecticut: 5th place, 127½ points
113
Jordon Champagne, Bristol Eastern, 2-2
Jarod Kosman, Fitch, 5-0, national champion
Steven Reyes, Shelton, 2-2
120
Brandon Leonard, New Milford, 2-2
Nicolas Savo, Danbury, 0-2
Chris Trelli, Bristol Central, 2-3
126
Mel Ortiz, New Milford, 7-1, third place
Sebastein Stultz, Windham, 0-2
132
Christopher Tyler Schultz, New Milford, 2-2
Noah Caskey, Montville, 4-2
138
Jesse Walker, Ridgefield, 2-2
Gabriel Ortiz, Immaculate, 0-2
145
Nathaniel Jean, NFA, 0-2
Dylan Vertefeuille-Decarli, Lyman Memorial/WT, 2-2
152
Michael Barrett, Bristol Eastern, 2-2
Jacob Colley, New Milford, 0-2
Ryan Luth, Foran, 6-2, third place
Vincent Rago, New Milford, 0-2
Gabe Samaha, Lyman Memorial/WT 0-2
Tagan Welch, Southington, 0-2
160
Alexander Richardson, New Milford 1-2
Izaake Zuckerman, Fairfield Warde, 4-2
Zach Cash, Branford, 0-2
170
Gino Baratta, Danbury, 3-2
Ryan Devivo, Xavier, 3-2
Mason Laflam, Lyman Memorial/WT, 1-2
Marc Thelusma, NFA, 1-2
182
Zach Caffrey, Killingly, 2-2
Brett Nutter, Trumbull, 1-2
195
Dakota Grover, Fitch, 3-2
Nick Kortman, New Canaan, 0-2
Collin Malloy, Xavier, 1-2
Joseph Reihl, Lyman Memorial/WT 0-2
Julian Reza, New Milford, 1-2
220
Derrick Pommills, Jr., Notre Dame-WH, 0-2
Kyle Zalewski, Branford, 1-2
285
Sergio Ferreira, Stratford, 3-2
Juniors
Connecticut: 25th place, 70.5 points
106
Daniel Charron, Killingly, 1-2
Jacob Marselli, East Catholic, 1-2
Logan Smith, Waterford, 1-2
113
Michael Charron, Killingly, 2-2
120
Jeffrey Bracale, Notre Dame, 0-2
Jonathan Kosak, Trumbull, 1-2
Ben Leblanc, Danbury, 1-2
Chase Parrott, Westhill, 3-2
126
Kyle Fields, Danbury, 4-2
Trevor Johnson, Killingly, 1-2
Sean Johnson, Ellis Tech, 6-2
Ben Smart, Ridgefield, 2-2
Gabriel Soucy, Bristol Eastern, 1-2
132
Grant Barber, Xavier, 0-2
David Castaldo, Trumbull, 0-2
Matthew Ryan, Trumbull, 1-2
Jacob Cardozo, Southington, 0-2
Jake McGurk, Trumbull, 1-2
138
Christian Fillion, Notre Dame, 0-2
Shamar Schand, Manchester, 3-2
Eamon Toland-Matos, Bethel, 0-2
145
Elijah Eckert, Simsbury, 0-2
Ian Anderson, Montville, 2-1
William Holmes, Trumbull, 0-2
Connor Massey, Notre Dame, 0-2
Tyler Stanko, Foran, 0-2
152
Leonardo Amaro, Jr., Bacon Academy, 0-2
Leonardo Fernandez, Bristol Eastern, 0-2
Lazar Agoev, Ridgefield, 1-2
Keith McDonald, Fitch, 0-2
James Robert, Ellis Tech, 1-2
160
Gregory Gosselin, Killingly, 0-2
170
Paul Calo, Southington, 4-2
Dylan Sousa, Xavier, 3-2
182
Joseph Palmieri, Trumbull, 3-2
195
Trinidad Gonzalez, Bristol Eastern, 1-2
Montez Osbey, Danbury, 0-2
220
Rene Bernier, Killingly, 0-2
Kamren Snodgrass, NFA, 1-2
285
George Harrington, Staples, 3-2
Hayden Minski, Ellis Tech 1-2
Sophomores
Connecticut: 17th place, 92 points
106
Tyler Johnson, Danbury, 2-2
Brandon Neri, Trumbull, 0-2
Jack Ryan, Danbury, 2-2
Trent Thompson, Bristol Eastern, 2-2
Elijah Vertefeuille, Windham, 1-2
113
Caleb Brick, Southington, 2-2
Quinn Bond, Montville, 0-2
120
Peter Coniglio, New Milord, 0-2
Ryan Jack, Danbury, 9-1, 3rd place
Matthew Putnam, Simsbury, 0-2
David Charron, Killingly 0-2
Quinn Moynihan, Xavier, 1-2
Logan Starr, St. Bernard, 0-2
126
Isaac Bean, Killingly, 0-2
Quin Rogers, E.O. Smith, 0-2
132
Noah Pryzbek, Simsbury, 0-2
A.J. Caba, Danbury, 3-2
138
Tyler Sung, New Canaan, 5-2, 7th place
145
A.J. Kovacs, Danbury, 5-3, 6th place
152
Richard Morrell, New Milford, 0-2
Theran Vanase, NFA, 2-2
160
Brett Araniti, Simsbury, 0-2
David Thomas, Lyman/WT, 0-2
170
Alexander Barbour, Notre Dame-WH, 1-2
Jesse Patton, Danbury, 0-2
285
Jordan Agosto, Danbury, 1-2
Roark Ryan, Norwich Tech, 1-2
Freshmen
Connecticut: 16th place, 68 points
106
Josh Brault, Joel Barlow, 0-2
Kevin Carse III, Morgan, 0-2
Ty Finn, Simsbury, 3-2
Liam Knight, Danbury, 1-2
Mason Lishness, Bristol Eastern, 0-2
Matthew Lucas, Danbury 0-2
Nico Provo, Green Farms Academy, 3-1
Michael Rapuano, Xavier, 1-2
C.J. Shea, Green Farms Academy, 2-2
113
Louis Bradley, Morgan, 3-2
Christopher Grube, NFA, 0-2
120
Saul Pera, Simsbury, 1-2
Caleb Ferland, Ellis Tech, 2-2
Tommy Nichols, Bristol Eastern, 0-2
Dominic Renfree, NFA 1-2
126
Dylan Kortman, New Canaan 0-2
Sawyer Kury, Montville, 1-2
Breon Phifer, Weston, 0-2
132
Justin Mastroianni, New Canaan, 6-0, 1st place
138
Ethan Edmondson, Foran, 1-2
145
Daniel Camacho, Dabury, 0-2
Nick Bell, Brunswick, 0-2
152
Connor Brown, Ridgefield, 0-2
Ioanni Cobena, Montville, 0-2
Jaylen Hawkins, Danbury, 2-2
170
Liam Keppler, Ridgefield, 0-2
Middle School
Connecticut: 15th place, 95 points
Gianni Liguori (135), 6th place
Camacho wins second FloNationals title
INDIANA, Pa., April 7 – For the second consecutive year, Danbury’s Jakob Camacho is a FloNationals champion. Camacho went 5-0 to win the 126-pound weight class at the national-caliber tournament at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus. Camacho won the title with a 11-3 win over Angelo Martinoni of Orangevale, CA. Martinoni was the only wrestler to get a reversal on Camacho in the tournament. Camacho gave up 21 points and 19 were escapes. Camacho had 21 takedowns in his five victories, including eight in his first match of the tournament. Camacho will wrestle at North Carolina State next winter.
Two state wrestlers capture NHSCA national titles
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., March 25 – Fitch senior Jarod Kosman and New Canaan freshman Justin Mastroianni each won national championships Sunday at the National High School Coaches Association’s (NHSCA) national tournaments.
They join a select group of four state wrestlers to win a NHSCA national title. Kosman (113 pounds) is the first Connecticut wrestler to win a Senior Nationals title while Mastroianni is the first wrestler to win a Freshman National title.
Newtown’s Anthony Falbo is the most recent national champion from Connecticut, winning a Junior National title in 2015.
Seven state wrestlers earned All-American honors by finishing in the top eight of their respective weight classes. New Milford senior Mel Ortiz (126) and Foran senior Ryan Luth (152) earned All-American honors along with sophomores A.J. Kovacs (145) of Danbury, Ryan Jack (120) of Danbury and Tyler Sung (138) of New Canaan.
Luth earned NHSCHA All-American honors for the third time while Kosman, Kovacs, Jack, Sung and Ortiz each earned All-American honors for the second time.
Kosman (57-0, 5-0 NHSCA) came from behind to beat Florida’s Ryan Chauvin, 5-4, in a thrilling finish to win his first national title. Chauvin from Lake Highland, Fla., near Orlando, took a 4-1 after one period thanks to a pair of takedowns.
In the third period, Kosman escaped with 1:35 remaining to cut the lead to 4-2. Kosman was awarded a point for Chauvin stalling with six seconds left and successfully got a two-point takedown at the buzzer to win the national title.
Kosman, who won the State Open and New England titles earlier this month, won five bouts to win the tournament. He had three takedowns in a 16-2 opening round win over Alabama’s Andrew Smith. In the round of 16, Kosman got a takedown with 12 seconds left in the match to beat Maryland’s Zach Bryant, 10-9.
In the quarterfinals, he beat California’s Jonathan Pinta, 7-0 and topped Massachusetts’ Kyle Randall (Newton North) in the semifinals, 7-2. Kosman beat Randall in the New England finals three weeks ago, 10-8.
Mastroianni (50-5, 6-0 NHSCA) spent the high school season competing at 126 pounds. At the Freshman Nationals, he moved up to 132 pounds and won his first national title with a 1-0 decision over Pennsylvania’s Jagger Condomitti (Northampton, Pa.). An escape six seconds into the second period that was the difference for Mastroianni.
Mastroianni beat Kentucky’s Thomas Ketcha-Carter, 6-5 in the round of 16 thanks to a takedown and near fall in the final 15 seconds to advance. He beat Missouri’s Grayston DiBlasi, 9-6 in the quarterfinal and used two takedowns in the final 1:11 to beat Washington’s Ethan Davis, 5-0.
It’s his first tournament win since taking the FCIAC Tournament title in February. He was second in Class L and at the New England championships to New Milford’s Mel Ortiz.
Ortiz (55-4) went 7-1 at 126 pounds to finish third. A takedown with 42 seconds left in the third period clinched a 5-4 win over Caleb Brooks of Ohio. Ortiz won his first four matches of the tournament including a 6-5 win over Colorado’s Nicholas Gonzalez in the round of 16 thanks to a pair of second period takedowns.
After beating Virginia’s Levin Englman in the quarterfinals, 11-4, Ortiz dropped a 7-5 semifinal match to Oregon’s Hunter Sparks in overtime. Sparks tied the match with a takedown with 13 seconds left in the third period and got the winning takedown with 20 seconds gone in OT.
Luth (58-4) won six of eight matches to finish fifth and earn All-American honors for the third time – the fourth wrestler in state history to do so. Danbury’s Kevin Jack (2012-14), Newtown’s Anthony Falbo (2014-16) and Windham’s Miguel Calixto (2010-11, 2013) earned NHSCA All-American honors three times.
In a weight class with more than 128 competitors, Luth (152) won his five matches to earn a spot in the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, Luth beat Michigan’s Dustin Gross, 5-3 in 3 OT with a reversal with eight seconds left. Luth sent the bout into OT with an escape with 1:36 left in the third period.
However, in the semifinals, Luth dropped a 3-1 OT decision to South Carolina’s Jake Hart, who got a takedown with eight seconds left in OT for the victory. Luth beat North Carolina’s Mikey Vernagatto, 8-5 to finish fifth.
In the Sophomore Nationals tournament, Ryan Jack (49-5) had to win nine bouts including six straight in the consolation round to finish third at 120 and earn NHSCHA All-American honors for the second consecutive year. Jack beat New York’s Zachary Redding, 5-4 to finish fifth. He had a 5-1 lead after one period.
Jack had a few tight calls along the way. He had a takedown with 24 seconds left to beat Jace Palmer of West Virginia, 3-2 and had a takedown with 12 seconds remaining to secure a 5-2 win over Nebraska’s Maxx Mayfield. Jack had a near fall with 53 seconds left in the third period to beat New York’s Logan Patterson in the consolation semifinals, 8-6.
Danbury’s A.J. Kovacs (43-8, 5-3 NHSCA) had three wins and two pins to get to the quarterfinals at 145 pounds before dropping a 5-4 decision to Georgia’s Charles Darracott with a reversal with 1:11 left in the match. Kovacs went 2-2 in the consolation bracket to finish sixth. He dropped a 12-8 decision to Arkansas’ Hayden Lieb in the fifth place bout.
New Canaan’s Tyler Sung (43-12, 5-2 NHSCA) won three bouts to get to the quarterfinals where he dropped a 5-3 OT decision to West Virginia’s John Martin Best. Sung forced OT with an escape with 1:33 left in the third period but Best got a takedown 27 seconds in OT to earn the win. Sung went 2-1 in the consolation bracket and finished seventh with a 4-0 win over Florida’s Noah Castillo.
