Below are the rankings for January 8. With all the additional results since last week, I no longer have time to evaluate and rank the top 25. For the remainder of the season it will be just a top 10. It is still early in the season and weights are changing daily. These rankings will see major changes next week as more new weights become available. Even I will admit, I don't agree with the rankings in some weight classes. However, I use a system to evaluate wrestlers that eliminates any possible bias on my part. I'm sticking with the system and am confident by late in the season the rankings will be pretty good. Some of them are starting to take pretty good shape already. Ranked wrestlers are listed by rank, name, school, division (LL,L,M,S) and conference.



January 8 rankings


103
1 Victor Ekpenyong Middletown L nwc
2 Doug Fontaine Southington LL ccc
3 Kevin Workman Bunnell L swc
4 Rich Wood St Bernard S ecc
5 Brian Jennings Danbury LL fciac
6 RJ LaBeef Woodstock L ecc
7 Steve Matson Amity LL scc
8 Jed Cervero Cheshire LL scc
9 Rusty Shomberg Hand L scc
10 Robert Lonnergan Law M scc


112
1 West Johnson Platt-M L ccc
2 Anthony Amorando New Milford L swc
3 JD Damici Danbury LL fciac
4 Michael Briskin Cheshire LL scc
5 Rob West E Windsor S nccc
6 Ryan Quinn Bacon M ecc
7 Eric Orrell Farmington L nwc
8 Ryan Carbonell Bristol C L ccc
9 Robert Basile Nonnewaug S Berk
10 Thomas Porzillo Pomperaug L swc


119
1 Charlie Costanzo Danbury LL fciac
2 Anthony Ricco Stratford M swc
3 Brandon Thuotte Killingly S ecc
4 Joseph Levine Brookfield M swc
5 John Miller Stafford S nccc
6 Robert Ferrante Shelton LL scc
7 James Porzillo Pomperaug L swc
8 Clayton Johnston Bacon M ecc
9 Ian McAllister Hall-WH L ccc
10 Jason Wojnarski Ludlowe L fciac


125
1 John Gouveia Newtown LL swc
2 George Madkour Danbury LL fciac
3 Alexander Blank Ridgefield LL fciac
4 Eric Franks Platt-M L ccc
5 Curtis Watkins Warde M fciac
6 Eliot Lopez S Windsor LL ccc
7 Jake Odell S Windsor LL ccc
8 Tyler Vallario Glastonbury LL ccc
9 Justin Beers Fitch L ecc
10 Antonio Torres Windham-W M ecc


130
1 Tyler Banks Griswold S ecc
2 Mike Battinelli Stamford LL fciac
3 Joshua Go Montville S ecc
4 Nick Marouski Windham-W M ecc
5 Steven Brant Simsbury LL ccc
6 Jesse Broderick New Fairfield M swc
7 Tom Abbate(Abate) Xavier LL scc
8 Robert Caleca Pomperaug L swc
9 Bryan Turkel Weston S swc
10 Brandon Mals Bristol E M ccc


135
1 Brock Coutu Griswold S ecc
2 John Smith Danbury LL fciac
3 Andrew Blain Windham-W M ecc
4 Mike Frick New Fairfield M swc
5 Alex Camacho Stamford LL fciac
6 Jesse Inman Stratford M swc
7 Joe Sargenti S Windsor LL ccc
8 Michael Daly St Bernard S ecc
9 Kevin Moss Berlin L nwc
10 Nicholas Gallicano Law M scc


140
1 Charles Satti Ledyard M ecc
2 Michael Vernik Amity LL scc
3 Ryan Clarke E Lyme L ecc
4 Tucker Schaefer Danbury LL fciac
5 Derek Marsette Law M scc
6 Robert Butcher Morgan S ind
7 George Hogestyn Seymour M ind
8 DJ McCarthy New Fairfield M swc
9 Jamison Blackwell Bunnell L swc
10 Chris Wargo RHAM M nwc


145
1 Derek Fish Hand L scc
2 TJ Magnoli Rocky Hill S nwc
3 Emmett Donovan Ludlowe L fciac
4 Robert Fiore Barlow M swc
5 Kyle Czaplicki RHAM M nwc
6 James Peek Killingly S ecc
7 Chris Gonsalves Windham T S csc
8 Justin Parlow Derby S scc
9 Swagath Pillai Windsor L ccc
10 Shane Sullivan Ledyard M ecc


152
1 Dean Smith Danbury LL fciac
2 Andrew Ford Bethel M swc
3 Michael Bellagamba New Milford L swc
4 Oleg Mironchenko Woodstock L ecc
5 Dustin Wilcox Montville S ecc
6 Juan Flores Killingly S ecc
7 Ronnie Brown Middletown L nwc
8 Caleb Morth Ledyard M ecc
9 Todd Krolikowski Bristol E M ccc
10 Daniel Rodriquez Glastonbury LL ccc


160
1 Joe Lambert Fermi L ccc
2 Ronald Thompson Westhill LL fciac
3 Ryan Thiel Middletown L nwc
4 Jon Fiorillo Berlin L nwc
5 Addison Fleming Windham-W M ecc
6 Eric Sassu Bristol E M ccc
7 John Millaras Waterford M ecc
8 Collin Platt Thomaston S Berk
9 Kevin Schwenk Ledyard M ecc
10 Christian Mulcahy St Bernard S ecc


171
1 Tim Vollaro Somers S nccc
2 Trevor Ritchie Southington LL ccc
3 Cody Griswold New Milford L swc
4 Sean Burgess Bacon M ecc
5 Cody Bias E Haven M scc
6 Zachary Fleming Windham-W M ecc
7 Patrick Sawyer NFA LL ecc
8 Stewart Lamberton Guilford L scc
9 James Primsky Warde M fciac
10 Kyle Kennedy Danbury LL fciac


189
1 Julian Hightower Ledyard M ecc
2 Michael Milano New Canaan L fciac
3 Justin Cronan Terryville S Berk
4 Alex Uliasz Southington LL ccc
5 Lawton Arnold Simsbury LL ccc
6 Bryan Sylvester Middletown L nwc
7 Marsel Bebo Nonnewaug S Berk
8 David Shelanskas Suffield S nccc
9 EJ Wasikowski Seymour M ind
10 Patrick Gillen Shelton LL scc


215
1 Joe Laduca Danbury LL fciac
2 Marcus Furze-White Simsbury LL ccc
3 Elijah Williams Cheney T M nccc
4 Patrick Osborn Ludlowe L fciac
5 Dan Molina Westhill LL fciac
6 Vincenzo Cardillo Warde M fciac
7 Lucas Bowman E Lyme L ecc
8 Richard Perry Middletown L nwc
9 Jacob Brungard Ledyard M ecc
10 Dave Baldyga Terryville S Berk


285
1 Rashannon Stanley Weaver M ccc
2 Timothy Chambers Bristol C L ccc
3 John Gabordi Ledyard M ecc
4 Mike Danise Bethel M swc
5 Humphrey Swift Danbury LL fciac
6 Travis Torello Ansonia S scc
7 Steve Storozuk E Windsor S nccc
8 Dave Wildman Holy Cross S ind
9 Larry Burns Conard L ccc
10 Ricky Rozier Law M scc

@ 285 what happened to belanger, deane & luchuk to drop them from the rankings?

Isnt travis from ansiona a 215?

he was last week he beat a kid frum foran.

colin donovan beat george hogestyn

What about perry at 215 his one of the best still undefeated ??? N e one know y his not in the top 5 ????

At 285, Rozier beating Belanger at BC invitational hurt Belanger. It boosted a string of 285s who were involved in a "loss" tree. The question is, who has Belanger beat above him. I need results to be specific. Date, location and specific result. Specific result means Belanger over the guy's name. Please do not say "I think Belanger beat the guy from New Milford." Make sure you KNOW that individuals that were beaten are who you think they are, not a jv guy becuase the varsity guy got bumped.

Luchuk and Deane are in the same boat. Who have they beaten on the list? I won't keep giving guys good rankings based on last year. This year's results will become more and more important, last years rating will become less and less important as I receive results from this year.

I have Torello's victories against guys that are 285. He wrestled 285 on those days. It is very difficult to rank him because he is a one man team and his results are often not posted.

I did not have the Colin Donovan over George Hogestyn result..it will be added to the results I have and will be considered in the next rankings. In the future, pleasse include the date and location of matches, if you can, when you have a result that I don't. It will help me later in the season.

Perry is ranked. Who has he beaten above him? Wrestlers are rewarded and climb the rankings by beating guys above them. Many guys at the beginning of the season get a lot of credit for last year. That credit has less value as the season progresses. Wrestlers who beat a guy above them, get his credit. If the winning wrestler of the match doesn't have any losses below him, he stays in the previously higher ranked wrestler's spot. If a guy above you gets beat by someone, he will not drop below you, he will stay above you. Therefore, you drop a spot because both the guy that lost AND the guy that won will now be above you unless you have a victory over one of them.

I know it seems unfair. But, I am dealing with less than 20% of all results. I have to use what I have. Is it fair if I keep a #9 guy ahead of a guy who beats a #2 or the old #2 guy if the #9 guy has not beaten the new #2 or the old #2?

Nice job with the rankings but let me respond to your comments. Perry from Middletown has done nothing to drop from his ranking. He is undefeated and has not been tested. He is 2-1 against Bowman in his career and beat Furze 13-5 the only time he faced him. You should not punish him for not wrestling guys in the top ten. Middletown wrestles a tough schedule, they seek out top competition, it just so happens they have not run into one another.

Also I believe both Amorandos have dropped, to 103 and 112 respectively. That should effect your rankings at 103. He is better than Ekpneyng.

all i have to say is the ECC is stacked...expecially in the low-mid wieghts.

1 Charlie Costanzo Danbury
2 Anthony Ricco Stratford
3 Brandon Thuotte Killingly
4 Clayton Johnson
5 Andrew Wilhelm Jon Law
6 Bill Lynn RHAM
7 Nick Cyr Bristol C
8 Youngin Lim Avon
9 James Pozillio Pomperaug
10 John Miller Stafford

Don't understand the 3 SCC 103's. Lonergan (1-1) beat Matson lost to Shomberg. Shomberg (2-1)beat Lonnergan, Beat Matson, lost to Matson. Matson (1-2) lost to both Shomberg and Lonergan but also has a win against Shomberg. Seems to me they should be Shomberg, Lonnergan, Matson. Now the Cheshire kid also beat Matson but hasn't wrestled Shomberg or Lonnergan. How Matson ends up on top based on 1 win makes no sense to me.

Shootdahalf, you are right. I looked back in my notes and I only considered the most recent result with Matson-Shomberg and did not record the first match in my compiliation. My notes read incorrectly. If read correctly, it should have looked like this

Shomberg over Lonergan
Shomberg over Matson
Shomberg 2-1

Lonergan over Cervero
Lonergan 1-1

Cervero over Matson
Cervero 1-1

Matson over Shomberg
Matson 1-2

7 Shomberg based on best head to head record
8 Lonergan based on head to head record, then victory over head to head tie
9 Cerveo based on head to head record, then loss to head to head tie
10 Matson based on worst record head to head

You are right...so...103 should be ammended to read for January 8

103
1 Victor Ekpenyong Middletown L nwc
2 Doug Fontaine Southington LL ccc
3 Kevin Workman Bunnell L swc
4 Rich Wood St Bernard S ecc
5 Brian Jennings Danbury LL fciac
6 RJ LaBeef Woodstock L ecc
7 Rusty Shomberg Hand L scc
8 Robert Lonnergan Law M scc
9 Jed Cervero Cheshire LL scc
10 Steve Matson Amity LL scc

Thank you for catching my error.

matson beat cervero at the southington duals

at 119 who has Mcallister beaten to make top ten?
i would think guys like lynn from Rham, lim from avon. or cyr from BC would make the top ten

i would shut the hell up imac is a great wrestler and probably would beat you he is my boi

primsky of warde has beat lamberton of gilford twice this season

171 - Lamberton (G) dec. Primsky 4-2 (OT);

first off, kyle lundberg of guilford teched the ledyard 160.... second, martucci of guilford pinned dave wildman at 285....

i would like to say im very happy to so the ranking the way they are..every weight seems just right..its great to see timmy vollaro ranked finaly..and i just want to say one thing about rankings specifically the person whining about perry from middletown not being higher..rankings dont me jack squat i think its great The labeefs spend thier own hard time working on them because it really helps..but rankings dont mean anything its what you do in the divisional championships, state opens, and new englands..so what if perry beat furze and is 2-1 against bowman, im not hating on the kid but if hes so good to be cut off to be a higher rank then he should have placed in the state open and went to newenglands like furze did. thank you very much i have said what has been needed to say, and thier is no disrespect for anyone

i do not understand how fontaine and trevor ritchie could lose their number 1 spots to people they have not wrestled during the season. fontaine's only loss in the season was against the new hampshire prep team at the danbury tournament, hes beaten all his ranked kids, and also pinned that kid frmo amity last weekend.
as for ritchie, he does not have a single loss this year, and has not wrestled vollaro, he beat griswold, dark, and kennedy, how could you move up vollaro when he wasnt even ranked the past week? did he cut weight to get to 171 when we got the 2 pounds?

i pinned the ward kid at 171 and he beat the guilfard kid i think 5-3 or 5-4 at the spartan inv.

Well Ritchie I can see. He took 6th at 140 last year in the Opens. Vallaro took 3rd at 160. No brainer. Now Fontain I'm not sure why but 103 is tough to judge.

Doug Fontainne at 103 should deffidently be at the number 1 spot. Rich Wood should also deffidently not be in the top 4. Just because these kids came down from from being good at 112 does not mean they should be ranked higher than 103's that are probably better than them. doesnt seem fair.

fontaine deffinaly shouldnt be number one 103

ok, well didnt griswold place 2nd in opens last year? and ritchie beat him

At 160 didn't firillo take 2nd at the berlin invite n theil take 4th ?? So how is theil ranked higher ??? N e one know

Jon Fiorillo took first at the Berlin Invitational this year. Thiel I believe took 3rd. When Berlin wrestled Middletown this year Middletown bumped up Thiel so they never wrestled each other.

No last year I don't think middletown was invited to berlin but this year theil lost to some kid from new york by pin I think and some other kid and firillo made it to the finals and lost by decision to the new york and I know they didn't face eachother yet but if firillo placed 1 st last year and 2nd this year and theil was 3 rd last year and 3 rd or 4 th this year he should be number 4 not 3 that's what I think am I wrong ?

Fiorillo beat the Kid from Harborfields.

160 – 1. John Fiorillo, Berlin dec. Kyle Delmuro Harborfields, 16-11; 3. (tie) Dan Thompson, Xavier and Ryan Theil, Middletown

How shouldnt doug fontainne be the number one. he has only lost to an out of state wrestler. and the kid ranked 12th from 112 dropped down to 103 and is ranked first. tht doesnt make sense. bigger isnt better.

john abbey warde beat emmett donovan ludlowe 7-2.

in the rankings next to my name(Travis Torello) it says "scc" does that mean i am able to wrestle at scc's?

A question of your eligiblity should be directed to Coach Jadach so he can ask either the SCC or the CIAC.

i think the 125 rankings are pretty good, but diego perez is rackin up a good record only one loss so keep him in mind

who'd diego lose to?

Aaron Cardona from maloney beat the Warde 125, and lost to Diego by one in the finals of the Spartan invitational.

Joe Lambert will probably win opens at 160 he bumped up and beat Griswold from new milford

It is about time Ian McAllister is ranked. Good job Ian!

wrestling is gayyyy

Obviously spoken by a basketball player

any truth to marshall deane being out for the season?

yeah hes done hurt his knee and etc done sucks for him

well for all of u that said richard perry hasnt beat n e one this year at the dragon duals he pinned the ludlowe kid in the first period like a min or like a min 30 secs with a craddle end of story his deff top 3 kno is that good enough ta move him up or does he have ta beat every last person

Gialluca from New Britain should be ranked. Hes 14-1 just won the Greater hartford open. Lost to Brant by 1.Beat the 125 from Platt... berlin starter ducked himHe won the meet last year Abatte didnt even place...

plainville 119 Zach Harper pinned Ian McAllister from Hall in the semis of Greater Hartford, actually had him pinned a couple times before ref called it

that 112 ranking is all wrong
needs to be fixed
check the stats

im almost positive that this past saturday perry from middletown beat the fairfield ludlowe 215

he did he pinned the kid in the 1st period