There were some amazing matches today at the Battle in the Valley in Farmington. With 7 states represented and many state champions, New England and National Placers, the competition was fierce. We had over 150 walk-in registrants which caused some delays but all wrestling was still done by 6:30 pm. I cannot thank everyone for their support and the wrestlers certainly put on a great show today. The crowd reached a feverish pitch with excitement over matches throughout the day. It is great to see wrestling and interest in off-season tournaments continuing to grow. We will definitely go to 6 mats next year - Hang in there and thanks for your support. results follow:

Battle in the Valley 2009 – Results

ES 50
1st Dom Chaclas -Pomperaug
2nd Frank Miano –Unionville
3rd Caleb Svingala - TNT

ES 53
1st Trent Svingala – TNT
2nd Sean Johnson- Silverback
3rd Noah Zuckerman – Ezra

ES 60
1st Ashdin Schaefer – MAU
2nd Izaake Zuckerman – Ezra
3rd Tim Kane – Fairfield

ES 61
1st Sampson Wilkins -
2nd Tom Giaramita – Blue wave
3rd Donnie Mellon – Waterford

ES 63
1st Alan Suares – Green Knights
2nd Chad Davenport – Marcaurelle
3rd Cara Brodus – CT Green Knights

ES 69
1st Josh Wilson –KT Kidz
2nd Nick Teves – Marcaurelle
3rd John Arceri – Blue Wave

ES 75
1st Jose Rodriguez – Wantaush
2nd Vincent Artigues – Pomfret
3rd Brandon Caffery – Silverbacks

ES 77
1st Zach Ancewicz – Elwoo, LI
2nd Balt Gonzalez – Silverbacks
3rd Colin Crocoly – MAU

ES 82
1st James Lobb – Pomperaug
2nd Nick Casella – Locust Valley
3rd Jake Lober – MAU
ES 103
1st Jacob Quirk – Pomfret
2nd Adam Corey – Smitty’s
3rd Nathan Chaclas – Pomperaug

MS 98
1st Sam Ward – Locust Valley
2nd Danny scalzo – Smitty’s
3rd Robert Andreana – Mcgee MS

MS 112
1stJohn Jackson – Brentwood
2nd Michael Fera –Manhasset
3rd Josh Zasowski – Warren

MS 119
1st Rigon Gilani –Thomaston
2nd Stephaen Thomas –Westerly
3rd Ryan Rigney – Gladiator

MS 135
1st Andrew Doukas – Rhino
2nd Ty Vigliaro – Smithtown
3rd Bramdon Schaefer – MAU

MS 153
1st Mike Golio-
2nd Garrett Hayes


HS 103
1st Mike Raghunando – Long Beach
2nd Mark Failla- Shelton
3rd Jacob Quirk – Pomfret

HS 112
1st Andrew Chase – Gladiator
2nd Sean Kellett – Tugman
3rd Joey Battinelli – Stamford

HS 119
1st Danny Ventura – Iowa Style
2nd Ben Pierre-Saint – Stamford
3rd Michael Trask – Merrimack


HS 125
1st Derek Adams – Westerly
2nd Sean McAllister- Bacon
3rd Andrew Rivera – Farmington

HS 130
1st Eric Orrell – Farmington
2nd Evan Fraser – Warde
3rd John Coukos – Framingham

HS 135
1st Nestor Rivera – Newington
2nd RJ Labeef – Pomfret
3rd Eric Kugel – Mt Sainai

HS 140
1st Ed Hunt – Tugman
2nd Robert Coukos – Framingham
3rd Arthur Offredi –Tugman

HS 145
1st Jack Dituro – Locust Valley
2nd Ed Tigne-Borga – Long Beach
3rd Scott Porter- Pawling

HS 152
1st Nick Terdick – LI
2nd Bobby Rigliano- Warde
3rd Mike Nahmias –

HS 160
1st Greg Doukas – Rhino
2nd Alex Manwaring –
3rd Ryan Pearson – Avon

HS 171A
1st Miguel Ramos- Bristol
2nd Alex Carpenter –
3rd – Joe Giarmita – John Glenn

HS 171B
1st Dylan Gargan – Mt Sinai
2nd James Heinzman – Warde
3rd Oliver Mold – Pawling


HS 189
1st Henri Fatigate –Ludlowe
2nd Mike Sheehan – KT Kidz
3rd Sean O’Connell – KT Kidz

HS 215
1st Brian Slattery
2nd Tyler Baulien
3rd Justin Bassler

HS 285
1st Joe Manna –Islip
2nd Barack Ozdemir – Conard
3rd Ben Todd – Simsbury

Open 130
1st Dan Calzerette- Simsbury
2nd Matt Spengler
3rd Michael Trask

Open 160
1st Alex Carpenter –
2nd Eraily Pierre-Saint
3rd EJ Dauberman

Open 185
1st Lee Mannion
2nd Jon Manwaring
3rd Tyler Baulier

Open 285
1st Brandon Conrad
2nd James Offredi
3rd Jordan Almeida

any brackets?

for high school 189 sean oconnel injury defaulted his consi finals match to brian richman from kt kidz

I beat Calzarette at 130 opens...whoops

I heard this was single elimination for some... Please tell me this isn't true???

Ed hunt! 140

haha howd ed hunt do this?

ed hunt is sick now, and hed probably kick your ass

Brian Khzouz placed 3rd at 152.

Calzarette 130 Opens?

worst organized tournament ive been to. took forever

i dont think ed hunt was that great or is, because losing to him 5-4, as a second year...i dont think thats that impressive

i dont think ed hunt was that great or is, because losing to him 5-4, as a second year...i dont think thats that impressive

yea i saw that match it was pretty good.

calzarette lost in the 130 opens I think either 5-1 or 7-1...

yea i lost 5-1 in the 130 opens

for your information ed hunt hasnt been wrestling for that long and he did not take wrestling in middle school seriously so i wudnt be saying that he is bad...first of if he beat you then he is obviously better. Secondly he was the best wrestler in the weight bracket, and thirdly you obviously have no life if you go online only to insult people and put them down.

82 ES is actually 82 MS we tried to get it fixed at the tournament but they said it didnt matter...and it is Janos Lobb not James lobb

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

thanks for the backups,