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Southington participates in a quad Saturday which includes two of the state's better teams in Norwich Free Academy and Bethel.
Farmington 63, Enfield 18
FARMINGTON -- An influx of enthusiastic, new competitors helped signal a successful start to Farmington's season.
Caley Johnson (103), Karl Dinkler (125), Matt Hancock (130), Mike Mulcunry (135), Chris Thomas (140), Marcus Brander (160), Dean Kapura (171), Casey Hurey (215) and Dave Stenson (275) all won by fall. Matt Woodard made a spectacular debut at 145 by coming from behind to beat Mike Kokiel, 8-5, at 145 pounds.
"He wrestled great for his first time in a varsity match," Farmington coach Eric Misko said. "He wrestled a smart match."
Stenson, a first-year senior, showed promise in the heavyweight division.
"Stenson was very intense and is using technique well for a new wrestler," Misko said. "It's an athletic group who are picking up on technique very quickly and I'm extremely excited."
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The Indians compete in the Doug Parker Invitational Saturday in Somers.
Windham 61, Wethersfield 16
WINDHAM -- Wethersfield opened up the season by dropping a decision to powerful Windham.
Wethersfield (0-1) had a trio of bright spots. Josh Mack won a 14-6 decision against Israel Rivera and Mike Mendez pinned Ferdinand Quiles at 1:17. Sean Murphy also debuted with a win pinning Robbie Rosano at 3:31.
Wethersfield will participate in the Berlin Invitational on Saturday.
New Britain 42 Weaver 36
HARTFORD -- Matthew Evans pinned Assad Jackson in 20 seconds as New Britain won its first match of the season over Weaver.
"This one went back and forth, but I was pleased it went in our favor," New Britain coach Ed Smith said.
Other winners for the Hurricanes were Hector Garcia (112), Mark Roberts (119), Ryan Pacyna (135), Nick Delaney (145) and Makis Sebastien (152).
New Britain competes in the East Hartford Tournament on Saturday.
Plainville 51, Gilbert 24
PLAINVILLE -- The Blue Devils scored wins in 10 bouts including seven by fall en route to a non-conference win over the visiting Yellowjackets.
Pinning for Plainville were Jordan Benson (103), Vito Barbagallo (125), Daryl DeBoer (135), Jerry Mals (140), Andy Caron (171), Jon Snyder (215) and Brian Wilson (275).
Bryan Pavlowitz (130) scored a 2-1 decision over Gilbert's Brian Colevecchio. Jesse Cavallero (112) and Paolo Acca (160) picked up wins via forfeit.
Next up for the Blue Devils is the Plainville Invitational on Saturday where the Devils will host Glastonbury, Maloney, RHAM, Rockville, Simsbury and South Windsor.
Rocky Hill 42, Morgan 36
CLINTON -- Junior Paul Buccheri went to the mat with the Terriers' first meet of the season on the line and pinned Kevin Hylan in 1:20 to win the 171-pound bout and the season-opening match.
"Our upperclass middleweights came through for us," Rocky Hill coach Mike Cunningham said.
Senior Steve Bongiovanni (152) pinned his opponent in 4:53 and junior Loxley Walters (140) pinned Morgan's Ed Einenger in :59.
Rocky Hill goes to the Derby Invitational Saturday.
Manchester 38, Newington 33
NEWINGTON -- The Indians gained some valuable experience from their season-opening loss to Manchester.
Freshman Kevin Horan (103) took Manchester's Doug Rohner to overtime before losing 7-5.
"Horan joined the team just one week ago," Newington coach Matt Rossi said.
Ryan Nash (140) pinned Jake McKenzie in 41 seconds.
Tommy DiScipio started the match and the season for Newington with a pin in 2:40 of Matt Morrett.
Newington travels to Cheshire for a tri-meet with Windsor and Cheshire.
