Coach Bowen and his staff leads Killingly to back to back state titles and his 5th overall title. 21st championship overall for all sports at Killingly, 5th year in a row with 1 title. Another great effort by a group of dedicated competitors @GameTimeCT @CTWrestling @GameDayCT pic.twitter.com/6TLVW2Q7YZ
— Killingly (@KHS_Athletics1) February 23, 2020
Killingly won its fifth state title in wrestling Saturday, capturing the CIAC Class S state title in its own gym.
It is the second-straight season Killingly has won a state title, winning Class M in 2019.
Killingly also won back-to-back titles in 2008-09, earning the Class S crown in both years.
Kaden Ware (106) and David Charron (126) each won individual titles for Killingly.
CLASS S MEET
(at Killingly)
TEAM SCORES
1. Killingly 207; 2. Haddam-Killingworth 157; 3. Ledyard 149.5; 4. Gilbert 136.5; 5. Windham 127; 6. Montville 115; 7. Plainville 110.5; 8. Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech 110; 9. Canton 100; 10. Oxford 81; 11. Morgan 75.5; 11. Northwestern 75.5; 13. Bacon Academy 75; 14. Stafford 70; 15. Nonnewaug 58; 16. Somers 47; 16. Terryville 47; 18. Griswold 46; 19. Derby 44; 20. Rocky Hill 43; 21. Granby Memorial 37; 22. East Catholic 35; 23. Thomaston/Holy Cross 33; 24. Notre Dame-Fairfield 29; 25. East Hampton 26; 25. Stonington 26; 27. St. Paul Catholic 24; 27. Woodland 24; 29. Putnam 19; 30. Seymour 18; 31. Coventry 13; 32. Portland 12; 33. AbbottTech 11; 34. Shepaug Valley 4; 34. St. Bernard 4
PLACE WINNERS
The 2nd a killingly state championship is freshmen Kaden Ware at 106 pounds to move his record to 47-1 on the year @GoECCAthletics @GameTimeCT @CTWrestling pic.twitter.com/R4roXHV3HS
— Killingly (@KHS_Athletics1) February 22, 2020
106: 1st Kaden Ware (Killingly) DEC Ethan Titus (Canton), 6-3; 3rd Cameron Hines (Haddam-Killingworth) DEC Blake Chapman (Montville), 6-0; 5th Owen Burton (Bacon Academy) wins by forfeit over Jake Defonce (Abbott Tech).
113: 1st Connor Doran (Ledyard) TF Aiden Christie (Griswold), 22-7 5:43; 3rd Asim Samuel (Killingly) F Joseph Kennedy (Plainville), 0:38; 5th Ethan Wright (Haddam-Killingworth) DEC Alen Garcia gonzalez (Windham), 17-13
120: 1st Dylan Levesque (East Hampton) DEC Jack Richardson (Killingly), 5-2; 3rd Elijah Vertefeuille (Windham) DEC Tyler Arsenault (Griswold), 4-3; 5th Elias Sturdevant (Woodland) DEC Caleb Phillips (Ledyard), 5-3 SV
David Charron wins the 126 title after winning the class m championship last year @mike_winy @CTWrestling @GameTimeCT pic.twitter.com/gRyAEEp5Js
— Killingly (@KHS_Athletics1) February 22, 2020