Printer Friendly Version - Falivene Places 2nd in Class S Wrestling Meet; Ferguson and Braga Run at the Open

Valley senior Ben Falivene finished second in the 285-pound division at the Class S State Championship at Windham High School last weekend. Pictured are Dominic Zuccalo (5th), Thomas Perry (3rd), Darrick Daveau (1st), Falivene, Nole Snieckus (4th), and Dylan Keith (6th). Photo courtesy of Joe Falivene

Senior Ben Falivene took second place in the 285-pound division while representing Valley Regional at the Class S Wrestling State Championship that was held at Windham High School on Feb. 15 and Feb. 16.

Falivene received a first-round bye by virtue of earning the No. 3 seed out of the 17 wrestlers in his weight class. In the second round, Falivene faced Connor Bengston of Thomaston and won by pin in just 22 seconds to advance to the quarterfinal round. In the quarters, Falivene scored a win by pin against Thomas Perry of Haddam Killingworth in 31 seconds. Then in the semifinals, Falivene squared off with Nole Snieckus of Northwestern. After falling behind 4-0, Falivene reversed out of a near fall to pin Snieckus at the 1:36 mark and move on to the title bout. In the final, Falivene went up against Darrick Deveau of Montville and lost by pin at the 1:26 mark to finish in second place at the meet.

As a result of his performance, Falivene qualified to wrestle at the State Open Championship this week. The meet takes place at Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven on Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23

Valley sent a pair of athletes to compete at the State Open Championship at the Floyd Little Athletic Center on Feb. 16.

Junior Andrew Ferguson posted a 10th-place finish in the 300-meter dash by running a time of 37.08 seconds. Ferguson also finished 14th in the preliminaries of the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.82 seconds. Senior Nick Braga placed 15th in the 55 by clocking in at 6.85 seconds for Valley.

During the previous week, Ferguson claimed fourth- and sixth-place finishes in the 300 and 55, respectively, at the Class S State Championship. Braga earned fifth place in the 55-meter dash at states.

On the heels of clinching a spot in the playoffs, the East Haven-Old Lyme-Old Saybrook-East Hampton-Morgan Valley Regional ice hockey squad gutted out a 1-0 road victory over Hall-Southington on Feb. 13. The team improved to 8-8-2 on the season with the win.

East Haven’s junior goalie Logan Hamilton played an outstanding game in the shutout, making 43 saves to help his club get the victory at Veterans Memorial Rink in West Hartford. Morgan sophomore Ryan Egan scored an unassisted goal for the game-winner at the 5:05 mark of the third period.