Minutemen Youth Wrestling

Eleven Berlin Minutemen competed in the USAWCT State Tournament this year.  They were able to crown on champion as Nick Zuk placed first in the Intermediate Division at the 110 lb weight class.

Also wrestling were the following with their results:

Intermediate division had two Minutemen in the 61 lb class as Isaac Myers won his first match before losing in the quarterfinals 1-0.   Josh Veleas won his first match 9-4 then lost in the quarterfinals but then pinning his next opponent and beating Chris Cozen from Ridgfield 4-2.  Josh then lost to eventual 3^rd place finisher  Jadan Canada 13-8 to finish in 6^th place.

Joseph Pettinelli in his second year of wrestling competed in the 76 lb. Weight class.  Joe who his first match  2-0 over Thomas McBride before losing to Devon Schoenberger. He then pinned his next opponent before losing 8-4 to third place finisher  Jake Holland.

Michael Patterson at 86lb.s was in a six man bracket where he won two matches by pin and one by major decision to finish third.

Nick Zuk made short work of Michael Quesnel of Ledyard pinning him in 42 seconds and then winning two decisions on his way to his second State title.

In the Novice Division Anthony Myers wrestled at 71 lbs. in a tough bracket.  Anthony dropped his first match 4-1 won his next match 22-7 before losing again 4-1 out of medal contention.

Sean Sullivan at 90 lb lost a tough first match 7-5 and then reeled off two wins before losing to Alex Jaromek of Stamford.

Wrestling in his second year Jared Zima had two tough matches but was able to experience the state tournament.

The Middle School Division started with Matt Cote at 91 lb where he lost his first match pinned his second opponent and then won by injury default before losing 4-1 to Steve Beckham from Danbury.

Richie Schlitching at 98 lb started with eventual runner-up Sam Odell.  He then pinned Caile Johnson of Ledyard before losing to 3^rd place finisher Zach Tepper 11-2.

The Minutemen’s final competitor was Ricky Mullins who had been fighting a cold all week and had dropped 14 lbs from the 128 lb weight class he was entered in.  Ricky lost his first match and then reeled off two wins with a nail biter 9-8 decision and 3-1 decision.  As fatigue set in he couldn’t muster enough to beat eventual 3^rd place finisher Tyler Courter losing 11-7.