The Xavier High School wrestling team delivered another dominant performance on the mat on Saturday, capturing their sixth consecutive CIAC Class L State Championship! The Falcons amassed an impressive 256 points thanks to producing four individual champions and three runner-ups. Xavier topped second-place Fairfield Warde by more 72 points.
Senior Braylon Gonzalez won at 144 thanks to pinning Cheshire’s Robert Perez. He became the first wrestler in program history to be a four-time state champion.
Freshman Josh Perez won at 106 with a tech fall and classmate Trey Beam was the individual champion at 113 with a 5-3 decision over Newtown’s Owen Blair.
Junior Zack Dixon was Xavier’s fourth individual champ with a tech fall over Middletown’s Joshua Ramos at 120.
The victory was the eighth state championship for the wrestling program and the 79th total for Xavier High School athletics.
Individual Results - Finals
106 Josh Perez (Xavier) tech fall Kody Dragon (Bristol Central), 20-3 2:56
113 Treydan Beam (Xavier) dec. Owen Blair (Newtown), 5-3
120 Zack Dixon (Xavier) tech fall Joshua Ramos (Middletown), 17-1 4:56
126 Mael Pierre-Paul (Bunnell) dec. Alexander Depratti (Xavier), 15-4
132 Jude Grammatico (Fairfield Warde) tech fall Mohammed Ramlek (Maloney), 17-1 5:05
138 Giuliano Sirianni (Simsbury) dec. Cayden Morin (Bunnell), 3-2
144 Braylon Gonzalez (Xavier) pin Robert Perez (Cheshire), 1:16
150 Isaiah McDaniel (Middletown) dec. Alex Lamarre T (Bristol Central), 10-4
157 Antonio Arguello (Newtown) pin Miles Wolfe (New Milford), 1:04
165 Harry Marino (Conard) tech fall Evan Christianson (Wilton), 19-1 3:28
175 Jake Maddox (Newtown) dec. Vincent Rivera (Xavier), 7-5
190 Dylan O’brian (Fairfield Warde) dec. Chase Catalano (Xavier), 12-7
215 August Furman (Wilton) dec. Cameron Gronholm (East Lyme/NT), 8-0
285 Jacob Palermo (East Lyme/NT) pin Jaxon Yang (Windsor), 1:54