WHS' Zachary Langs Hurdles To The Top

Windsor senior Zachary Langs is the State Open champion in the 55-meter hurdles. Langs won the race in 7.55 seconds, which was better than Weaver’s Jermaine Chong, who finished in 7.67. Norwalk’s Adam Robertino finished third in 7.75.

Chong was seeded ahead of Langs based on qualifying time (7.59 to 7.79) and his time in the preliminary round was also better but Langs knocked .24 seconds of his preliminary time to win the final race.

Langs was also part of Windsor sixth-place 4x200 meter relay, teaming with Alexander Smith, Donovan Rodriques and Dwight Meggie for the only other point Windsor scored in the meet. Windsor (11 points) finished 16th.

Tolland scored a point in the meet as the team of Trevor LaFontaine, Bryan Fowler, Matt Menshner and Ryan Possardt finished sixth in the 4x800 relay. Tolland ran the race in 8 minutes, 12 seconds. Staples finished first in 8:06.56.

Somers' Vollaro Dominates Class S Wrestling Championships

Somers’ Kenneth Vollaro pinned Oxford’s Joseph Carbonaro 2 minutes and 44 seconds into the championship to claim the Class S Wrestling title in the 215-pound weight class. It was the end of a dominating performance by Vollaro at the meet.

He pinned all four opponents he faced and Carbonaro was the only one to last more than 38 seconds. Vollaro led Somers to a ninth place finish at the meet. Teammates Nick Zachary (112 pounds) and Kyle Foster (189 pounds) took third-place in their classes at the meet to help Somers’ cause.

East Windsor’s Seth Miller was runner-up in the 140-pound weight class at the CIAC Class S wrestling championships Saturday in Hartford. Miller lost in the final to Dalton Ahern of Old Saybrook/Westbrook.

East Catholic’s Mark Gonzalez finished third in the same weight class, defeating William Durant of Holy Cross-Waterbury in the third-place match. East Catholic finished 19th in the meet. East Windsor was 20th.

Cheney Tech's Dolby Takes Class M Wrestling Title

Forest Dolby of Cheney Tech defeated Brookfield’s Mike Delvalle to win the CIAC Class M wrestling championship Saturday in Windham.

Dolby won four matches during the meet to lead Cheney Tech to a 17th place finish.

He defeated Enfield’s Jarret Maloney by pin 2:50 into the match. He pinned Branford’s Dave Travisano with less than a minute remaining in the match to reach the semifinals. He reached the finals with a 5-2 victory over Waterford’s Thomas Millaras.

Suffield’s John Kopec finished sixth in the 215-pound division.

In the Class L championships at Bristol Eastern, Alex Sorvillo of E.O. Smith finished in sixth-place in the 215-pound class, while at the Class LL championship in Trumbull, Manchester got fourth-place finishes from Joel Marietti at 135-pounds and Christopher Turner at 160-pounds.

Boys Hoops Update

The post-season fate of most high school basketball teams has already been determined but not so in Tolland. The Eagles have had a tumultuous season, punctuated by a forfeit after a , but now need a win in one of their last two games to qualify. Tolland plays E.O. Smith Monday and Fermi-Enfield, which has struggled through a difficult season, on Friday.

The interesting thing about Tolland is that if it managed to qualify for the Class M tournament it’s possible the team could win at least two games before needing to pull an upset.

The necessary vagaries of the tournament seeding process (official pairing will be announced March 2) make determining possible opponents difficult but the Eagles will likely be one of four (or possibly only two) teams involved in a first-round game. After that, there is a real chance they would meet a highly-seeded team that plays a majority of its games against smaller schools.

One thing is for certain, few teams will want to see the Eagles, especially on a night when Andrew Roussey and Tyler Fortin are shooting well.