Wrecker Takes Second Place in Division at FCIAC Wrestling Tournament

One score and four years ago, a team besides the Danbury Hatters won the FCIAC wrestling title. At Saturday's final round of the Joe Sikorski FCIAC Wrestling Championships Fairfield-Warde put an end to their reign, beating them out by eight points and giving the Mustangs their first title in school history.

Staples High School had a tough first day at the tournament, sending only four of their wrestlers on to compete in the semi-finals. The top finisher for the Wreckers was Said Sarfaraz, who took second place in the 275-pound division. He had a great tournament to advance all the way to the finals, but ran into a brick wall named Jeff Starr from Brien McMahon. Starr was wrestling a weight that deseved to be in the division, but Safaraz was clearly much smaller. Starr got on him right away and got the quick pin to take the title for the division.

"Said is our only senior, and he had a really good tournament," said Staples Head Coach Kevin Lippert, whose team finished twelfth overall. "We'll definitely be much improved next year, bringing back a lot of strong wrestlers."

Some other notable finishes included Staples' Chris Giunta, who came in fourth at 189 pounds; and Lars Remole, third place at 140 pounds.