Killingly’s bid for ECC wrestling three-peat falls short
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The Killingly wrestling team’s bid for a third straight Eastern Connecticut Conference championship came up short on Saturday before a huge crowd at Killingly High School. Ledyard outlasted the runner-up Trailblazers, 228 to 208.5, to win the ECC title. Waterford finished third with 205.5 points. “It’s always nice to win but Ledyard wrestled super. They deserve it,” Killingly head coach Rich Bowen said. “It’s a battle every year. We didn’t have quite enough depth this year. We’ve been battling that all year. We snuck out some wins and weren’t really dominant.” One of those Trailblazer wins was a 35-31 dual match victory over Ledyard in early January. “We were lucky to win some of those...