By Christian Andriolas – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law wrestling team has started its winter season.

It is the first time since the 2019-2020 school year that there has been a wrestling season. The season was canceled last year because of COVID restrictions. 

The team has been affected by a pause in their season like many others due to the COVID surge but are looking forward to coming back on January 14. 

“When the season resumes, we look forward to getting back together, training hard, getting better and having the chance to compete,” senior captain Kian McEnerney said. “With the 600th win in sight, it would be great to get back and hopefully be a part of history.”

The team has already participated in a dual-meet against Hand, and an invitational at Fairfield Ludlowe. The Lawmen suffered a loss to Hand, but enjoyed their first meet in almost two years. 

“We love to be back as missing last year’s season was disappointing,” junior Louis Sabo said. “We feel we have improved despite only having six returners to the program.”

The Lawmen have many new faces on the team due to not having a season last year, and they are very excited for their opportunities. 

“The meet against hand was unfortunately a loss, we knew going in we would have to forfeit more weight classes putting us at a disadvantage from the start but we still went out there and had some of the older guys dominate, some new faces got opportunities to show off their skills,” sophomore Zachary Sulkis said.

In the invitational meet at Ludlowe, Brayden McCourt placed 3rd in the 145-pound weight class out of 18 wrestlers, and is gaining momentum. 

“Brayden is gifted, he has all the tools,” Law coach Mr. Schoonmaker said. “He’s got that natural wrestling ability. Brayden went to Super 32, went away for weekend tournaments which has opened many opportunities to do great things.” 

In the meet against New Haven, the Lawmen got a win 42-24,  getting them one win away from 600 in the program’s history. 

“Getting the 600th win in program history would be very special. Only 16 Schools in Connecticut currently have that many wins; achieving this goal would make Jonathan Law 1 of 17,” McEnerney said. “It is a great reflection on the success of the program and the dedication from the coaches and wrestlers.”

The upcoming scheduled meets for the Lawmen are all away including dual meets against Ells Tech, Cheshire, Norwich Academy, and East Haven. The next home meet is scheduled for January 26 against East Haven.