Nobody had more champions either.

But individual awards were of small consolation to Plainville High coach Sean Kelly. Aside from his five finalists, the remaining members of his Northwest Conference champion squad came up short in the consolation round.

The Cavallaro brothers Jesse and Nick, and Thanh Tran, all ascended the award podium to receive first-place medals. Justin Fangiullo had his chance taken away from him on a questionable referee’s decision. Justin Mals fought a game, but too defensive, battle and had to settle for runner-up at 140 pounds.

But while eventual Class S champion Nonnewaug-Woodbury was getting solid contributions throughout its lineup Saturday night, the Blue Devils’ lack of depth cost them their first wrestling banner.

Nonnewaug outpointed Plainville, 170.5 to 150.5, for first place. The Devils, docked a team point when Kelly made his case for Fangiullo, held off Morgan for second by one-half point.

"We had to work the whole year with five kids busting their butts and not enough to support them," Kelly said. "I’d been concerned about the tournament for a long time due to lack of depth. We had those five guys but the rest of the guys showed nothing."

Rocky Hill, spurred by 160-pound champion Mo Osman and third-place winners Mike Sanders and A.J. Maselli, finished 10th with 89 points.

Tran, now 42-1 at 103 pounds, turned back top-seeded J.J. Daly of St. Bernard, 11-9. Tran notched the bout’s first takedown, and ended with four to Daly’s two, but had to fight off a late charge.

Nick Cavallaro, a third seed who improved steadily throughout the latter half of the season, was never truly threatened in posting an 11-4 victory over top seed Gregg Martell of Stafford at 112 pounds. The sophomore heads to the State Open with a 39-8 mark.

Jesse Cavallaro started quickly but was pushed by Willie Rivera of Windham Tech at 119. Cavallaro reached down deep for a takedown 19 seconds into the first sudden-death overtime period to raise his season record to 43-2 and his career ledger to 165-22.

"I had to stay relaxed, keep my composure and not get too excited," the elder Cavallaro said. "I have to start re-concentrating and pick it up for (the Open and New Englands). I wanted a team championship. I would have bet 50 bucks we would win it. The seniors knew what was going on but the team had a rough day."

Fangiullo had a 2-1 lead in the 189-pound title bout as the third period ticked away. With Fangiullo and Kelly celebrating what they thought was a title, referee Wes Bard ruled that Fangiullo’s fingers had illegally become entwined in his foe Billy Williams’ singlet. The bout went to a second overtime and Williams won when he rode Fangiullo through the 30-second tiebreaker.

"I didn’t see (the alleged penalty)," Kelly said. "None of the refs (on the side) saw it. It had no bearing on the match. It’s unfortunate. Justin looked forward to this all year and the ref took it away. Justin’s upset but he handled it well. In my mind he’s the state champ."

Osman, a fourth-seeded senior who finished fourth in last weekend’s NWC Tournament, could have lit up the night sky with his beaming eyes after he gained his victory.

"This was my last time wrestling for a state championship and I knew it was within my reach," said Osman, who enters the Open with a 29-10 record. "I wanted to win it so badly I knew no one was going to stop me."

Osman used his flexibility to avoid each of second-seed Josh Morey’s shots. Osman led 1-0 when Morey was penalized for stalling, but the Housatonic Regional junior escaped with six seconds left in regulation to tie. The first overtime period was scoreless.

Osman, who couldn’t escape Morey for the entire second period, burst from his grasp 10 seconds into the sudden-death tiebreaker.

"He really stepped it up for the states," Rocky Hill coach Marco Tirillo said. "He had nothing to lose. He wrestled without regret and went out strong."

Ken Lipshez can be reached at klipshez@newbritainherald.com