Five wrestlers with ties to Connecticut will be competing this week at the U23 world championships in Las Vegas for five different nations.
Milford’s Kayla Batres, a senior at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, will be competing for Guatemala in women’s freestyle at 50 kilograms (110 pounds) while Danbury’s Matty Lopes, a junior at Lehigh University, will be competing for Brazil in men’s freestyle at 61 kg (134.4 pounds).
Stephen Burrell, Jr., who wrestled at GFA in high school, will be competing for Jamaica at 92 kg (208.8 pounds) in men’s freestyle…