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Montville’s Tyler McLaughlin Voted High School on SI’s Top Defensive Lineman in Connecticut

McLaughlin will be a junior for the Wolves this season

Kevin L. Smith

Montville Athletics

Tyler McLaughlin, a senior at Montville High School, has been voted High School on SI’s top defensive lineman in Connecticut heading into the 2025 season.

McLaughlin, a defensive end, received 50.72% of the votes to take the top spot. Final poll results can be viewed here.

The Wolves open their 2025 campaign against Nonnewaug/Lakeview/Hepaug Valley on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m.

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KEVIN L. SMITH

Kevin L. Smith, a Rochester (NY) native and a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, has been covering high school sports for over a decade. He started out as a freelance sportswriter in 2013. Since then, he’s held sportswriter and editor positions for newspapers in Coudersport (PA), Sayre (PA) and Oswego (NY). Smith currently covers high school sports in the Greater Syracuse Area for syracuse.com | Post-Standard, a position he’s held since 2021. You can follow him on social media @KevLSmittie. Story ideas can be sent to KLSFreelancing@outlook.com.

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