Month: February 2014

All right, I gotta get this show on the road because once I jump into the regions lots of people around here might be interested in how that turned out.

So 2A. Medal breakdown first:

1. Region 2 (31) — 11-9-4-4-1-2. 2. Region 3 (25) — 1-3-8-6-4-3. 3. Region 4 (16) — 2-1-2-1-4-6. 4. Region 1 (12) — 0-1-0-3-5-3.

Hmm. I guess Region 2 should go in as the favorite. After all, Brandon’s there, so why not? Let’s take a look at the numbers.

106

1. Region 2 — 57 points. 11-7 as a group. Frank Bruno (1st) 4-0, Jarrett Roop (4th) 3-2, Jonathan Quinones (6th) 3-3, Kyre Kelly 1-2. Well, there you go. Too early, perhaps, to award the crown, but it’s a very strong start.

2. Region 4 — 26 points. 9-7 as a group. Konnor McHale (3rd) 4-1, Donald Christman (5th) 4-2, Wade Blalock 0-2, Kirk Vera 1-2. Medalists did most of the work, but they did it on both sides of the bracket.

3. Region 3 — 18 points. 5-7 as a group. James Monos 2-2, Matthew Gjerde 0-2, Drew Harrington 0-2, Hunter Reed (2nd) 3-1. Bacon got saved by the region fourth-placer Reed. Bottom half of the bracket wasn’t kind to the 3s.

4. Region 1 — 13 points. 4-8 as a group. Austin Wynn 0-2, Blake Hartzog 1-2, Traevon O’Neal 2-2, Nelson Elder 1-2. As the bottom half of the bracket wasn’t kind to the 3s, the top wasn’t for the 1s, other than O’Neal. Wynn will have another shot to improve next season.

113

1. Region 2 — 43.5 points at weight (100.5 overall). 9-5 as a group. Kyle Norstrem (1st) 4-0, Caleb Smith (2nd) 3-1, Chance Sharbono 2-2, Anthony Zucco 0-2. Is that Danny Zucco’s grandkid? More seriously, I had an emailer say something semi-derogatory about Smith. Look, I don’t know him from Adam, but you go 3-1 with a 70-0 Brandon kid, you’re doing something right.

2. Region 4 — 25 points at weight (51 overall). 8-8 as a group. Aaron Wiechel 1-2, Ryan Hudson (6th) 2-3, Julian Ramirez (3rd) 5-1, Anthony Silvestre 0-2. Kind of odd, not in that there were two medalists, but that neither was the champ. First Roop from Region 3 at 6 goes 4th at region, 2nd at state, and now this? Hmm.

3. Region 3 — 23.5 points at weight (41.5 overall). 8-8 as a group. Brent Smallwood 1-2, Jared Lanier (5th) 3-2, Brendon Eddington (4th) 4-2, Stanley LaJeune 0-2. Here’s another one, second time for the 3s. Weird.

4. Region 1 — 13 points at weight (31 overall). 4-8 as a group. Marcus Reid 2-2, Jacob Geiger 1-2, Tahj Brennen 1-2, Chris Griffin 0-2. Had higher hopes for this group than this. Reid did his job, finishing one match from medalling.

120

1. Region 2 — 44.5 points at weight (145 overall). 9-5 as a group. Michael McDonald (1st) 4-0, Nick Peschek 2-2, Ty Lucas (2nd) 3-1, Luis Casado 0-2. Region has swept the titles so far — we’d already seen that the region won 11. That’s pretty dang impressive in itself.

2. Region 3 — 50 points at weight (91.5 overall). 13-7 as a group. Rich Reichelt (3rd) 4-1, Dylan Cameron (4th) 3-2, Colton Thomas 2-2, Cole Manion (5th) 4-2. When everybody contributes like this, and there were just wins and bonus points everywhere, particularly on the back half, it makes for an impressive tournament.

3. Region 4 — 14 points at weight (65 overall). 5-9 as a group. David Richards (6th) 3-3, Jordin Chandler 1-2, Kyle Kirkham 1-2, Maher Jaser 0-2. The 4s backslid after an OK start through the first two weights. After just three WC, region is 80 back of the leader.

4. Region 1 — 5 points at weight (31 overall). 2-8 as a group. Matthew Burger 1-2, Tyrese Germain 1-2, Austin Wild 0-2, Shawn Lanier 0-2. As I noticed that Region 2 has all of the gold medals so far, I’ve noticed Region 1 being shut out of the medals in the same stretch. A big early hole being dug.

126

1. Region 2 — 55 points at weight (200 overall). 13-4 as a group. James Flint (1st) 4-0, Sa’Derian Perry (2nd) 3-1, Marcus Mosley 2-2, RC Consuegra 4-1 (3rd). Another 1-2, the third in a row for the 2s, with a third out of the fourth-place region finisher as well. Hard to do better than this, both in terms of wins and losses. The cup is being prepared.

2. Region 3 — 14 points at weight (105.5 overall). 5-8 as a group. Zach Kelly 1-2, Anthony Viscomi (5th) 3-2, Dylan Mooney 0-2, Trenton Swanson 1-2. Viscomi’s run to the semis helped things maintain, but shouting distance became barely just and we’re only four weights in.

3. Region 4 — 12 points at weight (77 overall). 5-9 as a group. Lucas Dominguez 2-2, Kiaun McClure 0-2, Joseph Fletcher 0-2, Jake Gillis (6th) 3-3. Still trying to wrap my head around Gillis being fourth here. I’d have to go back and look. Again, bottom half of bracket wasn’t kind.

4. Region 1 — 18 points at weight (49 overall). 6-8 as a group. Jon Gardner (4th) 4-2, Tyler Bradley 1-2, Nick Staviski 1-2, David Edmunds 0-2. Gardner did most of the work, and that after an opening-round loss to Gillis. Bradley and Staviski won their matches on the front side. After that, all Gardner — who did get the region’s first medal.

132

1. Region 2 — 45 points at weight (245 overall). 9-5 as a group. Dylan Lucas (1st) 4-0, Andrew Smith (3rd) 4-1, Jared Tarvin 1-2, Jonathan Crunkilton 0-2. Swept the titles so far. Brandon has four of those. The power of one team can go a long way, but Smith had a great tournament as well.

2. Region 3 — 16 points at weight (121.5 overall). 4-7 as a group. Tanis Taylor (2nd) 3-1, Andy Hernandez 1-2, Evan Ratliff 0-2, Tim Dwyer 0-2. Held second, but only because it had a sizable lead — finished last in the weight class. Taylor did most of the work of note and no one scored points on the back half.

3. Region 4 — 18 points at weight (95 overall). 6-9 as a group. Wilmer Almendarez 2-2, Kolin Stapp (6th) 3-3, Bertrand Saint-Preux 1-2, Bryce Poppell 0-2. Top two guys did most of the heavy lifting, not a lot of bonus points to be found for each win.

4. Region 1 — 35 points at weight (84 overall). 10-8 as a group. Kaleb Warner (5th) 3-2, Anthony Hauser (4th) 4-2, Joey Epstein 2-2, Winslow Robinson 1-2. Knew the local 132s were gonna shine, and they did, outperforming the combined Region 3-4 total. Lots of wins all the way through. By far the best performance out of the region thus far.

138

1. Region 2 — 45 points at weight (290 overall).
8-5 as a group. Devan Berrian (1st) 4-0, Adam Lewis (2nd) 3-1, Devin Glenn 0-2, Corey Tisdal 1-2. Yet another 1-2 finish. That brings forward a lot of points on the front side; in fact, all but 2.5 points came on the title side.

2. Region 3 — 45 points at weight (166.5 overall).
8-7 as a group. Trey Hoff (3rd) 5-1, Jared Dipsiner 1-2, Bryce Balsinger (4th) 4-2, Hunter Johnson 2-2. The 3s seem to be able to clean up the back side of the bracket after the 2s dominate the front half.

3. Region 4 — 26 points at weight (121 overall).
8-9 as a group. James Medal (5th) 3-2, Yancarlos Guerra (6th) 2-3, Cody Herl 2-2, Danny Fernandez 1-2. Pretty good performance, all in all, but it’s pretty much a battle for second at this point.

4. Region 1 — 3 points at weight (87 overall).
1-8 as a group. Travis Neubeck 1-2, Dustin Regar 0-2, Chase Blake 0-2, Tristen Roderick 0-2. They all get another shot to improve next year.

145

1. Region 2 — 32 points at weight (322 overall).
8-5 as a group. Troy Joyce (2nd) 3-1, Jordan Rivera (1st) 4-0, Chris Moore 1-2, Kionte Crocker 0-2. Well, the way it’s been going, 32 points is kind of a slump for the 2s. And they STILL went 1-2 in the weight.

2. Region 3 — 43 points at weight (209.5 overall).
12-7 as a group. Joey Nadotti (3rd) 5-1, CJ Trammell (4th) 4-2, Chase Washington 2-2, Quinton Fleming 1-2. Another bracket where the 3s just piled up wins on the back end.

3. Region 4 — 14 points at weight (135 overall).
4-8 as a group. Ian Wiswell (5th) 3-2, Yasuan Rosa 0-2, Michael Lockwood 1-2, Dylan Perrow 0-2. Wiswell carried most of the weight. Is it just me, or are the four spots pretty well staked out?

4. Region 1 — 13 points at weight (100 overall).
5-9 as a group. Matt Tamayo (6th) 2-3, Blake Doerr 2-2, Jake Maguire 1-2, Jared Langdo 0-2. Triple digits. Tamayo got to the semis, but just two wins on the back side.

152

1. Region 2 — 17 points at weight (339 overall).
6-8 as a group. Jacob Ewles (4th) 3-2, Brian Buser 2-2, Tommy Fretwell 1-2, Triston Howe 0-2. This has been about average for a Region 4 effort. By Region 2 standards? Almost completely unacceptable.

2. Region 3 — 31 points at weight (240.5 overall).
9-8 as a group. Theo Curto (3rd) 4-1, Tristan Roy (6th) 3-3, Joey Haan 2-2, Brody Mansfield 0-2. They’re trying to make a move, but the lead might just be too overwhelming.

3. Region 4 — 25 points at weight (160 overall).
5-6 as a group. Kenny Boyd (1st) 4-0, Clayton Williams 0-2, Isaac Eskenazi 1-2, Hunter Loper 0-2. Boyd did pretty much all of the work, as the lone other victory was a forfeit win.

4. Region 1 — 29 points at weight (129 overall).
9-7 as a group. Tristan Sommer (2nd) 3-1, Mitchell Harris (5th) 4-2), Forrest Lang 1-2, Marcellus Boyd 1-2. A pretty good showing, but it was a pretty balanced weight class, all things considered.

160

1. Region 2 — 49 points at weight (388 overall).
11-6 as a group. Dakota Greene (1st) 4-0, Brandon Taylor (2nd) 3-1, Vincent Buonanno 1-2, Marc Iureto (6th) 3-3. OK, this is more like it. Another 1-2, plus a third medal, and all is right in the Region 2 world.

2. Region 3 — 38 points at weight (278.5 overall).
9-7 as a group. Chase Singletary (3rd) 4-1, Andrew Scherer (4th) 4-2, Chase Zahalka 1-2, Luke Veigel 0-2. Singletary and Scherer did most of the work, Singletary on the front side and Scherer on the back side.

3. Region 4 — 6 points at weight (166 overall).
2-8 as a group. Dilano Taylor 0-2, Austin McHale 2-2, Travon Norman 0-2, Jerry Vail 0-2. The region had no wins on the front side, McHale had two on the back end and that was it.

4. Region 1 — 22 points at weight (151 overall).
7-8 as a group. Kevin Hilton (5th) 3-2, Joseph Cambron 2-2, Jaycie Rudd 1-2, Tristen Barth 1-2. Several wins, everyone contributed, but not a lot of bonus points to be had.

170

1. Region 2 — 55 points at weight (443 overall).
11-4 as a group. Dontae McGee (1st) 4-0, Casey Bearden (3rd) 4-1, William Swift (2nd) 3-1, Charles Watts 0-2. Everyone, can I present your 2A champion by region–a 1-2-3 showing at this point is pretty much about enough to finish it off.

2. Region 3 — 34 points at weight (312.5 overall).
12-8 as a group. Levi McQuinn (4th) 4-2, Jamel Davis (5th) 4-2, Ty McLeod 2-2, Casey Ricker 2-2. Hard to believe that the 3s actually came up with more wins than the 2s. Between the two regions, they won five of the six medals and picked up nearly 80 percent of the wins.

3. Region 4 — 7 points at weight (173 overall).
2-8 as a group. Ariel Jimenez 1-2, Colton Whittaker 0-2, Yuri Cabrera 1-2, Joel Sabastien 0-2. Both of the wins were forfeit wins — no wins in contested matches. That almost opened the door for…

4. Region 1 — 15 points at weight (166 overall).
4-9 as a group. Shamar Johnson 1-2, Clayton Dennis (6th) 2-3, William Rinchiusa 1-2, Jerrin Gilmore 0-2. Dennis made the semis for his wins, and Johnson’s win came on the championship side, but just one win on the back. Still, though, the 1s closed the gap.

182

1. Region 2 — 50 points at weight (493 overall).
11-5 as a group. Luis Peguero (2nd) 3-1, Sawyer Root (1st) 4-0, Joe Marcano (5th) 3-2, John Mooney 1-2. And another 1-2 finish pretty much wraps it up in favor of the 2s.

2. Region 3 — 37 points at weight (349.5 overall).
12-8 as a group. Max Reynolds (6th) 3-3, Nico Lightfoot (3rd) 5-1, Dylan Jones 2-2, Zech Rives 2-2. Yet again, more wins for the 3s, but not as many medals, and no top step. Still, though, they racked up win after win after win.

3. Region 4 — 14 points at weight (187 overall).
5-8 as a group. Johnley Cadet (4th) 3-2, Elijah Saboor 0-2, Damon McCurry 1-2, Nick Umana 0-2. Most of the work was done by Cadet.

4. Region 1 — 3 points at weight (169 overall).
1-8 as a group. Will Diamond 1-2, Avery Sisson 0-2, Jeremy Beaulieu 0-2, Jordin Castanheira 0-2. Falling back to an 18-point gap isn’t awful, but the 7-point effort the 4s put up at 170 had opened the door, and it’s starting to close again.

195

1. Region 2 — 30 points at weight (523 overall).
8-7 as a group. Nick Mosco (2nd) 3-1, Bailey Shepherd (4th) 4-2, Corey Humphrey 1-2, Cole Mueller 0-2. Very balanced weight, as we’ll soon see.

2. Region 3 — 30 points at weight (379.5 overall).
8-8 as a group. Acey Woodman (6th) 2-3, Cory Kerkesner (3rd) 5-1, Robert McLachlan 1-2, Clifton Thomas 0-2. Three out of four wins on the front side in round 1, with one semifinalist, and Kerkesner only lost 5-4 to the eventual state champ.

3. Region 4 — 30 points at weight (217 overall).
6-6 as a group. Chris Favoroso (1st) 4-0, Lamarcus Allen 2-2, Jay Rowland 0-2, Gaige Robbins 0-2. Only Favoroso won on the front side, but he was plenty devastating in and of himself.

4. Region 1 — 22 points at weight (191 overall).
6-8 as a group. Chris Nash (5th) 3-2, Brendan McClendon 1-2, Fred Saliba 2-2, Chasen Irvine 0-2. The group did pretty well in the first round, with three wins, and Nash made the semis.

220

1. Region 2 — 38.5 points at weight (561.5 overall).
11-7 as a group. Robert Enmon (3rd) 5-1, David Rudd (4th) 4-2, Kendonte Nichols 1-2, Carlos Barbosa 1-2. Even on cruise control as a region, the quartet at this weight still performed admirably.

2. Region 3 — 31 points at weight (410.5 overall).
8-6 as a group. Tobias Baker (1st) 4-0, Lavanda Warren 2-2, Nabbacus Watkins 2-2, James Banks 0-2. Baker had a pretty solid run en route to the title, but Warren was the only other 3 to win on the championship side.

3. Region 4 — 26 points at weight (243 overall).
6-8 as a group. Anthony Wint (2nd) 3-1, Pat Conroy (6th) 2-3, Darien Hall 1-2, Cory Vickers 0-2. The 4s scored pretty well, with three first-round wins, but after that it was pretty much all medalists.

4. Region 1 — 11 points at weight (202 overall).
4-8 as a group. Devon Brooks (5th) 3-2, Tres’ Dawson 0-2, Jason Osagie 1-2, Rafael Lopez 0-2. Brooks did most of the winning at this weight, but the overall gap now between third and fourth might be too much to overcome.

285

1. Region 2 — 37 points at weight (598.5 overall).
7-6 as a group. Austin Underwood (1st) 4-0, Brandon Martin 1-2, Robert Mosley 2-2, Colton Rausch 0-2. The 2s couldn’t quite get to 600, but quite an impressive overall performance, with 11 titles and 31 medals and more than 40 points per weight class.

2. Region 3 — 45 points at weight (455.5 overall).
10-6 as a group. Andre Matthews (2nd) 3-1, Bucky Dennis (3rd) 5-1, Luis Sanchez 2-2, Michael Delago 0-2. Medalists did well, and Sanchez gave some contribution on both sides. This might have been strong enough to win 3A, but not a Brandon-turbocharged Region 2.

3. Region 4 — 16 points at weight (259 overall).
5-8 as a group. Tomelle One 2-2, Zach Finnegan 0-2, Brandon Way (5th) 4-2, Aaron Dolphus 0-2. Way saved a double-digit performance at this weight, but the 4s had probably had third locked up for a couple of weights by now.

4. Region 1 — 22 points at weight (224 overall).
7-9 as a group. Malcolm Kirce (4th) 3-2, Kelton Johnson 1-2, Christian Tejada (6th) 2-3, Cole Eubanks 1-2. Look for Johnson and Eubanks to make more and deeper appearances in future seasons.

More off-season events have been added at least up through the first weekend of April, and others could be added at any time — I just have to know about them. I’d prefer for the off-season page to just be about local offseason stuff and/or state/national-level qualifier tournaments. I have not gotten any off-season schedules from any teams yet.

We’ll keep working on 2A bragging rights — right now Brandon’s region 2 is cleaning house on the rest of the state through 126 at least. Also tonight, we’ll be adding more off-season events. Need coaches to start checking in with what they have scheduled. There are events scheduled as soon as this weekend.

Northeast Florida Matmen staff report

KISSIMMEE — By his own high standards, or even most, Fleming Island junior Chase Robison had a forgettable state tournament experience one weekend ago.

On Saturday, at Osceola High School, Robison defeated three state medalists to win the 113-pound weight class at the 2014 Florida All-Class Wrestling Showcase.

Robison opened with a 10-1 major decision over 2A third-place finisher Julian Ramirez, then followed that up with a 9-7 decision over Barron Collier’s Brendon Eddington to reach the final.

There, he knocked off 3A state runnerup Nicholas Villamil of G. Holmes Braddock, 3-1, for the title. He was Northeast Florida’s only champion out of 14 local wrestlers in the tournament.

University Christian senior Jamal Fiffer finished second at 285. After losing by fall to 3A state champ Daniel Leon of North MIami in the semifinals. He then got a revenge win of sorts over 1A state champ MaShawn Knight of Tallahassee Godby, 8-4, in the consi semis and then defeated Charlotte’s Bucky Dennis (third in 2A) by injury-default for second place.

Three locals also finished third. At 120, Fleming Island sophomore Xaiver Sampsel pinned Lakewood Ranch’s Dylan Cameron (4th in 2A) after falling 3-2 to 1A-4th Bryce Rogers of Lake Highland Prep.

At 170, Bishop Kenny senior Kuba Kaszuba was second at 170 after receiving a first-round bye and winning 12-10 over 3A fourth-place finisher Joel Nivar in the semis. In the final, Citrus’ Casey Bearden — who took third in 2A — pinned Kaszuba in 1 minute and 43 seconds, and Villages’ Colton Jackson pinned Kaszuba in 54 seconds for “true” second.

At 195, University Christian’s Trey Miller took third with a first-round win over Cypress Lake’s Cory Kirkesner and 3-2 semifinal loss to super-frosh 2A runnerup Nick Mosco of Tampa Prep. He then won by forfeit over Cardinal Gibbons’ Ryan Thomas to take third.

Bradford’s Jarraid Forsyth was 1-1 at 160, leaving the tournament after his semifinal match, a loss by fall to Palmetto Ridge’s Chase Singletary, after winning over Citrus’ Brandon Taylor 11-6.

Eight other locals lost in the first round of their weight classes, which ended their day.

At 106, Clay’s Andrew Klopman lost 10-6 to 1A state champ Joey Silva of Lake Highland Prep, while teammates Dale Browning (113, lost by fall to Villamil), Dylan Martin (132, lost by decision to 1A state champ Jamel Morris) and Adam Breindel (145, lost by fall to Julian Hernandez) also all lost in the first round.

Columbia junior Kaleb Warner (132) fell 9-0 to 1A state runnerup Elijah Cleary, with Bolles junior Josh Calhoun (also at 132) falling by 8-0 major decision to 3A state finalist Ethan Owen of George Jenkins.

At 170, Suwannee junior Sasha Key lost by technical fall to 1A third-place finisher Colton Jackson of Villages, and at 220, Orange Park senior Devon Brooks fell by a narrow 2-0 score to 1A state champion Jesse Gaudin of Hernando.

OK, time to get some work done finally.

1A. Same scoring system as the 3A (see earlier post for the numbers). Can one region go wire-to-wire as 3A’s Region 4 did?

As we did with 3A, we’ll start with the medal count.
1. Region 2 (31 medals) — 6-2-4-5-7-7.
2. Region 3 (20 medals) — 1-4-5-4-4-2.
3. Region 1 (17 medals) — 2-5-4-2-3-2.
4. Region 4 (16 medals) — 5-3-2-3-0-3.

Region 2 did better than any of the 3A regions, but how will they point out?

Let’s start with 106 and find out.

106
1. Region 3 — 34.5 points.
9-7 as a group. Cullen Telfer (3rd) 4-1, Aaron Mills (5th) 4-2, Stephen Nicholls 1-2, Matthew Davis 1-2. Some pretty good work done on both sides, but more so the consi rounds.
2. Region 2 — 33 points.
9-7 as a group. Aaron Silva (1st) 4-0, Andrew Klopman 1-2, Lukas Twardosky (6th) 3-3, Conner Kirk 1-2. Most of the muscle came from the medalists, but everyone pitched in.
3. Region 4 — 22 points.
8-8 as a group. Brevin Balmeceda (4th) 3-2, Steven Moreno 2-2, Jeromy Homerston 2-2, Anthony Botts 0-2. Balmeceda was the only winner on the championship side of the bracket.
4. Region 1 — 14 points.
3-7 as a group. William Pickren (2nd) 3-1, James Boyd 0-2, Max Metcalf 0-2, Shayne Kahakua-Lodivero 0-2. Not a good way to start, getting points only from the region champ.

113
1. Region 2 — 58 points at weight (91 overall).
12-7 as a group. Jake Brindley (1st) 4-0, Brandon McQuinn 2-2, Dale Browning (5th) 2-2, Jacob Demming (6th) 2-3. Only one 3A weight (132, where Region 2 had four medalists) scored more points. Lot of bonus points all around.
2. Region 3 — 33 points at weight (67.5 overall).
9-7 as a group. Dre Neely 0-2, Jack Lipp (4th) 4-2, Noah Ridley (3rd) 4-1, Anthony Slack 0-2. NOt having Neely might have helped, but still a consistent effort.
3. Region 4 — 20 points at weight (42 overall).
4-7 as a group. Kennedy Monday (2nd) 3-1, Daniel Valledar 1-2, Joseph Casasola 0-2, George Giampetro 0-2. Monday had most of the points and was the only advancer in the championship round.
4. Region 1 — 12 points at weight (26 overall).
4-8 as a group. Larry Smith 2-2, Bryan Metcalf 1-2, Jason Griffis 1-2, Chance Layfield 0-2. Three wins came in round 1, a good start. Just one after that.

120
1. Region 2 — 26 points at weight (117 overall).
8-9 as a group. Bryce Rogers (4th) 3-2, Dante Pedilla (6th) 3-3, Austin Rasmussen 1-2, Steven Arce 1-2. A pretty good start and a solid finish, but the region did come back to earth a bit.
2. Region 3 — 41.5 points at weight (109 overall).
8-6 as a group. Anthony Artalona (1st) 4-0, Gianni Dattolico (5th) 4-2, Jack Pohler 0-2, Eric Garcia 0-2. Hard to believe Artalona’s an eighth-grader. All the wins and points from the medalists, but the group fought its way back in.
3. Region 4 — 20.5 points (62.5 overall).
5-7 as a group. Brady Moser (3rd) 4-1, Pablo Schwiep 1-2, Angelo Guieb 0-2, Raul Gonzalez 0-2. Moser did most of the heavy lifting and all of the points came on the front end of the bracket.
4. Region 1 — 25.5 points (51.5 overall).
8-7 as a group. Richie McClanahan (2nd) 3-1, Nick Toney 1-2, Dy’Juan Carney 2-2, Anthony Ward 2-2. Everyone contributed and for the first time the region went over the .500 mark, closing the gap on third just a little bit.

126
1. Region 2 — 46 points at weight (163 overall).
11-8 as a group. Michael Allen (6th) 3-3, Travis Ahrens (5th) 4-2, Jon Galvan (3rd) 4-1, Mark Espinosa 1-2. Two semifinalists from the group, with Galvan losing only to the champion. Another solid performance. Not quite wire-to-wire, but Region 2 looking solid.
2. Region 3 — 34 points at weight (143 overall).
8-7 as a group. Donoven Hough (2nd) 3-1, Keaton Koselke (4th) 4-2, Brendan Ditro 1-2, Azeekwuai Bryant 0-2. Group is hanging in, but only barely against the Region 2 onslaught. Hough and Koselke did most of the work.
3. Region 4 — 33 points at weight (95.5 overall).
7-6 as a group. Anthony Vazquez (1st) 4-0, Justin Cohen 2-2, Joseph Padron 1-2, Todd Perry 0-2. One medal per weight will be difficult to get into the top half; Vazquez did most of the work (just one consi win).
4. Region 1 — 11 points at weight (62.5 overall).
3-8 as a group. Brock Carlan 2-2, Hunter Royce 1-2, Michael Brown 0-2, Tharin Hessenauer 0-2. Just one win on the front side and not a lot after that. That and just two medalists through four weights making the battle very uphill fast.

132
1. Region 2 — 34 points at weight (197 overall).
10-7 as a group. Elijah Cleary (2nd) 3-1, Dylan Martin (4th) 4-2, Ethan Ahrens 2-2, Jesus Nieves 1-2. Three wins on the front side and plenty on the back end made this the best region in what was a pretty-balanced weight.
2. Region 3 — 17 points at weight (160 overall).
5-8 as a group. Jay Dugmore (5th) 3-2, Aaron Nauert 1-2, Joey Fazio 0-2, Landon Carter 1-2. There wasn’t much on the back end to cheer about — just one consi rd 1 win and Dugmore’s 5th-place finish.
3. Region 4 — 31 points at weight (126.5 overall).
6-7 as a group. Jamel Morris (1st) 4-0, Jonathon Astacio (6th) 2-3, Alex Perez 0-2, Dominick Venturi 0-2. The medalists did all the work for the region, and all on the championship side of the bracket.
4. Region 1 — 28 points at weight (90.5 overall).
8-7 as a group. Josh Calhoun (3rd) 5-1, Paul Patterson 2-2, Brandon Harvey 0-2, Jameson Maddox 1-2. Calhoun’s work on the consolation end helped a great deal, with four wins on the back. He also had the only front-side win as well.

138
1. Region 2 — 58 points at weight (255 overall).
13-6 as a group. Anthony Petrone (5th) 3-2, Skyler White (4th) 4-2, Max Wohlabaugh (1st) 4-0, Austin Luke 2-2. The maximum number of wins a region can win is 14, so getting 13 is pretty dang impressive. So many young stars in Florida, with Wohlabaugh in that mix. Could Region 2 have just about wrapped things up now?
2. Region 3 — 26 points at weight (186 overall).
7-7 as a group. Leo Tarantino (3rd) 4-1, Michael Gingras 1-2, Eric Cabral 1-2, Kamen Wilmington 1-2. All four won in round 1, so a promising start, but it fizzled from there, with the exception of Tarantino, who got the rest of the wins for the group.
3. Region 4 — 23 points at weight (149.5 overall).
6-8 as a group. Jamal Morris (2nd) 3-1, David Morse 0-2, Scott Pomare (6th) 3-3, Johnny Raich 0-2. Another weight for Region 4 where the medalists did all the work. They’ve had elite wrestlers at the top, no doubt, but the 2-4 group is having trouble holding up its end.
4. Region 1 — 6 points at weight (96.5 overall).
3-8 as a group. Chris Warf 2-2, Billy Jenkins 0-2, Jonathon Kenney 1-2, Timothy Worthen 0-2. So far, this is the lowest point total any group has scored thus far. No wins on the front side.

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1. Region 2 — 37 points at weight (288 overall).
10-7 as a group. Adam Breindel (1st) 4-0, Isaiah Martinez (6th) 3-3, Robert Napolitano 2-2, Quentin Johnson 1-2. Lots of wins everywhere in the bracket, a good solid weight class for the region, as everyone contributed.
2. Region 3 — 15 points at weight (201 overall).
5-8 as a group. Erich Byelick (5th) 4-2, Marc Allison 1-2, William Sadlo 0-2, Marquis Outlaw 0-2. Byelick did most of the lifting at this weight, but none of the others could find a consi win.
3. Region 4 — 44 points at weight (193.5 overall).
10-6 as a group. Alex Lopouchanski (3rd) 4-1, Tag Wilber (4th) 3-2, Christian Perez (2nd) 3-1, Ben Delez 0-2. Best performance thus far for the region, and now within shouting distance of Region 3 for second.
4. Region 1 — 13 points (109.5 overall).
4-8 as a group. Cody Pickren 2-2, Josh Helm 1-2, Cody Joseph 1-2, Cody Davis 0-2. The three Codys and Helm started off with two wins in round 1, but only had two more the rest of the way. It’s time to start making a push.

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1. Region 2 — 57 points at weight (343 overall).
12-5 as a group. Jake Spangler (1st) 4-0, Imier Almanzar (5th) 3-2, Jonte Scott (3rd) 5-1, Kyle Barrington 0-2. Another 50-plus point performance for the region that pretty much has to wrap it up (and, looking ahead, it just about does). Tons of bonus points, as the region averaged 4.75 points per win.
2. Region 3 — 30 points at weight (231 overall).
8-8 as a group. Connor Allshouse (2nd) 3-1, Connor Steinfeld (6th) 2-3, Ashton Plourde 2-2, Bobby Caspolich 1-2. A good rally after nearly losing second, thanks to wins from everyone.
3. Region 4 — 5 points at weight (198.5 overall).
2-8 as a group. Nick Delvecchio 0-2, Nick Zalzer 0-2, Godwin Ferrier 2-2, William Pollock 0-2. Um, WOW. If Region 4 winds up last, this will be where it started. I thought I could refrain from this, but your region champ can’t get bageled. I realize it was a tough quarter, but still.
4. Region 1 — 22 points at weight (131.5 overall).
7-8 as a group. Tyler Foster 1-2, Thomas Monaghan 1-2, Devin Combs (4th) 4-2, Rodney Padgett 1-2. OK guys. Rome wasn’t built in a day, one weight at a time, and the region made up some ground here, mainly because everyone contributed.

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1. Region 2 — 37 points at weight (378 overall).
9-8 as a group. Trace Woxberg (5th) 3-2, Brennan Ertl (2nd) 3-1, Caleb Loyd (6th) 2-3, Zachary Logan 1-2. I can tell you this was enough for Region 2 to win the whole thing. Getting three through to the semis was a really big deal for the group.
2. Region 3 — 16 points at weight (247 overall).
5-8 as a group. Ryan Dodge (4th) 4-2, Bradley Bolesta 0-2, Ricky Almodovar 1-2, Nick Norton 0-2. Other than Dodge, there wasn’t a lot of slack picked up by the rest of the group. Can’t put it on cruise control for second just because Region 2 already has it clinched.
3. Region 4 — 6 points at weight (204.5 overall).
3-8 as a group. John Piraino 1-2, Bryce Hill 0-2, Julian Georgescu 2-2, Adam Hessanien 0-2. Just 11 points in the last two weights for Region 4. The battle for second AND third could start heating up, because…
4. Region 1 — 48.5 points at weight (180 overall).
12-5 at weight. Jarraid Forsyth (3rd) 5-1, Michael Dudzinski 2-2, Shawn Brown (1st) 4-0, Daniel Folkner 1-2. These guys came gunning for bear, with a lot of bonus points. I thought this group would be the best 60 group, and from an overall wins standpoint, it was.

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1. Region 2 — 33 points at weight (411 overall).
8-7 as a group. Colton Jackson (3rd) 4-1, Connor Andrew (6th) 3-3, Trevor Larson 0-2, Le’Shaun Gray 0-2. No victory laps yet for Region 2, as they would continue to score solidly at almost every weight the rest of the way, including here. Jackson and Andrew picked up all the points, though.
2. Region 3 — 17 points at weight (264 overall).
6-8 as a group. Anthony Dampier (4th) 3-2, Carrick Brennan 0-2, Tupac Isme 2-2, Selbourne Steward 1-2. Dampier was the only winner on the front side of the bracket. So far second is still Region 3’s to lose, but…
3. Region 4 — 25.5 points at weight (229 overall).
6-6 as a group. Matt Kirkland (1st) 4-0, Uriel Diaz 1-2, Aryan Bonnin 0-2, Nino Sannasardo 0-2. All the points came on the front side of the bracket, and almost all of them came from Kirkland. It’s being given a chance to catch Region 3, but can’t, because…
4. Region 1 — 34.5 points at weight (214.5 overall).
10-7 as a group. Kuba Kaszuba (2nd) 3-1, Sasha Key (5th) 4-2, Trevon Johnson 1-2, Brandon Dattoli 2-2. These guys, along with 160 and (a little while ago) 132, made the region competitive again. For the second straight weight, the group was arguably the best, and it probably — looking ahead — won’t be the last for the 1s.

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1. Region 2 — 34 points at weight (445 overall).
8-7 as a group. Brandon Brown (3rd) 4-1, Nathan Love 1-2, Jarred Kruse (5th) 3-2, Eddie Bennis 0-2. Just keeps on keepin’ on. I shouldn’t be surprised at how the region had 11 more medalists than the next competitor. Consistently, it’s been the deepest region.
2. Region 3 — 13 points at weight (277 overall).
6-9 as a group. Termaine McClendon 1-2, Petronilo Maron (6th) 3-3, Zach Fouch 2-2, Mathew Johnson 0-2. Not many bonus points for six wins and just one first-round win. Can they be caught?
3. Region 4 — 39 points at weight (268 overall).
10-6 as a group. Raekwon Reggler (1st) 4-0, Diego Bell (4th) 4-2, Aaron Fluitt 2-2, Will Clervil 0-2. Wasn’t just the medalists, as Fluitt won twice in the wrestlebacks as well, to push the 4s within whispering distance of the 3s for second.
4. Region 1 — 20 points at weight (234.5 overall).
5-7 as a group. Brandon Marshall (2nd) 3-1, Jermaine Oliver 1-2, Nathan Tyre 1-2, Robert Rodriguez 0-2. All the points came on the championship side of the bracket, as three won in the first round but only Marshall won after that. Still closer though.

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1. Region 2 — 34 points at weight (477 overall).
8-8 as a group. Cole Fagan (4th) 3-2, Andrew Bilby 1-2, Chris Ralston 1-2, Drake Carson 2-2. Lots of good work got done in the consi rounds for this group. They’re kind of at victory-lap status now.
2. Region 3 — 19.5 points at weight (296.5 overall).
5-7 as a group. Delroy Blake (2nd) 3-1, Michael Dunlap 1-2, Fouad Salem 1-2, Brad Grundy 0-2. Only just held on to second place this go-round, and thanks for that have to go mostly to Blake, who picked up most of the points for the group.
3. Region 4 — 25.5 points at weight (293.5 overall).
5-6 as a group. Brian Thomas (1st) 4-0, Devin Salute 0-2, John Pozzi 1-2, Jarvis Gamble 0-2. Would have thought a region with the champion would score better, but it didn’t mainly because all the points came on the front end. No consi points means no depth.
4. Region 1 — 44 points at weight (278.5 overall).
11-8 as a group. Trey Miller (3rd) 4-1, Nathan Morales (6th) 3-3, James Douin (5th) 4-2, Garrett Fairbanks 0-2. At long last, we finally have a three-way battle for second and two-way for third. First three-medal weight for Region 1. Won’t be the last.

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1. Region 2 — 42 points at weight (519 overall).
9-6 as a group. Jesse Gaudin (1st) 4-0, Anthony Contegiacomo 1-2, Travis Dunbar (5th) 4-2, Carlos Sanabria 0-2. Keep on truckin. They medaled at every weight class.
2. Region 3 — 39 points at weight (335.5 overall).
9-6 as a group. Alejandro Lopez (3rd) 4-1, Noah Huxley (2nd) 3-1, Damon Golden 2-2, Jared Escorcia 0-2. Probably just about clinched second with the performance here. Like Region 2, medaled at every weight — though significantly less often.
3. Region 4 — 24 points at weight (317.5 overall).
6-9 as a group. Ken ROsa (6th) 3-3, Austin Nelson 2-2, Juan Cornett 1-2, Osvelt Joseph 0-2. Did they do enough to stay third at least? Still close for second. Two rd 1 winners but no semifinalists.
4. Region 1 — 16.5 points at weight (295 overall).
5-8 as a group. Keith Godden (4th) 3-2, David Trigg 1-2, Max Cobb 1-2, Lenny Carter 0-2. Godden did his job, and Trigg won in rd 1 and ran into two buzzsaws after that, but points were hard to come by for the group.

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1. Region 2 — 22 points at weight (541 overall).
5-8 as a group. Andrew Ivie (4th) 4-2, Anthony Vines 0-2, Roland Samec 1-2, Alan Perrotta 0-2. One of only three weights where the region was below .500, and the only one without two medals. Other than Samec’s one consi win, all the points were Ivie.
2. Region 3 — 34 points at weight (369.5 overall).
8-7 as a group. Kane Takacs 1-2, Nickolas Thomas (3rd) 4-1, Russell Panos 1-2, Joe Hernandez 2-2. Even with a subpar performance from the champ, still scored well enough to wind up second and the only leader besides Region 2.
3. Region 1 — 64 points at weight (359 overall).
13-6 as a group. Jamal Fiffer (2nd) 3-1, MaShawn Knight (1st) 4-0, DeAngeles Harris (5th) 3-2, Austin Gwin (6th) 3-3. Unbelievable performance by the four northern/local heavies. They’ve scored the most of any foursome so far at state, averaging nearly five points per win, and had better than one-sixth of all of the region’s points. That’s how to get out of the basement!
4. Region 4 — 9 points at weight (326.5 overall).
3-8 as a group. Matt Knick 2-2, Mathew Lynch 1-2, Brandon Bodden 0-2, Ronald Smith 0-2. Three weights with single-digit points. That’s how to wind up in the basement. Only Region 2 (six) had more champs than Region 4 (five), but only 11 other wrestlers medaled — less than 20 percent.

OK. Work on 2A tomorrow and updating the off-season schedules.

I have obtained spring schedules from Coach Bartolotta at Palm Coast, but so far nowhere else. I will add them to the offseason page.

The 1A Bragging Rights piece will be written tonight. (Spoiler: Clay fans should like the result and Bishop Snyder started slowly but finished well).

The 2A research should start tonight and may be written as early as Saturday night. Then we’ll dive into all of the local regions and determine which district had bragging rights.

OK, I’m going to try to be nice with these posts, but no promises. I feel like you guys want to be informed, and sometimes the data just speaks for itself.

All right. Who won 3A states?

We know South Dade won, Osceola was 2nd, yadda yadda yadda. Go read the FHSAA team scores. Not what I’m trying to do.

I’m a Yankee trying to figure out which area of the state is better than everybody else, and which areas need to go back to work tomorrow.

So I look at the four regions, the 56 kids from each region and how they performed as groups. To that end, I have a point system.

The championship side: 2 points for a first-round win, 4 for quarters, 6 for semis, 8 for the title. The consolation side: 1 for first round, 2 for second, 3 for third, 4 for consi semis, 5 for third and four for fifth. I also give bonus points: 1 for majors, 1.5 for techs, 2 for pins/ffts/IDs/DQs, etc.

But first, let’s look at the four regions by medals:

1. Region 4 (25 medals) — 5-6-5-5-3-1.
2. Region 1 (21 medals) — 3-3-3-4-4-4.
3. Region 2 (20 medals) — 4-3-2-2-4-5.
4. Region 3 (18 medals) — 2-2-4-3-3-4.

Do the point totals match the medals? After all, there’s 10 kids who made an appearance at state that DIDN’T medal. I’m just as interested in how they did. In fact, almost more. They’re the proof in the pudding of a region’s strength.

So let’s do this already! I’ll give the standings through each weight, with each kid that qualified and his record, in the order in which they finished at regions.

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1. Region 4 — 48.5 points.
The four wrestlers were 10-5 as a group. Ozzy Lugo (1st) 4-0, Erik Zorrila (2nd) 3-1, Randy McCray 1-2, Alex Victor 2-2. Pretty good start. Could Region 4 go wire-to-wire? Not many points on the back end, but all four won at least one match in the championship side.
2. Region 1 — 32.
10-8 as a group. Tyler Garcia 1-2, Jake Semrad (3rd) 5-1, Randy Rivera-Santiago (6th) 3-3, Cody Backer 1-2. Good tournament for Semrad, who lost only to the champion. Good amount of wins as a group; eight of them came on the back end.
3. Region 3 — 21.5.
6-8 as a group. Bryce Marcus (5th) 3-2, Alex Radli (4th) 3-2, Colton Macfarlane 0-2, Drew Manzo 0-2. Both Marcus and Radli reached the semis in putting together all of the region’s points.
4. Region 2 — 7.
3-8 as a group. Deven Acevedo 0-2, Gage Hollingsworth 0-2, Cain Martin 1-2, Anthony Tripke 2-2. All the points came from the 3rd and 4th placers in the region and on the back side.

113
1. Region 4 — 36 points at weight (84.5 overall).
10-7 as a group. Jordan Marshall (5th) 3-2, Olson Delisca (4th) 4-2, Nicholas Villamil (2nd) 3-1, Matias Caceres 0-2. Three medals came to the region. Scored well on both sides of the draw.
2. Region 1 — 45 points (77 overall).
11-5 as a group. Brandon Staley (1st) 4-0, Jake Kosachiner (3rd) 5-1, Taz Neyrinck 2-2, Chase Robison 0-2. Kosachiner lost in rd 1 and didn’t lose again — that’s a comeback of epic proportions.
3. Region 3 — 13 points (34.5 overall).
4-9 as a group. Juan Castillo (6th) 2-3, Tyler Difiore 1-2, Michael Gibson 1-2, Andrew Mitchell 0-2. Group had three wins in rd 1, one in the quarters, but none otherwise.
4. Region 2 — 11.5 points (18.5 overall).
4-8 as a group. Caleb Rudisill 2-2, Jose Cuevas 1-2, Alejandro Torres 1-2, Anthony Mina 0-2. Rudisill was the only one to find a win in the championship side of the bracket.

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1. Region 4 — 52 points (136.5 overall).
12-5 as a group. Maleek Williams (2nd) 3-1, Steven Nogradi 4th (4-2), Franco Valdes (1st) 4-0, Christian Delgado 1-2. Everybody contributed something and the quartet scored the most points and had the most wins so far — with the third-place region qualifier winning state.
2. Region 1 — 20 points (97 overall).
8-9 as a group. Alfred Shavers 2-2, Austin Day (6th) 3-3, Xaiver Sampsel 2-2, Yamil Tapia 1-2. The group had three wins in the first round, but none after that until the second round of consis.
3. Region 3 — 13 points (47.5 overall).
4-8 as a group. Briar Macfarlane (5th) 3-2, Preston Kyle 1-2, Jon Diaz 0-2, Christian Pellecer 0-2. Macfarlane scored all but one of the region’s points at this weight.
4. Region 2 — 23 points (41.5 overall). John Locksmith (3rd) 4-1, Austin Haley 1-2, Joe Capone 0-2, Kizhan Clarke 0-2. Region 2 finally gets its first medalist, though as we’ve seen obviously nowhere near its last. Group closed the gap on third.

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1. Region 4 — 16 points (152.5 overall).
7-8 as a group. Tyler Sage 2-2, Alexander Lesense (4th) 3-2, Bryan Dominguez 1-2, Christopher Bentley 1-2. The region came back down to earth a bit after a phenomenal performance at the previous weight. Lesense had 12 of the 16 points.
2. Region 1 — 20 points (117 overall).
6-7 as a group. Evan McCall (2nd) 3-1, Gabriel Acosta 1-2, Blake Backer 0-2, Chris Elliott 2-2. Region had a chance to close the gap but couldn’t do it. McCall had majority of the points (13).
3. Region 3 — 31 points (78.5 overall).
9-7 as a group. Nik Bonadies (3rd) 5-1, Kyle Williams 0-2, Jonah Gomes (5th) 4-2, Chase Cruz 0-2. Bonadies and Gomes — by themselves — gave the region its top performance thus far.
4. Region 2 — 33 points (74.5 overall).
7-7 as a group. Jared Prince (1st) 4-0, Luis Rivera 0-2, Tyrek Hoyte (6th) 2-3, Tyler Schultz 1-2. Two semifinalists and medalists, but not as many wins as a group. Win-wise, the four regions were very even.

132
1. Region 4 — 21 points (173.5 overall).
7-8 as a group. Emmanuel Nordelo 1-2, Justin Ramirez (4th) 4-2, Joel Alvarez 2-2, Nixon Chavez 0-2. Group had three wins in rd 1 but that was it for the championship side of the bracket.
2. Region 1 — 27 points (144 overall).
8-7 as a group. Charles Cuthbert (3rd) 4-1, Kaz Maia 1-2, Kurtis Aimable 1-2, Ollie Dixon 2-2. While Cuthbert had 19 of the 27 points, everybody contributed and Dixon almost got to the medals.
3. Region 2 — 59.5 points (133.5 overall).
13-6 as a group. Connor Prince (1st) 4-0, Ethan Owen (2nd) 3-1, John Cruz (6th) 2-3, Jaquan Loney (5th) 4-2. Almost pulled all the way into second by most dominant performance for both points and wins thus far. Loney lost only to Cuthbert. Considering there’s only 29 matches to be won, for one region to win more than 40 percent of them is a truly incredible performance. Best by any region at any weight in 3A.
4. Region 3 — 2 points (49.5 overall).
1-8 as a group. Nick Abenoza 1-2, Peterson Aulibrice 0-2, Arlen Almonor 0-2, Marcus Morin 0-2. Just one first-round win, and even that was not one-sided.

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1. Region 4 — 45.5 points (219 overall).
11-5 as a group. Pat Lugo (1st) 4-0, Lerch Oremar (3rd) 4-1, Ramon Ferrer 2-2, Marcel Sierra 1-2. After a couple of sideways skids at 126 and 132, region re-established itself as the one to beat here.
2. Region 1 — 17 points (161 overall).
5-8 as a group. Jordon Tague 1-2, David Detwiler (5th) 4-2, Joshua Sweeten 0-2, Christian Ugalde 0-2. Only barely held on to second, as we’ll see in a minute. Detwiler, with 13 of the 17 points, saved the bacon.
3. Region 2 — 26.5 points (160 overall).
8-9 as a group. Anthony Parisi (4th) 3-2, Ryan Strickland 2-2, Dacoda Flenard 0-2, Anthony Agazarm (6th) 3-3. Continued to charge hard for the second spot, with a sparkling performance from Agazarm — even though he had Lugo in rd 1.
4. Region 3 — 21 points (70.5 overall).
5-7 as a group. Sal Guerriero (2nd) 3-1, Donteveous Jones 1-2, JP Azevedo 0-2, Christopher Zaskey 1-2. Falling deeply out of contention as a region after a decent start.

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1. Region 4 — 39 points (258 overall).
8-5 as a group. Damian Penichet (2nd) 3-1, Isaiah Crosby (1st) 4-0, Julian Hernandez 1-2, Jonathon Elder 0-2. The 1-2 came up with most of the points (38 combined). Region starting to run away with the overall title.
2. Region 2 — 35.5 points (196.5 overall).
9-7 as a group. Aaron Hartman (3rd) 4-1, Gio Bonilla (4th) 3-2, Gino Cerna 1-2, Alex Ginn 1-2. Scored well on both sides of the bracket in moving into second place, question is how long might they hold it.
3. Region 1 — 28.5 points (189.5 points).
9-9 as a group. Dallan McGee (5th) 4-2, James Nereim (6th) 3-3, John Martorano 2-2, Anthony Moore 0-2. Region had a little bit of a rebound after the hiccup at 138, but just couldn’t hold off the furious charge from the 2s.
4. Region 3 — 5 points (75.5 overall).
3-8 as a group. Lawrence Kosoy 2-2, Jimmyson Jeanite 1-2, Wolky Belancourt 0-2, Aaron Santosus 0-2. Second-weakest overall performance thus far, only outmatched by same region two weights earlier. Just one win on the front side.

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1. Region 4 — 17 points (275 overall).
5-7 as a group. Anthony Cooper (2nd) 3-1, Ernie Levy 1-2, Salvador Lopez 0-2, Deandre Chery 1-2. Other than Cooper, not a strong effort; draw had a little to do with it. Two back-side wins, one was a forfeit.
2. Region 1 — 42 points (230.5 overall).
12-9 as a group. Abe Nereim (5th) 4-2, Nick Celella (4th) 3-2, Jaryd Semrad (6th) 3-3, Mario Atesiano 2-2. Maybe the region’s best performance thus far, thanks to a huge performance in the consi rounds, where the bottom half was littered with Region 1 guys.
3. Region 2 — 5 points (201.5 overall).
2-8 as a group. Dakoda Dossey 0-2, Andrew Martin 1-2, Tucker Hardwick 0-2, Zachary Wood 1-2. Martin and Wood both won in rd 1. That was it. Momentum. Killer.
4. Region 3 — 42 points (117.5 overall).
10-5 as a group. Brian Perez 2-2, Brandon Paz (3rd) 4-1, Kyle Vangel (1st) 4-0, Joseph Eavarone 0-2. Of course, Vangel was ranked 1st going into regions, but Paz had a great tournament, too, losing only to Vangel.

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1. Region 4 — 27 points (302 overall).
8-7 as a group. Eric Perez (3rd) 4-1, Alberto Pedraza 0-2, Kier Rodriguez (5th) 4-2, Colin Tucker 0-2. Perez and Rodriguez came up with all the points, all but four coming out of the back side of the bracket.
2. Region 1 — 21 points (251.5 overall).
7-8 as a group. Jordan Mainer (4th) 4-2, Will Young 0-2, Jerome Abbott 2-2, Justin Boyle 1-2. Same as 4, only 5 points came out of the championship side of the bracket.
3. Region 2 — 47 points (248.5 overall).
8-5 as a group. Fox Baldwin (1st) 4-0, Jesse Fulk (2nd) 3-1, David Towers 0-2, Gunner Hurst 1-2. Momentum stalled? Give it to Baldwin and Fulk and let them take over. The 2s almost took second place back.
4. Region 3 — 17.5 points (135 overall).
6-9 as a group. Jeremy Scott (6th) 2-3, Andres Sanchez 2-2, Robert LaPeter 1-2, Nicholas Mejias 1-2. Scott made semis and thereby medalled, but otherwise the group struggled. From a wins standpoint, though, a pretty even bracket.

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1. Region 4 — 32 points (334 overall).
10-7 as a group. Marvyns Joseph (3rd) 4-1, Ripoll O’Connor 2-2, Sebastian Calderon (5th) 4-2, Alex Alari 0-2. Region looking pretty comfortable for a wire-to-wire finish.
2. Region 2 — 26.5 points (278 overall).
8-8 as a group. Spencer Lacey (2nd) 3-1, Dylan Renaker (6th) 3-3, Josh Pollard 2-2, Drake Libby 0-2. Rolled into second with another Region 1 hiccup. Lacey carried top half, Renaker had 3 wins on the back after losing by just one point (to Calderon, who beat him for 5th) in rd 1.
3. Region 1 — 14 points (265.5 overall).
5-8 as a group. Joel Nivar (4th) 3-2, Pierce Plusk 1-2, Heath Whiddon 1-2, Nick Williams 0-2. Three wins in round 1, but only Nivar would win after that.
4. Region 3 — 28 points (163 overall).
6-6 as a group. John Weiss (1st) 4-0, George Poole 1-2, Nick Keller 1-2, Steven Castaneda 0-2. Other than two falls in the first round of the consis, Weiss scored all of the points for the region.

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1. Region 4 — 19 points (353 overall).
6-7 as a group. Adolfo Sotolongo (2nd) 3-1, Bert Martinez 1-2, Chei Hill 2-2, Christian Guzman 0-2. Sotolongo had 13 of the 19 points. Even when this region has a subpar round, it still scores in the teens for points.
2. Region 2 — 21 points (299 overall).
6-9 as a group. Franklin Lantigua (5th) 3-2, David Prindiville (6th) 2-3, Roman Morales 1-2, Vincent Capuano 0-2. Barely held off a mini-rally from the 1s, as we’ll soon see. Three rd 1 winners and two semifinalists.
3. Region 1 — 32 points (297.5 overall).
7-6 as a group. David Moodie (1st) 4-0, Ruben Lara 2-2, David Hellinger 1-2, Jaylon Couch 0-2. Moodie outpointed Region 4 and Region 2 by himself (23 in all), but Lara and Hellinger contributed on the back side.
4. Region 3 — 29 points (192 overall).
10-7 as a group. Wouvel Chevelon (3rd) 5-1, Nicholas Thomas 1-2, Aris Knight (4th) 4-2, Devin Gillotte 0-2. More than half of the region’s points have come in the last four weights. Chevelon’s five wins by a combined total of 12 points.

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1. Region 4 — 33 points (386 overall).
8-8 as a group. Steven Decius (3rd) 4-1, Jean Concepcion (6th) 3-3, Luis Hernandez 1-2, Carmichael Leiva 0-2. Four points for each win…that’s how you win competitions like this one, with lots of bonus points.
2. Region 1 — 34 points (331.5 overall).
8-6 as a group. Dylan Meeks (1st) 4-0, Jonathan Muniz 1-2, Tyler Cameron 1-2, Ryan MacGeorge 2-2. The title points helped the region move back into second, but can it stay there? Everybody contributed at this weight. Also a high number of points per win.
3. Region 2 — 13 points (312 overall).
4-8 as a group. Marcus Kirkland (5th) 3-2, Connor Barrick 1-2, Tony Crowell 0-2, Tyler Orgera 0-2. Kirkland did his job, but only one consi point for the rest of the region.
4. Region 3 — 33 points (225 overall).
9-7 as a group. Ronaldo Abreu (2nd) 3-1, Joseph Wahlen 2-2, Xavier Kelly (4th) 4-2, Carlton Armstrong 0-2. Most wins of all the regions for the second straight weight, but too little too late as far as the overall points go.

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1. Region 4 — 29 points (415 overall).
7-7 as a group. Demond Richardson (3rd) 4-1, Jeremy Greenridge 1-2, Kyle Mann 2-2, Michael Rodriguez 0-2. Richardson had three falls and a major in taking third. The region will win the competition.
2. Region 2 — 43 points (355 overall).
9-6 as a group. Ben Cruz (1st) 4-0, Ismael Deltoro (5th) 4-2, Marko Prusac 1-2, Davroy Atkinson 0-2. Cruz and Deltoro combine for 41 points in pushing the 2s back into second. Could be a battle.
3. Region 1 — 23 points (354.5 overall).
6-7 as a group. Jack Bales (2nd) 3-1, Brandon Rod 0-2, Edison Munnings (4th) 3-2, Vincent Sunter 0-2. Rod getting hurt didn’t help things, as he would have scored well here, but region only a half-point out and a good weight upcoming.
4. Region 3 — 22 points (247 overall).
7-9 as a group. Tyrone Toson 1-2, Marvens Saint Charles 1-2, Shamer Hamilton (6th) 3-3, Chandler Ferguson 2-2. Solid performance, especially with just two points in the championship side.

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1. Region 4 — 34 points (447 overall).
7-6 as a group. David Leon (1st) 4-0, Sterling Shippy (4th) 3-2, Roberto Herrera 0-2, Carlby Mendez 0-2. Medalists carried this group, but it didn’t matter for the region as a whole, as it cruised in with a solid overall win.
2. Region 1 — 36 points (390.5 overall).
10-7 as a group. Colby Meeks (2nd) 3-1, Pablo Rubio 1-2, Devyn Lewis 2-2, Alec Shriner (5th) 4-2. Meeks did well at the top, but it might have been Shriner’s push at the back end that really sewed up second for the northeasterners.
3. Region 2 — 13 points (368 overall).
4-8 as a group. Will Wan 2-2, Julian Santos 1-2, David Berry 1-2, Nathan Brantley 0-2. Just one win on the front side, and the good fight from the west-central group came to a close.
4. Region 3 — 29.5 points (276.5 overall).
Troy Artiles (6th) 2-3, Colton Lynn (3rd) 5-1, Michael Jean Baskin 0-2, Jean Alternor 0-2. Artiles and Lynn did all the “heavy” lifting for the east-centralers, who had a nice finish in the upper half but gave away too much of a head-start in the lowers.

Good afternoon. Like so many of you, I think I needed a day off from the whole state experience. I’m impressed with so much of what I saw. I hurt right along with all of the guys who hurt from their experiences, and celebrated the successes. As I’ve mentioned before, the journey doesn’t have to end simply because the season did. Whether it’s off-season wrestling (which needs to be a MUST for every program), or it’s giving back to your program in the form of helping out or coaching kids, or simply staying connected to the sport, this is not an end. It’s just the next step in the journey.

My next step is to post the completed state brackets and team scores and start the “What Region Won States” inquiry. More on that tonight. Also, it’s time to work on the all-area team for 2013-14, and it’s time for my offseason page to get populated with schedules! Send ’em in!

By Shannon Heaton, Northeast Florida Matmen

LAKELAND — In 81 seconds, Adam Breindel achieved Clay wrestling immortality Saturday night.

And there was only one person with whom he wanted to share the glory of that immortality.

After pinning Miami Pace’s Christian Perez in the first period of the Class 1A 145-pound title match at the George Jenkins Arena at The Lakeland Center, Breindel took hugs from his coaches, then took off at a full sprint off the arena floor.

The destination? The Clay fans in attendance, where his mother and #1 fan, Julie Hill, waited for a giant hug.

“She’s my idol, my role model, always been my #1 supporter,” Breindel said. “I couldn’t think of anyone else to share with.”

Breindel got to the final match with a 10-4 semifinal win over Cardinal Gibbons’ Alex Lopouchanski. He pushed the pace early, but the Cardinal Gibbons junior did rally toward the end.

“I had scored a lot of points earlier, so I wasn’t too worried, but I knew I had to get extra rest — I went back to the hotel, I got hydrated, and that helped me,” Breindel said.

Breindel jumped out early with the first takedown and was able to put in a cradle on Perez. Just a few seconds later, he had it locked, and a moment later, got the fall.

“I was confident that I was going to win, but when I locked the cradle up, I was pretty surprised,” Breindel said of the speed of it all. “It feels great, really great.”

Breindel’s title led Clay to a fourth-place finish overall, with 79 points, 1.5 points out of third. He’ll be the leader, with his fellow juniors, of next year’s Blue Devil team.

“There’ll be a lot more responsibility. I want to set a good example for the young guys coming in, just bring them up the way I was,” Breindel said. “We had a lot of guys who didn’t wrestle the best tournaments that they could have, but we still did OK.”

Before accepting his gold medal, Breindel bounded up the platform on which the Class 1A medal podium stood, and took in the view.

“It’s pretty great,” he said of what he took in.

On the final day of the 2013-14 high school wrestling season in Florida, only Breindel would find himself getting that view.

For four years, Evan McCall had wanted to have a Saturday night-at-state moment. The Fleming Island 126-pound senior got it with a 5-2 decision over Manatee’s Tyrek Hoyte in the 3A semifinals.

“It was like nothing I’ve ever felt before,” McCall said of walking in the parade of finalists before the final session. “I had butterflies (in the semis). I didn’t want to choke like I had in the past, when I finished my third match. It was a dream come true. THe whole day (before the final), I was up in the clouds. I wasn’t nervous at all.”

Mccall fought gamely against #1 Jared Prince of Palm Harbor, unbeaten and a defending state champion. It didn’t go his way, as he gave up an early 4-1 deficit and back points in the third period, falling 7-1. His state-final effort helped the Golden Eagles finish seventh in Class 3A with 62 points.

“There’s a big gap, not a huge gap (between himself and Prince), but I did what I had to do to do. If I didn’t make mistakes, I could have been closer,” McCall said. “All in all, I couldn’t ask for a better match.”

As it turned out, Bishop Kenny’s Jakub Kaszuba couldn’t have done much more than he did to get to the state final, either. Kaszuba decisioned Dunedin’s Anthony Dampier, 8-5, to reach the 1A 170-pound title match, but found himself on the back end of a 10-5 loss to Miami Pace’s Matt Kirkland.

“He was a true athlete; I’m an MMA fighter and he was a better wrestler. He knew my weaknesses very well,” Kaszuba said of his match with Kirkland. “I kept fighting, and it was closer than a lot of other guys were.

“If you had told me at the beginning of the year that I would be second, I wouldn’t have believed you. I wish I’d started (wrestling) earlier, but it turned out I was good anyway.”

Bishop Snyder’s Brandon Marshall had made a habit of controlling the pace in his matches. While he was able to push the action in defeating Gulf’s Jarred Kruse, 7-2, in the 1A 182 semifinals, he couldn’t do so against Somerset Academy’s Raekwon Reggler, who had two first-period takedowns and made them stand up in a 5-2 decision over Marshall.

“He had good technique, controlled style, in every position. And he’s swift,” Marshall said of Reggler. “He put it together at the right time in the right way.

“Two years ago, I was told I couldn’t wrestle again, so to get here, I have nothing to complain about. I gave it everything I had. Nothing to hang my head there.”

University Christian senior Jamal Fiffer doesn’t have to, either, even though his rematch with Tallahassee Godby’s MaShawn Knight didn’t go as planned. After winning 9-2 in the semis to get his rematch, Fiffer didn’t get untracked against Knight, who got the first — and, ultimately, only — takedown for a 3-2 win.

“He was aggressive going out, but he didn’t get the takedown. He drove the kid off the mat, but he wasn’t able to get the takedown when he needed to get one, and Godby did,” University Christian coach Kevin Wiley said. “Not that Jamal wasn’t prepared, it’s just how it happened. There’s a lot of upsets in these finals. You were going to have earn (a title) out there tonight.”

University Christian was seventh in 1A, with 48 points. With 35 points, Orange Park was the top local team in Class 2A.

I would not expect to see a finals story until tomorrow. I don’t wish to hold my ride back up to Jacksonville any longer than I have to.

So far, we’re 1-for-4. Great match for McCall against Prince, he lost 7-1. Fantastic final for Breindel, who is a state champion! Kaszuba and Marshall were just a bit overmatched, but not by much. Fiffer yet to go.