By MATMEN, Friday, 5:45 p.m.
St Johns Super 8 Duals
When & where: Saturday at Creekside.
Teams in the field — In addition to the host Knights, Baker County, Bartram Trail, Bishop Kenny, Episcopal, Nease, Pedro Menendez and Tocoi Creek are entered.
Defending team champion: None. This is the inaugural event under this name; there’s been a similar event that the Knights have run as the St Johns Scuffle in prior seasons.
Synopsis: There’s been a lot of teams with success so far this year. The Knights appear to be the favorite to win the title, but they will be chased hard by their Wednesday night dual foe, Bartram Trail, and Episcopal; those teams went 2-3 at Fernandina Beach last weekend. Bishop Kenny is a consistent threat at several spaces in the lineup, Baker County has had some solid dual successes and Pedro Menendez appears to be improved. I would expect a solid set of competition throughout the day.
State-ranked wrestlers (listed by last name order) —
106: Alexavier Panganiban (Creekside, 3A-18th).
113: Alessandro Bazan (Tocoi Creek, 1A-17th); Jareb Lauramore (Baker County, 1A-14th).
120: Turner Glenn (Episcopal, 1A-11th); Jacob Harless (Bishop Kenny, 1A-19th).
126: Scott Busey (Episcopal, 1A-14th); Ethan Vugman (Bartram Trail, 3A-1st).
138: Christopher Hampton (Bishop Kenny, 1A-17th); Conner Wright (Creekside, 3A-11th).
145: Preston Pena (Bartram Trail, 3A-8th).
152: Roberto Cuartero (Bishop Kenny, 1A-2nd); Keith Ratliff (Baker County, 1A-16th).
160: Jacob Lutz (Nease, 3A-10th); Rasean Rayam (Baker County, 1A-19th).
170: Brennan Doherty (Episcopal, 1A-7th); Luke Ghannam (Bishop Kenny, 1A-8th); Colton Leavell (Creekside, 3A-19th); John McNames (Bartram Trail, 3A-9th).
182: Collin Hearn (Bishop Kenny, 1A-12th); Christian McGarity (Episcopal, 1A-17th).
195: Lawson Perry (Episcopal, 1A-9th).
All rankings from https://www.kabrawrestling.com/rankings
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