2A-Region 2 Duals
When & where: Thursday at Winter Springs, 5 p.m. (weighin), 6 p.m. (wrestle start).
Teams in the field: Winter Springs, the District 8 champ, will wrestle District 7 runnerup Gateway in one quarterfinal round, while District 7 champ (and state defending champ) Lake Gibson will wrestle Deltona (8-3) in the other. The two quarterfinal winners will then wrestle in the semis.
At stake: The team winning twice Wednesday will advance to the first day of the 2A state duals tournament at Osceola and compete against one of four teams from Districts 5 & 6 for the region championship. A time schedule has not been posted by the FHSAA, but 2A competitions have — if past years are any indicator — been the second (mid-afternoon) round of competition.
Most recent competition: Deltona competed Wednesday night in an away dual at University (Orange City), taking a 42-38 victory.
Area state-ranked wrestlers (listed by weight class in ranked order) —
113: Elijah Lowe (Lake Gibson, 5th); Worrell Logan (Gateway, 16th).
120: Christian Fretwell (Lake Gibson, 1st).
126: Colt Brown (Lake Gibson, 3rd); Caden Chapdelaine (Winter Springs, 20th).
132: Ryan Phillips (Winter Springs, 1st); Kevin Kerns (Deltona, 2nd); Gaetano Tedesco (Lake Gibson, 3rd).
138: Nytravious Walker (Lake Gibson, 7th).
145: Hayden Whidden (Lake Gibson, 1st).
152: Gianni Maldonado (Lake Gibson, 1st); Meison Broche (Gateway, 10th).
160: Ransom Randolph (Winter Springs, 2nd); Connor Hackett (Lake Gibson, 8th).
170: Elijah Penton (Winter Springs, 1st); Jace Brownlow (Lake Gibson, 6th).
182: Frank Solorzano (Lake Gibson, 1st); Edwardo Brugal (Winter Springs, 11th); Brayden Kahelin (Lake Gibson, 20th).
195: Tristan Vann (Lake Gibson, 2nd); Aiden Gatton (Winter Springs, 13th).
220: Joshua Maldonado (Winter Springs, 20th).
285: Elijah Abreu (Gateway, 5th); Nathan Hatch (Deltona, 14th).
All rankings from https://www.kabrawrestling.com/rankings/class-2a
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