By MATMEN, Tuesday, 11:40 p.m. UPDATE: Wednesday, 9:25 a.m. — Tournament was run offline and was entered off of bout sheets which may differ extensively from what was posted online.
PALATKA — If the 1A-District 4 field were half the size of last Friday’s 11-team event at the C.L. Overturf Center, a five-point margin of victory would still be a very close tournament.
At 11 teams, almost any number of things had to go wrong — or right — to take a win by that five-point margin.
Ultimately for Baker County, the margin of error was being able to close the door on six of seven of the Wildcats’ finals opponents, allowing BCHS to push past District 4 duals champion Union County, 249-244, to win the event Friday evening.
The Wildcats moved 12 automatically-qualifying wrestlers to Friday’s Region 1 tournament at Wewahitchka, with six champs, one runnerup, one 3rd and four 4ths. Union County qualified 11 out for regions, on three champions, two runners-up, five 3rds and one 4th.
Tocoi Creek outdistanced Beachside, 201-152, for third and fourth place, respectively. The Toros matched Union’s number of automatic region qualifiers, with two champs, three runners-up, three 3rds and three 4ths, while the first year-program Barracudas advanced five qualifiers, with two champions, two 3rds and one 4th.
Palatka, with 112 points and four region qualifiers (one champ and three runners-up), was fifth, while county rival Interlachen was sixth at 93 points and four qualifiers (one runnerup, one third and two 4ths).
Florida Deaf & Blind (FSDB), with 81 points, placed seventh with three qualifiers (one runnerup, one 3rd, and one 4th), while Keystone Heights (71) was eighth, on a runnerup and two 4ths. Bishop Snyder (66 points, one 3rd) was ninth, followed by Baldwin (51, one runnerup) and St Johns Country Day (20, one runnerup).
A brief summary of each weight class follows.
106
Final: Tocoi’s Aidan Hubbell pinned his way through the bracket, taking falls over Palatka (quarters), Baker County (semis) and over Interlachen’s Tony Ortiz in the championship round for his first district championship. Ortiz advanced to the final behind pins over FSDB and Beachside.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Ortiz, Beachside’s Oliver Hayden (front-side pin over Baldwin) added two more consi-side falls over Keystone Heights (semis) and over Baker County’s Brayden Martin. Martin (front-side pin over Keystone) punched his Wewahitchka ticket with a blood-round pin over Baldwin.
113
Final: Baker County’s Jareb Lauramore (11th) won twice by fall for his first district title, taking pins in the semis over Tocoi Creek (semis) and in the finals match over St Johns Country Day’s Matthew Braddock (13th). Braddock also won by fall twice, with pins over Baldwin (quarters) and Union (semis).
3rd: After a semifinal loss to Braddock, Union County’s Kale Waters (front-side pin over Bishop Snyder) had falls on the back over FSDB (consi semis) and over Tocoi Creek’s Alessandro Bazan. Bazan (front-side pin over FSDB) secured his region space with a consi-semi fall over Bishop Snyder.
120
Final: Union County’s Ethan Hancock won by fall twice for his first district championship, taking pins over Keystone Heights (semis) and over Baker County’s Taz Kinghorn for the title. Kinghorn advanced to the final behind a semifinal pin over FSDB.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Kinghorn, FSDB’s Khayree Lofton won by pin twice in the consis, falling Bishop Snyder (semis) and then pinning Keystone Heights’ Riley McGorty in the medal round. McGorty (front-side pin over Bishop Snyder) advanced to regions with a bye in the consi semis.
126
Final: Baker County’s Jonathon Walker (19th) pinned his way through the draw for his first district title, falling Union (semis) and taking his first district title with a championship pin over Palatka’s Evan Williamson. Williamson also had two pins on the day, with pins over Beachside (quarters) and over FSDB (semis).
3rd: After a loss in the quarters to Union’s Braden Adams, Tocoi Creek’s Jordan Bogart pinned his way through the consis, falling FSDB in the blood round and then getting revenge for the earlier loss with a pin over Adams for third. Adams secured his region space with a pin over Beachside in the consi semis.
132
Final: Union County’s Ian Halfacre (17th) took his first district title behind pins over Beachside (semis) and in the championship round over Palatka’s Ishmael Foster. Foster also won by fall twice over Baker County (quarters) and over Tocoi Creek (semis).
3rd: After his semifinal loss by pin to Foster, Tocoi Creek’s Willie Sims (front-side pin over Interlachen) added two consi-side pins over FSDB in the semis and in the medal round over Baker County’s Brock Duncan. Duncan advanced out after pins over Interlachen in the consi quarters and over Beachside in the semis.
138
Final: Palatka’s Mikade Harvey (2nd) became one of two wrestlers in the coverage area to win his fourth district championship, with pins over Baker County (quarters), Union County (semis) and over Tocoi Creek’s Mark Coniker (19th) in the finals. Coniker advanced to to the final with pins over FSDB( quarters) and Baldwin (semis).
3rd: After a loss by fall in the semis to Harvey, Union County’s Ethan Shea (front-side pin over Bishop Snyder) had two falls on the back, pinning Beachside in the semis and then falling Baker County’s Evan Irish for third. Irish (front-side pin over Keystone Heights) also had two pins in the consis, over Bishop Snyder in the quarters and over Baldwin in the blood round.
145
Final: Beachside’s Grady Smith (17th) won the school’s first district IBT title and his first Florida post-season title on three pins, falling Keystone Heights (quarters), Bishop Snyder (semis) and Union County’s Rodney Barnett in the title match. Barnett won by fall twice to get to the final, with pins over FSDB (quarters) and over Tocoi Creek (semis).
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Smith, Bishop Snyder’s Amari Akel (front-side pin over Baker County) added two more pins in the consis, falling FSDB in the blood round and pinning Tocoi Creek’s Jeremiah Malarkey for third place. Malarkey earned his region space with a consi-semi pin over Keystone Heights.
152
Final: The Wildcats’ Keith Ratliff pinned his way through the bracket for his first district championship, kicking off a 3-pack of Baker titles with falls over Baldwin (quarters), Union County (semis) and over FSDB’s Ajani Zahira in the final. Zahira had two pins in getting to Ratliff, pinning Palatka (quarters) and Bishop Snyder (semis).
3rd: After a semifinal loss to Ratliff, Union County’s Elijah Roberts (front-side pin over Tocoi Creek’s Ryland McGinley in the quarters) took third after consi-side pins over Palatka and over McGinley in a rematch for third. McGinley also had two pins in the consis, falling Baldwin and Bishop Snyder to punch his Wewahitchka ticket.
160
Final: Baker County’s Rasean Rayam (13th) took three pins for his first district title, falling Palatka (quarters), Interlachen (semis) and then Tocoi Creek’s Dylan Danson for the bracket win. Danson had a bye into the semis, winning there by pin over Beachside.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Danson, Beachside’s Makai Mitchell (front-side pin over Baldwin) added two more falls over Union County (blood round) and over Interlachen’s Lial Landry in the medals. Landry (front-side pin over Union County) secured his region space with a fall over Baldwin in the consi semis.
170
Final: The Wildcats’ Cannon Wimpey completed the Baker three-pack of weight-class wins with his first district championship, with pins in the semis over Interlachen and in the championship match over Tocoi Creek’s Lawton Case. Case also had two pins, falling FSDB in the quarters and Union County in the semis.
3rd: After his loss to Case, Union County’s Colin Hadlock (front-side pin over Keystone Heights’ Alyx Nichols) took third with pins over Beachside in the consi semis and over Nichols a second time for third. Nichols punched his Wewahitchka ticket by falling FSDB in the consi quarters and Interlachen in the blood round.
182
Final: Beachside’s Eddie Craig (9th) took his first district title, with three pins over Bishop Snyder (quarters), Baker County (semis) and over Union County’s Alexander Cortese (14th) for the bracket win. Cortese had pins over Keystone Heights (quarters) and over Tocoi Creek (semis) to reach the final.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Union County, Tocoi Creek’s Daniel Hageman won twice by pins over Interlachen in the consi semis and then over Baker County’s Kristian Chancey in the medal round. Chancey (front-side pin over Interlachen) secured his Friday spot with a consi-semi pin over Keystone Heights.
195
Final: Union County’s Danny Thornton (18th) won his first district behind a trio of pins, taking down Interlachen (quarters), Baker County (semis) and Baldwin’s Taylor Davenport by fall. Davenport advanced to the championship round with pins over Bishop Snyder and Beachside, respectively.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Thornton, Baker County’s Kelan Hendricks (front-side pin over Palatka) won twice by pin on the back, falling Bishop Snyder and then Beachside’s Isaac Pfaff to claim third. Pfaff (front-side pin over FSDB) won by fall over Interlachen in the blood round to qualify out.
220
Final: Tocoi Creek’s Jason Callahan ran through the bracket with pins over Bishop Snyder (quarters), Beachside (semis) and over Keystone Heights’ Steven Raab in the final round for Callahan’s first district title. Raab, in turn, won by fall twice, pinning Interlachen in the quarters and Union County in the semis.
3rd: After his semifinal loss, Union’s Dylan Lane (front-side pin over Baker County) took two additional pins, with falls over Bishop Snyder in the blood round and over Interlachen’s Shyheem Shivers for third. Shivers (front-side pin over FSDB), who lost in the quarters to Raab, took pins in the consis over Baldwin, Baker County and Beachside to qualify out for regions.
285
Final: Baker County’s Jordan Allaart closed out the day with pins in the quarters over FSDB and in the championship match over Palatka’s Ben Clark, advancing through the semis with a bye while winning his first district championship. Clark reached the final behind pins over Interlachen (quarters) and Union County (semis).
3rd: After his quarterfinal loss, Interlachen’s Alex Davis received two byes into the medal round, where he falled FSDB’s Antawn Wanliss for third. Wanliss, who lost by pin to Allaart in the quarters, secured his space with a consi-semi pin over Union County.
You can see results from this event and all other 1A districts HERE.
North Florida Matmen 
3 replies on “#Recap: Baker Cty Holds Off 1A-D4 Field For Win”
For correction: 132 ( 3rd, Sims, Tocoi) semifinal match was not lost to Foster by pin. He lost by points.
I have nothing on which I can base a correction, and, with respect, I do not change results on any tournament or dual on a parent’s say-so. The actual results, as they played out on the ground, weren’t posted to Trackwrestling and I can only post what I can see. I wasn’t told until after the article had been posted that the tournament host ran the tournament on bout sheets and then turned the bout sheets over to the original tournament host for entry into Track. That source recorded every contested match as a pin. Nothing I can do. I’ve been told I’ll be mailed the bout sheets so that when it’s time to record season-ending records, I have a better chance to do so accurately.
I’m sorry. Until I get the bout sheets, I can’t do anything.
This should not have happened; it would have helped had I been told by the host beforehand (I was in email contact with him) that the tournament would be run offline; I at least would not have an incorrect story. I could have just referred to wins instead of pins, and unfortunately, I don’t have time to go in and correct all the references to pins, falls, etc.
Tournament hosts should ensure this doesn’t happen in the future. Hire someone to run the tournament on Track.
You’re fine, nothing is perfect. Have a great day.