By MATMEN, Thursday, 12:30 a.m.
OCOEE — Fourteen wrestlers qualified. That’s the goal of every wrestling team this time of year, but very few in the north achieved that goal last week.
Olympia was one of those very few teams, and they were also one of those very few that “double-districted,” winning both duals and IBT-formatteed events, as the Titans won the 3A-District 4 IBT event at Ocoee HS on Saturday.
Olympia outpointed the host Knights, 194-164, for the top of the team standings. The Titans only had one champion, but put six more wrestlers into the finals, along with four 3rds and three 4ths.
Ocoee was the only other team in the district to automatically qualify double digits, as 10 Knights will compete in Friday’s 3A-Region 1 tournament at DeLand, with three champs, two runners-up, three 3rds and two 4ths.
West Orange pushed past Dr Phillips for third and fourth places, respectively, as the Warriors had 138 points to the Panthers’ 128. West Orange had fewer qualifiers, with seven to Dr Phillips’ eight, but the Warriors claimed four district titles, with two runners-up and one 3rd. As for the Panthers, they had one champ, two runners-up, three 3rds and two 4ths.
Windermere, with 75.5 points, finished in sixth place, with five region qualifiers (two champs, two 3rds and one 4th), while Apopka was seventh with 69 points on four qualifiers (one of each medal finish) and South Lake finished eighth with 65.5 points and three qualifiers (two champs & one runnerup).
A brief summary of each weight class follows.
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Final: Windermere’s Egehan Yilhan (20th) bonus-pointed to his first district title, with a semifinal tech fall (18-3) over Dr Phillips and a second-period fall over the hosts’ Nazzio Huyler. Huyler reached the final after a 41-second pin in the semis over Olympia.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Olympia’s Matthew Cobb won by second-period fall over Dr Phillips’ Corderis Pitts to take third place.
113
Final: South Lake’s Aden Pierce won the Eagles’ first title behind two bonus-point wins, with a first-period fall over Ocoee in the semis, followed by an 18-8 major in the title match over Dr Phillips’ Gabriel L’Hommedieu. L’Hommedieu advanced to the championship round with a win by injury default over Olympia’s Fabian Ruiz.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Jean won by injury default over Ruiz.
120
Final: In a three-person bracket, West Orange’s Giordanny Perez needed just one win for his first district championship, with a 15-6 major decision in the final over Ocoee’s Wayne Brady. Brady won his semifinal by 40-second pin over Olympoia’s Shiv Patel.
3rd: Patel received a bye for third place.
126
Final: In a three-person bracket, West Orange’s Raymond Cavey (11th) needed just one win for his first district championship, falling Olympia’s Tony Ho in the third period. Ho reached the championship match behind a first-period pin over Dr Phillips’ Matthew Sawyer.
3rd: Sawyer received a bye for third place.
132
Final: In a three-person bracket, Windermere’s Lucas Drone (19th) needed just one win to take his first district title, with an 11-5 decision in the final over Olympia’s Roland Flynn. Flynn reached the final behind an 18-7 major over West Orange’s Giovanny Perez.
3rd: Perez received a bye for third place.
138
Final: Apopka’s Tamarion Kendrick (7th) earned his third district championship, pinning his way through the draw behind falls in the semis over Olympia (:13) and in the championship match over West Orange’s Stacey Rhodes, in 5:29. Rhodes grabbed a quick pin (:17) in the semis over Dr Phillips.
3rd: After a semifinal loss to Kendrick, Olympia’s Brian Nguyen (front-side pin over Ocoee) added a second pin in the medal round, falling Dr Phillips’ Gilbert Ko’be in 3:44. Ko’be secured his DeLand space with a blood-round third-period pin over Ocoee.
145
Final: The Warriors’ Lorenzo Barro picked up his first district title behind a semifinal pin (3:20) over Apopka and a 12-8 championship-round win over Olympia’s Madden Bourst. Bourst won by first-period fall in the semis over Windermere to get to Barro.
3rd: After a semifinal loss by pin to Bourst, Windermere’s Nicholas Bittner (front-side decision over Dr Phillips) had two first-period pins, over Ocoee in the consi semis and over Apopka’s Jermaine Benyoun in the medal round. Benyoun (front-side tech over Ocoee) took a decision win over Dr Phillips to secure his region spot.
152
Final: In one of the fuller brackets of the tournament, South Lake’s Jaydius Bognar took the championship behind pins in the quarters over Windermere (:49) and in the semis over Dr Phillips (1 minute) before shutting out Olympia’s Ethan Rivera-Mendez, 6-0, in the final. Rivera-Mendez advanced to the championship round with a 7-4 semifinal win over Apopka.
3rd: After his loss to Rivera-Mendez, Apopka’s Demetreez Ramsey-Booker (front-side pin over Ocoee) added two more wins in the consis, with a blood-round tech fall (22-6) over West Orange before pushing past Ocoee’s Donell Grimes, 4-2, in a rematch of their quarterfinal. Grimes secured his DeLand space with a consi-semi pin over Dr Phillips.
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Final: West Orange’s Marcus Putigna gave the Warriors their fourth title in winning his first district championship, with a semifinal pin (3:25) over Ocoee before decisioning Olympia’s Jorge Carpio, 8-7, in the final. Carpio got to the final behind a 10-8 semifinal win over Dr Phillips.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Dr Phillips’ John Passin won by early fall over Ocoee’s Jonathan Fournier for third.
170
Final: In a three-person bracket, Ocoee’s Andy Delva was his team’s first champion, needing just one match to take his first district title, needing one third-period fall in the finals over West Orange’s Ayden Rieck. Rieck advanced to get to Delva with a second-period pin over Olympia’s Phillip Lamendola.
3rd: Lamendola received a bye for third place.
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Final: Olympia’s Zack Winkelkotter became the Titans’ lone district champion behind pins in the semis over WIndermere (:30) and again in the finals match over Dr Phillips’ Villavicencio Jean-Pierre in 3:40 for Winkelkotter’s first district championship. Jean-Pierre advanced to the championship match with a first-period pin over Ocoee.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Ocoee’s Dawenes SaintPreux won by first-period fall over Windermere’s Daniel Pullen for third.
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Final: Dr Phillips’ Kramar Brown took two max-point wins for his first district title, with a fall in the semis (2:45) over Olympia, followed by an injury-default win over Apopka’s David Bowerman in the final round. Bowerman got to Brown with a semifinal pin over Ocoee.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Ocoee’s Andrew Williams pinned Olympia’s Owen Jacobs in 1 minute for third.
220
Final: In a three-person bracket, the Knights’ Keniel Carrasquillo (8th) needed just one win for his first district championship, with a 4-2 decision in the title round over Olympia’s Miles O’Toole. O’Toole got to the final behind a semifinal pin (1:00) over Windermere’s Hayden Bate.
3rd: Bate received a bye for third place.
285
Final: Ocoee’s Deandre Scott (5th) won by fall twice, needing just 74 seconds to collect his first district title on pins in the semis over Olympia (:39) and in the championship match over South Lake’s Tre Weathersby. Weathersby got to Scott with a semifinal pin (:26) over Dr Phillips.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Dr Phillips’ Jaden Dorsett falled Olympia’s Gregory Campanella in 1:30 for third.
You can see results from this event and all other 3A districts HERE.
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