#Wrap: Who “Won” States (Girls & 3A)

We know who won states in girls and 3A last weekend.

Matanzas & South Dade.

But we also like to toss around ideas about the state tournament, that this region is the best, or no, that region is top-heavy but isn’t the best top-to-bottom.

And the little kid-baseball-stats-nerd-turned-wrestling-writer-stats-nerd loves these kinds of discussions.

So, which region “won” each of the four state tournaments?

These numbers might help start the discussion for the girls’ tournament and for Class 3A.

There’s two ways to evaluate which region “won” each state tournament — points and qualifiers (with medals broken down). The breakdowns for 1A & 2A follow.

Girls

Points:

• 1. Region 2 589.
• 2. Region 1 551.5.
• 3. Region 4 490.5.
• 4. Region 3 289.

Medals:

• 1. Region 2 40 (5 1st, 3 2nd, 3 3rd, 5 4th, 6 5th, 6 6th, 7 7th, 5 8th).
• 2. Region 1 30 (3 1st, 5 2nd, 8 3rd, 1 4th, 3 5th, 3 6th, 7 7th, 1 8th).
• 3. Region 4 26 (5 1st, 5 2nd, 1 3rd, 3 4th, 5 5th, 3 6th, 4 8th).
• 4. Region 3 16 (1 1st, 1 2nd, 2 3rd, 5 4th, 2 6th, 1 7th, 4 8th).

A pretty good fight here. Region 2, on points and (more so) medals, is the strongest region in Florida, but Region 1 put a charge in on points, thanks to eight 3rd-place medals.

Class 3A

Points:

• 1. Region 4 684.5.
• 2. Region 2 492.5.
• 3. Region 1 308.5
• 4. Region 3 257.5.

Medals:

• 1. Region 4 41 (7 1st, 6 2nd, 6 3rd, 7 4th, 5 5th, 1 6th, 6 7th, 3 8th).
• 2. Region 2 31 (3 1st, 7 2nd, 4 3rd, 3 4th, 2 5th, 5 6th, 3 7th, 4 8th).
• 3. Region 1 24 (3 1st, 1 3rd, 2 4th, 6 5th, 3 6th, 3 7th, 6 8th).
• 4. Region 3 16 (1 1st, 1 2nd, 3 3rd, 2 4th, 1 5th, 5 6th, 2 7th, 1 8th).

Well, when South Dade and Southwest Miami score enough to almost outpoint all other regions (Dade outpointed all of Region 3, Dade and Southwest outpointed all of Region 1, and Dade/Southwest/Cypress Bay nearly outpointed all of Region 2). South Florida dominates 3A still.

But you already knew that.

This is our final #wrap installment for 2022-23. We will start work next on #TheSeason, perhaps as soon as tonight. Teams that submit complete stats (every match for every varsity wrestler, boys & girls) go to the top of the line, including our leadoff team, which sent stats to us on Monday). Teams with missing stats will not be worked on until all teams that don’t have missing stats are completed.

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