Category: DISTRICT IBTS

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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By MATMEN, Wednesday, 11:30 p.m.

JACKSONVILLE — Don’t count out Yulee just quite yet this coming week.

The Hornets have had a lot of ups and downs in their season this year, but they weren’t ready to go gently into the FHSAA IBT post-season Saturday at Episcopal.

Behind five champions, two runnerups and two 3rd-place finishes to automatically qualify nine wrestlers to Friday’s 1A-Region 1 tournament at Wewahitchka, the Hornets finished ahead of an 11-team field that included some very solid groups indeed, scoring 220.5 points to win the District 3 team title.

Host Episcopal had just enough depth to overcome Fernandina Beach’s firepower; while the Eagles didn’t have a single champion, they did move 12 wrestlers through to region, more than any other team, on six runners-up, three 3rds and three 4ths. As for the Pirates, who finished four points back of Episcopal in the point standings (193.5-189.5) to place third, they had four champs, one runnerup, four 3rds and one 4th.

Bishop Kenny more than doubled up its nearest competition in taking fourth, with 165.5 points on eight region qualifiers. The Crusaders had two of each medal color, with two champs, two runners-up, two 3rds and two 4ths.

Wolfson was a distant fifth behind the Crusaders, with 88.5 points. The Wolfpack qualified two wrestlers for regions, with one champion and one 4th. Stanton pushed past West Nassau for sixth, with 69.5 points to the Warriors’ 66. Stanton qualified five wrestlers for regions, with one 3rd and four 4ths, while West Nassau advanced three, two of them as champions, along with one 3rd.

Raines edged Paxon, 47-41, for eighth and ninth places. The Vikings had three region qualifiers (two runners-up and one 4th), while Paxon moved through one runnerup and one 4th. Bolles was 10th, with 37.5 points and one 3rd-place region qualifier, while University Christian had three points for 11th.

A brief summary of each weight class follows.

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Final: In a three-person bracket, Wolfson’s Taylor Martinez (17th) needed just one match win to win his first district title, and just 33 seconds of mat time, with one takedown required, as he falled Episcopal’s Thomas Coppedge for the weight-class win. Coppedge got to the finals with a semifinal tech fall over Stanton.
3rd: After his semifinal loss, Stanton’s James Leiby received a bye for third place.

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Final: Fernandina Beach’s Crew Richter bonus-pointed his way to his first district championship, with preliminary major decisions over Episcopal (12-0, quarters) and Bishop Kenny (12-3, semis) before pinning Yulee’s Josh Harris in 2:48 for the title. Harris scored first takedown, but Richter had the advantage in the second period with a takedown that led to the fall. Harris reached the final behind pins over Stanton (quarters) and Paxon (semis).
3rd: After his loss to Richter, Bishop Kenny’s Dylan Lunsford (front-side pin over Wolfson) had two victories in the wrestlebacks for third place, pinning Bolles in the semis and then decisioning, in a rematch, Wolfson’s Tristian Martinez by a 10-6 count. Martinez also won twice in the consis, with pins over Episcopal (quarters) and Paxon (semis).

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Final: Bishop Kenny’s Jacob Harless (16th) earned his first district title, with successive wins over Bolles (pin in 2:34, quarters), Episcopal (9-0 major, semis) and over Paxon’s Kyle Brown (17th), 7-1, in the championship match. Harless scored in each period, with a takedown (1st), reversal (2nd) and 3-point turn in the third period. Brown got to Harless after a major decision in the semis over Stanton.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Harless, Episcopal’s Turner Glenn (18th, front-side sudden victory decision over Yulee) turned up the points in the consis, with a tech fall over Wolfson in the semis and 16-4 major for third over Stanton’s Leonardo Torres. Torres (front-side pin over Wolfson) added a second pin over Yulee in the consis to secure his region space.

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Final: West Nassau’s Blayden Tharpe (8th) won his second district championship, and first since 2020, pinning his way through the bracket with falls over Wolfson (:52, quarters), Stanton (2:20, semis) and over Fernandina Beach’s Caden Kubatzke (11th) in 1:25 for the bracket gold. Kubatzke, himself a two-time district champ, won by fall over Paxon in the quarters and took a decision victory in the semis over Episcopal.
3rd: After his semifinal loss, Episcopal’s Scott Busey (14th, front-side tech over Bishop Kenny) won twice in the consis for third, pinning Bolles in the semis and then surviving a 16-10 win over Stanton’s Elias Spurlin. Spurlin (20th, front-side pin over Bolles) had a tech fall over Bishop Kenny in the blood round.

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Final: The Pirates’ Cael Kubatzke (10th) pinned his way through the day, with falls in the quarters over Bolles (:27), over Stanton (:47) in the semis, and over Yulee’s Logan Pugh (4:43) in the title round for Kubatzke’s first district title. Kubatzke didn’t allow a point in the final, with two takedowns, a reversal and a pair of nearfalls before the pin. Pugh (19th) qualified for the final after a one-point decision victory over Episcopal in the semis.
3rd: After his loss to Pugh, Episcopal’s Nicholas Pressley (front-side pin over Wolfson) added two more falls in the consis, pinning Bolles in the blood round and then falling Stanton’s Diego Torres in 3:37 in the medal round. Torres (front-side pin over Bishop Kenny) secured his region space with a major over Wolfson.

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Final: Yulee’s Austin Adamson (11th) won his second district championship, bonus-pointing through the bracket with a 9-0 semifinal major over Bishop Kenny and fall in the finals over Episcopal’s Cohen Chesser (20th). Adamson had a sizable lead built up before getting the pin, with three takedowns and four nearfalls earned. Chesser reached the final behind a semifinal pin over Stanton.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Adamson, Bishop Kenny’s Christopher Hampton (front-side pin over Fernandina Beach) earned his region space with a bye, then won by tech fall (19-2 in 5:20) over Stanton’s Dean Holt. Holt earned his way into regions with a consi-semi pin over Fernandina.

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Final: Fernandina Beach’s Cole Misciagna (13th) picked up his first district title in impressive fashion, with a semifinal tech (17-1 in 3:37) over Yulee and a third-period fall (5:35) over Bishop Kenny’s Jack Raynor (18th). Raynor had first takedown, but Misciagna would string together the next 10 points, with takedowns in each period and a quick turn in the first before taking the fall. Raynor got to the final behind decisions over West Nassau (quarters) and Episocopal (semis).
3rd: After his quarterfinal loss to Raynor, West Nassau’s Aiden Melson pinned his way back to third in the consis, with three falls over Wolfson (quarters), Yulee (semis) and over Episcopal’s Baylor Maurer in 3:03 for third. Maurer (front-side pin over Wolfson) punched his Wewahitchka ticket with a blood-round pin over Paxon.

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Final: Bishop Kenny’s Roberto Cuartero (2nd) grabbed his second district championship behind three pins in 2 minutes even, taking falls over University Christian (:38, quarters), Bolles (:26, semis) and over Episcopal’s Chance Wolffe (20th) in 56 seconds for the title. Cuartero picked up a pair of takedowns in the finals win, with a 3-point nearfall before the pin. Wolffe had two front-side wins to make the final, with a quarterfinal pin over Stanton and a semifinal win over Paxon.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Cuartero, Bolles’ Thomas Holt (front-side decision over Yulee) had two bonus-point wins in the wrestlebacks, with a pin over Stanton in the semis, followed by a 15-6 major for third over Paxon’s Brendan Lawson. Lawson pinned Yulee in the blood round to advance out to regions.

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Final: Fernandina Beach’s Enzo Gamba (2nd) won his third district title in just 1:49 of mat time, with pins over Yulee in the semis and over Episcopal’s John Fernandez (7th) in 49 seconds in the final round. Gamba needed just one takedown, using that to secure the pin from there. Fernandez bonus-pointed through two rounds to reach the final, with a quarterfinal pin over Stanton and major over Bishop Kenny in the semis.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Gamba, Yulee’s Michael McNair (front-side pin over West Nassau) added two bonus-point wins on the back, with a blood-round pin over Stanton and a 14-3 major in the third-place match over Bishop Kenny’s John Slade. Slade picked up his region qualification with a consi-semi pin over West Nassau.

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Final: Yulee’s Dylan Johns (6th) pinned his way through the draw for his third district championship as well, falling Wolfson (1:22) in the semis and then pinning Episcopal’s Brennan Doherty (13th) in 2:42 for the bracket gold. Doherty had first takedown, but Johns reversed shortly after and had a takedown of his own in picking up the fall. Doherty got to the finals behind a one-point decision win over Bishop Kenny in the semi.
3rd: After losing in the quarters by fall to Bishop Kenny’s Luke Ghannam, Fernandina Beach’s Anthony Fancher won twice in the consis to take third, with a blood-round pin over Wolfson and a 13-6 win in the medal round over Ghannam. Ghannam pinned Bolles in the consi semis to secure his region spot.

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Final: West Nassau’s Nolan McKelvy (6th) earned his first district title after a pair of decisions, defeating Yulee, 4-2, in the semis and then pushing past 7th-ranked Collin Hearn of Bishop Kenny, 8-4, for the bracket win. McKelvy had takedowns in each period, overcoming an early Hearn reversal to go on and secure the victory. Hearn advanced to the championship round with a semifinal pin over Fernandina Beach.
3rd: After his 4-2 semifinal loss to McKelvy, Yulee’s Christopher Aud (12th) rallied back to claim third place with a consi-semi pin over University Christian and a 5-3 medal-round win over Fernandina Beach’s Lucas Crawford. Crawford (front-side pin over University Christian) pinned Wolfson in the blood round to secure his Wewahitchka space.

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Final: Yulee’s Alex Smith (2nd) kicked off a string of back-to-back-to-back Hornet weight-class wins, with preliminary pins over Bolles (2:35, quarters) and over Fernandina Beach (:47, semis) before powering past Episcopal’s Christian McGarity (8th), 9-2, in the final for Smith’s second district title. Smith had takedowns in each period, with a quick turn in the first, allowing only a late reversal. McGarity won twice to get to Smith, with a quarterfinal pin over Paxon and a decision in the semis over Wolfson.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Smith, Fernandina’s Gauge Housely (19th, front-side 7-6 decision over Raines’ Jhalill Richardson) had two wins on the back, winning by decision in the blood round over Bishop Kenny and then pinning Richardson in 1:40 for third. Richardson had two wins in the consis, with a win by DQ in the consi quarters and a consi-semi decision over Wolfson.

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Final: The Hornets’ Cayden Ricks (18th) earned his first district championship, pinning his way through the draw with falls over Bishop Kenny (:57, quarters), Fernandina Beach (5:57, semis) and over Raines’ D’Cari Wilson (20th) in 2:26 for the title. Wilson had first takedown and first turn, going up 4-0 after one period, but Ricks rallied in the second, with a takedown that quickly turned into the pin. Wilson got to the championship match behind a semifinal pin over Episcopal.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Ricks, Fernandina Beach’s Peyton White (front-side pin over Paxon) added two more wins in the consis, with a fall in the blood round over Wolfson and a 5-0 medal-round victory over Episcopal’s Matt Salek. Salek (front-side pin over Wolfson) won by fall in the consi semis over Bishop Kenny to qualify out.

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Final: Yulee’s Braylen Ricks (4th) rolled through the bracket for his first district title, with a semifinal pin (:54) over Fernandina Beach and tech fall in the finals (16-0 in 3:18) over Raines’ Gregory Townsend (12th). Ricks needed just two takedowns, with three big turns to seal the tech. Townsend reached the championship match with a semifinal pin over Episcopal.
3rd: After his loss in the semis to Ricks, Fernandina Beach’s William Schuster won twice on the back to wrestle back to third, with a shutout decision over Bishop Kenny and pin (1:29) in the medal round over Episcopal’s Mark Rinaman. Rinaman (front-side pin over Bishop Kenny) punched his Wewahitchka ticket with a bye in the consi semis.

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By MATMEN, Wednesday, 9 p.m.

NEPTUNE BEACH — Defying expectations has been the norm in 3A-District 1 this year.

In January, the team considered to be the 3A-District 1 IBT favorite took the district’s duals championship, as Bartram Trail grabbed its

Last Friday at Fletcher, the team expected to be the stronger duals team of the group, Creekside, flipped the switch and showed the rest of the District 1 field its ability to compete in IBTs, advancing the most automatic qualifiers to Friday’s Region 1 tournament at DeLand.

The St Johns Knights scored 224.5 points for the team championship, with three champs, five runners-up, two 3rds and two 4ths. That was enough to overcome runnerup Bartram and its six titles, as the Bears finished with 211 points, with one runnerup, one 3rd and two 4ths for 10 automatic qualifiers.

Host Fletcher was in the mix as well, with a third-place team finish on 194.5 points. The Senators qualfied nine wrestlers automatically, with three champs, two runners-up, two 3rds and two 4ths.

Sandalwood edged Nease, 132-129, for fourth place, with both teams advancing seven qualifiers to DeLand. The Saints had one champion, one runnerup, one 3rd and four 4ths, while the St Johns Panthers grabbed one title, three runners-up and three 3rds.

Atlantic Coast, Mandarin and First Coast were eight points apart in sixth through eighth places. The Stingrays had 75 points, with four qualifiers on one runnerup, two 3rds and one fourth, while Mandarin finished seventh with 71 and four qualifiers (one runnerup, one 3rd and two 4ths). First Coast scored 67 points for 8th, with three qualifiers (two 3rds, one 4th).

A brief summary of each weight class follows.

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Final: Creekside’s Alexavier Panganiban (12th) won his first district title with two victories, with a semifinal tech (20-2 in 6 minutes) over Atlantic Coast in the semis and a 6-4 win in sudden victory over Fletcher’s Landon Locantora for first place. While both of Panganiban’s scoring moves were off the mat during regulation, he was able to get the takedown for the win. Locantora reached the final with a semifinal pin over Bartram Trail.
3rd: After his semifinal loss, Atlantic Coast’s Mason Kaye took two pins in the consis, falling Nease in the semis and then pinning Bartram Trail’s Jacob Becker in 1:56 for third. Becker (front-side pin over Nease) advanced to the region round with a bye in the consi semis.

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Final: Bartram Trail’s Carmen DiBella (11th) bonus-pointed through the tournament for his first district championship, with a first-period semifinal pin (1:23) over Fletcher, followed by a 10-0 major in the championship round over Creekside’s Santiago Carrion. DiBella had takedowns in each period, with a big nearfall turn to push out to an 8-0 lead after the second. Carrion got to the final with a semifinal pin over Nease.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Nease’s Wyatt Balger pinned Fletcher’s Jimi Baur in 49 seconds for third.

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Final: The Knights’ Justin Umali (17th) pinned his way into the final, with preliminary falls over Fletcher (1:29, quarters) and over Atlantic Coast (3:24, semis) before turning back Nease’s Jaiden Zajni, 7-4, for his first district title. After a scoreless first period, Umali reversed out first, only to trail after a Zajni reversal and penalty point in the third. Umali would reverse out from there, with a 3-point turn as well. Zajni reached the final with a semifinal pin over Sandalwood.
3rd: After his loss in the semis, Atlantic Coast’s Arjun Lamba punched his DeLand ticket with a bye into the medal round, where he pinned Sandalwood’s Adam Goodman in 2:54. Goodman secured his region space with a fall over Fletcher in the consi semis.

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Final: Bartram Trail’s Ethan Vugman (1st) became the first of two wrestlers in the coverage area that won their fourth district title last week, as he pinned his way through the bracket with falls over Sandalwood in the semis and in the title match over Creekside’s Stephan Carrion (3:00). Vugman had a first-period takedown, reversing out in the second and securing control for the pin midway through. Carrion also had two pins, over Mandarin (quarters) and Nease (semis).
3rd: After his loss in the semis, Nease’s Brady Stoutamire (front-side pin over Fletcher), max-pointed through two consi rounds, with an injury-default win over Atlantic Coast in the blood round and forfeit over Sandalwood’s Seth Mleczynski in the medal round. Mleczynski (front-side ID win over Atlantic Coast) qualified out with a sudden-victory decision over Fletcher.

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Final: Fletcher’s Cole O’Brien (6th) picked up his second district championship, pinning his way through the bracket on falls over Nease (2:50, quarters), Sandalwood (1:51, semis) and a third pin over Bartram Trail’s Gabriel Betancourt, in 2:34. O’Brien built a 7-0 lead on first takedown, a 3-point nearfall, with a reversal that led to the turn and pin. Betancourt got to the final with pins over Mandarin and First Coast, respectively.
3rd: After his loss in the quarters, Nease’s Lucian Slayden bookended a 9-8 blood-round win over First Coast with pins over Atlantic Coast (consi quarters) and over Sandalwood’s Qalani Cobb in 3:15 for third. Cobb (front-side pin over Atlantic Coast) falled Creekside in the consi semis to earn his region spot.

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Final: Creekside’s Conner Wright (14th) earned his first district title, with a 15-11 semifinal win over Sandalwood sandwiched by pins in the quarters over Atlantic Coast (1:23) and again in the final round over Nease’s Parker Stamschror in 3:39. Wright scored first takedown, but trailed after a Stamschror nearfall, but he reversed out and used that to secure the fall. Stamschror reached the fianl with a semifinal decision over Fletcher.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Stamschror, Fletcher’s Elias Twigg (front-side tech over First Coast) took two pins in the wrestlebacks, with falls over Atlantic Coast in the semis and in 3:26 over Sandalwood’s Ricky Hicks for third. Hicks secured his DeLand trip with a consi-semi pin over First Coast.

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Final: The Bears’ Grady Hutchinson rolled through the bracket with tiree first-period falls, pinning First Coast (:23, quarters), Mandarin (1:55, semis) and Creekside’s Larry Mims in 1 minute for his first district championship. In each round, Hutchinson needed just one takedown to assert control that would turn into pins. Mims won by fall over Nease (quarters) and Fletcher (semis) to get to Hutchinson.
3rd: After his loss in the semis, Fletcher’s Noah Stidfole (front-side pin over Sandalwood) added two wins in the consis, with a decision over Atlantic Coast and fall in 4:34 over Mandarin’s Antonio Ramos in the medal round. Ramos (front-side pin over Atlantic Coast) added a pin in the consi semis over Sandalwood to qualify out for regions.

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Final: Bartram’s Preston Pena (11th) needed just 1:12 of mat time to get to the final, with pins over First Coast (:31, quarters) and Sandalwood (:41, semis), before majoring Fletcher’s Elisha Purdy, 12-2, for his second district title. Pena hit a 5-point move early in the first and put together another in stages in the second to build a 10-0 lead; after a Purdy quick turn opened the scoring in the third, Pena reversed out. Purdy made it to the final with a semifinal pin over Creekside.
3rd: After his loss in the semis, Creekside’s Chihaya Cook (front-side pin over Mandarin) added two falls in the wrestlebacks, with pins over First Coast in the blood round and over Mandarin’s Brendan Warren in 1:55 for third. Warren had one pin in the consi semis over Sandalwood to earn his region space.

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Final: Fletcher’s Josh Daltro (9th) won his third district championship while bonus-pointing through the bracket, with pins over First Coast (:34, quarters) and Mandarin (1:35, semis) before a 12-2 major over #12 Jacob Lutz of Nease. Daltro racked up four takedowns, at least one in each period, with a big turn late in the second, allowing just two escapes. Lutz reached the final with a semifinal pin over Creekside.
3rd: After his loss to Daltro, Mandarin’s Isaiah Diltz got to the medal round behind a bye in the consi semis, then pinned Creekside’s Xavier Grimm in 1:21 to claim third. Grimm also won by pin in the consis, with a fall in the semis over First Coast.

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Final: Nease’s Alan Rivera (14th) won his team’s only district title and his first as well, with second-period pins over Bartram Trail in the semis and over Creekside’s Colton Leavell in 2:36 for the bracket win. Rivera had a takedown in the first period before taking the pin in the second. Leavell got to the final with a semifinal decision over Sandalwood.
3rd: After his semifinal loss, Sandalwood’s Malik Wilson (front-side decision over Fletcher) added a pair of six-minute wins on the back, with a major over Mandarin in the blood round and a second decision over Fletcher’s Joseph Kohlhaas, this time by a 6-3 count (was 12-7 in the quarters), in a rematch for third. Kohlhaas punched his DeLand ticket with a fall over Bartram Trail in the consi semis.

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Final: The Bears’ John McNames (8th) pinned his way through the bracket, taking falls in the semis over Fletcher and again in the title match in 3:25 over Sandalwood’s Malachi Mista (3:25) for McNames’ second district championship. McNames had a takedown and nearfall and reversed back after Mista (14th) was able to reverse following the nearfall, taking the pin in the second period. Mista reached the final behind a major decision over First Coast.
3rd: After his loss to Mista, First Coast’s Alphonso Parsons (front-side 4-2 decision over Creekside’s Tristen Darling) won twice in the consis, with a shutout decision over Nease and a rematch pin (1:52) over Darling for third. Darling secured his DeLand spot with a consi-semi decision over Fletcher.

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Final: Sandalwood’s Duffy Mista (9th) won his first district title, taking just 2:35 of mat time for three falls, pinning Fletcher (:37, quarters), Bartram Trail (:45, semis) and Atlantic Coast’s Hayden Brodehl in 1:13 for the bracket win. Mista had one takedown and nearfall before the second turn turned into the pin. Brodehl won twice in getting to the final, with a quarterfinal pin over Nease and semifinal decision over First Coast.
3rd: After his semifinal loss, First Coast’s Dean Marshall (front-side pin over Mandarin) added two consi-side falls, pinning Creekside in the blood round and Bartram Trail’s Jason Merkison in 1:02 for third. Merkison (front-side pin over Creekside) pushed his way into regions with a one-point decision victory over Mandarin.

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Final: Bartram Trail’s Shane Armstrong (5th) pinned through the draw with three falls, including quick pins over First Coast (:25, quarters) and Fletcher (:23, semis) before going into the second period in pinning Mandarin’s Jaelen Simmons (10th) in 3:21 for his first district championship. A scoreless first period and Simmons escape in the second set the stage for Armstrong’s pin. Simmons advanced to get to Armstrong with pins over Atlantic Coast (quarters) and over Creekside (semis).
3rd: After his semifinal loss, Creekside’s Eli Pagan (20th) finished the tournament with two pins, taking down Sandalwood in the consi semis and then pinning Atlantic Coast’s Sebastian Colon in 1:45 in the medal round. Colon qualified out for regions with a consi-semi pin over Fletcher.

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Final: After pins over Bartram Trail (3:51, quarters) and First Coast (1:02, semis), Fletcher’s Toby Matson (8th) took wins over all of his fellow region qualifiers after downing Creekside’s Cole Anderson (15th), 4-2, in the final to win his second district title. After a scoreless first period, Matson escaped and got a takedown to seize the early lead, then escaped out of Anderson’s reversal in the third to secure the win. Anderson reached the final behind a semifinal pin over Sandalwood.
3rd: After his quarterfinal loss to Matson, Bartram Trail’s Jacob George won twice in the consis to rally back to third, with a blood-round pin over Sandalwood and 5-1 decision over First Coast’s Derric Jacobs. Jacobs punched his DeLand ticket with a consi-semi decision over Mandarin.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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By MATMEN, Tuesday, 9:05 p.m.

WEWAHITCHKA — Five years ago, when Bay last won a district wrestling title of any sort, it was a bit of a surprise when everything clicked together for one tournament-long moment.

Fast foward to 2023, and the Tornadoes now seem poised to, quite possibly, make the excellence of last Thursday’s 1A-District 1 IBT win a part of annual expectations.

Bay advanced 10 wrestlers to Friday’s Region 1 tournament at Wewahitchka, with four champs, one runnerup, three 3rds and two 4ths, and that contingent was enough for the Tornadoes to hold off District 1 duals champ North Bay Haven, 201-184, to win the team title.

North Bay Haven duplicated the Tornadoes’ number of automatic qualifiers, with three champs, one runnerup, four 3rds and two 4ths on the day.

Rutherford pushed past South Walton, 161-146, for third place. The Rams will take eight automatic qualifiers to regions, on one champion, four runners-up, two 3rds and one 4th, while the Seahawks, last year’s IBT champ, advanced seven, with four of them champions, along with one 3rd and two 4ths.

Host Wewahitchka was fifth on 118 points, and the Gators will advance five to competition (one champion, three runners-up and one 3rd). Bozeman outpointed Rocky Bayou Christian, 99-96, for sixth; the Bucks will move one champion, three runners-up and one 4th to regions, while the Knights advanced six out (one runnerup, three 3rds and two 4ths). Freeport, competing in its first season as a sanctioned program, was eighth with 59 points and will take one runnerup and four 4ths to regions.

A brief summary of each weight class follows.

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Final: South Walton’s Nathan Lyttle (15th statewide in 1A as ranked by Matmen solely-endorsed state ranker KabraWrestling.com) won his first state title with preliminary pins over Wewahitchka (quarters) and over Bay (semis) before pushing past Rutherford’s Dylan Malott (20th), 9-5, in the final for his first district title. Lyttle had three takedowns in the first period, and while Malott closed the gap behind a takedown of his own in the second, Lyttle got an insurance takedown early in the third for the win. Malott reached the final behind a semifinal pin over Rocky Bayou Christian.
3rd: After his semifinal loss by pin to Malott, Rocky Bayou Christian’s Thomas Pluhar (front-side pin over North Bay Haven) took two pins in the consis for third, falling Wewahitchka before pinning Bay’s Treysen Villegas in 2:42 in the medal round. Villegas (front-side pin over Bozeman) punched his Wewahitchka region ticket with a fall over North Bay Haven.

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Final: Top-ranked Derrick Williams of Bay picked up two pins in winning his second district title, falling South Walton (1:11) in the semis, then pinning North Bay Haven’s Nathan Mercado in 1:16 to win the first of Bay’s four weight-class firsts. Williams picked off a pair of takedowns, with the second leading directly to the fall a few moments later. Mercado bonus-pointed into the final with a fall over Rutherford (quarters) and major over Rocky Bayou Christian (semis).
3rd: After his 12-1 loss to Mercado in the semis, Rocky Bayou’s Wyatt Moore needed just 46 seconds to pin two opponents, with pins over Bozeman in the blood round and in 33 seconds over South Walton’s Dylan Hardin for third. Hardin (front-side pin over Bozeman) secured his region space with a consi-semi pin over Rutherford.

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Final: The Tornadoes’ David Drake (8th) made it back-to-back titles in winning his first district championship, with pins over Rutherford (2:29, semis) and over Wewahitchka’s Jake Parker in 1:40 to win in the finals. Drake had the match’s only takedown, with a quick turn before a second turn led to the pin. Parker reached the final behind pins over South Walton (quarters) and Rocky Bayou Christian (semis).
3rd: After losing by fall in the semis to Drake, Rutherford’s Michael Lurvey (front-side decision over NBH) added pins in the consis over South Walton (semis) and in 2:47 over Rocky Bayou Christian’s Jeremiah Herron in the medal round. Herron (front-side major) earned his region space with a consi-semi pin over North Bay Haven.

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Final: Bozeman’s Justin Johnson, in his seventh season and second stint with the Bucks, won his first district title with a quarterfinal tech (21-5 in 4 minutes) over Wewahitchka, and pins over Freeport (:44, semis) and in 2:52 in the final over Bay’s Leonardo Sanchez. Sanchez opened the match with a takedown and turn, but Johnson came back with a takedown and two turns to close out the first period, plus a reversal that led to the fall in the second. Sanchez got to the final behind a semifinal decision over North Bay Haven.
3rd: After falling by 9-2 decison to Sanchez, North Bay Haven’s Caleb Fuster had two pins in the wrestlebacks, falling Wewahitchka in the semis and then pinning Freeport’s Michael Summers in 47 seconds for third. Summers, who had byes on the front and back, became Freeport’s first region qualifier in program history.

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Final: South Walton’s Gibson Moore (16th) pinned his way through the bracket, racking up falls over Freeport (:13, quarters), Rutherford (2:45, semis) and over Rocky Bayou Christian’s Clay Nelson in 2:43 for the championship. While Nelson had first takedown, Moore rallied to go up 6-2 early, behind a 3-point move, and added another takedown in the second period. Nelson reached the final behind pins over Bay and North Bay Haven.
3rd: After his semifinal loss by pin to Nelson, North Bay Haven’s Zander Stillgess (front-side pin over Bozeman) added two more falls in the consis, with pins over Wewahitchka in the semis and in 2:59 over Rutherford’s Augustine Lurvey for third. Lurvey (front-side pin over Wewahitchka) punched his Wewahitchka region ticket with a pin over Bay.

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Final: After runnerup efforts in each of the last three years, Bay’s Elijah Stillgess (15th) broke through for his first district title, pinning his way through the draw on falls over South Walton (1:12, quarters), Freeport (2:58, semis) and in 1:02 in the championship round over Bozeman’s Jeremy Tavernier. Stillgess got a takedown 10 seconds in, with a pair of nearfalls before his third turn turned into the pin. Tavernier reached the final behind a semifinal pin over North Bay Haven.
3rd: After his loss by fall to Tavernier, North Bay Haven’s Will Lundgren pinned his way through the consis, with pins over South Walton (semis) and in 1:14 in the final over Freeport’s Chase Justice. Justice had byes in both halves of the bracket in reaching the region round.

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Final: North Bay Haven’s Bear Siegal (9th) won the Buccaneers’ first title of the day and his first district title, thanks to a semifinal pin over Freeport and a 7-6 win over #11 Romero Black of Rutherford in the final round. Black ran out to a 6-1 lead after a 3-point nearfall in the first period, but Siegal hit a 5-point move late in the second to tie the match up, going ahead on a second stall warning called on Black and penalty point for Siegal. Black got to the final behind a semifinal pin over Bay.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Bay’s Deven Bradshaw pinned Freeport’s Aiden Hines in 1:44 for third.

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Final: Bay’s Shaun Sandidge was his team’s fourth champion of the day in winning his first district championship, pinning his way through the bracket with falls over Rutherford (1:24, quarters), Bozeman (4:20, semis) and in 1:44 over the hosts’ Jarrett Spencer for the final. After Sandidge got first takedown, Spencer was able to get a takedown and, a few moments later, a 3-point nearfall, but Sandidge was able to reverse out and get the fall. Spencer got to the final with pins over Freeport (quarters) and Rocky Bayou Christian (semis).
3rd: After a loss by fall to Sandidge in the quarters, Rutherford’s Wyatt Griffin rallied back to third with a win by injury default over Rocky Bayou Christian and fall over Bozeman’s Daniel Pierce in 3:43 for third. Pierce secured his region space with a consi-semi tech fall over North Bay Haven.

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Final: Wewahitchka senior Conner Roberts (8th) earned three victories to claim his second district title, with preliminary pins over Rocky Bayou Christian (:26) and Freeport (1:52) before shutting out Rutherford’s Keaton Schirmer, 5-0, in the title round. Roberts picked up takedowns late in the first and early in the third, with the second takedown all but insuring the win. Schirmer had pins over North Bay Haven and South Walton in reaching the final.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Schirmer, South Walton’s Kaden Shaw (front-side decision over Bay) won by fall twice on the back, with pins over Rocky Bayou Christian (semis) and in 2 minutes for third over Freeport’s Colby Crompton. Crompton punched his Wewahitchka ticket with a pin over Bay in the blood round.

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Final: North Bay Haven’s Julian Hernandez earned his first district championship with two victories, pinning Rutherford (2:22) in the semis and then overcoming Wewahitchka’s Calvin Carpenter, 15-9, in the final. Each period saw one turn, with Hernandez leading early, only to see Carpenter rally with a late 5-point move in the second period. Hernandez took over the offense from there, scoring the final seven points of the match. Carpenter won twice to get to the final, with a pin over South Walton and decision over Bay.
3rd: After falling by an 11-6 count to Carpenter in the semis, Bay’s Tanner Collins took two consi-side pins for third, falling Freeport in the semis and then pinning South Walton’s Nick Mitchell in 1:52 for third. Mitchell secured his region space by decision in the blood round over Rutherford.

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Final: Rutherford’s Bryson Schirmer (20th) won his team’s only district title, winning his second district championship behind pins in the semis over Rocky Bayou Christian (1:31) and then again in the final over Bozeman’s Zachary Rosalis, in 3:36. Schirmer scored in both the first and second periods, leading by a 4-0 count when he took the pin. Rosalis reached the final behind a semifinal pin over NorthBay Haven.
3rd: After losing by pin to Rosalis, NBH’s Brayden Harper (front-side pin over Freeport) had a bye into the medal round, where he pinned Rocky Bayou’s Parker Sage in 57 seconds. Sage punched his region ticket with a fall over Freeport in the consi semis.

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Final: South Walton’s Cody Johnson needed 88 seconds to earn two pins, with falls in the semis over North Bay Haven, then pinning Rutherford’s Tyler Hall in 53 seconds for his first district title. Johnson got a takedown 17 seconds in, making that stand up for the pin. Hall got to the final with a semifinal pin over Rocky Bayou Christian.
3rd: In a four-person braceket, RBC’s Kaleb Rasmussen pinned North Bay Haven’s Peyton Saluto in 3:56 for third.

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Final: North Bay Haven’s David Mercado (2nd) made his move up in weight count toward his third district championship, with pins in the semis over Bay (:53) and then in 1 minute even over Bozeman’s Asher Burris in the finals round. Mercado needed only one takedown in that match, making it count toward the turn and fall. Burris reached the final with a semifinal pin over Wewahitchka.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Wewahitchka’s James Hardy pinned Bay’s Garrett Pelt in 1:13 to take third.

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Final: South Walton’s Carlos Sanchez pinned his way to his first district crown, with falls in the semis over Bay (:23) and in the championship over Freeport’s Lewis Adams in 3:43. A scoreless first period saw Sanchez break through first, with a mid-period takedown in the second leading to the pin. Adams also won by fall twice, with pins over Wewahitchka (quarters) and over North Bay Haven (semis).
3rd: After a loss by fall in the semis to Sanchez, Bay’s Garet Zenker (front-side pin over Bozeman) added two more pins in the consis, falling Wewahitchka in the semis and then pinning North Bay Haven’s Tripp Rogers in 1:14 for third. Rogers punched his Chiles ticket with a consi-semi pin over Bozeman.

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By MATMEN, Tuesday, 6:10 p.m.

CRAWFORDVILLE — We’ve seen very tight battles over the year between the elite teams in 1A-District 2, both in IBT and in duals formats.

Last Thursday’s IBT at Wakulla was no different, as the three consistently most-solid teams currently in Region 1 began the first step of battling it out with and against each other over the last three weeks of the season.

And 1A duals state semifinalist Suwannee was able emerge on top, though the Bulldogs’ victory margin was significantly closer than it had been during the duals portion of the season, as the Bulldogs held off Florida, 245-240.5 to win the District 2 event.

Suwannee will move 12 wrestlers through to Friday’s Region 1 tournament at Wewahitchka, with 11 of those 12 reaching the finals last Thursday (five champs, six runners-up). The Bulldogs added one 3rd-place finisher as well.

But Florida High put a full charge into the race in qualifying its entire team for Wewahitchka, with five champions, four runners-up, three 3rds and two 4ths. Likewise, host Wakulla, which was third with 201 points, also qualified its entire team, with three champs, three runners-up, seven 3rds and one 4th.

Liberty County was fourth last Thursday, moving six on to regions on 86 points, with one champ, one runnerup, one 3rd and three 4ths. Godby, with three 4ths, edged Marianna, 47-46, for fifth place in the standings. Marianna will also take three to regions, with two 3rds and one 4th.

A brief summary of each weight class follows.

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Final: 1A’s top-ranked (as per sole Matmen-endorsed state rankings provider KabraWrestling.com) Jasper Croom of Florida High won his first district title, with a 40-second pin in the semis over Liberty, followed by an 8-5 decision over fifth-ranked Eli Jolicoeur of Suwannee. Jolicoeur struck first, with a takedown and quick turn, but Croom rallied back with a 4-point move of his own and didn’t trail again, taking the lead after an escape and takedown early in the 3rd. Jolicoeur reached the final after a semifinal win over Wakulla.
3rd: After falling by 7-5 count to Jolicoeur, in a four-person bracket, Wakulla’s Connor Brown (7th) took third by fall (2:35) over Liberty’s Thiago Finuff.

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Final: In a three-person bracket, Suwannee’s Justin Contreras (5th) needed just one win to earn his first district title, pinning Wakulla’s Anthony Fondo (15th) in 3:52. Contreras scored first takedown late in the first period, with a late reversal in the second that he then used to secure the turn and fall. Fondo reached the final after pushing past Florida High in the semi.
3rd: After his 13-11 semifinal loss to Fondo, the Seminoles’ Dewan Richardson received a bye for third place.

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Final: Liberty County’s Jay Brown (6th) grabbed his second district title behind a semifinal pin over Florida High (3:09), followed by a 6-4 title-match decision over Suwannee’s Topher Pearson (7th). Brown got first takedown, but Pearson rallied in the second period to take a 4-2 lead, briefly, before Brown’s reversal tied the match heading into the third, where Brown got an escape and forced a stalling point. Pearson reached the final after a semifinal win over Wakulla.
3rd: After falling, 8-2, to Pearson in the semis, in a four-person bracket, Wakulla’s Troy Thaxton pinned Florida High’s Reis Suskey in 5:19 for third.

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Final: Suwannee’s Brody Boehm (3rd) won his second district title and reached his fourth district final, with pins in the semis over Wakulla (2:38) and in 4 minutes in the championship match over Florida High’s Hunter Stanley. Boehm built a 9-0 lead before taking the fall, with two nearfalls to go with a takedown and reversal. Stanley reached the final with a semifinal decision over Liberty.
3rd: After losing by fall in the semis to Boehm, Wakulla’s David Culley took third behind a 13-2 major over Liberty’s Hunter Brown.

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Final: Florida High’s Troy Carroll (13th) picked up his first district championship after a semifinal tech (21-4 in 3:30) over Marianna, narrowly defeating Wakulla’s Caleb Orr (14th), 3-2, in the championship. All of the scoring happened in the match’s final minute, as Orr turned Carroll while riding, but was hit with a second stall warning 30 seconds later; Carroll then reversed out with three seconds left to take the win. Orr reached the final after a semifinal decision over Liberty.
3rd: After his 11-4 loss to Orr in the semis, Liberty’s Keaton Ellis pinned his way through the back, with falls over Suwannee and then in the medal round (2:00) over Marianna’s Trace Smith. Smith (front-side pin over Suwannee) secured his region spot with a bye in the consi semis.

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Final: Wakulla’s Brady Jackson (9th) won his first district title in the first full bracket, with a semifinal pin (3:19) over Florida High and an 11-7 win in the championship round over Suwannee’s Ayden Kirby (16th). Kirby scored first takedown, but Jackson had a pair of them in the second period and opened things up behind three takedowns in the third. Kirby advanced to the final after a semifinal pin over Godby.
3rd: After his loss by fall in the semis to Jackson, Florida High’s Terence Hinson (front-side pin over Marianna) added two more in the consis, with falls over Liberty County in the semis and in 1:57 over Godby’s Mason Pittman for third. Pittman (front-side pin over Liberty) falled Marianna in the blood round to punch his Wewahitchka ticket.

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Final: The War Eagles’ Jae T Thaxton (7th) took two victories in winning his first district title, with a semifinal pin (2:40) over Marianna, followed by a 2-0 decision in the final over Suwannee’s Marshall White (12th). Thaxton earned a penalty point in the first period and escaped from bottom in the second, making those two single points stand up for the win. White reached the semifinal behind a fall over Florida High.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Marianna’s Josh Mercer took third, winning by fall (3:23) over Florida High’s Anthony Bedoya.

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Final: Suwannee’s Austin McKinney (4th) bonus-pointed through the day without giving a point, with a semifinal pin over Godby (1:03), followed by a 14-0 championship win over Florida High’s Nicholas Roeder (18th) for McKinney’s second district title. McKinney scored in both the first and second periods, picking off four turns, including three from the ride in the third. Roeder advanced to the final with a pin over Wakulla in the semis.
3rd: After his loss by fall to Roeder in the semis, Wakulla’s Nate Jacobs came back with two consi-side pins, falling Marianna in the semis and then pinning Godby’s Tony Howie in 40 seconds for third. Howie (front-side pin over Marianna) advanced to the region round with a bye in the consi semis.

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Final: In a three-person bracket, Suwannee’s Austin Howard (3rd) needed just one match to take his third district championship and reach his fourth final, pinning Florida High’s Dean Wright (10th) in 1:23. Howard needed just his first takedown to be his only takedown before securing the fall. Wright reached the final behind a semifinal pin over Wakulla.
3rd: With his loss in the semis to Wright, Wakulla’s Zabdiel Garcia-Esquilin claimed third place with a bye in the medal round.

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Final: Like his classmate at 160, the Bulldogs’ Dustin Wood (13th) needed just one match win to win a district title, his first. After a bye into the final, Wood falled Florida High’s Jordan Haigler in 2:50 to claim the championship. It was a busy first period, with both wrestlers scoring, but Wood settled in during the second, establishing control to secure the pin. Haigler got to the finals after a semifinal pin over Wakulla.
3rd: With his loss in the semis to Haigler, Wakulla’s Wyatt Brown claimed third place with a bye in the medal round.

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Final: Florida High’s Xander Hawkes (4th) picked up his second district championship with first-period pins over Wakulla (:52) in the semis and again in the championship match over Suwannee’s Benjamin Lewis, in 1:22. Lewis was awarded a penalty point early, but Hawkes was the only one to hit a scoring move, using it to collect the fall. Lewis advanced to the final after a semifinal pin over Marianna.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Marianna’s Marquis Rhodes won by injury default early on in the match over Wakulla’s Blake Barodte.

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Final: In a three-person bracket, Florida High’s Nias Dorsey needed one match win for his first district title, pinning Suwannee’s Torynn Johns in 5:03 in the final. Both wrestlers had takedowns in the first period, and both had reversals in the second, with both getting one nearfall along the way, before Dorsey’s third-period takedown locked in the control for the pin. Johns reached the title match with a semifinal pin over Wakulla.
3rd: With his loss in the semis to Johns, Wakulla’s Noah Vernon took third with a bye in the medal round.

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Final: The Seminoles’ Collin Bishop (12th) max-pointed through the bracket for his second district championship, pinning Suwannee (2:43) in the semis and then winning by forfeit over Wakulla’s Kohl Pippin (13th) in the final. Pippin got to the final with a win by disqualification over Godby in the semis.
3rd: After his loss to Bishop in the semis, Suwannee’s Sam Ballard (front-side pin over Liberty County’s Mason Geiger) took two pins in the wrestlebacks, with falls over Marianna in the semis and then pinning Geiger a second time, this time in 1:35, for third place. Geiger punched his Chiles ticket with a consi-semi pin over Godby.

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Final: Wakulla’s Adleigh Caquimbo pinned his way through the draw, with falls in the semis over Florida High (:28), then a second over Liberty’s Scout Harr in 5:01 for Caquimbo’s first district title. Caquimbo scored in each period and had nearfalls in both the first and second, building a 10-0 lead at the time of the fall. Harr advanced to the final with a semifinal pin over Suwannee.
3rd: After losing in the semis to Caquimbo, Florida High’s Christian Ajose-Adeogun (front-side pin over Godby) secured his region space in the semis, then pinned Godby’s Raheem Barge in 1:17 for third in a rematch from the quarterfinal. Barge punched his Chiles ticket with a blood-round pin over Suwannee.

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By MATMEN, Tuesday, 1:20 a.m.

JACKSONVILLE — It’s been a season of some pretty big ups and a few downs as well for Oakleaf.

Count last Thursday as one of the biggest ups, even bigger than the Clay County Knights’ dual victory over county rival Clay in December. Oakleaf was the only team in the 10-team event to move a double-digit number of region qualifiers, as the Knights pushed past the rest of the field to win the 2A-District 3 IBT title, staged at Westside HS.

The Knights will take 11 wrestlers as automatic qualifiers to Chiles on Friday, with two champs, four runners-up, four 3rds and one 4th; that was enough for Oakleaf to push past Ridgeview’s biggest day, perhaps, of the season as well, as the Knights had 212.5 points to the Panthers’ 196.

Ridgeview and fellow Clay County rival Middleburg each will take eight wrestlers to regions, with the Panthers advancing three champs, one runnerup, three 3rds and one 4th. The Broncos, third with 166 points, got seven into the finals, with four champs and three runners-up along with one 4th.

Host Westside was fourth with 158 points, qualifying seven wrestlers on one champ, three runners-up, one 3rd and two 4ths. Terry Parker pushed past Gateway Conference rival Riverside, 108-106, for fifth and sixth places, respectively. The Braves moved five to regions, with one runnerup, two 3rds and two 4ths, while the Generals advanced six out, on two champs, one 3rd and three 4ths.

Ponte Vedra was seventh at 89 points, with Orange Park eighth with 86. The Sharks got four wrestlers to regions, with one runnerup and three 4ths, while the Raiders advanced two — one runnerup and one 3rd. Ed White was ninth, with 73 points and three qualifiers (one champ and two 3rds), while Englewood was 10th on 50 points (one runnerup & one 4th).

A brief summary of each weight class follows.

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Final: Ridgeview’s Jason Barrett (18th as ranked by Matmen-endorsed state ranker KabraWrestling.com) had two victories for his first district title, with an 8-2 win over Oakleaf prior to pinning Westside’s Jacob Jackson in 1:12 to win in the final. Jackson had first takedown, but Barrett was able to get out and get a takedown of his own en route to securing the pin. Jackson reached the title round after a decision victory over Ponte Vedra.
3rd: After falling to Barrett in the semis, Oakleaf’s Connor Barnes had two bonus-point wins in the consis, with a fall in the semis and 15-3 major for third over Ponte Vedra’s Baxley Hines. Hines (front-side pin over Terry Parker) advanced to the medal round with a bye in the consi semis.

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Final: Terry Parker’s Shamar Jones (15th) pinned his way through the bracket for his first district title, with falls in the semis (2:32) over Ridgeview, and a pin over Orange Park’s Elijah Grant in 1:47. Jones needed just one takedown 20 seconds in, getting the turn and fall a minute later. Grant had two bonus-point wins to get to Jones, with a quarterfinal pin over Ponte Vedra and major over Westside.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Jones, Ridgeview’s Daniel Nguyen (front-side pin over Englewood) racked up two pins in the consis, with falls over Ponte Vedra in the semis and then a 4-minute pin over Westside’s Jayden Joseph for third. Joseph punched his Chiles ticket with a blood-round pin over Englewood.

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Final: Middleburg’s Grady Woodard (18th) won his first district title, with a semifinal pin (:42) over Terry Parker and a 9-6 decision over Oakleaf’s Ion Hortinela (20th) in the championship match. Woodard built a 6-0 lead late in the second, and had a takedown in the third, but Hortinela did rally with a late reversal and turn to make it close. Hortinela had two bonus-point wins to get to the final, with a major over Riverside and pin over Ridgeview.
3rd: After losing by fall to Woodard in the semis, Terry Parker’s Curnard Juluke (front-side pin over Westside) max-pointed in the consi rounds with a blood-round pin over Riverside and a forfeit over Ridgeview’s Sean Davis for third. Davis (front-side pin over Englewood) earned his region space with a fall over Westside in the consi semis.

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Final: After a stint out of the lineup, Oakleaf’s Sebastian Bonochea (10th) won his first district title behind a semifinal pin (1:02) over Terry Parker and a 9-2 championship-match decision over Middleburg’s Dylan Johns. Bonochea had takedowns in each period, with two in the third period, allowing Johns only escapes after those third-period scores. Johns advanced to the final with a quarterfinal decision over Orange Park and semifinal pin over Ponte Vedra.
3rd: After a 9-5 loss to Johns in the quarters, Orange Park’s Jonathan Garland pinned his way through the back, with falls over Riverside and Terry Parker before falling Ponte Vedra’s Aiden Taylor in 3:16 for third. Taylor (front-side pin over Riverside) punched his Chiles ticket with a consi-semi pin over Ed White.

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Final: Middleburg’s Wyatt Leduc (4th) bagged two first-period pins over Orange Park (1:21, quarters) and over Ponte Vedra (1:15, semis) before winning by forfeit in the championship round over Oakleaf’s Keon Barrientos (19th) for his first district title. Barrientos advanced to the final after a pin over Ed White and decision over Ridgeview.
3rd: After falling, 7-6, to Barrientos in the semi, Ridgeview’s Kaiden Tibbetts (front-side pin over Terry Parker) won by fall twice in the consis, taking pins over Westside (semis) and in 3:39 over Ponte Vedra’s Daniel De Almeida for third place. De Almeida (front-side decision over Westside) earned his region spot with a blood-round pin over Terry Parker.

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Final: Ridgeview’s Christian Garcia won his first district championship after a quarterfinal pin over Ponte Vedra and decisions over Westside (10-7, semis) and in the finals over Middleburg’s Joseph Forte by an 8-7 count. Garcia trailed twice against Forte after the Bronco had takedowns in the first and second period, but Garcia would rally for takedowns of his own down the stretch for the win. Forte reached the final behind decisions over Orange Park and Oakleaf to get to Garcia.
3rd: After a 7-0 loss in the semis to Forte, Oakleaf’s Caleb Pope (front-side pin over Terry Parker) pinned his way to third with falls in the consis over Ponte Vedra (semis) and in 52 seconds over Westside’s Olleon Hickmon for third. Hickmon (front-side pin over Ed White) falled Orange Park in the blood round to qualify out for Chiles.

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Final: Middleburg’s Logan Moore (8th) earned his first district title, bookending a 5-2 semifinal win over Terry Parker with pins in the quarters over Ponte Vedra and in the championship round (4:36) over Westside’s Gha-is Cooper (19th). Moore scored in each period, with three takedowns, two reversals and a pair of turns before securing the fall. Cooper got to the final behind pins over Orange Park and Ridgeview.
3rd: After his 5-2 loss to Moore in the semis, Terry Parker’s Ben Helton (front-side decision over Oakleaf) had pins in the wrestlebacks over Orange Park (semis) and in 57 seconds over Oakleaf’s Anthony Dees in a medal-round rematch of the quarters. Dees won twice in the consis to secure his space as well, with a tech fall over Ponte Vedra and decision in the consi semis over Ridgeview.

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Final: Westside’s Nathan Williams (10th) won the hosts’ lone district title and his first district championship, bookending a semifinal pin (4:00) over Ridgeview with decisions over Riverside (6-2, quarters) and over Middleburg’s Daniel Raines by a 4-3 count in the title match. Raines scored first, but Williams’ ability to get out — and get a takedown of his own and ride — was the difference in the match. Raines advanced to the final behind decision victories over Oakleaf (quarters) and Englewood (semis).
3rd: After losing in either double-OT or UTB in the quarters to Raines, Oakleaf’s Jerimiah Baker had three bonus-point consi wins for third, with a pin over Ed White and majors over Ridgeview (blood round) and a 13-3 second major over Riverside’s Orion Barnhardt. Barnhardt (front-side pin over Orange Park) took two pins to advance out, over Ponte Vedra and Englewood.

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Final: Ed White’s Benny Lewis (17th) took preliminary pins over Terry Parker and Westside before downing Oakleaf’s Roman Polinsky, 8-1, in the final match for Lewis’ first district championship. Lewis had takedowns in the first and second period, plus a 3-point turn in the second, to establish control of the match. Polinsky successfully advanced to the final behind pins over Ponte Vedra (quarters) and Orange Park (semis).
3rd: After losing by fall in the semis to Lewis, Westside’s Jamell Robinson (front-side pin over Middleburg) added two more in the wrestlebacks, falling Ponte Vedra in the semi and then pinning Terry Parker’s Justin Rangeloff in 59 seconds for third. Rangeloff, who lost by fall to Lewis in the quarters, had pins over Middleburg and Orange Park to secure his Chiles space.

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Final: Riverside’s Anthony Kearney powered through three decisions for his first district title, with decisions over Terry Parker (11-6, quarters), Ridgeview (10-9 in double OT, semis) and another extra-time win in the championship over Ponte Vedra’s Talan Babin, 8-4 in double-OT. After a 3-all tie, Kearney had takedowns in both halves of the double-OT period. Babin wasn’t scored upon prior to the final, with a shutout major in the quarters over Westside and a decision over Oakleaf in the semis.
3rd: After falling in double-OT to Kearney, Ridgeview’s Tanner Tague (front-side pin over Middleburg) had two wins in the consis, with a decision over Westside and third-period fall (5:43) over Terry Parker’s Damion Stoller. Stoller, who’d fallen by an 11-6 count to Kearney in the quarters, pinned Middleburg and won by forfeit over Taylor to secure his region space.

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Final: Ridgeview’s James Laycock opened the road to his first district title with a quarterfinal pin over Ed White (2:56), followed by decisions (8-5) over Englewood in the semis and over Oakleaf’s Jacob Dewald, 5-2, for the final. Laycock seized early momentum behind a takedown and turn in the first period, never trailing afterward. Dewald had two bonus-point wins to get to Laycock, with a major decision over Westside and pin over Orange Park.
3rd: After losing by sudden victory in the quarters to Englewood’s Noah Ray, Riverside’s Donald Reed max-pointed through the consis, with pins over Ed White and Orange Park before winning by forfeit over Ray for third. Ray, who’d lost to Laycock in the semis, punched his Chiles ticket with a decision win over Westside in the blood round.

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Final: Oakleaf’s Isaiah Shevchook (4th) won twice for his first district title with a semifinal pin (4:41) over Ridgeview and an 11-5 decision in the championship match over Westside’s Elijah Williams. Shevchook hit a 5-point sequence late in the first and that plus two takedowns down the stretch were enough for the decision win. Williams won by fall over Englewood (1:42, quarters) and Ed White (4:11, semis) to get to Shevchook.
3rd: After a loss by pin to Williams in the semis, Ed White’s Jordan Jackson (front-side major over Orange Park) had two pins on the back, with falls over Ponte Vedra in the semis and pin in 3:04 over Ridgeview’s Rayhn Hutchinson for third. Hutchinson (front-side pin over Ponte Vedra) earned his region space with a pin in the consi semis over Orange Park.

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Final: Riverside’s Thomas Jones (4th) bonus-pointed through the tournament for his second district championship, with pins in the quarters and semis over Oakleaf (:47) and Ponte Vedra (1:22), respectively, before majoring Ridgeview’s Raymond Goforth, 20-10, in the final. Jones hit 10 scoring moves (eight takedowns, two reversals) to take the major, cutting Goforth after each. Goforth advanced to the final after a quarterfinal pin over Terry Parker and semifinal decision over Englewood.
3rd: After his quarterfinal loss by pin to Jones, Oakleaf’s Evan Brown (front-side pin over Ed White) took three pins in the consis, falling Westside and Englewood before pinning Middleburg’s Bryce Meldrum in 1:49. Meldrum advanced to regions behind pins over Ed White and Ponte Vedra.

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Final: Middleburg’s Tucker Cody (18th) won his first district title behind first-period pins over Ridgeview (1:20, quarters) and Ed White (1 minute, semis) before pushing past Englewood’s Keith Forbes, 4-2, for the title. Cody had two takedowns in the first period and made them hold up, allowing only a pair of escapes for the victory. Forbes advanced to the final after a semifinal major over Riverside.
3rd: After losing by fall in the semis to Cody, Ed White’s Alex Benitez (front-side pin over Orange Park) had two pins on the back, falling Oakleaf in the consi semis and pin in 5:16 over Riverside’s Demontra Burnett. Burnett (front-side pin over Oakleaf) secured his region spot with a consi-semis pin over Ridgeview.

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By MATMEN, Monday, 11:10 p.m.

TALLAHASSEE — District duals were far too close for comfort for Lincoln last month.

So when it came time to try to get the 2A-District 2 double-title last Thursday at home, the Trojans left no doubt, winning eight weight classes, getting 11 wrestlers into the final and rolling up a 58-point margin of victory over crosstown rival Chiles, 260-202.

Lincoln will send 13 wrestlers to Chiles for this weekend’s Region 1 tournament, with one 3rd and one 4th in addition to the 11 finalists.

Chiles will have 12 on hand at home this weekend, with three champions, five runners-up, three 3rds and one 4th. That wwas enough to outpoint Mosley, 202-188, for second, as the Dolphins qualified 11 wrestlers out on one champion, four runners-up, three 3rds and three 4ths.

Arnold edged Columbia, 120-117, for fourth place. The Marlins advanced eight to regions on one runnerup, two 3rds and five 4ths, while Columbia qualified seven out, with two champs, one runnerup, two 3rds and two 4ths. Leon was sixth, with 78 points on four qualifiers (three 3rds & one 4th).

A brief summary of each weight class follows.

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Final: The hosts’ Joe Tucker (10th) kicked off a four-pack of Lincoln titles in the first four weights, grabbing two pins in 1:57, falling Chiles (1:03) in the semi and then pinning Columbia’s Tyhler Phinney in 54 seconds for his first district championship. Tucker had one takedown in each match, and that would be all he’d need to get pins in both cases. Phinney got to the championship round with a semifinal win over Mosley.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Chiles’ Jason Marsala decisioned Mosley’s Elijah Nolan, 7-4, to take third.

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Final: Lincoln’s Vaniel Caceres (10th) pinned his way to his first district title, with second-period falls over Mosley in the semis and then in 2:52 over Arnold’s James Oliver in the championship. Caceres bagged three takedowns in a 47-second span in the first period, riding Oliver in the second to secure the turn and pin. Oliver reached the final after a semifinal major decision over Chiles.
3rd: In a four-person bracket, Chiles’ Patrick Brooks pinned Mosley’s Kale Mills in 3:48 to secure third.

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Final: The Trojans’ Jashawn Washington (13th) picked up his first district championship, with a semifinal pin (3:09) over Columbia, then decisioning 19th-ranked Sam Tolomeo of Chiles, 5-2, for the championship win. Washington got takedowns in both the first and second period, not allowing more than a pair of escapes along the way. Tolomeo got to the final after a first-period semifinal pin over Mosley.
3rd: After his loss by pin to Chiles, Mosley’s Kyle Mahler racked up two pins in 75 seconds, with falls over Arnold in the semis and in 38 seconds over Columbia’s James Lane. Lane (front-side pin over Arnold) reached the medal round after a bye in the semis.

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Final: Lincoln’s Zakary Jurado (20th) won twice for his first district title; after a third-period fall (4:27) over Arnold in the semis, Jurado held off Chiles’ Ethan Jackson, 1-0, in the final. After riding out Jurado throughout the second period but unable to turn, Jackson rode for an additional 42 seconds in the third before Jurado got out, and Jurado would make that escape stand up. Jackson got to the final after a semifinal pin over Columbia.
3rd: After his loss to Lincoln in the semis, Arnold’s David Crilly powered through two pins in the wrestlebacks, falling Mosley in the blood round and then pinning Columbia’s Kevin Fink in 1:06 for third. Fink (front-side pin over Mosley) advanced to the medal round with a bye in the consi semis.

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Final: Columbia’s Jayden Thomas won his first district championship behind a semifinal win by fall (:47) over Mosley, taking first place with a 13-6 decision over Chiles’ Jacob Johnston. While Thomas never trailed, with three takedowns, a reversal and pair of nearfalls, he couldn’t get clear until the third, hitting a 5-point sequence midway through. Johnston reached the final behind a semifinal pin over Arnold.
3rd: After his loss by fall to Thomas, Mosley’s Isaac Biddle (front-side pin over Leon) added two more pins on the back, falling Lincoln in the semis and then pinning Arnold’s Zackary Wootton in 3:19 for third. Wootton (front-side decision over Lincoln) pinned Leon in the blood round to secure his region spot.

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Final: The Timberwolves’ Garrett Marschka (4th) reached his fourth district final, taking his second title after a 39-second pin over Arnold and then shutting out Lincoln’s Zaire Fernanders-Jackson, 7-0, in the final round. Marschka scored a takedown and hit a 3-point nearfall in the first period, earning two penalty points by pushing the pace in the second. Fernanders-Jackson got to that title round after a quarterfinal pin over Leon and decision over Columbia.
3rd: After falling by an 8-2 count to Fernanders-Jackson, Columbia’s Alexander Ulloa rallied with two consi-side pins, first over Mosley, then again over Arnold’s Alex Neisler (2:20) in the medal round. Neisler (front-side decision over Mosley) won by fall over Leon in the consi semis.

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Final: Chiles’ Cooper Hill won his first district championship, taking a semifinal pin (3:28) over Mosley, and then shutting out Lincoln’s Vincent Crump, 3-0, for the finals win. All of the scoring came in the second period, with Hill grabbing a takedown halfway through that period. Crump advanced to that final behind a semifinal decision over Columbia.
3rd: After his 6-3 loss to Crump, Columbia’s Arthur Vanderpool (front-side pin over Arnold) won twice more in the consis, pinning Leon in the semis and then turning back Mosley’s Sebastian Schultz, 10-5, to take third. Schultz (front-side pin over Leon) added a second pin in the blood round, winning by fall over Arnold.

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Final: Lincoln’s Connor Edwards (5th) pinned his way through the bracket for his first title after two runnerup efforts, with pins in the semis over Arnold (3:50) and again in the finals (2:39) over Mosley’s Landon Jacobs. Edwards had a flurry of takedowns — five in all — with a pair of nearfalls in the first period before taking the pin. Jacobs reached the final behind a pin over Columbia and major over Chiles.
3rd: After falling by a 10-2 count to Jacobs, Chiles’ Scott Greenwald had two pins on the back, with falls over Leon first and then over Arnold’s Braxton Cook in 1:55 for third. Cook (front-side decision over Leon) punched his Chiles ticket with a consi-semi pin over Columbia.

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Final: Mosley’s Andrew Yeats was the Dolphins’ lone champion in taking his first district title Thursday, with a semifinal pin (5:02) over Lincoln, followed up by a 5-2 win in the championship match over Chiles’ Luke Pickels. Pickels bagged first takedown, but Yeats was able to get out before the period ended; he’d pile up most of his points in the third, with a penalty point and escape before a late takedown was insurance for the victory. Pickels reached the final behind a semifinal decision over Arnold.
3rd: After his loss by pin to Yeats, Lincoln’s Jermaine Yarborough took a pair of consi-side decisions, first over Leon in the blood round and then by finding a takedown for a 3-1 sudden-victory win over Arnold’s Christian McDonald. McDonald (front-side pin over Leon) got a bye into the medal round after his 2-1 loss to Pickels.

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Final: Columbia’s Kareem Kinloch picked up the Tigers’ other title, pinning his way through the bracket with falls over Leon (2:29) in the semis, followed by a fall (1:45) over Lincoln’s Mason Crowder to win his first district championship. Crowder scored first and hit a big turn immediately after, but Kinloch was able to reverse out and bag a couple of nearfalls before taking the pin. Crowder advanced to the final after a semifinal pin over Mosley.
3rd: After a loss to Mosley in the quarters, Arnold’s Tajay Richards grabbed two pins to wrestle back to third, with falls over Leon in the semis and then over Chiles’ Andrew Hutton (2:47) in the medal round. Hutton also lost his first match by fall to Leon, but came back in the blood round with a pin over Mosley to secure his region space.

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Final: Chiles’ Cody Elliott (16th) won his first district title, bonus-pointing to the title behind a semifinal pin (4:43) over Leon, followed by a 15-4 major over 18th-ranked John Mengel of Mosley. Elliott hit a five-point move in the first minute of the match and another five-point move in the closing seconds to secure the major. Mengel took a semifinal pin over Lincoln to get to Elliott.
3rd: After his loss by fall to Elliott, Leon’s Santana Harris (front-side pin over Arnold) had a bye into the medals round, where he pinned Lincoln’s Israel Williams in 4 minutes to take third. Williams punched his Chiles ticket with a blood-round fall over Arnold.

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Final: Lincoln’s Jakob Nowak (3rd) kicked off a three-pack of Trojan titles to close out the tournament, winning her first district title behind a semifinal pin (3:17) over Leon and a 9-1 major over Chiles’ Dillon Elliott. Nowak picked up takedowns in each period, including a quick turn midway through the third that secured the bonus point. Elliott reached the title round after pinning Mosley in the semis.
3rd: After his loss by fall to Elliott, Mosley’s Marshall Dixon took two pins in 98 seconds, with pins over Arnold and over Leon’s Wynton Bowers in 1:03. Bowers (front-side major over Arnold) moved to the medal round with a bye in the consi semis.

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Final: The Trojans’ Kendrick Scott won twice for his first district championship, with a semifinal pin (1:29) over Arnold and a 10-6 finals victory over Mosley’s Andre Trice. Scott racked up takedowns in each period, four in all, only allowing escapes and a first-period reversal. Trice also won by fall in the semis, taking a pin over Leon.
3rd: After his loss by fall to Trice, in a four-person bracket, Leon’s Noah Summerlin falled Arnolds’ Paul Angelino in 27 seconds for third.

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Final: In a three-person bracket, Lincoln’s Ryder Luck (17th) needed just one win to win his first district title; after a bye into the final, he decisioned Mosley’s Nicholas Bacot, 5-3. Luck led for most of the match, with takedowns in the first and third period, as all of Bacot’s scoring came in the last two minutes. Bacot reached the final with a semifinal pin over Leon’s Riley Rajotte.
3rd: After losing to Bacot, Rajotte received a bye for third place.

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By MATMEN, Monday, 6:05 p.m.

LONGWOOD — Host Lyman was the top team from the Matmen coverage area in last Thursday’s 2A-District 8 IBT tournament.

The Greyhounds scored 154 points and placed third in the eight-team event, won by Winter Springs with 250 points.

Lyman will advance nine wrestlers to Friday’s Region 2 IBT at Brandon, behind two champions, two runners-up, one 3rd and four 4ths.

Deltona was fourth, with 140.5 points, while Horizon was sixth with 84.

The Wolves will also advance nine wrestlers to regions, with one champion, one runnerup, four 3rds and three 4ths. The Hawks will take four to Brandon, with three 3rds and one 4th.

Advancing to regions as District 8 champ were Lyman’s Jackson Fredrickson (126) and Cameron Warner (152), as well as Deltona Hatch’s Nathan Hatch (285).

Fredrickson bonus-pointed through the 126 bracket for his first district title, with a 13-0 major in the semis over East River before pinning Jones’ Gary Brooks in 3:36. Fredrickson scored three times in the match, with two first-period takedowns and a reversal in the second, getting turns each time to go up by a 14-1 count before securing the pin.

At 152, Warner also bonus-pointed through the field in reaching his first district final and title, with preliminary pins over Edgewater (1:04, quarters) and Winter Springs (1:44, semis) before he majored Jones’ Danosky Decaillon, 10-1, in the final. Warner scored in each period, with a takedown in the first and third periods, plus a reversal in the second, along with a first-period nearfall.

Hatch (20th statewide as per sole Matmen-endorsed state ranker KabraWrestling.com) pinned his way through the bracket, with a semifinal pin (1:31) over Jones before falling Winter Springs’ Malik Emptage in 2:51 to collect his second district title. Hatch led, 5-0, behind penalty points, and a second-period escape & takedown before securing the turn and fall.

The coverage area had three runners-up in Lyman’s Luke Nilles (120) and Cameron Popeck (145), along with Deltona’s Kevin Kerns (132). All three runners-up came up short against Winter Springs wrestlers.

Nilles had a pair of bonus-point wins (fall over East River, major over Deltona’s Kyle Kerns), but lost by fall in the third period (5:15) to the Bears’ Jayden Robles. At 132, the Wolves’ Kevin Kerns (11th) made final with a semifinal pin over East River, but fell in the finals to 2A’s second-ranked Ryan Phillips, 6-4. Popeck pinned his way into the 145 final, with pins over Edgewater and Jones, but fell by a point to WSP’s Jonathan Adams, 7-6.

Third-place area medalists were Deltona’s Kyle Kerns (120), Austin Riis (126) and Kyle Yasses (138); Horizon’s Ethan Viteri (152); Lyman’s Julio Menoyo (160); Deltona’s Christian Rivera (170); Horizon’s Matteo Lasorsa (195) and Bo Kenney (220).

Taking fourths from the coverage area were Lyman’s Micah Jones (113), Allyn Rosario (132) and Micah Coduto (138); Deltona’s Gevin De la Cruz (160); Lyman’s Vincent Savelli (182); Deltona’s Nathaniel Tsang & Aaron Debouver (220), along with Horizon’s Samuel Robertson (285).

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By MATMEN, Monday, 5 p.m.

LAKE MARY — A dream season for DeLand now takes its next step homeward.

After winning the 3A-District 2 and Region 1 dual titles last month, the Bulldogs will enter as favorites at home in this weekend’s Region 1 IBT tournament, after rolling to the District 2 IBT title last Wednesday at Lake Mary HS.

DeLand automatically qualified 13 wrestlers out for the region round, with six champions, four runners-up and three 3rds, in rolling up 257 points, 64 ahead of runnerup Buchholz.

The Bobcats will take nine to regions, as will third-place Flagler Palm Coast, as Buchholz outpointed the Flagler County Bulldogs, 193-173.5 for second and third, respectively. Buchholz had three champs, four runners-up, one 3rd and one 4th, while Flagler picked up two titles, five runnerup finishes and two 3rds.

Lake Mary rallied from a last-place finish a year ago to fourth this year, outpointing Seminole 137-109.5 for that spot. The Rams will take eight to the regiion tournament, on two champs, two 3rds and four 4ths, while Seminole advanced seven on one runnerup, three 3rds and three 4ths.

West Port, with 86 points on two qualifiers (one 3rd and one 4th), was sixth, followed by Forest (69 points, two 3rds and two 4ths) and University (Orange City) (47 points, two 4ths).

A brief summary of each weight class follows.

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Final: Forest’s Scott Smith pinned his way to his first district championship, with preliminary falls over West Port and Lake Mary before pinning DeLand’s Edwin Salina in 3:08 for the championship. Smith scored first, but trailed 7-2 and had given up a nearfall before securing a second-period reversal that led to the pin. Salina reached the final with a fall over Buchholz.
3rd: After his loss to Smith in the quarters, West Port’s Mathew Pishotta rallied back through the consis, with pins over Buchholz in the semis and then a 58-second fall for third over Lake Mary’s Nathan Walck, Walck’s only contested match of the day.

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Final: In a three-person bracket, DeLand’s Tyler Bracero (ranked 20th statewide per the only Matmen-endorsed set of rankings on KabraWrestling.com) needed just one match win to take his first district title. After a bye into the final, Bracero falled Buchholz’s Hugh Davis in 1:34, needing just one takedown to secure control for the eventual turn and pin. Davis advanced to the final with a semifinal pin over Forest’s Toby Campbell.
3rd: Campbell received a bye to take 3rd.

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Final: DeLand’s Phoenix Krauth (11th) picked up his first district title with a semifinal pin (2:34) over Lake Mary, followed by a 10-6 win in the championship round over Buchholz’s Finn Buchanan. Krauth had four takedowns in the match (one in each period), not allowing Buchanan a scoring move until halfway through the third when he had a five-point lead. Buchanan reached the final behind a semifinal pin over Forest.
3rd: After his loss by fall to Buchanan, Forest’s Aydan Ruano (front-side pin over University-OC) added two more pins on the back, first over West Port in the blood round and then over Lake Mary’s Adrian Pabon-Rivera in 3:01 for third. Pabon-Rivera (front-side sudden-victory decision) punched his DeLand ticket with a forfeit win in the consi semis.

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Final: Buchholz’s Jedidiah Brown (18th) won his first district title, bookending a 2-1 semifinal win over Seminole with pins over University and over DeLand’s Grady Bryant in 3:45 in the title match. Bryant had first takedown, but after Brown escaped a few moments later in the first period, he had all the offense, with two takedowns, the second of those leading the pin. Bryant had a pin over Lake Mary and a semifinal decision over Forest in getting to Brown.
3rd: After his 2-1 loss to Brown in the semis, Seminole’s Onel Esquilin (front-side pin over West Port) took two more victories in the consis, with a decision over Lake Mary and fall in the medal round (4:52) over Forest’s Brent Ryals. Ryals needed just one win to secure his DeLand space, with a decision over West Port.

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Final: The Bobcats’ Cavarius Liddie (5th) won his second title, pinning his way through the draw with falls over Lake Mary (semis) and over Flagler Palm Coast’s Kole Hannant (13th) in 3:07 for the district win. Liddie had all the offense, with a takedown and 3-point nearfall in the first period, and a second takedown that led to the turn and pin in the second. Hannant reached the final behind first-period pins over University-OC and DeLand.
3rd: After his loss by fall to Hannant, Senez rallied for pins on the back over West Port in the semis, then over Lake Mary’s Devean White in 2 minutes for third. White (front-side pin over West Port) added a second pin in the blood round over University-OC.

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Final: Flagler Palm Coast’s John Hald (12th) won the Bulldogs’ first title of the tournament and his second district championship, bonus-pointing through the day with a quarterfinal pin over University-OC, a semifinal tech (19-3 in 4:14) over West Port, winning by medical forfeit in the final over DeLand’s Kellen Chapman (15th). Chapman advanced to the final behind a quarterfinal pin over Buchholz and decision over Seminole.
3rd: After losing by fall in the quarters to Chapman, Buchholz’s Laine Slayton won three times on the back for third, with a forfeit and decisions over West Port and over Seminole’s Ryan Culbertson in the medal round by an 8-4 count. Culbertson (front-side pin over Lake Mary) added a second pin over University-OC to punch his DeLand ticket.

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Final: DeLand’s Joshua Folsom (18th) gave his team their third title of the day and his first district title, advancing through decisions over Seminole (4-3) in the semis and then overcoming Flagler’s Hayden Herndon, 9-6, in the title round. Folsom built an early 4-0 lead behind a takedown and turn, then rode Herndon out in the second, but things picked up in an 11-point third period, as both wrestlers had a pair of scoring moves. Herndon reached the final behind a pin over Forest and decision over Buchholz.
3rd: After his one-point loss to Folsom in the semis, Seminole’s Andres Sanchez (front-side win by ID over West Port) took two victories on the back, majoring Lake Mary and then pushing past Buchholz’s Jack Buchanan, 6-2. Buchanan (front-side decision over Lake Mary) advanced with a medical forfeit into the medal round.

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Final: In taking his first district title, Mathias Franz (12th) made it back-to-back titles for the Volusia Bulldogs, taking pins in the semis over Buchholz and again in the championship match (2:50) over Flagler’s Carson Baert. Franz scored in both periods, with a takedown in the first and reversal in the second, using that to secure control for the pin. Baert also had two pins, falling Seminole in the quarters and Lake Mary in the semis.
3rd: After his loss to Baert in the semis, Lake Mary’s Nicholas Ghezzi needed just 56 seconds in the consis, pinning first West Port and then Seminole’s Gavin Kubiak (:27) for third. Kubiak had a bye into the blood round, where he won by third-period tech fall over Buchholz to secure his region spot.

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Final: In his first post-season as a starter, Flagler’s Kelton Howard won the title, with falls in the semis over West Port (4:43) and over DeLand’s Zane Canada (1:36) in the championship. Howard needed just one takedown, picking up the fall just 12 seconds later. Canada also won by fall twice to get to the final, with pins over Lake Mary and Seminole.
3rd: After his semifinal loss to Canada, Seminole’s Jovani Valenzuela took third after a bye into the medal round, where he decisioned Lake Mary’s Brock Binford, 8-7. Binford had two matches get decided by three points in the consis, winning one in sudden victory over West Port in order to get to the third-place match.

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Final: Lake Mary freshman Gavin Isaacs (9th) bonus-pointed through the bracket, with a quarterfinal pin (2:44) over West Port, a semifinal tech (16-0 in 4 minutes) over Lake Mary and a 10-2 major in the final over Buchholz’s Max Szabo. Szabo got first takedown, but it was all Isaacs after that, as he scored twice and had 3-point nearfalls in both the second and third periods. Szabo also had two bonus-point wins, with a pin over University-OC and a major over Seminole.
3rd: After losing by tech in the semis to Isaacs, Flagler Palm Coast’s Josh Davis (front-side pin over DeLand) won twice in the wrestlebacks, with a blood-round pin over University-OC and an 11-5 win in the medals against Seminole’s DeShawn Bristow-Harris. Bristow-Harris (front-side decision over Forest) secured his region space with a consi-semi pin over West Port.

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Final: DeLand’s Gavin Rodriguez-Cayro (12th) pinned his way into the final, with falls over Seminole and University-OC, before taking a 9-6 win over Buchholz’s William Lancer for his first district title. Rodriguez-Cayro had a pair of takedowns in the first period, staving off a Lancer takedown in the second with one of his own to build enough cushion for the win. Lancer won twice to get to Rodriguez-Cayro, with a pin over West Port and decision over Flagler Palm Coast.
3rd: After his 8-3 loss in the semis to Lancer, Calidonio (front-side pin over Forest) added two more wins in the consis, with a pin over Seminole followed by a 7-2 third-place win over West Port’s Luis Sotomayor. Sotomayor needed two pins in the consis over Forest and University-OC to punch his DeLand ticket.

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Final: Buchholz’s Kason Nichols (4th) won his second district title, pinning his way through the draw with preliminary pins over University-OC (2:34) and Forest (3:18) before falling Flagler Palm Coast’s Dalton Schell in 49 seconds in the championship round. Schell was able to reverse out of Nichols’ first takedown, but Nichols was able to seize control again almost immediately to get the pin. Schell got to Nichols after a decision win over Seminole and pin over DeLand.
3rd: After losing by fall to Schell, DeLand’s Garrett Perkins (front-side pin over Lake Mary) added two more consi-side wins, falling University-OC and then pushing past Forest’s Ellis Lawson, 6-4, in the medal round. Lawson secured his region space with a blood-round fall over Seminole.

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Final: Lake Mary’s Michael Frederick (16th) won twice for his first district title, with a late third-period fall over DeLand (5:59) and a 5-1 decision in the final over Flagler Palm Coast’s Ethaniel Laupepa. After a scoreless first and only a Frederick escape in the second, he was able to work a turn to kick off the third period, adding a late takedown as insurance for the decision. Laupepa reached the final behind a semifinal decision over University-OC.
3rd: After his loss by pin to Frederick, DeLand’s Tyron Moore (front-side decision over Seminole) had a pair of bonus-point wins, falling Buchholz and then majoring University-OC’s Rubens Joseph, 16-4, for third. Joseph (front-side pin over Buchholz) became the Titans’ first qualifier thanks to a blood-round pin over Seminole.

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Final: DeLand’s MJ Smokes (6th) won his second district title and first at the weight, needing just 1:31 to pin three opponents, Buchholz (:12), University-OC (:26) and Seminole’s Jerome Johnson (:53) in succession). Smokes grabbed three takedowns in that short stretch, adding a quick turn before his second turn led to the pin. In becoming the Noles’ only finalist, Johnson advanced there with a sudden-vcitory win over Lake Mary.
3rd: After his 2-1 loss to Johnson in the semis, Lake Mary’s Joshua Raymond (front-side pin over West Port) added two more in the consis, with pins over Buchholz (semis) and over University-OC’s Seth Cruz in 2:40 for third. Cruz punched his DeLand ticket with a fall in the blood round over West Port.

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