Category: MIDWEEK DUALS

By MATMEN, Saturday, 1:40 a.m.

ORANGE PARK — Chiles was slated to come to Raider Duals #3 last month, but did not get to make the trip; the event was cancelled due to weather-travel considerations.

Wednesday night at Orange Park HS, the Timberwolves got a chance to make good their plans, and they took five dual victories at Raider Duals #4, with a nine-point win over Yulee, 45-36, their closest of the five.

Otherwise, Chiles (19-4) took wins over Pedro Menendez (57-24), Ridgeview (48-16), Orange Park (71-12) and Fernandina Beach (58-18), good for an average margin of victory of 35 points per dual on the night.

The Timberwolves had six wrestlers go 5-0 on the night, as Patrick Brooks (113, 2 pins, tech/major/decision), Sam Tolomeo (120, 3 pins & tech), Ethan Jackson (126, 3 pins & decision), Garrett Marschka (138, 3 pins & 2 decisions), Cooper Hill (145/152, 5 pins) and Dillon Elliott (220, pin & 2 techs) all won five matches.

Jason Marsala (106, pin), Scott Greenwald (145/152, 3 pins & decision) and Cody Elliott (182/195, 3 pins & decision) all were 4-1 for Chiles. BB Potter (182/195, decision) was 3-1, with Brody Vandewater (160) grabbing a 3-2 night.

Here is a summary for the other eight teams in the tournament:

Yulee (4-1 tournament, 14-9 overall) — The Hornets had dual wins over Florida High (42-34), St Augustine (48-24), Ridgeview (57-22) and Pedro Menendez (57-21) in effectively taking second overall.

Dylan Johns (170, 4 pins), Alex Smith (195, 2 pins) and Braylen Ricks (285, 2 pins) all were 5-0 for Yulee, with both Roger Plouffe (145, 2 pins) and Michael McNair (160, pin) both going 4-1. Latrell Mallory (106), Austin Adamson (138, 2 pins) and Cayden Ricks (220, decision) each were 3-2 for the Hornets.

Florida High (4-1 tournament, 21-7 overall) — The Seminoles took victories over Fernandina Beach (53-12), Bartram Trail (54-30), St Augustine (65-3) and Orange Park (46-24), helping coach Clay Allen go over the 100-wins mark in duals for his career.

Nicholas Roeder (152/160, 5 pins) and Xander Hawkes (1282, 2 pins, tech & decision) were both 5-0 for Florida High, while Jordan Haigler (170, pin & decision) was 4-1. Dewan Richardson (113, pin & tech), Reis Suskey (120, 2 techs), Troy Carroll (132/138, 2 pins & decision), Terence Hinson (132, 2 pins) and Josiah Houston (220, decision) all were 3-0 for the Noles, with Hunter Stanley (126/132, major) posting a 3-1 tournament record.

Fernandina Beach (3-2 tournament, 21-9 overall) — The Pirates got dual victories over St Augustine (47-18), Pedro Menendez (42-36) and Bartram Trail (47-25).

Cole Misciagna (145, 3 pins & 2 techs) led the way for Fernandina Beach, going 5-0. Gauge Housely (195, 2 pins) was 4-1, while Lucas Crawford (182, 2 pins) was 3-1, with Anthony Fancher (170, 2 pins) and Peyton White (220, pin) each going 3-2 on the tournament for the Pirates.

Ridgeview (3-2 tournament, 16-11 overall) — The Clay County Panthers poicked up victories over Orange Park (60-10), Bartram Trail (58-24) and St Augustine (60-12).

Jason Barrett (106, pin & major) was the Panthers’ lone unbeaten at 4-0, while Kaiden Tibbetts (132, 4 pins) and Tanner Tague (170, 2 pins) were both 4-1. Rayhn Hutchinson (195, 2 pins) was 3-1, with Sean Davis (120, pin), Reese Brewer (126, pin), Christian Garcia (138, 2 pins & tech), Shane Burnette (152, 2 pins & major), James Laycock (182, 2 pins) and Raymond Goforth (220, tech) all going 3-2 on the night.

Bartram Trail (2-3 tournament, 22-12 overall) — The Bears employed a mix-and-match of varsity and JV competitors, with a few getting their first consistent starts, as Bartram took wins over St Augustine (42-28) and Pedro Menendez (40-36). Ethan Vugman (126/132, 3 pins) and Tyler Vernon (285, 3 pins) were both 5-0, while Caeden Viner (145, 2 pins) was 4-1. Zachary Mondares (160) and Ethan Strohl (170, 2 pins & decision) each turned in 3-2 tournaments as well.

Pedro Menendez (1-4 tournament, 14-9 overall) — Nineteen different Falcon wrestlers saw action during the night, in which Pedro Menendez picked up a 37-36 win (criteria) over the hosts. Matthew Thorn (126/132) was 3-0 with three pins, while Logan Geist (120, pin) was one of just three Menendez wrestlers to compete in all five duals, going 3-2.

Orange Park (0-4 tournament, 4-17 overall) — The Raiders saw Elijah Campbell (285, 2 pins) go 4-0 on the night, while Terrion Butler (195, 2 pins) was 3-1.

St Augustine (0-5 tournament, unknown overall record due to missing results) — The Yellow Jackets brought seven wrestlers and only four made it through all five rounds. Brenner Logan (113, 2 pins, major & 2 decisions) was 5-0 for St Augustine, while Christian Jackson (152, 3 pins & decision) was 4-1.

Results for this tournament can be found HERE.

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By MATMEN, Friday, 11:45 a.m.

JACKSONVILLE — After a subpar finish in last weekend’s Clay Rotary, Episcopal got back a couple more members of its projected post-season lineup midweek this week.

The result was a pair of double-digit wins Thursday night at Mandarin, as the Eagles (20-5) took down Interlachen, 71-6, and the host Mustangs, 61-18.

In the middle dual, Mandarin (4-13) also ran past the Putnam County Rams (5-16) on the Mustangs’ Senior Night, 66-12.

Double winners for Episcopal were William Adams (113), Levi Ritter (120/126, 2 pins), Turner Glenn (126/132, pin & tech), Cohen Chesser (138, pin), Baylor Maurer (145, 2 pins), Ben Blatt (152, pin & decision), Brennan Doherty (170, pin), Christian McGarity (182/195, 2 pins), Lawson Perry (195/220, pin & major) and Mark Rinaman (285, 2 pins).

Chance Wolffe (160) added a fall in the win over Interlachen as well for the Eagles.

Mandarin got two wins from Jaelen Simmons (220, pin), its lone double-winner. In the win over Interlachen, Anthony Battinelli (126), Antonio Ramos (145), Brendan Warren (152), Jaiden Taylor (160) and William Jackson (285) all won by fall, with Isaiah Diltz (160) taking a pin in the loss to Episcopal.

For Interlachen, Tony Ortiz (106, pin) was the team’s only double-winner; John Sanders (132) won by fall in the loss to the hosts.

For all three teams, Thursday’s tri-meet was the conclusion of their regular season. Mandarin will be at Fletcher for the 3A-District 1 meet and Interlachen will be at Palatka for the 1A-District 4 IBT on February 17, while Episcopal will host the 1A-District 3 IBT on the 18th.

Wekiva 45, Evans 16: At Wekiva, the host Mustangs picked up two-thirds of their points via forfeit wins in the lowers; the dual was otherwise tightly-contested.

Evan Charles (182) and Elijah Jean (220) both won by fall for Wekiva (record unknown due to missing results), while Charles Hall pushed through to a 15-14 win at 195.

For Evans (1-8), the Trojans had more contested wins (four) but couldn’t overcome the forfeits down low. Edward Guzman (160) and Liam Maynard (170) both won by fall, while Jean-Paul Cassamajor (9-4 at 152) and Jermael Paul (5-4 at 285) both took decisions.

Both teams have one more entry on their regular-season calendar, as both will compete on Saturday at the Ocoee HoF Mat Classic.

Union County 78, Keystone Heights 6: At Union County, the teams wrapped up their regular seasons on the Tigers’ Senior Night.

Union (17-15) won both of the contested matches that were staged, as Ethan Hancock (120) and Rodney Barnett (145) both took pins. Keystone Heights (3-13) got its points via a forfeit win; the Tigers took 11 of those.

Both teams will reconvene in Palatka on February 17 for the 1A-District 4 IBT.

Note: #UncivilWar will be posted separately.

RESULTS: Box scores for all of Thursday’s competitions can be found HERE.

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By MATMEN, Thursday, 2:10 p.m.

TALLAHASSEE — For the first time since the 2015-16 season, Lincoln can assert bragging rights across the length of the Big Bend portion of north-central Florida.

That assertion came after the Trojans took down visiting Wakulla, 40-27, in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Upper weights carried the day for Lincoln (23-5), with 27 points — four pins and a decision from Connor Edwards (152, pin), Mason Crowder (170, pin), Israel Williams (182, pin), Jakob Nowak (195) and Ryder Luck (8-5 win at 285) — from 152 on up.

The Trojans also got a fall from Jashawn Washington (126), an 8-0 major from Vaniel Caceres (113) and a 4-2 win from Zakary Jurado (120).

Wakulla (16-7) got back-to-back-to-back pins from Caleb Orr (132), Brady Jackson (138) and Jae T Thaxton (145), with decision victories from Connor Brown (9-3 at 106), Zabdiel Garcia-Esquilin (3-1 at 160) and Kohl Pippin (3-1 at 220).

Lincoln will host the 2A-District 2 IBT on February 16, while Wakulla will have 1A-District 2 hosting duties on the 17th.

Olympia 57, Dr Phillips 21: At Dr Phillips, the visitors (12-5) won each match between 126 and 182 to seal the team win.

Matthew Cobb (106), Tony Ho (126), Brian Nguyen (138), Madden Bourst (145), Ethan Rivera-Mendez (152), Philip Lamendola (170), Zack Winkelkotter (182) and Miles O’Toole (220) all won by fall for the Titans, while Jorge Carpio (160) survived a wild match in taking a 17-15 decision.

The Panthers (no record available due to missing results) got pins From Corderis Pitts (113), Kramar Brown (195) and Jaden Dorsett (285), plus a 9-7 win at 120 from Gabriel L’Hommedieu.

While Olympia’s regular season is now complete, Dr Phillips has one more regular-season date to complete, traveling to Ocoee on Saturday for the Ocoee Hall of Fame Mat Classic, a one-day IBT.

Winter Springs 64, Oviedo 12: At Winter Springs, the hosts allowed just two max-point wins to the Lions (17-5).

Oviedo’s lone contested victory was at 152, where Lukas Crawley earned a second-period fall.

The dual was the Lions’ regular-season finale; they’ll be back on the competitive mats on Wednesday, at Timber Creek for the 3A-District 3 IBT.

DeLand 59, Tohopekaliga 15: At DeLand on the Bulldogs’ senior night, the hosts wrapped up one of the, if not the, most successful regular seasons in program history behind 11 weight-class wins.

Peyton Senez (132), Kellen Chapman (138), Mathias Franz (152), Zane Canada (160) and Gavin Rodriguez-Cayro (182) all took pins for DeLand (15-7), which also got major decisions from Grady Bryant (19-5 at 126) and Tyron Moore (13-5 at 220), plus a 6-0 win from Joshua Folsom at 145.

DeLand is now off until Wednesday and the 3A-District 2 IBT at Lake Mary.

Missing results: We received scores only from Lyman’s tri-meet, as of this publication, with the host Greyhounds defeating both Lake Mary and Lake Howell, with the Rams turning back the Silver Hawks in the middle round. Upon receipt of scoresheets, we will update this recap.

RESULTS: Box scores for Wednesday’s reported duals can be found HERE.

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By MATMEN, Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.

DAYTONA BEACH — In the inaugural Battle For Daytona midweek duals event Tuesday night, host Mainland had competitive duals with two of their three opponents, but survived in both instances.

The Buccaneers defeated Florida Deaf & Blind (FSDB) (40-39), Atlantic (66-0) and Seabreeze (42-36) in their home quad meet, which served as the season finale for all three area teams in the event.

Triple winners for Mainland (7-14) were Brian Harris (132, pin & major), Joshua Stubbs (170, pin) and Josh Newman (182/195, 3 pins).

Sam Ayodele (145/152, pin), Dasaniel Rodriguez-Andino (145, pin) and Christian Singleton-Hudson (285, 2 pins) were each 2-0, while Hayden Heilman (160, pin) and Malik Daniels (182/195, 2 pins) were both 2-1.

For Seabreeze (7-15), which defeated Atlantic (75-0) and FSDB (42-36), River Gray (126, decision), Carson Fraisier (138, pin), Jackson Pruett (195, 3 pins) and Pedro Sierra-Bonilla (220, pin) each were 3-0 on the night.

Shane Triplett (113, 2 pins), William Sites (120), Antonio Serrano (145, decision), Logan Smith (160, pin), Brogan Kelly (182, 2 pins) and Luke Cloer (285, 2 pins) all were 2-1 for the Sandcrabs.

No report was available from the host for the FSDB-Atlantic dual, thus a full report of the Dragons’ individual performances was not available at time of publication. We will amend this recap if that changes in the next couple of days.

Olympia 66, Horizon 11: At Olympia, the hosts won all but two weight classes where there was a weighed-in competitor.

Shiv Patel (120), Roland Flynn (138), Madden Bourst (145), Ethan Rivera-Mendez (152), Jorge Carpio (160), Philip Lamendola (170), Zack Winkelkotter (182) and Gregory Campanella (285) each won by fall for the Titans (11-5).

For Horizon (2-3), Joshua Walker (195) and Bo Kenney (220) each took pins.

Both teams have wrestling on the docket yet this week. Olympia will compete at Dr Phillips tonight, while Horizon will be at Ocoee’s one-day Ocoee Mat Classic on Saturday.

Pedro Menendez 47, St Augustine 24: At Pedro Menendez, the Falcons sent off their seniors with a solid dual victory over their crosstown rivals.

Phillip McLaughlin (132) and Archer Bosick (152) won by fall for the Falcons (13-5), while Maddox Lehman (182) won by 17-1 tech fall. The Falcons also won five weights by forfeit.

As for St Augustine (unknown season record due to missing results), Brenner Logan (113), Carter Lukes (138) and Tyshawn Whitfield (145) each won by pins, with Chris Johns (8-6 at 195) and Xavier Rodriguez (11-7 at 120) both taking decision victories.

Both the Falcons and Yellow Jackets are at Orange Park today for Raider Duals #4.

Missing results: Only partial results have been reported to Trackwrestling for Marianna’s quad meet at Dothan AL. We will amend this recap if the full set of duals comes in.

RESULTS: Fully-reported results from Tuesday’s competition can be found HERE.

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By MATMEN, Tuesday, 5:15 p.m.

Raider Duals #4

When & where: Wednesday at Orange Park.
Teams in the field: In addition to the host Raiders, Bartram Trail, Chiles, Fernandina Beach, Florida High, Pedro Menendez, Ridgeview, St Augustine and Yulee will be in attendance.
Synopsis: This mid-week event is actually the third one staged by the Raiders (Raider Duals #3 was scratched last month) and will be the regular-season finale for most if not all of the teams in the field. The field at OPHS on Wednesday is a field that has several teams that would be among the more solid contenders in their respective districts as next week’s FHSAA post-season begins to unfold. There is maybe only a couple of teams — and those due more to lack of numbers than anything else — that will struggle to find dual wins on Wednesday, with several above-average groups that will make impacts at both the region and state levels in the next few weeks.
State-ranked wrestlers (listed by weight class in ranked order) —
106: Jasper Croom (Florida High, 1A-1st).
113: Carmen DiBella (Bartram Trail, 3A-14th); Josh Harris (Yulee, 1A-20th).
120: Sam Tolomeo (Chiles, 2A-19th).
126: Ethan Vugman (Bartram Trail, 3A-1st); Caden Kubatzke (Fernandina Beach, 1A-13th).
132: Cael Kubatzke (Fernandina Beach, 1A-11th); Jacob Johnston (Chiles, 2A-19th).
138: Garrett Marschka (Chiles, 2A-4th); Austin Adamson (Yulee, 1A-12th).
145: Cole Misciagna (Fernandina Beach, 1A-15th).
152: Preston Pena (Bartram Trail, 3A-12th); Nicholas Roeder (Florida High, 1A-18th).
160: Enzo Gamba (Fernandina Beach, 1A-2nd); Trevion Sermons (Orange Park, 2A-11th); Dean Wright (Florida High, 1A-11th).
170: Dylan Johns (Yulee, 1A-5th).
182: Xander Hawkes (Florida High, 1A-4th); John McNames (Bartram Trail, 3A-8th); Christopher Aud (Yulee, 1A-11th).
195: Alex Smith (Yulee, 1A-2nd); Dillon Elliott (Chiles, 2A-6th).
220: Shane Armstrong (Bartram Trail, 3A-6th); Collin Bishop (Florida High, 1A-13th); Cayden Ricks (Yulee, 1A-20th).
285: Braylen Ricks (Yulee, 1A-5th); Austin Hoyle (Yulee, 1A-15th); Jacob George (Bartram Trail, 3A-18th).
All rankings from https://www.kabrawrestling.com/rankings

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By MATMEN, Monday, 1:05 p.m.

ORANGE CITY — In a Monday-night dual between region rivals, host University (Orange City) more than doubled up Lake Howell, sweeping the weight classes between 170 and 285 in a 48-21 win over the Silver Hawks.

Kalan Lopez (145), Slade High-Tompkins (170) and Rubens Joseph (220) all took pins for the Titans, who also won five weights via forfeit against their short-handed rivals.

Lake Howell picked up falls from Luis Campos (132), Richard Szczepaniak (138), with Cole Herring adding a 9-3 win at 160. Both teams have unknown season records due to potential missing results.

The Titans’ regular season is now complete and next up will be the 3A-District 2 IBT at Lake Mary on February 17; Lake Howell will be at a tri-meet hosted by Lyman on Wednesday.

Milton 40, W S Neal 30: At Milton, the Panthers (5-12) wrapped up their regular season behind five pins and two techs to defeat their Alabama neighbors.

Cyprian Castillo (126), Aireaana Gavere (132), Juan Castillo (145), Nolan Peters (152) and Tyler Green (220) each won by fall for Milton, with Julian Fuentes (15-0 in 3:57 at 170) and Cameron Kays (28-13 in 5:07 at 182) both taking technical falls.

Next up for the Panther boys will be the 2A-District 1 IBT at Niceville on February 15.

Buchholz 60, Union County 12: At Buchholz, the Bobcats (9-5) sent out their seniors on a high note.

Jun Jie Zheng (113), Jedidiah Brown (132), Cavarius Liddie (138), Laine Slayton (145), Max Szabo (170), Jaylan Banks (195) and Kason Nichols (220) all took pins for Buchholz.

Ethan Hancock (120) and Logan Johnson (152) both won by pin for the Tigers (16-15).

Buchholz’s regular season is now complete and the Bobcats will next be at the 3A-District 2 IBT at Lake Mary. Union County will wrap up its regular season on Thursday with a home dual against Keystone Heights.

RESULTS: Box scores for all three Monday duals can be found HERE.

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By MATMEN, Friday, 10:35 a.m.

PONTE VEDRA — The Battle of the Bridge just hits differently for Nease and Ponte Vedra.

For the St Johns Panthers, they led early but had to come back down the stretch, with a 15-0 run to put away the Sharks, 43-30, in a dual that was closer than the final score might otherwise have indicated Thursday night.

Nease (9-13) got out to a 10-0 start on bonus-point wins from Lucian Slayden (fall at 132) and Parker Stamschror (11-3 major at 138), but the Sharks (unknown record due to missing results) strung together 3 pins in a row on falls from Brody Hines (145), Shane Goetz (152) and Emmett Hoffman (160).

Nease regained the lead at 28-18 on pins from Alan Rivera (170) and Albio Jakupi (195), plus a forfeit win, but the Sharks were able to break back on top behind a forfeit win up top and Baxley Hines’ fall at 106, giving Ponte Vedra a 30-28 lead with three weights left.

From there, though, it was all Nease, as pins from Wyatt Balger (113) and Jaiden Zajni (120) clinched the dual, with Brady Stoutamire claiming a 4-0 win at 126 to close out the night.

With Thursday night’s win, Nease’s regular season is now complete. Ponte Vedra will be at Clay’s two-day Rotary IBT, starting today and concluding on Saturday.

Suwannee 78, Columbia 6: At Suwannee, on a jointly-scheduled Senior Night for both teams, the host Bulldogs ran out to their 44th dual victory of the season.

Six forfeit wins helped Suwannee (44-6), of course, but the Bulldogs also had pins from Eli Jolicoeur (106), Topher Pearson (120, Brody Boehm (126), Marshall White (145), Christian Socorras (152), Austin Howard (160) and Dustin Wood (170).

Columbia (4-18) got its lone points by fall at 138, where Jayden Thomas scored a quick pin.

Both teams will be in competition this weekend, with Suwannee going to Hudson’s two-day Cobra Duals on Friday and Saturday; Columbia will have a shorter trip to Chiles and its Timberwolf Duals XIV on Saturday.

New Smyrna Beach 56, Seabreeze 24: At New Smyrna Beach, the hosts won four in a row between 126 and 145 and another three at 170 through 195 to take the dual.

Richard Crunkilton (113), Samuel Larkin (132), Aidan Sutton (138), Derek King (195) and Braden Sullivan (285) all won by pin for the Barracudas (19-16), with Sawyer VanRider (182) taking a 15-0 second-period tech fall and Beau Laye winning by a 6-4 count at 126.

Seabreeze (5-14) got pins from William Sites (120), Aiden Hedge (152) and Pedro Sierra-Bonilla (220).

The teams will reconvene on Saturday, this time in Orange City at University’s hosting of the 5 Star Conference tournaments.

Paxon splits at tri-meet: At Florida Deaf & Blind (FSDB), Paxon split two duals, with a 43-27 win over the hosts and a 39-21 loss to St Augustine.

A report between the Dragons and Yellow Jackets has not been made available at time of publication of this recap; should that change, we will amend this portion of the story.

As for the Golden Eagles (2-9), Kyle Brown (120, pin & major), Louis Eckles (126, decision), Julian Lawson (170, pin) and Lindsay Francis (195, pin & decision) each were double winners. Justin Williams (113), Michael Gold (145), Brendan Lawson (152), Blake Brewer (160) each won by fall in the victory over FSDB.

Paxon’s regular season is now complete; St Augustine will be competing at Clay Rotary this weekend, while FSDB will compete in Mainland’s Battle for Daytona duals event on Tuesday.

Missing results: In addition to the FSDB-St Augustine dual, we are still waiting on a report on the Wekiva-Apopka dual contested Thursday night (we don’t require Thursday duals to come in until after the weekend is complete, though of course it is very helpful for the sooner the better). Should we receive that, we will add details on the dual to this roundup.

Results: Box scores for all reported Thursday duals can be found HERE.

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By MATMEN, Thursday, 6 p.m.

TALLAHASSEE — There’s usually never a dull moment when two of the stronger three city teams in Tallahassee link up for a dual.

Wednesday night, Lincoln defended its city title with a 42-22 victory over Florida High as a final tuneup before weekend tournaments for both teams.

The Trojans (22-5) won four straight matches between 106 and 126, while the Seminoles (14-6) won three in a row between 160 and 182, and four of five between 160 and 220.

Vaniel Caceres (113), Zakary Jurado (120), Vincent Crump (145), Connor Edwards (152), Jakob Nowak (195) and Ryder Luck (285) all took pins for Lincoln, with key decisions won at 106 and 126, respectively, by Joe Tucker (8-5 at 106) and Jashawn Washington (3-2 at 126).

Florida High’s only win by pin came from Nicholas Roeder (160), though Xander Hawkes (182) also won by max-points thanks to a win by DQ. Dean Wright had an 11-2 major at 170, while Sterling Hollinsworth (4-2 at 132) and Collin Bishop (5-1 at 220) each took decision victories.

Lincoln will compete at this weekend’s Braves Invitational, hosted by Lake Gibson, while Florida High will stay in town, traveling to Chiles for Timberwolf Duals XIV on Saturday.

Hagerty, Lake Mary teams split: At Hagerty, the Huskies and Rams engaged in two dual competitions, with the Lake Mary girls taking a 54-18 win, followed by the Hagerty boys winning by a 51-27 count.

In the girls’ dual, the Lady Rams (3-0) seiezed the victory behind pins from Bianca Ribeiro-Barbosa (110), Jocelyn Mery (130), Olivia Boni (145) and Ahmya Stokes (235).

Hagerty (0-1) answered with pins from Karson Cuozzo (125) and Korielle Brodsky (155).

The boys’ dual saw the Huskies (13-6) steadily pull away from the Rams (unknown record due to missing results), leading the way throughout the dual.

Hunter Tate (195), Thad Elam (285), Benjamin Wolgamuth (126), Gavin Nelson (145) and Kamdon Harrison (170) all won by fall for Hagerty, with Connor Gilliam taking a 4-1 decision at 182 to open the dual.

Lake Mary scored pins from Nathan Walck (106), Adrian Pabon-Rivera (120), Tyler Moore (138) and Nicholas Ghezzi (152), with Michael Frederick winning by 7-2 decision at 220.

The four teams will reconvene in Oviedo on Saturday for the Seminole Athletic Conference tournaments, both hosted by the Lions.

Deltona 51, Seabreeze 24: At Deltona, the host Wolves won four weights in a row from 126 through 145 to build their margin of victory.

Joel Pena (113), Austin Riis (126), Kevin Kerns (132), Kyle Yasses (138) and Nathan Hatch (285) all won by pin for Deltona (11-5), with Nathaniel Tsang adding a wild 15-13 decision at 195.

Seabreeze (5-13) got pins from William Sites (120), Aiden Hedge (152) and Pedro Sierra-Bonilla (220).

Both 5 Star Conference teams, the Wolves and Sandcrabs will reconvene on Saturday for the conference tournament at University (Orange City).

First Coast 34, Stanton 33 (criteria): At First Coast, it took criteria (which one was not specified) — to determine a winner between the Gateway Conference rivals.

For First Coast (2-7), the Buccaneers got pins from Cody Tedrick (145) and Dean Marshall (195), plus a 14-8 decision from Jahmeer Dorsey at 160.

Stanton (2-5) earned pins from William Leiby (113) and Dean Holt (138), plus a 10-9 decision at 132 from Elias Spurlin.

First Coast’s regular season is now complete, while Stanton will host Beachside and Ed White on February 10.

Baker County 68, Keystone Heights 6: At Baker County, after spotting the visitors an early 3-0 lead, the Wildcats won 10 straight weights to clinch the dual.

Taz Kinghorn (120), Jagger Pless (138), Cedric Larry (152), Rasean Rayam (160) and George Haynes (182) all won by fall for Baker County (18-8), while Brayden Martin took a 4-3 decision for the Wildcats.

Keystone Heights (3-12) picked up decision victories from Steven Raab (5-3 in sudden victory at 220) and Henry Carhuayo (7-3 at 170).

Baker County will be at Clay Rotary this weekend on both Friday and Saturday, while Keystone Heights is now off until February 9, when the Indians visit Union County.

Wolfson 42, Bishop Snyder 17: At Bishop Snyder, the visitors won each weight class from 170 on up to 285 plus the two lowest-weight bookends to take the dual victory.

Tristian Martinez (113), Caleb Gaff (145), Bryce Frye (170), Liam Strange (195) and Keegan Maclean (220) all won by pin for Wolfson (5-6).

Bishop Snyder’s contested points came via pin from James Register (120) and via tech fall from Joseph Morales (17-2 at 138).

Wolfson’s regular season is now complete, while Bishop Snyder will be at Clay Rotary on Friday and Saturday.

Yulee 71, Charlton County GA 12: At Yulee, the Hornets held their Senior Night event and closed out the regular season with a one-sided victory.

Samuel Sahrphillips (152), Ryan Carpenter (160), Dylan Johns (170), James Carver (220), Austin Hoyle (285), Josh Harris (113), Lincoln Brehmer (120) and Logan Pugh (132) all won by pins for Yulee (10-8), which also got a 17-2 tech fall at 138 from Austin Adamson.

The visitors — in preparation for the GHSA IBT post-season series — got just one contested win.

Vero Beach 63, Mainland 17: At Mainland, the host Buccaneers were pretty short-handed, giving up five forfeits to Vero.

Joshua Stubbs (152) and Christian Singleton-Hudson (285) both won by fall for Mainland (4-14), while Sam Ayodele won by a 20-5 tech fall at 145.

Next up for the Buccaneers will be a trip over to Orange City for the 5 Star Conference tournament on Saturday, hosted by University (Orange CIty).

Gulf Breeze 60, Tate 15: At Gulf Breeze, the hosts rolled up five straight wins between 113-138 and four from 182-285 to take the win between 2A-District 1 rivals.

Alec Poole (113), Coby Shields (120), Marshall Hobbs (126), Nathan Weber (132), Michael Mancuso (138), Brennden Nita (160), Naythan Campos (182) and Nikolai Johnson (220) each won by fall for the Dolphins (15-6).

Tate (4-13) had pins from Caiden Stone (152) and Landon Hutto (170), with Roman Sison surviving a 31-point match to take a 16-15 decision at 145.

Gulf Breeze is showing on Trackwrestling as attending Lake Gibson’s Braves Invitational on Friday and Saturday, while Tate will compete at Arnold’s Spearfish Roundrobin on Saturday.

MCIAC: We have a question out to the event manager on this one. Upon getting an answer, we will add paragraphs as needed to this recap.

Results: Box scores for all Wednesday night boys’ duals can be found HERE. The Lake Mary-Hagerty girls’ dual can be found HERE.

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By MATMEN, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.

ORANGE PARK — Ridgeview hasn’t quite gotten as much of the attention of some of its more-spotlighted Clay County rivals.

But the Panthers have steadily climbed toward building a solid program in their own right; Tuesday night, Ridgeview rolled past another Clay County rival, Orange Park, by a 58-24 count on Ridgeview’s Senior Night.

The Panthers (13-9) got pins from Khymarion Wilbourn (145), Shane Burnette (152), James Laycock (182) and Raymond Goforth (195), with tech falls put up from Kaiden Tibbets (17-0 at 132) and Christian Garcia (18-2) at 138.

Orange Park (4-13) picked up contested wins by fall from Elijah Grant (113), Jonathan Grant (126) and Elijah Campbell (285).

The Raiders will be at the two-day Clay Rotary this weekend, while Ridgeview will reconvene at Orange Park next week for Raider Duals #4.

Bishop Kenny 69, Bolles 0: At Bishop Kenny, the Crusaders (13-8) pitched a shutout on the team’s Senior Night.

Seven forfeit victories certainly played a role against the short-handed Bulldogs (1-11), but Bishop Kenny also picked up pins from Dylan Lunsford (120), Jack Raynor (152), Roberto Cuartero (170) and Collin Hearn (220).

Seabreeze 42, Tavares 24: At Seabreeze in an in-school dual, the Sandcrabs (5-12) built early leads of 18-0 and 30-6 and made that lead stand up.

Jackson Pruett (195), Luke Cloer (285), Shane Triplett (113), Will Sites (120) and Brogan Kelly (182) all won by pin for Seabreeze, which got an additional two forfeit wins.

Seabreeze was back on the mats today, this time on the road at Deltona.

Ware County GA 41, Yulee 34: At Waycross GA, the Hornets (9-8) raced out to a 28-5 lead thanks to its upper-weight strength, only to see the host Gators rally in the lowers.

For Yulee, Dylan Johns (165), Pheonix Barbour-Yerka (175) and Braylen Ricks (285) each had pins while Christopher Aud (16-1 at 190) and Alex Smith (17-2 at 215) both won with third-period tech falls to build that early lead.

But after that, the Hornets only got a pin from Logan Pugh at 132 the rest of the way.

Yulee was back on the mat tonight, hosting Charlton County (GA).

Missing dual: Bolles was scheduled to be at Bishop Kenny Tuesday night; we did not get a report on that dual. If that changes in the next couple of days, we’ll update this recap.

Results: Box scores for all four Tuesday night duals can be found HERE.

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