Andy Mikula, Correspondent
WRESTLING
Flagler Palm Coast upperweight Garrick Schwartz was a champion and nine other Bulldog wrestlers placed at the Danny Byron Invitational Dec. 12 at Kissimmee Osceola.
Schwartz, who wrestles at 195, was 3-0 with three pinfalls in the tournament and earned the championship by defeating his wrestling room sparring partner in the round robin final. Dalton Schell placed second and had two wins before being pinned at the 1:47 mark of the head-to-head match by Schwartz.
Most of FPC’s wrestlers, including Schwartz and Schell, were entered in the Blue Division of the tournament, which attracted wrestlers from 19 schools, including five from Georgia. FPC also had three Gold and one entry in the White Division.
Andy Mikula, Correspondent
WRESTLING
Flagler Palm Coast got the new season off to a fast start Dec. 5 winning the 10-team Kenny Pfeifer Invitational at Sebastian River with four weight class champions among more than a dozen place winners.
Kyle Peacock (152), Tim King (160), Marcelo Gonzalez (182) and Garrick Schwartz (195) all sported 5-0 records in the round robin format tournament, with Peacock pinning all five of his opponents for 35 team points. King and Schwartz were both had four pins and the unique situation of defeating a teammate in the finals. The Bulldogs had two entrants in three weight classes.
Taking second place in their weight classes were Kole Hannatt (113), Brendan Buckles (138), Felipe Costa (160) and Dalton Schell (195) with 4-1 records, and third place ribbons went to Alex Castanheira (106), John Hald (126) and Bryce Dodge (170), also with 4-1 records.