Andy Mikula, Correspondent
Matanzas’s wrestling team is sending three of its squad to the Class 2A state tournament in Kissimmee after they placed at the Region 1-2A qualifier at Lynn Haven Mosley on Feb. 26 and 27.
Brothers Tyson and Jordan Mills both placed second at the tournament in their weight classes, while Carter Wilder earned a third-place showing. Matanzas took 11th as a team.
Tyson Mills, Matanzas’s 152-pound junior, went up against with Joel Rodriguez of Fletcher in the championship bout and lost a tough 7-4 decision. He was 3-0 headed to the finals, including a second period pin and two decisions.
Andy Mikula, Correspondent
WRESTLING
Five Flagler Palm Coast wrestlers placed and the Bulldogs took seventh in team points at the Cradle Cancer Invitational at Jensen Beach on Jan. 8 and 9.
Kyle Peacock led the FPC squad with a second-place finish in the 160-pound class. He pinned his first round opponent in 49 seconds and then picked up wins by decision in the next two, including a 3-0 win in the bracket semi-finals. He was defeated 6-2 in the championship match by Riley Orr of Fort Pierce Central.
Marcelo Gonzalez was third in the 180-pound class and pinned four of five opponents, including a squash in 39 seconds in the quarterfinals and a 4:54 win to take the third place. Garrick Schwartz (195) was 3-2 including a 4-2 win in overtime sudden victory in the consolation bracket semi-final and Seth Davis (285) was 3-2 with a pin and two decisions. Both upperweights took fourth place. Kole Hannant (113) was fifth, going 3-2 with pins in all three of his victories.
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.