State Wrap-Up - Episode 9: The Florida Bracket Breakers
A bracket breaker is defined differently for different states and sometimes differently by classification in the same state. Mostly it comes down to how large the bracket is as to what defines a bracket breaker and where they finish. So read each state first to understand how I have chosen to define it. Broadly speaking … it is a wrestler that comes in under the radar and goes on to win matches they either “shouldn’t” win (according to their previous weeks finish).
Florida bracket breakers are wrestlers that finished #3 or #4 from their region and made the podium.
Italicized wrestlers were 4th in their region.
3A - 84 wrestlers made the podium. 83% of them either won their region or placed 2nd. Below are the 17% (14 wrestlers) that battled from a #3 or #4 spot to make the podium … two Holland and Greaves won their brackets (Holland was #3 out of Region 2 and Greaves was #4 out of Region 3). 10% of all the #4’s in 3A made the podium.
Brayden Johnson (Newsome) - 6th at 113
Anthony Madriz (Coral Reef) - 5th at 113
Bryce Taranto (Venice) - 2nd at 120
Kobe Litov (East Lake) - 5th at 120
Elijah Ortiz (Palm Beach Gardens) - 6th at 126
Nicholas Romero (Riverview) - 5th at 126
Favian Oliva (Southwest Miami) - 6th at 138
Gunner Holland (Osceola) - 1st at 152
Ranson Coons (Lakewood Ranch) - 6th at 170
Bryce Dodge (Flagler Palm Coast) - 5th at 170
Maxamus Kyser (Palm Harbor) - 3rd at 182
Tony Carter (Mandarin) - 4th at 182
Seth Suvak (Colonial) - 6th at 195
Gerald Greaves (Dr Phillips) - 1st at 285
2A - 84 wrestlers made the podium (same as 3A and 1A). 23 wrestlers (27% of the field) battled from a #3 or #4 spot to make the podium … none claimed a title, but 3 (Vargas, Burburija, and Church) made the finals. Just 3 #4’s (or 5%) made the podium.
Camren French (Charlotte) - 5th at 106
Richard Albert (Cape Coral) - 6th at 106
Danny Vargas (Jesuit) - 2nd at 113
Darrell Tabor (Brandon) - 4th at 120
Lucas Giles (Barron Collier) - 5th at 120
Hayden Whidden (Lake Gibson) - 3rd at 126
Ethan Byrd (Barron Collier) - 4th at 126
Isaac Church (Charlotte) - 2nd at 132
John McNichols (Harmony) - 3rd at 132
Riley Chapdelaine (Winter Springs) - 2nd at 138
Joe Gallo (Springstead) - 5th at 138
Davis Deal (Winter Springs) - 6th at 145
Koen Hoffman (Port Charlotte) - 4th at 152
Mack Koselke (Mariner) - 4th at 160
Frank Solorzano (Lake Gibson) - 5th at 160
Brian Burburija (Countryside) - 2nd at 170
Joe Santana (Jesuit) - 6th at 182
Often Logue (Port Charlotte) - 3rd at 195
Wyatt Yown (Lincoln) - 6th at 195
David Polaski (Niceville) - 4th at 220
Maikeli Tuinkauvadra (Osceola - Seminole) - 6th at 220
Nathaniel Box (Charlotte) - 4th at 285
Darren Davis (Harmony) - 5th at 285
1A - 84 wrestlers made the podium. 21 wrestlers (25% of the field) battled from a #3 or #4 spot to make the podium. Chase Gillis of Somerset went from #3 in Region 4 to the top of the podium and Khalil Mitchell, Jewell Williams, and Max Ryan went from the same spot on the bracket to the finals. Still just 5 #4’s made the podium.
Raider Morelli (Space Coast) - 4th at 106
Dylan Garcia (Mater Lakes) - 5th at 113
Max Brewster (South Walton) - 6th at 113
Jewell Williams (Jensen Beach) - 2nd at 120
Austin McKinney (Suwannee) - 6th at 120
Isaiah Wilson (Wakulla) - 6th at 126
Tyler Savastano (Jensen Beach) - 5th at 132
Luis Bellon (Mater Lakes) - 6th at 132
Chase Gillis (Somerset) - 1st at 138
Ryan Duguay (Jensen Beach) - 4th at 138
Emil Ganim (Florida High) - 6th at 138
Rafael Romero (American Heritage Delray Beach) - 4th at 145
Tehran Piza (Jensen Beach) - 5th at 152
Daniel Kotchensky (Cardinal Gibbons) - 3rd at 160
Izac Martinez (Clewiston) - 5th at 160
Khalil Mitchell (Merritt Island) - 2nd at 170
Hunter Eichelberger (Oasis) - 6th at 182
Jamari Watson (Raines) - 3rd at 195
Max Ryan (Key West) - 2nd at 220
Jack Pyburn (Bolles) - 3rd at 220
Sam Fleming (Hernando) - 3rd at 285