State of the Program ... Suncoast (FL)
Suncoast (FL)
Head Coach: Daniel Tria (entering 6th season)
Staff: Brian Abreu, Omar Davis
The Chargers graduate their 2022 hammer in State Qualifier Holden Kapsos as well as Sebastian Maccaulay, Yumandy Espinosa and Blake Allen. That leaves a very young roster and one that will feature several new faces in 22-23. Vinny Berkoff and Aidan Higgins should lead the way and will be bolstered by the return of Anthony Manzo and Sebastian Cordon-Cano who missed the post-season a year ago with injuries. Keep an eye on Cristofer Canedo-Ortiz, Alan Ramirez, and Melville Spencer … each will look to make their mark this season as well.
The Chargers are exceptionally young, but have a ton of freshman that could make the most of their opportunity this season. Liam Aylor, Max Myers, Jonathan Green, Tony Mancuso, and Julian Brady will be in the mix for a varsity spot down low. Ivan Leon, Gabe Tavares, and Abdul Rahman will look to break into the middle part of the lineup (138-182) where the Chargers should be the toughest. Keep an eye on freshmen CJ Crawford and Levi Shatkhin as well as Junior Nick Hardy up top. Others to watch include Josh Marrone and Sebastian Gadala-Maria. The Chargers will be young this season (Higgins might be their only Senior in the lineup) - it will be interesting to see how they continue to develop as the season goes along.
“With the graduation of Holden Kapsos and Sebastian Macaulay, our team is now very young and very inexperienced. However, the coaches and I are very encouraged by how hard the new wrestlers work in pre-season. Sebastian Cordon-Cano and Anthony Manzo comes both return from a season ending injuries and spent the summer improving. The leadership roles fall to Cordon-Cano, Manzo, Vinny Berkoff and Aidan Higgins. Our team believes in hard work, and it will be the mark of who we are.”
NOTE: All mentions of placers and qualifiers in the body are based on the 2021-22 season. If a wrestler placed higher or lower in a previous year it is not captured above.