Florida 1A State Duals
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Suwannee 39, Wakulla 18
Eli Joliceur sealed the win for Suwannee in the final moments of their dual with Wakulla. Wakulla jumped out to a 12-3 lead before falls by Austin McKinney, Austin Howard, Dustin Wood, and Christian Harrell put Suwannee into the lead 27-12 at the halfway point. Wakulla climbed back into the match after Kohl Pippen got a 3-2 win over Sam Ballard at 220 and Aaron Caquimbo downed Holden Corbin 8-3 at 285 … narrowing the Suwannee lead to 30-18. Joliceur topped Connor Brown 8-6 at 106 to put the dual out of reach - Suwannee led 33-18 with just 113 and 120 remaining. Wins by Justin Contreras and Topher Pearson just put the icing on the cake and pushed the Bulldogs into the Elite 8 with a 39-18 win.
Suwannee 65, Bay 15
Wakulla 69, North Bay Haven 5
Episcopal 42, Yulee 35
Episcopal 48, Baker County 30
Yulee 50, Union County 30
Hernando 51, Weeki Wachee 24
Hernando won by forfeit over Bishop Moore
Weeki Wachee 38, The Villages 36
Palm Bay 70, McKeel 9
Palm Bay rolled through their final over McKeel. Palm Bay jumped out to a 48-0 lead before McKeel could get on the board with a 4-0 John Beke win over Zach Emery-Foster at 160. Palm Bay finished with 9 falls, 2 forfeits and a major decision in taking 12 of the 14 matches.
Palm Bay 57, Avon Park 15
McKeel 53, Space Coast 30
Zephyrhills Christian 60, Robinson 24
Zephyrhills Christian cruised to the dual win. The won 6 of the first 7 matches and led 36-6 at the halfway point. Robinson would get 3 wins up top (152, 182, and 195), but it wouldn’t be enough as Zephyrhills Christian marches into the Elite 8.
Robinson 72, Tarpon Springs 9
Zephyrhills Christian 63, Hudson 18
First Baptist Naples 42, Lemon Bay 21
In match between two of the best teams in 1A … First Baptist Naples rolls to a 42-21 win over Lemon Bay. First Baptist Naples got huge wins from Asher Bacon at 113 and Jonathan Moder at 120 to start things off … Bacon downed Jack Oliver 5-3 and Moder beat Logan Kelly 6-4 to push FBN into the lead 6-0. Brycen Warren tied things up for Lemon Bay with a fall at 126, but FBN immediately took control once again with a major decision by Andres DiGrigoli, a decision by David Byleick, and a fall by Michael Kersey to push the First Baptist lead to 19-6 at the halfway point. Decisions by Joe Castellone and Gavin Patton (a major for Castellone) pushed FBN even further into the lead 26-6 with just 6 matches remaining. Koen Hoffman, Chase Alden, and Ben Arnett helped Lemon Bay narrow the gap, but ultimately it was First Baptist Naples moving on. FBN won 10 of the 14 matches in the dual.
First Baptist Naples 66, Bayshore 12
Lemon Bay 75, Oasis 6
Jensen Beach 41, Cardinal Gibbons 30
In a battle of small-school heavyweights … defending State Champs, Jensen Beach downs Cardinal Gibbons to advance to the Elite 8. Jensen Beach got off to a fast start with wins by Jewell Williams over Frankie Florio 9-7 at 145, Dylan Fox over Bryan Picallo 6-0 at 152, and Colten Byrd 5-4 over Nicholas Lopez at 160 to put the Falcons up 9-0. Gibbons countered with falls from Dominic Patuso and Richard Tauriello and a forfeit by Michael Mocco to lead 18-9 through 6 matches. Nate Sopotnick stopped the “bleeding” for Jensen Beach with a 5-2 decision and Tobby Rooney got a fall for the Falcons at 285 to push them even (18-18) with 6 matches remaining (JB had won 5 matches to this point and Gibbons had won 3, but Gibbons bonus points played a huge part of the team score to this point). A forfeit for Ben Norris, a fall for Gian Ortiz, a tech fall for Sebastian Degennaro, and a fall for Ryan Mooney put the dual out of reach as Jensen Beach led 41-18 with just two matches remaining … they forfeited the last two and advanced to the Elite 8.
Cardinal Gibbons 66, Clewiston 12
Jensen Beach 73, Coral Springs Charter 6
Mater Lakes 34, Somerset 29
Another huge dual between two of the top programs in 1A. Each program won 7 matches … the difference came down to bonus points with Mater Lakes tallying 4 falls and Somerset getting just one (and a forfeit). The two programs traded punches to begin the dual with each getting a win and a bonus point victory (Somerset with a forfeit at 152 and MLA with a fall at 145). Mate Lakes took control at 170 with a Calogero Mazzrillo decision, a fall from Emmanuel Nazco at 182, and a fall from Kevin Breton at 195 making the dual 24-9 at the halfway point. The two teams traded falls at 220 and 285 making the dual score 30-15 with 5 matches remaining. The Somerset lightweights were tough … Jake Austin won a 7-6 UTB over Mason O’Dell at 106 and Jovani Solis and Tristan Sainz added major decisions, but it was Bruce Li’s major of Dylan Fernandez at 120 for Mater Lakes that pretty much sealed the win (if Velasco and Sainz had gotten falls they could have pushed Somerset ahead, but it didn’t happen).
Somerset 78, Miami Killian 6
Mater Lakes 57, Key West 14