The Freedom wrestling team flexed its collective muscle on Wednesday, winning its fourth consecutive Class 3A-4 district title outscoring runner-up Timber Creek 227.5-155.5. <\/p>\n
The Patriots had 11 wrestlers in the finals with Brenden Maharaj, Stephon Halliburton, Briso Aimableand Justin Marotta winning district titles. <\/p>\n
Smaill Saint-Pierre, Marcus Jean-Baptiste, Colby Wang, Wesley Britos, Marc Dillard, Patchiney Prophete and Darrell Lowefinished second for the district champions. <\/p>\n
Four consecutive titles is a great accomplishment for our kids, Freedom coach David Bush said. It gives the younger kids something to strive for. <\/p>\n
In total, all 14 Freedom wrestlers advanced to next weeks region tournament at Flagler Palm Coast. <\/p>\n
Getting 14 guys to the regional tournament is so important, Bush said. You hate to see a kids season come to an end, so this gives us another week as a complete team going into a very tough regional tournament. <\/p>\n
All 11 of Timber Creeks wrestlers advanced to the region tournament that begins on Friday, February 24. <\/p>\n
Third place Boone advanced 10 of its 11 wrestlers through the district tournament and finished with 142.5 points. <\/p>\n
Orlando University was fourth with 124 points, host Cypress Creek fifth at 88.5 and Oak Ridge in sixth with 42.5. <\/p>\n
Check out district results from across the state <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Timber CreeksErnesto Maysonet (29-10) started the finals off with a 15-4 major decision win over Cypress Creeks Ivan Reyes. <\/p>\n
The first stunner of the afternoon happened at 113 pounds when Cypress Creeks Michael Ortega (49-6)beat Boones top-seeded Jayden Bradshaw 6-4. Both wrestlers are ranked in the latest 3A rankings on The Wrestling Nationwith Bradshaw ranked seventh and Ortega tenth. <\/p>\n
The next upset of a top seed too place at 120 points when Antonio Estrada (40-3) won the second district crown for the Wolves with a 10-4 win over Saint Pierre. <\/p>\n
A highly-anticipated final at 126 pounds did not disappoint with Boones Lucas Rodriguez securing a 1-0 decision over Freedoms Jean Baptiste. <\/p>\n
Rodriguez (36-0)is ranked second by TWN and Jean-Baptise (42-9) is sixth. <\/p>\n
Maharaj (34-11)picked up the first title for Freedom at 132 pounds with a pin in the first period against Boones Andrew Fletcher. <\/p>\n
Carlos Matos (23-6) won the third title for Timber Creek with a 4-3 win over Orlando UniversitysJoshua Pantoja at 138 pounds. <\/p>\n
FreedomsHalliburton (30-9)picked up two pins on the day to win at 145 pounds, including a win in the final over Cypress Creeks Reggie Smith. <\/p>\n
Gage VanKuilenburg (42-12) picked up Boones second title on the day at 152 pounds with a major decision victory over Freedoms Colby Wang. <\/p>\n
Freedoms third title came at 160 pounds when Aimable (36-11) beat Orlando Universitys Uziel Rivera in the final. <\/p>\n
Orlando UniversitysAlejandro Gonzalez took home the schools lone district title with a pin over Britos. <\/p>\n
At 182 pounds, Timber Creeks Brian Santiago (35-5) took home the fourth title for the Wolves with 10-5 win over Freedoms Dillard. <\/p>\n
Freedoms Justin Marotta (40-5), ranked seventh in the state, beat Timber Creeks Anthony Coleman 12-3 in the 195-pound final. <\/p>\n
Orlando Universitys Wals Edmund scored the final upset of a top seed when he beat Prophete 8-0 in the 220-pound title bout. <\/p>\n
Cypress CreeksUzochi Oparaji (31-1) finished off the day with a win by fall over FreedomsDarrell Lowe at 285 pounds. <\/p>\n
1. Orlando Freedom 227.5; 2. Timber Creek 155.5; 3. Boone 142.5; 4. Orlando University 124; 5. Cypress Creek 88.5; 6. Oak Ridge 42.5; 7. Winter Park 23.5; 8. Colonial 12. <\/p>\n
Click here for complete brackets from 3A-4 tournament <\/p>\n
First-place match <\/p>\n
106: Ernesto Maysonet (Timber Creek) maj. dec. Ivan Reyes (Cypress Creek) 15-4 <\/p>\n
113: Michael Ortega (Cypress Creek) dec. Jayden Bradshaw (Boone) 6-4 <\/p>\n
120: Antonio Estrada (Timber Creek) dec. Smaill Saint Pierre (Freedom) 10-4 <\/p>\n
126: Lucas Rodriguez (Boone) dec. Marcus Jean Baptiste (Freedom) 1-0 <\/p>\n
132: Brenden Maharaj (Freedom) p. Andrew Fletcher (Boone) 1:01 <\/p>\n
138: Carlos Matos (Timber Creek) dec. Joshua Pantoja (Orlando University) 4-3 <\/p>\n
145: Stephon Halliburton (Freedom) p. Reggie Smith (Cypress Creek) 1:26 <\/p>\n
152: Gage VanKuilenburg (Boone) maj. dec. Colby Wang (Freedom) 13-3 <\/p>\n
160: Briso Aimable (Freedom) p. Uziel Rivera (Orlando University) 1:33 <\/p>\n
170: Alejandro Gonzalez (Orlando University) p. Wesley Britos (Freedom) 1:04 <\/p>\n
182: Brian Santiago (Timber Creek) dec. Marc Dillard (Freedom) 10-5 <\/p>\n
195: Justin Marotta (Freedom) maj. dec. Anthony Coleman (Timber Creek) 12-3 <\/p>\n
220: Wals Edmond (Orlando University) dec. Patchiney Prophete (Freedom) 8-0 <\/p>\n
285: Uzochi Oparaji (Cypress Creek) p. Darrell Lowe (Freedom) 2:18 <\/p>\n
Third-place match <\/p>\n
106: Erick Rocher (Freedom) p. Tyrese Hicks (Oak Ridge) 4:20 <\/p>\n
113: Corban Arana (Timber Creek) maj. dec. Armstrong Lubin (Freedom) 15-7 <\/p>\n
120: Noel Soto (Boone) p. Matthew Augustave (Oak Ridge) 2:11 <\/p>\n
126: Eliejah Bagley (Timber Creek) maj. dec. Colson North (Winter Park) 16-6 <\/p>\n
132: Linwood Lee (Timber Creek) dec. Carlos Arce (Cypress Creek) 3-1 <\/p>\n
138: Earl Johnson (Freedom) p. Grant Linnemann (Boone) 4:28 <\/p>\n
145: Ethan Rivera (Orlando University) p. Jordan Gates (Boone) 2:12 <\/p>\n
152: Craig Mariani (Cypress Creek) p. Jaden Delgado (Timber Creek) 5:41 <\/p>\n
160: Daniel Bass (Boone) dec. Austin Parker (Winter Park) 7-1 <\/p>\n
170: Khanh Dinh (Colonial) p. Ezequel Rivera (Boone) 2:59 <\/p>\n
182: Gabriel Banos (Orlando University) dec. Jason Angel (Boone) 9-2 <\/p>\n
195: Jon Powell (Orlando University) p. Kevin Perez (Oak Ridge) 4:29 <\/p>\n
220: Keon Bush (Oak Ridge) dec. Jacob Schalk (Timber Creek) 5-1 <\/p>\n
285: Brandon Pureza (Orlando University) dec. Shamir Nelson (Timber Creek) 5-3 <\/p>\n
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