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Senior Garrick Schwartz won the Region 1-3A championship at 195 pounds.

After finishing fourth each of the past two seasons, senior Blane DeFord wants to win a state wrestling title.

The Bulldogs won eight weight classes at the conference wrestling tournament; four Pirates, led by sophomore Mills, placed at the Clay tournament.

The Bulldogs will be making their first appearance at state duals; Matanzas falls short in its regional semifinal.

The Bulldogs dominated the William Nutter tourney with eight weight-class champs; Matanzas wrestlers collected six medals at the Capital City Classic.

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 F...

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 Schwar...

Andy Mikula, Correspondent WRESTLING Flagler Palm Coast got the new season off to a fast start Dec. 5 winning the 10-team Kenny Pfeifer Invitational at Sebastian River with four weight class champions among more than a dozen place winners. Kyle Peacock (152), Tim King (160), Marcelo Gonzalez (182) and Garrick Schwartz (195) all sported 5-0 records in the round robin format tournament, with Peacock pinning all five of his opponents for 35 team points. King and Schwartz were both had four pins an...