South Dade, Somerset Academy cruise to regional titles
South Florida’s best wrestlers and teams picked up more medals Saturday in their final meets before next week’s state championships in Kissimmee.
South Dade (Region 4-3A) and Somerset Academy (Region 4-1A) emerged victories in their respective classifications while Miramar finished runner-up at the Region 4-2A meet.
The Bucs hosted their meet and finished with nine regional champions overall to finish ahead of rival Southwest, which had two regional champs. Doral Academy also had two individual champs.
Somerset prevailed at the Region 4-1A meet held at Jensen Beach and finished with four regional champs. Cardinal Gibbons finished third behind the host Jensen Beach and had two individual champions.
At the Region 4-2A meet in Palm Bay, Miramar finished with two regional champs to finish second as a team to Merritt Island.
COMPLETE RESULTS REGION 4-3A
Team standings: 1. South Dade 298.5; 2. Southwest 194.5; 3. Doral 132; 4. Southridge 110; 5. Columbus 104; 6. Miami Beach 87.5; 7. South Plantation 82; 8. Palmetto 56; 9. Douglas 49.5; 10. Nova 42.5.
Championship finals — 106: Bryan Morales (SD) pin Rocco Ruiz (DOR) 3:55; 113: Christian Vasquez (DOR) maj. dec. Lajuan Ingraham (MB) 16-4; 120: Luis Acevedo (SD) dec. Fredrick Mitchum (SR) 6-5; 126: Gabriel Tellez (SW) dec. Nathaniel Williams (SD) 12-5; 132: Dillon Smith (SW) dec. Armand Williams (SD) 7-3; 138: Elvis Solis Jr. (SD) pin Noah Sanabria (BR) 2:46; 144: Tyree Graham (SD) pin Nelson Hued (SW) 2:00; 150: Joshua Aviles (SD) dec. Zachary Ruiz (COL) 12-7; 157: Jose Gutierrez (DOR) dec. Shannon Davie (SW) 2-1; 165: Gavin Balmeceda (SD) dec. Willie White (SW) 3-1 (SV); 175: Kevin Olavarria (SD) maj. dec. Connor Bonney (PAL) 9-0; 190: Christopher Sanchez
(SD) pin Myron Mendez (SW) 0:21; 215: Sawyer Bartelt (SD) pin Nathan Adras (KR) 3:30; 285: Ryan Miret (SR) dec. Apollo Benito (COL) 6-0.
106: Damel Martinez (SR) dec. Rocco Duygulu (MSD) 9-2; 113: Antonio Morales (SW) dec. Alexander Laguardia (SR) 7-1; 120: David Leiva (MSD) dec. Angel Delgado (SW) 7-2; 126: Diego Imbert (CG) dec. David Yagerman (Nova) 8-5; 132: Joshua Whitter (SP) dec. Alejandro Rodriguez (MB) 5-3; 138: Alec Gonzalez (COL) dec. Adlan Dzhabrailov (MB) 5-0; 144: Tyrell Robby (MB) d. Dylan Lopez (BR) forfeit; 150: Omar Faris (West) pin Iam Garcia (SW) 4:01; 157: Drake Bonney (Pal) dec. Jonathan Moreno (SD) 6-4; 165: Naushad Bashir (SP) maj. dec. Cedric Daniels (Nova) 10-2; 175: Nicholas Santiago (DOR) dec. Mateo Martinez (SB) 12-5; 190: Eliel Santos (SR) dec. Kenneth Canales (COL) 5-2; 215: Joel Carillo (DOR) pin Gregory Gonzalez (CR) 0:28; 285: Maximiliano Taboada (WB) d. Daguy Massillon (SD) inj. 1:12.
REGION 4-2A
Team standings: 1. Merritt Island 205.5; 2. Miramar 152; 3. Palm Bay Heritage 145; 4. Mater Academy
115; 7. Archbishop McCarthy 92; 8. Varela 72; 9. Dillard 55.5; 10. North Miami 53.
Championship finals
(Only Miami-Dade/Broward) — 120: Dully Brutus (MIR) pin Kaden Barrial (MI) 3:59; 126: Gustavo Ferreira (HER) pin Quinton Brownlee (MIR) 2:47; 132: Gregory Mendez (MA) dec. Anthony Dicks (SAT) 10-6; 138: Luis Rosa (AM) dec. Judge DeYoung (MI) 6-4 (SV); 144: Jordan Pineda (Var) dec. Lucas Boeker (SebR) 4-2; 150: Keith Cole (HER) pin Dylan Sweeney (Var) 3:22; 157: Tre Driggett (MI) dec. Gerson Alette (NM) 7-6; 190: Jivari Milton (MIR) dec. Jonathan Tumblin (SebR) 8-4.
106: Gary Mendez (MA) dec. Joshua Sanchez (VAR) 12-6;
113: Ericson Coney (MA) dec. Rashaan Robinson (NOR) 8-5; 126: Falco Frank (Okee) dec. Yaisel O’Farrill (MA) 1-0; 132: Salaahddin Hightower (Dil) pin Ranzer Wallace (AMER) 1:59; 138: Famous Nealy (MIR) dec. Kaden Wheeler (SebR) 6-4;
144: Isaac Jacobs (AH) pin Kyle Mulley
(MI) 3:16; 150: Keanu Martin (MI) dec. Maddox Buth (STA) 4-3; 157: Isaac Fayer (AH) maj. dec. Dylan Ibanez (AM) 10-1; 165: Jovany Franklin (NOR) dec. Adonis Severe (NM) 1-0; 175: Maximilian MunozIysi (AM) d. Jacob Pitcher (MI) inj.; 215: Lucson Emile (Dil) pin Maxinot Mondesir (MIR) 2:49; 285: Noel Guycen (MA) pin Samuel Boatwright (AM) 2:28.
REGION 4-1A
Team standings: 1. Somerset Academy 270.5; 2. Jensen Beach 210; 3. Cardinal Gibbons 198.5; 4. Mater Lakes 196.5; 5. Key West 80.5; 6. SLAM 69; 7. Westminster Christian 63; 9. Coral Springs Charter 60.5; 10. Pine Crest 49. Championship finals (Only Miami-Dade/Broward)
— 106: Jovanni Tovar (MC) tech Cano Austin (SOM) 18-2; 113: Jake Austin (SOM) maj. dec. Kellen Mesina (ML) 11-2 ; 120: Gian Ortiz (JB) dec. Matteo Gonzalez (SOM) 6-1; 126: Sebastian Degennaro (JB) tech Ethan Tran (ML) 17-1; 132: Jovani Solis (SOM) tech Anthony O’Dell (ML) 15-0; 138: Mikel Pierce-Walker (JB) dec. Malikai Badillo (ML) 11-4; 144: Frankie Florio (CG) pin Preston Lindsay (CSC) 2:28; 150: Luis Bellon (SOM) dec. Bryan Picallo (CG) 3-2; 157: Kalias Nazario (ML) d. Brayden Hogg (JB) forfeit; 165: Kendrick Hodge (SOM) pin Bluny Davilma (CEN) 2:48; 175: Myles Sadeek (ML) pin Noah Perez (SOM) 5:16; 190: Peter Mocco (CSC) dec. Rafael Lopez (SOM) 2-0; 215: Michael Mocco (CG) tech Nathan Chen (PC) 19-4; 285: Darren Georges (SLAM) d. Ralph Riche (KW) UTB 6-5.
106: Andres Garcia (CG) dec. Trey Viens (JB) 4-0; 113: Jason Ramirez (SLAM) tech Jaxon Walker (JB) 16-1; 120: Christopher Greene (ML) dec. Gumaro Martinez III (Clew) 8-2; 126: Dylan Fernandez (SOM) dec. RJ Linares (WC) 7-5; 138: Darion Shannon (SOM) pin Ryan Winters (TKA) 1:57; 144: Eric Hodge (SOM) d. Dostmukham Bakhtiyorov (KW) forfeit; 150: Kenny Alvarado (ML) dec. Bradyn Peters (JB) 10-7; 157: Nicholas Lopez (CG) pin Dylan Gonzalez (FC) 2:33; 165: Jason Simmons (CG) pin Trenton Hogan (LPA) 3:44; 175: Dominic Pantuso (CG) maj. dec. Andrew Lopez (WC) 10-2; 190: Tobby Rooney (JB) pin Nicholas Winter (CG) 1:20; 215: Damian Soto (ML) d. Adrian Tejada (SOM) DQ; 285: Dartavius Saintelus (TKA) pin Abdur Bey (SOM) 2:51.