Wednesday matches to watch in district tournament today
February 19, 2025
BY BRANT PARSONS — Boy’s district week is really heating up today with 13 districts scheduled to take place.
We’ve gone through and picked out some matches in each district we’d like to see happen.
That doesn’t mean that they will. We can’t always predict weight changes, injuries and illness, and sometimes the bracket has other plans.
But we think that these would be a treat if they go down.
3A-3: at Timber Creek, 1:30 p.m.
126: #7 Hunter Jessee (Hagerty) vs. #10 Joey Davis (Lake Brantley)
Jessee went 2-0 against Davis at the Flagler Rotary in their only meetings this season. One of them was an 8-3 decision.
175: #6 William Muniz (Timber Creek) vs. #8 Gavin Nelson (Hagerty)
One of Muniz’s two wins this season between the two was a 2-1 decision.
3A-14: at West Broward, 10 a.m.
120: #20 Logan Shapiro (Cypress Bay) vs. #21 Lincoln Derby (South Plantation)
They just met in the BCAA finals and it was a thrilling 12-9 decision win for Shapiro.
175: #10 Aryeh Rosenberg (South Plantation) vs. #11 Xander Ortiz (Nova)
Rosenberg is 2-0 with two major decision wins this season.
3A-15: at Coral Park, 11 a.m.
150: #2 Jose Gutierrez (Doral Academy) vs. #7 Tyrell Robby (Miami Beach)
Gutierrez has two wins over Robby this season by a score of 8-1.
175: #16 Bryant Nuno (Coral Park) vs. #17 Brando Gudino (Goleman)
These two met in the placing round at GMAC and Nuno earned a 13-9 victory.
2A-1: at Choctawhatchee, 9 a.m.
157: #11 Landon Burbidge (Fort Walton Beach) vs. #12 Bradack Carroll (Choctawhatchee)
When the two seniors met during the season, Burbidge won by a major decision.
285: #6 Eric Strouder (Fort Walton Beach) vs. #7 Logan McAlister (Mosley)
Strouder won the meeting between two this season by an 11-4 decision.
2A-5: at River Ridge, 2 p.m.
132: #17 Jayden Frey (River Ridge) vs. #18 Logan Duncan (Gulf)
Just five points separated the two when they met this season.
190: #11 Sal Bonacasa (River Ridge) vs. #18 Jeremy Batista (Tavares)
They haven’t met this season that we can tell.
2A-16: at Somerset, 3 p.m.
106: #5 Gary Mendez (Mater Academy) vs. #7 Cano Austin (Somerset)
Two state qualifiers from a year who haven’t faced each other this season.
132: #8 Duly Brutus (Miramar) vs. #10 Dylan Fernandez (Somerset)
In their meeting this season, Brutus won by a 13-7 decision.
138: #3 Famous Nealy (Miramar) vs. #4 Matteo Gonzalez (Somerset)
Nealy owns a 10-3 decision victory this season between the two.
1A-3: at Yulee, 10 a.m.
138: #4 Cael Kubatzke (Fernandina Beach) vs. #10 Jareb Lauramore (Baker County)
These two returning state placing seniors have not faced each other yet this season.
285: #4 Cayden Ricks (Yulee) vs. #7 Taylor Davenport (Baldwin)
Combined these wrestlers have just five losses on the season.
1A-4: at Episcopal, 10 a.m.
132: #10 Ethan Warchol (Bishop Kenny) vs. #12 Mikah Ikeda (Episcopal)
Ikeda won their district finals matchup last season and then Warchol won the rematch in the region blood round.
190: #6 Christian McGarity (Episcopal) vs. #13 Grant Silverfield (Bolles)
McGarity won their meeting this season by a 9-4 decision.
1A-5: at Crystal River, 12 p.m.
113: #16 Jimmikal Jackson (Citrus) vs. Arteyu Contes (Keystone Heights)
According to our records, this would be their first meeting of the season.
285: #6 William Richardson (Dunnellon) vs. #8 Joel Smith (Lake Weir)
These two have met three times this season with Richardson owning a 2-1 record with the last win coming this past Saturday.
1A-6: at Weeki Wachee, 1:30 p.m.
126: #13 David Dunn (The Villages) vs. #15 Cannon Sommer (Mount Dora)
These two have split their meetings with Dunn winning the latest meeting by a major decision.
150: #7 Kaden Etheridge (Nature Coast) vs. #12 Noah Leota (Hernando) vs. #14 Ricky Corbett (Weeki Wachee) vs. #19 Connor Berry (Mount Dora) vs. #23 Matthew Marino (Bishop Moore)
Oh this weight class is going to be fun to watch and there could be at least one ranked wrestler not advancing to the regions.
1A-9: at Anclote, 1 p.m.
120: #14 Michael Rodriguez (Dunedin) vs. #15 Marios Efthymiou (Tarpon Springs) vs. #16 Thomas Kupsch (Anclote)
Rodriguez topped Efthymiou this past weekend at their conference tournament and the Tarpon Springs senior has a major decision win over Kupsch.
144: #17 Julian Bell (Anclote) vs. #18 Giovanni Perez (Dunedin)
These two had two tight matches in the second weekend of the season when Bell won two by decision. Bell owns a 3-0 season record between the two.
1A-10: at Robinson, 4 p.m.
138: #7 Daniel Ellis (Robinson) vs. #14 Jason Schiavello (CCC)
Schiavello has a 10-8 win between the two this season.
215: #12 Tyler Simms (Robinson) vs. #15 John Gomez-Hernandez (Jefferson) vs. #17 Koleton Washington (Chamberlain)
These three went 1-2-3 at the Hillsborough County Championships with Simms beating Gomez-Hernandez in the final while Washington owns a win over Simms this season.
1A-11: at Bayshore, 10:30 a.m.
113: #15 Logan Dean (Lemon Bay) vs. #18 Yanuel Pantoja (Bayshore)
As far as our records show, these two haven’t wrestled yet this season.
126: #1 Broc Dahlin (Bayshore) vs. #3 Jack Oliver (Lemon Bay)
One of the biggest potential matches of the day, when they met this season, Dahlin won 6-4.
Brant Parsons is the founder and executive editor of Kabra Wrestling. He has been covering high school wrestling in Florida since 2004. He can be reached at brant@kabrawrestling.com.
