26 upsets from girls district tournament week
BY BRANT PARSONS — The postseason has begun!
The girls in Florida have just competed 16 district tournaments across the state and have set us up a fantastic region weekend to come.
We’ve compiled a list of “upsets” from the week based on our official Kabra Wrestling rankings.
This is just a small selection of big wins that have taken place since we last updated the rankings and would be considered upsets by Kabra Wrestling. We didn’t get them all, but we tried to get as many notables ones as we could.
When the new rankings come out, these likely will no longer appear as upsets, and later in the season, they may really not look like upsets - but for now, let’s look at some of the shockers this past week in the girls postseason.
Girls Districts Upsets
1A-10 235: #8 Grace Vernine (Admiral Farragut) dec. #1 Cerenity Whiting (Countryside) 3-0
The Blue Jackets senior shook up the district and state rankings with her solid shutout win here.
1A-6 140: #4 Hayden Proulx (Timber Creek) p. #3 Isabella Tolentino (East River)
After losing the first three times they faced each other, Proulx came though in the big moment and won the district title with the pin.
1A-12 110: #5 Jazlyn Diaz (Riverdale) p. #3 Reagan Thomas (Naples)
The win gives Diaz a district title and a 2-1 season series lead over Thomas.
1A-12 100: #7 Kiera Partello (Barron Collier) p. #4 Mia Parker (First Baptist-Naples)
Partello avenged a one-point loss from earlier in the season to earn a district title.
1A-13 145: #12 Breonna Mangum (Space Coast) p. #6 Ciara Cortez (Spanish River)
The district final battle went to the junior from Space Coast as she moved into the Top 10 of rankings.
1A-13 170: #9 Mia Johnson (Fort Pierce Central) p. #7 Lainey Driggett (Merritt Island)
Johnson earned the upset win and the district title with the pinfall here.
1A-13 235: UNR Beatrice Williams (Sebastian River) dec. #7 Neveah Robinson (Okeechobee) 7-6
Williams jumped out to a 6-0 lead and held on to win this semifinal match before going on to win a district title.
1A-6 100: #14 Aniyah Whayne (Kissimmee Osceola) dec. #8 Miabella Lopez (Orlando Freedom) 4-1
Along with the upset, Whayne won a district title with this win.
1A-16 115: UNR Kamora Willis (Coral Gables) maj. #8 Arianna Garcia (South Dade) 15-7
Willis' run to the district title included this convincing win in the semis.
1A-16 100: #15 Paola Perez (Doral Academy) p. #11 Sheyla Figueira (Key West)
The 7th grader earned her first district title with the pin.
1A-16 135: #19 Eysis Estes-Brinson (Miami Palmetto) p. #11 Lesane Hied (North Miami)
Brinson is back after a broken hand to start the season and she reached the district final with this upset.
1A-1 105: UNR Madson Carroll (Gulf Breeze) p. #14 Alexis Brown (Crestview)
The freshman had quite the district debut with an upset win for the title.
1A-3 115: UNR Memphis Moses (Middleburg) p. #15 R'Cardenay Michel (Matanzas)
Trailing 8-0 with less than a minute to go, Moses scored a reversal that led to a pin and the upset.
1A-11 130: #18 Taylor Miranda (Cape Coral) tech. #16 Alyssa Doolittle (North Fort Myers)
Miranda avenged a regular season loss by fall with a dominating technical fall victory.
1A-1 135: UNR Alexis Krumnow (Niceville) p. #16 Kelsey Marschka (Chiles)
It took Krumnow just 34 seconds to score the upset win and take the district title.
1A-12 145: UNR Kendy Sierra (Cypress Lake) dec. #16 Vallanda Antoine (Fort Myers) 7-5
Sierra advanced to the district final with this thrilling come-from-behind win in the final minute.
1A-12 155: UNR Ilyana Sterrett (Fort Myers Gateway) dec. #16 Grace Freeman (LaBelle) 5-0
The shutout win gave Sterrett the district title one year after finishing fourth in the tournament.
1A-3 170: UNR Alexa Calidonio (Flagler Palm Coast) p. #18 Hannah Matalobos (Bartram Trail)
The Bulldogs senior earned a district title with this upset win.
1A-4 190: UNK Destiny Bass-Boston (Hagerty) p. #18 Chaunti Clark (Sanford Seminole)
Bass-Boston not only earned an upset with this win, she clinched the district title for the Huskies.
1A-2 120: UNR Nicole Anderson (Fletcher) dec. #19 Isabel Flowers (Paxon) 6-5
Unranked and unseeded Anderson won this match in the semifinals on her way to a district title.
1A-6 110: UNR Daniela Rodriguez (Kissimmee Gateway) p. #19 Yhoalibeth Ruiz (Orlando Freedom)
The freshman certainly got our attention with this upset win in the semifinal round.
1A-6 170: UNR Lily Tucker (Kissimmee Osceola) dec. #20 Zuhaily Caffery (Harmony) 3-0
A semifinal win for Tucker put her in the district final.
1A-6 190: UNR Martina Nielsen (Timber Creek) p. #20 Aryona Johnston (Kissimmee Osceola)
The third place match at Orlando Freedom was between these two.
1A-14 100: UNR Alyssa Garcia (Wellington) dec. #20 Beatriz Da Cunha (Suncoast) 4-2
Garcia took out the top seed in the semifinals with this win.
1A-1 125: UNR Amelia McKnight (Lincoln) p. #20 Jordan Herron (Chiles)
The Trojans sophomore was locked in, taking an 8-0 lead before winning this semifinal by pin.
1A-15 115: UNR Angelina Vaquer (Mater Lakes) p. #20 Serenity Kepler (West Broward)
A quick pin here gave Vaquer the district title and the upset win.
