41 notable upsets from Week 6
BY BRANT PARSONS — The first week in January gave us lots of fireworks on the mat as we ramped back up into the second half of the season.
We’ve compiled a list of “upsets” from this past weekend based on the Kabra Wrestling rankings.
These are 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 for Week 6.
165: #3-157 Enzo Gamba (Fernandina Beach) dec. #1 Willie White (SW Miami) 8-4
165: #3-157 Enzo Gamba (Fernandina Beach) p. #1-157 Gavin Balmeceda (South Dade)
Not many had as good a weekend as the Pirates senior, who toppled two top-ranked wrestlers on his way to a Cradle Cancer crown.
106: #2 Solomon Peterson (Heritage) p. #1 Matthew Schuler (Charlotte)
Peterson was a man on a mission at Jensen Beach and took this semifinal match quickly.
113: #2 Malachi Ortiz (Tampa Jesuit) dec. #1 Landon Quiroga (Merritt Island) 11-8
Just two weeks after Quiroga's one-point win at the Knockout, Ortiz takes this one in a higher-scoring decision.
120: #3 Bruce Li (Mater Lakes) dec. #2 Matteo Gonzalez (Somerset) 3-1
The win wasn't enough for MLA to overcome Somerset in the district duals final.
144: #3 Landon Bates (Palm Harbor University) dec. #2 Tyree Graham (South Dade) 3-2
Bates prevailed between the two in the third place match at the Cradle.
190: #5 Rafael Lopez (Somerset) maj. #3 Kevin Breton (MLA) 8-0
Breton came down to 190 pounds and Lopez scored a key win in the Panthers 34-29 triumph.
140: #5 Isabella Tolentino (East River) p. #3 Hayden Proulx (Timber Creek)
Tolentino's win came in the final at Winter Springs.
175: #8 Christopher Aud (Yulee) dec. #3 Alexander Cortese (Union County) 8-7
The semifinal match was decided by a single point at Joe Bees.
190: #4 Myron Mendez (SW Miami) dec. #3 Aiden Madden (Fort Pierce Central) 5-2
Mendez got back a loss from earlier in the year with a 5-2 win at Jensen Beach.
120: #7 Jordan Mukaddam (Fleming Island) dec. #5 Grady Woodard (Middleburg) 6-1
The top 7 meeting took place in the finals at the Joe Bees Memorial.
215: #9 Harper Noel (Heritage) dec. #4 Logan Ngo (Mariner) 13-6
Noel picked up the big win on the back half of the bracket on his way to a fifth-place finish.
130: #7 Gerladine Honoroe (South Dade) p. #5 Rachel Silva (Florida Christian)
Two South Florida girls headed over to SW Florida to meet and Honore earned a win after a loss earlier in the season to Silva.
170: #10 Brooklyn Watt (Matanzas) dec. #6 Mia Johnson (Fort Pierce Central) 7-4
Watt earned a 7-4 win on the finals at the Cradle Cancer.
126: #13 Shane Duhaylungsod (Fleming Island) dec. #8 Rylan Herrera (Clay) 3-0
One of the key wins in the Golden Eagles district title winning performance.
135: #13 Madison Diener (Bloomingdale) p. #9 Jada Williams (Bell Creek)
Diener earned the win by fall on her way to finishing fifth at Lady Wildcat.
100: #8 Mia Parker (First Baptist-Naples) dec. #7 Kiera Partello (Barron Collier)
First Baptist's Parker keeps proving us wrong and moving up the 100 pound rankings.
110: #9 Zoe Delgado (Florida Christian) p. #6 Zoe McDonald (Palmetto Ridge)
Delgado is another young girls wrestler that keeps making her way up the rankings with some key wins.
120: #9 James Oliver (North Bay Haven) maj. #7 Justin Contreras (Suwannee) 11-2
Oliver earned this upset win while going 6-0 at the Panhandle Championships.
138: #15 Titus Herron (Palm Harbor University) dec. #6 Cash Ciliento (Jupiter) TB-1 8-7
Herron has beaten No. 5 and No. 6 this season and was obviously a little underanked by us.
170: #20 Payton Moyer (Monarch) p. #5 Shenshaila Baron (North Miami)
Moyer went 4-0 and won first place at Lady Bear.
132: #16-138 David Culley (Wakulla) dec. #6 Jake Parker (Wewahitchka) 8-3
The senior Eagle wrestler scored the decision upset at the Panhandle Championships.
157: #9 Tre Driggett (Merritt Island) dec. #6 Stephen Perry (Heritage) 6-3
Driggett reached the podium at Cradle Cancer with the decision win.
144: UNR Mark Whalen (Palmetto Ridge) p. #5 Jaymin Saunoris (Sarasota Riverview)
The win was part of Whalen's 5-0 night for the district champion Bears.
165: #18 Shaun Sandidge (Bay) p. #9 Gibson Moore (South Walton)
Sandidge evens up the season series with a pinfall after Moore got the better of the two in December.
126: #16 Jareb Lauramore (Baker County) dec. #9 Aaron Horr (Cocoa) 6-3
126: #16 Jareb Lauramore (Baker County) dec. #13 Mikah Ikeda (Episcopal) 9-6
Two upsets helped Lauramore finish third at the Joe Bees Memorial.
110: #20 Kylie Schulz (East River) dec. #11-115 Isabel Duarte (Orlando Freedom) 5-4
Schulz scored a take down with less than a minute left to come-from-behind and win.
113: #17 Caden Moore (Charlotte) dec. #11 Vincenzo Lee (Springstead) SV-1 5-3
These two battled in the blood round with Moore making his way to the podium at the Cradle Cancer.
106: #11 Damel Martinez (Miami Southridge) dec., maj. #10 Victor Zanolini (Columbus)
It was doubly nice for Martinez as he beat Zanolini twice at the John Raich Memorial.
190: #14 Jacob Rodriguez (Winter Springs) p. #11 Landon Daugherty (East River)
Rodriguez' win was part of Winter Springs' district duals title at the Nathan Brouwer Memorial.
132: #20 Massimo Pellicano (Venice) dec. #14 Preston Thompkins (Riverdale) 7-4
A tight win in their district duals battle.
285: #14-3A Ryan Miret (Miami Southridge) p. #11-2A Seth Tshiams (North Fort Myers)
Miret got back one of his losses while finishing first at the John Raich.
190: #18 Jonathan Tumblin (Sebastian River) p. #13-215 Tyquez Smith (Heritage)
Tumblin picked up his first notable win of the season in this meeting.
126: #12 Gustavo Ferreira (Heritage) p. #11 Falco Frank (Okeechobee)
Ferreira evened the season series between the two after Frank won the first meeting.
138: UNR Joseph Conrad (Fort Myers) dec. #14 Ricky Corbett (Springstead) 3-1
Conrad secured the 3-1 win at Jensen Beach.
125: #20-130 Sheyla Ochoa (Park Vista) p. #11 Jayla Benjamin (Vero Beach)
A breakthrough weekend for Ochoa as she earned a second-place finish at Jensen Beach.
120: #17 Zach Berry (Palm Harbor University) p. Oscar Llaguno (SW Miami)
Berry improved to 24-5 on the season with the pinfall here.
285: UNR Kevin Reyes (Fleming Island) dec. #15 Jadon Bell (Clay) 9-2
The heavyweight scored the decision win in Fleming Island's 39-15 win in the 2A-4 district dual final.
115: UNR Raegan Hatch (Deltona) p. #16 Sarina Mangum (Space Coast)
Hatch's first-period pin won the weight class at Winter Springs.
190: UNR Ellis Lawson (Ocala Forest) p. #18 Ryan Joseph (Orange City University)
Lawson got even with Joseph with a pin at the Tournament of Champions.
