Coral Shores and Key West sent their wrestlers to the Tony Ippolito Memorial Tourney at Brandon High School on Feb. 6 and 7. The Conchs and ’Canes tied for 15th place out of over 40 teams represented.
Allens Alexandre and Michael Guzman reached the podium for Key West. Alexandre finished in third place in the 285-pound competition and Guzman was fourth at 165 pounds.
Coral Shores had three wrestlers place. Sterling Keefe was fourth at 157 pounds. David Beltran finished in fifth at 175 and Gavin Matheis was sixth at 132.
Boys wrestlers have just over a week before their district tournament. Key West, Coral Shores and Marathon will send their athletes to the Southernmost City for the FHSAA’s 1A District 16 Championships on Feb. 20. Wrestlers who make the cut move on to regionals the following week for a shot at a state championship berth in the first week of March.
Key West and Marathon sent their girls to the Lady Eagle IBT held at George Jenkins High School in Lakeland on Feb. 7. Both schools had athletes place in the 30-team tournament to set the tone for the upcoming district championships.
Maria Holushko of Key West was the runner-up in the 142-pound class. Teammate Yannesie Corrales (170) brought home third place for the Conchs. Both wrestlers finished 2-1 at the tournament. Marathon’s Autumn Wolfe went 3-2 in the 107-pound class, winning fourth place in that division.
All three Keys schools have at least one female wrestler this season and will send representatives to the District 16 championships Feb. 12 at Coral Park Senior High. Regionals are slated for the next week, with states scheduled for the first week of March.
