Keys wrestling teams met in Tavernier on Jan. 17 to square off against the best competition Monroe County had to offer. Key West took the top spot against Coral Shores, winning 32-22 after Coral Shores bested Marathon 48-18. Key West was undefeated against Marathon, whose program is in its first year.
Marathon scored wins from Trevor Gordon (106 pounds) and Autumn Wolfe, who stepped up from her usual 105-pound weight class to 113, earning a win by forfeit to help her teammates. Hayden Starling (126) and Charlie Buttner (144) beat their opponents by decision. But Marathon’s heaviest wrestler weighs in at just under 150 pounds, so Coral Shores picked up some forfeits of its own.
Sebastian McCoy won by forfeit at 120, as did Sterling Keefe (157), Jack Brown (165), David Beltran (175), Ricardo Mack (190) and Andrew Grgek (285). Gavin Matheis (132), Ethan Struhs (138) and Nathaniel Tristram (150) each pinned a Marathon opponent and neither team produced an athlete at 215, to give the ’Canes a 48-18 win over their new neighbors.
In the Key West/Coral Shores dual, the teams started at 120, where Sebastian McCoy put Coral Shores on the board with a pin. Matheis added another pin to his record at 138, as did Keefe (157) and Beltran (175). Tristram won by technical fall and Ricardo Mack (190) won by decision to give the Hurricanes 22 points against the Conchs.
Zander Font of Key West won by major decision at 126, then teammates Alexander Holtcamp (132), Kyle Condella (144), Michael Guzman (165) and Allens Alexandre (285) registered wins via pin. Kascper Kowalik (215) picked up a forfeit for the Conchs’ 32 points.
