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FHSAA Wrestling Duals

Blue Devils take out Broncos

By Randy Lefko randy@claytodayonline.com
Posted 1/24/25

KISSIMMEE - Clay High overcame an early 24-16 lead by Middleburg High's wrestling team with a pin from Jacob Bucci and a tech fall from Landon Willard to trigger a 24 point swing to beat the Broncos …

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FHSAA Wrestling Duals

Blue Devils take out Broncos


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KISSIMMEE - Clay High overcame an early 24-16 lead by Middleburg High's wrestling team with a pin from Jacob Bucci and a tech fall from Landon Willard to trigger a 24 point swing to beat the Broncos 48-24 in the Region 1-2A championship match at Osceola High School Friday morning.
The win puts the Blue Devils into the Class 2A Final Four tournament on Saturday with an early state semifinal and a possible state title match at 6 p.m.
With Middleburg capturing the lead at 24-16 behind pins from Gavin Fisher and Nathan Harvey, the Blue Devils used the two falls from Bucci and Willard to take a 27-24 lead before rolling to points of 33-24 behind a Vonte Burke pin over Middleburg's Micah Thomas; 38-24 with a 17-0 tech fall by Rylan Herrera over Christopher McKeel and a swift hip throw to pin from Calvyn St. Clair to pin Christian Mann to 44-24 after the 144 match.
Middleburg's final points came off a pin by Wyatt LeDuc at 157 for the final 48-30 score.
In the first two matches, starting at 165 with Clay's Drew Holmquist matching up the Middleburg's Sean Blouin, the match went to 8-7 into the third before Holmquist got a cradle on Blouin but failed to hold on for a 15-7 win instead of a pin, but, in one of the biggest turnarounds of the match, Middleburg's Keensdee Roseme took a tumble with Clay's Tison Rivers to a back pin to give the Broncos an early 12-3 lead.
In a turn of events in the 215 highly-anticipated showdown of the Class 2A No. 1 and No. 2, Porter Loveland of Middleburg and Aaron Stacy of Clay, both wrestled at different weight classes; 215 and 285, respectively, with both gaining pin points for their teams. Stacy's pin, in the first period, got the score to 18-16 for Middleburg. Loveland pinned in his 215 match in the second period.
In Saturday's state semifinal, Clay will face Charlotte High, a 48-26 winner over Braden River while Somerset was still awaiting the winner of defending champion Lake Gibson and Tampa Jesuit for their opponent. Tampa Jesuit, with three matches left at this writing, was up 26-21 against Lake Gibson.
Lake Gibson defeated Tampa Jesuit for the Class 2A title last year. Charlotte lost to Jesuit in the 2024 semifinal. Clay was eliminated in the region semifinal by Fleming Island with Fleming Island losing to Lake Gibson in the state semifinal.