Freedom wins its fourth consecutive 3A-4 title – Orlando Sentinel

The Freedom wrestling team flexed its collective muscle on Wednesday, winning its fourth consecutive Class 3A-4 district title outscoring runner-up Timber Creek 227.5-155.5.

The Patriots had 11 wrestlers in the finals with Brenden Maharaj, Stephon Halliburton, Briso Aimableand Justin Marotta winning district titles.

Smaill Saint-Pierre, Marcus Jean-Baptiste, Colby Wang, Wesley Britos, Marc Dillard, Patchiney Prophete and Darrell Lowefinished second for the district champions.

Four consecutive titles is a great accomplishment for our kids, Freedom coach David Bush said. It gives the younger kids something to strive for.

In total, all 14 Freedom wrestlers advanced to next weeks region tournament at Flagler Palm Coast.

Getting 14 guys to the regional tournament is so important, Bush said. You hate to see a kids season come to an end, so this gives us another week as a complete team going into a very tough regional tournament.

All 11 of Timber Creeks wrestlers advanced to the region tournament that begins on Friday, February 24.

Third place Boone advanced 10 of its 11 wrestlers through the district tournament and finished with 142.5 points.

Orlando University was fourth with 124 points, host Cypress Creek fifth at 88.5 and Oak Ridge in sixth with 42.5.

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Timber CreeksErnesto Maysonet (29-10) started the finals off with a 15-4 major decision win over Cypress Creeks Ivan Reyes.

The first stunner of the afternoon happened at 113 pounds when Cypress Creeks Michael Ortega (49-6)beat Boones top-seeded Jayden Bradshaw 6-4. Both wrestlers are ranked in the latest 3A rankings on The Wrestling Nationwith Bradshaw ranked seventh and Ortega tenth.

The next upset of a top seed too place at 120 points when Antonio Estrada (40-3) won the second district crown for the Wolves with a 10-4 win over Saint Pierre.

A highly-anticipated final at 126 pounds did not disappoint with Boones Lucas Rodriguez securing a 1-0 decision over Freedoms Jean Baptiste.

Rodriguez (36-0)is ranked second by TWN and Jean-Baptise (42-9) is sixth.

Maharaj (34-11)picked up the first title for Freedom at 132 pounds with a pin in the first period against Boones Andrew Fletcher.

Carlos Matos (23-6) won the third title for Timber Creek with a 4-3 win over Orlando UniversitysJoshua Pantoja at 138 pounds.

FreedomsHalliburton (30-9)picked up two pins on the day to win at 145 pounds, including a win in the final over Cypress Creeks Reggie Smith.

Gage VanKuilenburg (42-12) picked up Boones second title on the day at 152 pounds with a major decision victory over Freedoms Colby Wang.

Freedoms third title came at 160 pounds when Aimable (36-11) beat Orlando Universitys Uziel Rivera in the final.

Orlando UniversitysAlejandro Gonzalez took home the schools lone district title with a pin over Britos.

At 182 pounds, Timber Creeks Brian Santiago (35-5) took home the fourth title for the Wolves with 10-5 win over Freedoms Dillard.

Freedoms Justin Marotta (40-5), ranked seventh in the state, beat Timber Creeks Anthony Coleman 12-3 in the 195-pound final.

Orlando Universitys Wals Edmund scored the final upset of a top seed when he beat Prophete 8-0 in the 220-pound title bout.

Cypress CreeksUzochi Oparaji (31-1) finished off the day with a win by fall over FreedomsDarrell Lowe at 285 pounds.

1. Orlando Freedom 227.5; 2. Timber Creek 155.5; 3. Boone 142.5; 4. Orlando University 124; 5. Cypress Creek 88.5; 6. Oak Ridge 42.5; 7. Winter Park 23.5; 8. Colonial 12.

Click here for complete brackets from 3A-4 tournament

First-place match

106: Ernesto Maysonet (Timber Creek) maj. dec. Ivan Reyes (Cypress Creek) 15-4

113: Michael Ortega (Cypress Creek) dec. Jayden Bradshaw (Boone) 6-4

120: Antonio Estrada (Timber Creek) dec. Smaill Saint Pierre (Freedom) 10-4

126: Lucas Rodriguez (Boone) dec. Marcus Jean Baptiste (Freedom) 1-0

132: Brenden Maharaj (Freedom) p. Andrew Fletcher (Boone) 1:01

138: Carlos Matos (Timber Creek) dec. Joshua Pantoja (Orlando University) 4-3

145: Stephon Halliburton (Freedom) p. Reggie Smith (Cypress Creek) 1:26

152: Gage VanKuilenburg (Boone) maj. dec. Colby Wang (Freedom) 13-3

160: Briso Aimable (Freedom) p. Uziel Rivera (Orlando University) 1:33

170: Alejandro Gonzalez (Orlando University) p. Wesley Britos (Freedom) 1:04

182: Brian Santiago (Timber Creek) dec. Marc Dillard (Freedom) 10-5

195: Justin Marotta (Freedom) maj. dec. Anthony Coleman (Timber Creek) 12-3

220: Wals Edmond (Orlando University) dec. Patchiney Prophete (Freedom) 8-0

285: Uzochi Oparaji (Cypress Creek) p. Darrell Lowe (Freedom) 2:18

Third-place match

106: Erick Rocher (Freedom) p. Tyrese Hicks (Oak Ridge) 4:20

113: Corban Arana (Timber Creek) maj. dec. Armstrong Lubin (Freedom) 15-7

120: Noel Soto (Boone) p. Matthew Augustave (Oak Ridge) 2:11

126: Eliejah Bagley (Timber Creek) maj. dec. Colson North (Winter Park) 16-6

132: Linwood Lee (Timber Creek) dec. Carlos Arce (Cypress Creek) 3-1

138: Earl Johnson (Freedom) p. Grant Linnemann (Boone) 4:28

145: Ethan Rivera (Orlando University) p. Jordan Gates (Boone) 2:12

152: Craig Mariani (Cypress Creek) p. Jaden Delgado (Timber Creek) 5:41

160: Daniel Bass (Boone) dec. Austin Parker (Winter Park) 7-1

170: Khanh Dinh (Colonial) p. Ezequel Rivera (Boone) 2:59

182: Gabriel Banos (Orlando University) dec. Jason Angel (Boone) 9-2

195: Jon Powell (Orlando University) p. Kevin Perez (Oak Ridge) 4:29

220: Keon Bush (Oak Ridge) dec. Jacob Schalk (Timber Creek) 5-1

285: Brandon Pureza (Orlando University) dec. Shamir Nelson (Timber Creek) 5-3

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