FPC cruises to dual meet win on senior night

Seven Bulldogs pinned their opponents in a 59-12 victory over Matanzas.

By Brent Woronoff
| 10:50 a.m. January 30, 2022

FPC's John Hald has Braden Hawley on his stomach. Hald won the 126-pound match with a pin. Photo by Brent Woronoff

Matanzas 152-pounder Tyson Mills, right, wrestled Tim King in one of the best matches of the night. Photo by Brent Woronoff

FPC's Kole Hannant, left, won the 120-pound match against Toryion Stallings with a 9-1 major decision. Photo by Brent Woronoff

FPC's Blane DeFord, left, defeated Jordan Mills 4-2 in the 170-pound match. Photo by Brent Woronoff

FPC's Marcelo Gonzalez, top, pinned Landon Wright in the 182-pound match. Photo by Brent Woronoff

Felipe Costa, right, won a 22-10 major decision over Rubin Rodriguez at 145. Photo by Brent Woronoff

Palm Coast Observer
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Fresh off its final-four appearance at the state duals tournament, Flagler Palm Coast's wrestling team celebrated senior night with a 59-12 victory over cross-town rival Matanzas on Jan. 26 at FPC.

FPC improved to 13-8 with the win, while Matanzas fell to 12-12.

Timothy McLean (106), John Hald (126), Bryce Dodge (160), Marcelo Gonzalez (182), Garrick Schwartz (195), Dalton Schell (220) and Seth Davis (285) all recorded pins for the Bulldogs. FPC's Kole Hannant (120) and Felipe Costa (145) won major decisions.

The teams split the two most anticipated matches of the night involving four returning state qualifiers. Matanzas senior Tyson Mills won by a 6-4 decision over Tim King at 152 pounds. FPC’s Blane DeFord, who placed fourth at state the past two seasons, won a 4-2 decision over Jordan Mills at 170 pounds.

Henson White won at 138 pounds for Matanzas. Carter Wilder, one of the Pirates' top wrestlers, did not wrestle in the match as he was cutting weight to be able to wrestle at 113 pounds at the Flagler Rotary two days later.

Here are the results:

Flagler Palm Coast 59, Matanzas 12
113: Carson Baert (FPC) won by forfeit. 120: Kole Hannant (FPC) major dec. Toryion Stallings, 9-1. 126: John Hald (FPC) pinned Braden Hawley, 3:37. 132: Dylan Parkinson (Matanzas) won by forfeit. 138: Henson White (Matanzas) dec. Danya Cherry, 11-7. 145: Felipe Costa (FPC) major dec. Rubin Rodriguez, 22-10. 152: Tyson Mills (Matanzas) dec. Tim King, 6-4. 160: Bryce Dodge (FPC) pinned Brandyn Cox, 2:53. 170: Blane DeFord (FPC) dec. Jordan Mills, 4-2. 182: Marcelo Gonzalez (FPC) pinned Landon Wright, 1:11. 195: Garrick Schwartz (FPC) pinned Adyn Cox, 2:30. 220: Dalton Schell (FPC) pinned Anthony Girgus, :26. 285: Seth Davis (FPC) pinned Brody Mushtare, 1:36. 106: Timothy McLean (FPC) pinned Christian Borgmann, 1:15.