- December 12, 2025
Joslyn Johnson was the only girl wrestling for Flagler Palm Coast at the District 2-3A duals tournament on Thursday, Dec. 11, at Buchholz High School in Gainesville. Wrestling in the final match of the day, the senior demonstrated why she was in the lineup.
The Bulldogs were down by two points against Buchholz in the championship entering the last match at 113 pounds. Johnson pinned Cassidy Kephart in 3:44 to give FPC a 33-29 victory and its third straight district duals championship.
Joslyn Johnson is someone I trust. When there’s a match to be won, there’s nobody I’d rather have out there, girls or boys.
— DAVID BOSSARDET, FPC wrestling coach
“Joslyn Johnson is someone I trust,” FPC wrestling coach David Bossardet said. “When there’s a match to be won, there’s nobody I’d rather have out there, girls or boys.”
FPC received a bye in the quarterfinals and defeated Lake Mary 54-19 in the semifinals to advance to the championship against the host Bobcats. The Bulldogs will now wait to see where they are headed for regionals. The winner of the District 1-3A tournament on Jan. 10, 2026, at Creekside High School, will host regionals on Jan. 15.
FPC junior Braden Dailey, who normally wrestles at 113, bumped up to 120 for district duals and pinned both of his opponents.
“He’s been battling health issues,” Bossardet said. “He battled through a tough week, and he did a phenomenal job. The week he went through, he could have easily not wrestled at all, and he got two pins.”
Bossardet said he was also pleased with sophomore Lenny Fries who pinned both of his opponents at 138 pounds. In the final, he pinned Buchholz’s Jacob Vo in 19 seconds.
FPC’s other winners against Buchholz were Jacob Hald at 106, Robert Twilley at 132, Jojo Foalima at 175 and Doyvonne Leadon at 190.
But overall, Bossardet said, the Bulldogs will have to wrestle better at regionals to be able to advance to the state duals tournament on Jan 23-24.
“I look at how we’re competing,” he said as he was driving back from Gainesville. “I don’t think any of our guys were satisfied with how they competed today. We won district duals, but if we wrestle like we did today, that’s all we do is win district duals. We’ll have to go back to work tomorrow and make some adjustments.”
