- March 3, 2026
Six Flagler Palm Coast boys wrestlers qualified for the state championships at the Region 1-3A meet on Feb. 28 at DeLand High School.
Sophomore Kevin McLean and freshman JoJo Foalima each won region championships. McLean won a 3-0 decision against DeLand's Kaiden Olavarria to win the 120-pound title. He pinned his first three opponents to get to the final.
Foalima won the 165-pound championship with a 17-1 technical fall over Benjamin Wolgamuth of Oviedo Hagerty in the final. Both McLean and Foalima also won Five Star Conference and district championships to start the postseason.
They will be joined at state by teammates Jacob Hald (106 pounds), Trey Twilley (132 pounds) and Michael Fries (150 pounds), who all placed second at regional, and Braden Dailey, who placed third at 113 pounds.
Twilley lost to Hagerty's Brentley Crawley by a 3-1 decision in the final. It was the third time the two wrestled this season. Crawley won 4-2 at state duals while Twilley won 4-2 at the Flagler Rotary Tournament.
McLean placed third at state at 113 pounds last season, while Twilley placed fourth at 126 pounds.
Three other Bulldog wrestlers lost in the blood round (one spot away from qualifying): freshman Buster Bossardet, junior Ronden Ricks and senior Doyvonne Leadon.
The Bulldogs placed second as a team at regional with 157 points. Hagerty won the team trophy with 216.5 points.
The state championships are March 5-7 at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
