The 4-time 3A State Champion Oviedo Men's Wrestling Team traveled to the spacious gymnasium confines of Cypress Creek high school in Orlando, FL to compete in the 3A-1 Region Championships on Friday the 13th and Valentines Day 2009.

169.0 Oviedo
128.5 Winter Springs
117.0 Dr Phillips
106.5 Deland
106.0 Flagler Palm Coast
99.5 Niceville
96.0 Timber Creek
83.5 Edgewater
70.5 Cypress Creek
66.0 Lake Mary
55.0 University
54.0 Lyman
45.5 Apopka
27.0 Sandalwood
24.0 Freedom
23.0 Deltona
23.0 Evans
22.0 Mandarin
21.5 Fletcher
20.0 Lake Brantley
18.0 Orange Park
16.0 Olympia
16.0 Wekiva
14.0 Colonial
13.5 Hagerty
10.0 Buchholz
9.0 Winter Park
8.0 West Orange
4.5 Boone
3.0 Bartram Trail
3.0 Pine Ridge
0.0 Seminole

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
103 Tran ED dec Whitmire DP 11-4
112 Sanborn FPC tf Watkins DP 18-3
119 Joseph ED pin Hellinger DP 2:58
125 Jenkins OV dec Guzman DEL 5-2
130 Nereim WS tf Eslami DEL 20-5
135 Sroka FPC inj def Poulot SAN
140 Gordon OV md Grimes DEL 15-3
145 Hajner CC pin Polson AP 3:28
152 Hartly NI dec Wood DELT 7-5
160 O'Dell OV Hazen LM 16-0
171 Alba CC tf Jackson LY 21-3
189 Taylor OV dec Sturgeon UN 5-4
215 Moravek TC dec Johnson FPC 4-2
285 Green TC dec Scott UN 4-2

3RD/4TH PLACE
103 Riccard WS dec Wagstaff HAG 4-1
112 Hefley OV pin Te AP 2:51
119 Backer WS dec Alpert OV 6-3
125 Curley WS dec Fronsdahl DP 7-4
130 Espinoza ED dec Rowland OV 5-3
135 Dunwald NI dec Sotomayor DEL 2-1
140 Elkin LB dec Lamb NI 6-5
145 Cruz LY dec Carasas LM 5-4
152 Ramcharan DP dec Wildes OV 7-1
160 Muniz LY dec Kemp ED 7-2
171 Richards TC dec Meyer NI 11-5
189 Maddox DEL pin Wilson WEK (no time indicated)
215 Ducre DP pin Petro WS 4:47
285 Mills WS dec Spears LM 7-1

Oviedo wins its seventh consecutive Region Championship team title.
Eight wrestlers advance to the State Championship Finals -- seven of them underclassmen.
Oviedo went four for four in the individual Championship Finals.
After gutting through a flu virus last weekend at the District tourney to move ahead to week two of the State Series with a 4th place finish, senior Stephon Jenkins put on a healthy performance this weekend by claiming the Region Championship at 125. In doing so, he beat two District Champions; one by a 16-1 tech fall in the opening round. He also avenged both loses from last week's District event.
Juniors Chase Gordon and Erin O'Dell plowed through their respective weight classes with impressive marks; Gordon with a tech fall, two pins, and a major decision, and O'Dell with two pins and two tech falls -- 16-1 in the semis and 16-0 in the Championship Final.
Jay Taylor avenged his only loss this season to a Florida opponent by beating University high school opponent TJ Sturgeon, a 3rd place finisher at last year's State Championships, in the Region Championships match-up.
Twenty three Oviedo wrestlers have competed in Varsity-level events this season, and 19 of those are underclassmen.
With the State Championships next on the docket, three wrestlers are still in the hunt for the Oviedo Schalles Award for most pins -- O'Dell at 25, Taylor with 23, and Joey Hefley checking in with 21 Velcro-sponsored matches.
Lordy, lordy look who's at 40 -- crossing the threshold of 40 wins on the season are Gordon (42), Taylor (41), and Hefley (40). Seeking club entry with a week left on the campaign are O'Dell (39), Jenkins (38), and Ray Rowland (36).
Next up for the Oviedo wrestling program is the the State Championships at The Lakeland Center in Lakeland, FL on 20-21 February.

2009 Regiional Champs


	Oviedo Florida Men's Wrestling Report - 2-14-09