SEBRING –– There was no holiday hangover for many of the Heartland's prep wrestlers, as Avon Park placed third in the team competition and Sebring's Shaanan Spiegel continued his dominance on the mat at the annual Spiegel Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Sebring High School. Spiegel waltzed through the tournament with relative ease, scoring a pin three minutes into his first match against Port Charlotte's Kile Grilz and scoring a pair of technical falls en route to the gold medal in the 152-pound weight class. ...more

January 7, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - For the first time in its young, four-year history, the Nature Coast Technical wrestling team beat out county rivals Central and Hernando in a tournament. ...more

December 28, 2007

Wednesday night did not start off particularly well for Nature Coast Technical wrestling coach Mike Lastra. ...more

December 24, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - It took Michael Calafiore 364 days to rectify a major heartache. ...more

December 21, 2007

Central High's wrestling team traveled to Inverness for the all-day Ed Kilpatrick Classic and demonstrated it can grapple with the best of them. ...more

December 5, 2007

LAKELAND — The freshmen on the Avon Park wrestling team are wasting no time making a positive impact. Jack Bland, Greg Gentry and Erik Arocho — all ninth-graders — won their matches to lead the Red Devils to a 41-24 win over McKeel Academy in a non-district dual on Thursday night. The impressive showing by the underclassmen and the opening-season win was a pleasant surprise for Avon Park coach Ed Brown. ...more

November 17, 2007

Armwood two-way lineman Matt Patchan has been highly regarded as one of the nation's top prospects, and now the Hawks senior standout will get his chance to play against the rest of the nation's best after being selected for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. ...more

November 8, 2007

The Midget Twister returned from Antalya, Turkey, with a hefty black belt and the thirst for more competition on the world grappling stage. ...more

October 8, 2007