Wrestling Capsules
Wed. December 05, 2012 at 2:49 p.m. | By Polk Preps Staff
School: Frostproof
Coach: Brian Schmitt
Last Season’s Record: 9-17
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: Sr. Clayton Farrier, Sr. Wesley Smeal, Sr. Kaigan Holmes, So. Donald Moore, Jr. Domonick
Paterson
Scouting Report: My team this year will have three seniors with experience, who I expect to lead the
younger athletes to us being competitive. I have a little bit of experience coming back, but I will also
have five freshman in my line up. We will just have to get better every day and see how the season goes.
School: George Jenkins
Coach: Jestin Bailey
Last Season’s Record: 18-9
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: Jr. Zach Wood, Jr. Ryan Strickland, Sr. Billy Cannoy, So. Ethan Owen, Jr. Brinton Rylott, Sr.
Zach Parker
Scouting Report: We are a young but experienced team. We already lost some kids who decided not to
wrestle this year, so some young kids will have to step up and take the load over. We have a great group
of core kids and are praying some football kids come out this year to round off the team.
School: Lake Gibson
Coach: Danny Walker
Last Season’s Record: 15-3
State Finish: runner up
Regional Finish: 2nd
District Finish: 1st
Top Athletes: Sr. Chase Krutzky, Sr. Dorian Spradlin, Sr. Alex Destra, Jr. David Rudd, Sr. Seth Kelly, Sr.
Jason Foster, Jr. Dakota Rehbein
Scouting Report: Lake Gibson returns a senior led team anchored by Krutzky and Destra looking to put it
all together in February.
School: Lakeland
Coach: Matt Markowski
Last Season’s Record: 25-2
State Finish: 30th
Regional Finish: 9th
District Finish: 5th
Top Athletes: Sr. Daniel Phan, Sr. Mariano Santiago, Jr. Ja'Leel Osbey, Jr. Gino Cerna, Sr. Chad Kirkman
Scouting Report: Without question, we are in a rebuilding mode. However, we have some fantastic
leaders in and out of the practice room. The only guy on the roster that has made it out of district is
Kirkman.
School: Haines City
Coach: Broderic Ogzewalla
Last Season’s Record: NA
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: Sr. Javier Taboas, Sr. Garry Evans, Sr. Bren Hines, Sr. Azaan Daniel, Sr. Walter Oliveras
Scouting Report: It should be a very positive year. We have a great mix of young and experienced
wrestlers. Several of our Senior wrestlers will be contending for the honor of being county champ. 80%
of our lineup should have winning records this year.
School: Tenoroc
Coach: Peter Fender
Last Season’s Record: 7-21
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: Sr. Nick Voight, Sr. Hayden Cain, So. Nick Thomas
Scouting Report: We will have a young team with several weight classes being filled by athletes who
have never wrestled at Tenoroc before. I am counting on our returning wrestlers to be a strong base for
our team and we should have several wrestlers qualify for the regional tournament to be held here at
Tenoroc.
School: Ridge
Coach: Mike Sargent/Nick Sityar
Last Season’s Record: NA
State Finish: NA
Regional Finish: NA
District Finish: NA
Top Athletes: Sr. Anton Cardinal, Sr. Saul Yamas, Sr. Jacob Harwell, Sr. Justin Christian, Sr. Michael
Horton, Jr. Rashawn Williams-Flax
Scouting Report: We only lost two seniors last year, and bringing back many veteran wrestlers. We’ve
been fortunate to have a large interest this year in wrestling and many freshmen have joined the
team. We’re working on building programs to help facilitate year round wrestling, and trying to expand
community involvement in the sport.
School: Auburndale
Coach: Vince Parker
Last Season’s Record: 18-7
State Finish: 55th
Regional Finish: 8th
District Finish: 3rd
Top Athletes: Sr. Antonio Thomas, Sr. Hunter Dowdy, So. Devin Glenn
Scouting Report: We will go as our leaders go, our seniors have to set the pace and the rest will follow.
