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All-Conference wrestling team.

2011-12 NDN ALL-AREA TEAM: Wrestling

Three different Collier County teams sent wrestlers to the High School Nationals in Virginia Beach, Va., over the weekend.

Mitch Haan’s rollercoaster season continued through the FHSAA State Finals and ended with a jubilant celebration as the Gulf Coast heavyweight captured the Class 3A state title.

With just one more win Barron Collier's Tanis Taylor and Gulf Coast's Mitch Haan can earn the right to be called state champion.

Tanis Taylor’s impressive postseason run continued through Friday’s opening-round action of the FHSAA State Finals at Lakeland Center.

A handful of Collier County wrestlers have their sights fixed squarely on titles as the FHSAA State Finals begin Friday at Lakeland Center.

In just 3 seconds Tanis Taylor went from hard-luck loser to two-time champion in Saturday’s Class 2A-Region 3 tournament at Charlotte High.

Lely’s Claudel Alix entered the Class 2A-Region 3 wrestling tournament Friday a relative unknown. But the Trojans junior takes the mat today just one win shy of qualifying for next weekend’s state finals.

With high school wrestlers taking the mat today in regional tournaments one goal is shared by all: qualify for the state finals.

Palmetto Ridge wrestling coach Laz Rua said he was “satisfied” with his team’s second-place performance at Saturday’s Class 2A-District 12 championships at Naples High.

Two years ago the sport of wrestling simply didn’t exist to Brian Walker. The once promising football phenom was grappling with a debilitating neck injury that seemed destined to spoil his athletic prowess.

High school wrestling results from Friday

Palmetto Ridge was out to prove a point this weekend at the Collier County Athletic Conference wrestling meet — that the Bears still rules the mats around here.

The Palmetto Ridge varsity wrestling team flexed its muscles on Friday, winning all four of its dual matches on the first day of Collier County Athletic Conference meet.