Golden Gate High School Wrestling

All-Conference wrestling team.

2011-12 NDN ALL-AREA TEAM: Wrestling

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.

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.

Golden Gate’s William Norelia and Immokalee 113-pounder Pierre Borgela couldn’t have started the wrestling season much differently.

Before the Class 1A-Region 3 tournament, members of meet host Golden Gate watched a video of the Dan Gable story. Gable, a 1972 Olympic gold medalist and former coach at Iowa, lost only one match his entire collegiate career at ...

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

Friday night’s Class 1A-District 12 wrestling tournament offered little opposition for Golden Gate High, as the Titans easily captured their first district championship with 236 points.

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.

South Fort Myers placed fifth with 135 points, Gulf Coast was sixth with 128 points, Golden Gate was 11th with 71.5 points and Immokalee finished 14th with 43 points Saturday at the Brian Bidwell Memorial wrestling tournament at Lemon Bay.

The Palmetto Ridge High wrestling program has won a state title and 10 individual championships in its short existence. Yet the Bears have never finished a season undefeated.

William Norelia entered Friday’s action of the Titan Duals regarded as a legitimate Class 1A state title contender at 182 pounds.

Notes on area soccer and wrestling teams:

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.