DeLand High School Wrestling

End of year banquet was a blast! Congrats on a great season to our varsity boys and girls as well as our JV team.

End of year award winners:
Boys
MVP Gerald “Taz” Logan
Most Technical Kaiden Olavarria
Most improved Jonathon Bastian
Rookie of the Year Liam Bardwell
Most Resilient Enzo Armani Gonzalez
Randy Grier Award Jack Knowles

Ladies
MVP De-Niya Padgett
Most Technical Yazmen Smith
Most Improved Silvia Butler
Rookie of the Year Victoria Saunders
Most Resilient Emma Quick
Randy Grier Award Soraya Calderon

Way to go Taz.

DeLand defensive lineman Taz Logan overshadowed the 200 other participants to win the overall MVP honor at the Second Annual Real McCoy Exposure Camp in Orlando.

Congratulations to Deland Alumni, Grace Lashinsky, on becoming an All-American in her true freshman year, placing 5th at the NAIA National Championships. Way to start your college career Grace, keep representing well!

This weekend 2 Bulldogs will compete at the State Championships aiming for gold! Help us in congratulating them and sending them off! Congrats Kaiden Olavarria and Taz Logan.

We’ve got 2 athletes that have qualified for the state Championship next week! At the Regional Championships today Junior Kaiden Olavarria placed 2nd at 120lbs and Junior Taz Logan placed 3rd at Heavyweight to punch their tickets to the big dance. Also notable, Sophomore Jonathon Bastian, finished just shy of making the state tournament, congrats on a great season and I know you’ll make that leap next season. Great job Bulldogs!

Thank you to everyone that joined us here at Deland High for the 3A Region 1 Championship. Congratulations to all the State Qualifiers as well as the Region Champs Hagerty and region runner ups Flagler Palm Coast.

Shout out our Volunteers, non competing wrestlers and Deland Leadership volunteers spending their time this weekend to help the event run. Special shout out to a few families that stepped up big. The Ribeiro’s, the Bastian’s, the Knowles’s, the Davis’s, the Quick’s, the Hillerman’s, the Baker’s, the Thompson’s and Rebecca Harrigan. Huge thank you to Coach Pankey of Buchholz Wrestling for helping run the Trackwrestling side of the event as well as helping us find a trainer for the event when we were in a pickle. Thank you Tyler Otto from the University of Florida for joining us as our trainer for the event and doing a great job.

Thank you to all of the businesses that donated to help with our hospitality room for the coaches and refs:
Texas Roadhouse
Pizza Hut
Chick-fil-A
Jimmy John's
Tijuana Flats
Persimmon Hollow Brewery
Thank you!

Region Day 2 update:
Due to the metal detectors slowing down entry we will be opening doors early to spectators tomorrow a touch after weigh ins start at 8am.

We are all set up for regions this weekend! Looking forward to seeing some great wrestling. A few reminders:
$5 cash for parking.
Gofans.co for tickets (no cash at the door).
Spectators will be in the upstairs seating only.
Doors will open Friday to spectators at 11am.
Doors will open on Saturday to spectators at 8:00am.

Congratulations to DeLand Alumni Grace Lashinsky on qualifying for NAIA Nationals as a freshman!

🤼‍♂️ DeLand High School Wrestling Regionals – Donation Support Needed! 🤼‍♂️

DeLand High School is proud to host this year’s Wrestling Regional Tournament, and we’re excited to welcome teams, coaches, and officials from across the region to our campus!

To help make this event a success, we are asking for donations to support our Hospitality Room. This space provides meals, snacks, and drinks for the coaches, officials, and staff who make this tournament possible. Your support helps us show appreciation and represent our school and community with excellence.
If you’re willing to donate, please sign up using the link below:
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All donations are greatly appreciated, and every contribution helps us create a positive and welcoming experience for everyone involved.

Thank you for supporting DeLand Wrestling and our Bulldog community! 💚💛

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Congrats to our 6 Regional Qualifiers! After a tough day of wrestling at the district championship we had 6 bulldogs find the podium and ear a spot at the regional championship. As a team we finished in 4th place. Individual placements:
106lbs Liam Bardwell 4th place
113lbs Jonathon Bastian 2nd place
120lbs Kaiden Olavarria 2nd place
157lbs Zurich Loughmiller 4th place
190lbs Ryan Joseph 3rd place
285lbs Taz Logan 2nd place

Some of the kids this morning got up early and headed over to volunteer at the Kiwanis Club of West Volusia, Florida Pancake breakfast. They had a great time, helped out and got to eat some pancakes. Shout out to our kids that got up early and helped!
Max Baker, Zach Baker, Afnan Mollah, Dennis Mooney, Brandon Kelly, Elmer Alvarez, Atticus Contois, AJ Ribiero, Victoria Saunders, Jonathan Bastian, Liam Bastian, Amare Thompson, Yazmen Smith, Silvia Butler, Xavier Vestal.
Way to represent!