- October 16, 2024
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Flagler Palm Coast wrestlers Joslyn Johnson and Mariah Mills wrestled at the Super 32 Challenge on Oct. 12-13 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Johnson placed fourth in the 106-pound class, winning six of eight matches, while Mills won her first match before losing the next two in the 112-pound class. Both girls won state high school championships last season.
“Joslyn continues to grow as a wrestler,” FPC and Flagler Wrestling Club coach David Bossardet said while driving back Greensboro on Sunday, Oct. 13. “We worked all summer on developing a second attack on her feet to take girls down. She’s known to have a good double-leg. We decided she needed a second attack and today we saw that. She was able to execute in some big-time situations.”
Bossardet said freestyle wrestling is Johnson’s best style, but she will be returning to folkstyle wrestling as the high school season gets underway.
Mills transferred from Matanzas and is wrestling for a new club. Bossardet said her results at the competitive Super 32 tournament weren’t where she wanted them to be, but it’s not time to panic.
“The vast majority of girls at the Super 32 are ranked nationally,” Bossardet said. “I know Mariah’s not happy, but there are just some things we need to clean up. She’s probably the hardest worker I’ve been around among girls wrestlers. We have to concentrate more on the technical aspect.”
The Florida High School Athletic Association has added an extra week to the football season to help teams around the state make up their games lost to Hurricane Milton.
The week does not change the playoff schedule. Instead of an open week before the state championship games, teams will have another week in the regular season. Many teams were scheduled to play district games last week, which would affect the playoff picture. The FHSAA will announce playoff brackets on Saturday, Nov. 9.
Matanzas doesn’t need that extra week. The Pirates will travel to Belleview Thursday, Oct. 17, to make up for last week’s game. Both teams had a bye week scheduled this week.
Flagler Palm Coast will host DeLand on Thursday, Nov. 7, the last day now that teams are allowed to play regular-season game. That game will be senior night for the Bulldogs.
FPC will travel to Yulee on Friday, Oct. 18, as scheduled. Seabreeze will host Mount Dora on Oct. 18 as scheduled. The Sandcrabs' senior night is Thursday, Oct. 24, when they host Pine Ridge. They will make up their game with Deltona in the week following their game against Mainland on Nov. 1, but a firm date has not been set, athletic director Anthony Campanella said.
Mainland, meanwhile, had a bye week last week so the Bucs did not have to reschedule. They travel to Palm Cay Heritage on Oct. 18.
