Wellington Wrestling Club Competes In Fort Myers

Sam Marvel, Lukas Forehand, James Marvel, Juan Quintero, Jake Maffi and Ryan King.

The Wellington Wrestling Club recently traveled to Fort Myers to compete at the Riverdale Fall Brawl at Riverdale High School. It was a great turnout for the club with every wrestler finishing in one of the top four positions.

Leading the way were Tyler Gray (fifth grade) and Sam Marvel (eighth grade), who both finished with two gold medals as they competed in their age division and the age division above them for the experience.

James Marvel (10th grade) finished in first place, James Kosza (fifth grade) finished in second place in two divisions, Lukas Forehand (12th grade) took second place, Juan Quintero (10th grade) took third place, Jake Maffi (ninth grade) took third place and Ryan King (10th grade) took fourth place.

The club will compete next weekend at the Alpha Authentics Fall Finals held at Wellington High School. The club will begin a winter session on Tuesday, Nov. 5 open to all K-12 wrestlers. Contact coach Travis Gray at (561) 827-8595 or travis.gray@palmbeachschools.org for more info.