Meet the 2024 Southwest Florida All-Area Girls Wrestling Team sponsored by Babcock Ranch
At the end of each season, The News-Press and Naples Daily News select All-Area teams honoring the best athletes for every sport. Coaches from area schools are sent nomination forms and are asked to nominate and rate their athletes as well as those from other teams. That data combined with our research led to the selection of the All-Area team.
FIRST TEAM
Blanca Cespedes
School: Riverdale
Year: Junior
Highlights: Cespedes won more than 30 matches wrestling in the 125-pound weight class. She captured district and regional titles and came in fourth place at states.
Jazlyn Diaz
School: Riverdale
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: Diaz capped a successful sophomore campaign where she went 33-6 with a fourth-place finish at 110 pounds state. She came in first at the regional, district and LCAC meets.
Melanie Lamb
School: North Fort Myers
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: Wrestling at 135, Lamb went 27-7 in her sophomore season. She won the LCAC title and took home silver at districts and regionals to qualify for state.
Hailee Moder
School: First Baptist
Year: Freshman
Highlights: Wrestling at 120 pounds, Moder was the district runner-up and came in third at regionals. At the state meet, she finished in seventh.
Mia Parker
School: First Baptist
Year: Eighth
Highlights: Parker took home a pair of silver medals at districts and regionals wrestling at 100 pounds. She came in sixth at states, finishing the season with a 27-8 record.
Kiera Partello
School: Barron Collier
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: Partello compiled a 38-4 record wrestling in the 100-pound weight class. She won district and regional titles and, at states, finished in fourth.
Hayle Peck
School: Palmetto Ridge
Year: Senior
Highlights: In the 105-pound weight class, Peck was runner-up at districts and regionals. At states, she came in fifth place.
Daphney Pierre
School: Fort Myers
Year: Senior
Highlights: Pierre captured a district title and came in second at regionals wrestling at 190. At states, she earned a state medal after coming in fifth.
Skyler Randolph
School: Riverdale
Year: Junior
Highlights: At 105 pounds, Randolph impressively racked up LCAC, district, and regional titles. She came in seventh at states, finishing the season with a 36-9 record.
Gabriella Sergi
School: North Fort Myers
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: Sergi won a district championship wrestling in the 125-pound weight class. She was a regional runner-up and came in sixth at states, finishing the year with a 31-5 record.
Naomie Sylvestre
School: Immokalee
Year: Senior
Highlights: Sylvestre finished her season strong, coming in fourth place at states in the 120-pound weight class. With 34 match wins, she also captured a district title.
Reagan Thomas
School: Naples
Year: Senior
Highlights: Wrestling at 110, Thomas collected a pair of silver medals at districts and regionals. She also earned a state medal after coming in seventh.
Mackenzie Thompson
School: Evangelical Christian
Year: Senior
Highlights: Thompson earned a district title wrestling in the 115-pound weight class. She was runner-up at regionals, qualified for states, and finished the season with a 27-6 record.
Noelia Varela
School: Riverdale
Year: Senior
Highlights: Wrestling at 145, Varela went 29-8 on the season. She won LCAC, district, and regional titles and qualified for the state tournament.
Last Season: The Southwest Florida 2023 All-Area Girls Wrestling Team sponsored by Babcock Ranch
HONORABLE MENTION
Bishop Verot: Kenna Martinez, Isabella Tarquino, Gabby Vasquez
Bonita Springs: Trenedy Eggleston
Canterbury: Claire O'Donnell
Cape Coral: Addison Kloetzke, Taylor Miranda, Melanie Rodriguez
Cypress Lake: Kendy Sierra, Simone Torres Luna
First Baptist: Olivia Deerey
Fort Myers: Marcella Bonner, Jayla Teague, Ryann Thomas
Gateway: Ilyana Sterrett
Immokalee: Shantal Rolle, Brianice Silguero, Genesis Turrubiartez
LaBelle: Grace Freeman
Mariner: Laylah Fenimore
North Fort Myers: Emily Doolittle, Julia Falgout, Gracelynn Janssen
Palmetto Ridge: Zoey McDonald, Delenis Rogert, Jasmine Toomer
Riverdale: Vanessa Castillo, Jenesa Page, Addison Thompson
South Fort Myers: Wermin Che Pop, Regina Espinosa, Esther Rodriguez
COACH OF THE YEAR
Danny Rodriguez
School: Riverdale
Highlights: Rodriguez coached the Raiders to team titles at LCAC, districts, and regionals. At states, the team placed seventh overall with three wrestlers earning state medals.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: The News-Press and Naples Daily News 2024 All-Area Girls Wrestling Team
