Bloomingdale sophomore
wins area's lone state
wrestling title.
By LINDA KITKO
Special to the News
When David Mason lost at
the 6A-North Region II semifinals at East Lake High School
two weeks ago, he stormed off
the mat.
Last Saturday, he
stormed into the state
championship.
Mason, a Bloomingdale
103-pounder, brought home the
Brandon area's only individual
6A state wrestling title with a
10-3 decision against Miami
Sunset's Alfredo Cheang in
the FHSAA State Championship
bout at The Lakeland Center
Saturday.
"My loss at regional reminded me how hard I had to
work at state," Mason said. 'I wanted to win for myself and also to help our program get better.
My new goal is to
be a three-time state champion
I'm going to wrestle in the
off-season, go to Cadet Nationals go to Glenn Good- man's Florida Pride Camp.
Mason became Bloomindale's first underclassman and second wrestler ever to win a state individual title, the first being Kevin Williams in 1990.
Bloomingdale head coach Scot Tipton was pleased with Mason's achievement, as well
as 119-pounder Toby Tuberosa's sixth-place finish.
'The final match was the only
match Mason dominated"
Tipton said. 'Two came in
overtime, with one going to
criteria.
It's the first time in school
history that we've had two placers
in one year."
in the team competition