- May 19, 2024
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Florida is not one of the top high school wrestling states in the country, so two Florida wrestlers ranked 18th and 19th in the nation in the same weight class is not typical. The fact that the two of them wrestle in the same district and live in the same county means one thing — they see a lot of each other.
Matanzas’ Kendall Bibla, ranked 19th in the 145-pound weight class in the latest girls national rankings, wrestled Bartram Trail’s Katherine Stewart for the seventh time in two years on Feb. 7. Stewart, ranked 18th, pinned Bibla in 1 minute, 49 seconds to win the 145-pound title at the District 3 girls championships at the Pirates’ gym.
It was Stewart’s sixth win over Bibla. But the one she lost was the biggest match yet between the two. Bibla won the state championship last year with a 15-4 major decision over Stewart in the state title match.
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