Mount Dora seized the fifth annual Lake County Dual Meet Wrestling Championship held at Tavares High on Wednesday. The Canes knocked off South Lake 54-15 and Tavares 54-24, with South Lake coming in second place. 

Leesburg and First Academy-Leesburg chose not to participate in the dual meet. 

This marks The Canes fourth title win under Coach David Kemmy’s leadership.

We battled hard and we were not to be denied,” Coach Kemmy says. “Some great efforts on the part of everyone, I was very proud of how they wrestled. Canes senior captain Kollen Staab led an incredible season.” 

The 2026 All-Lake County Wrestling Team was also selected from the meet, representing the best competitors in each weight class. They are as follows: 

106 Pounds: Cody Kohler – Tavares -11^th grade

113 Pounds: David Kimmel – Mount Dora-10^th grade

120 Pounds: Jacob Imboden – South Lake-12^th grade

126 Pounds: Gabriel Gandulla – Tavares-11^th grade

132 Pounds: Kollen Staab – Mount Dora-12^th grade

138 Pounds: Jonathan Figueroa – Mount Dora-10^th grade

144 Pounds: Henry Vasquez – Mount Dora-11^th grade

150 Pounds: Aden Pearce – South Lake-12^th grade

157 Pounds: Bayro Vasquez – Mount Dora -11^th grade 

165 Pounds: Sam Mohammadi – Mount Dora-11^th grade

175 Pounds: Ray Rodriguez – South Lake-12^th grade

190 Pounds: Colton Fickett – Mount Dora-12^th grade

215 Pounds: Jelani Bentley – Tavares-11^th grade

285 Pounds: Ari Bentley – Tavares-11^th grade

The Canes had an amazing opportunity this season to travel to Virginia to compete at the Hampton Coliseum as part of the 45^th Annual Virginia Dual. There were 64 teams in the high school and college division combined. The Canes finished eighth of 16 in their division. Colton Fickett reached 100 varsity career wins during the Virginia Duals. 

Coach Kemmy has been coaching wrestling for nearly 40 years. He started at the high school level in Rhode Island, where he was a two-time Rhode Island Coach of the Year and coached 16 All-Americans in 13 seasons. He then coached for 18 years at NCAA Division III Roger Williams University, winning five league titles, one New England Championship and coaching six All-Americans. 

Coach Kemmy served eight years as the director of athletics at RWU and served as deputy director of the NWCA. He has served on the NWCA executive committee and board of directors and has been a three-time chair of the NCAA Division III Wrestling Committee. He is also very active for several wrestling coaching associations at the local and national levels.

He started Mount Dora Wrestling from scratch five years ago and does not show any signs of slowing down. 

Mount Dora Wrestling is heading to districts on Feb 19 at 1:30pm at Hernando High School.

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