Ocoee girls wrestling claim Metro West Conference title

Along with eight top-four finishers, Ocoee's Bailee Spitulski led the team title and made school history with the program's first-ever individual first-place finish at Metros.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 a.m. February 6, 2025

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Led by star junior Bailee Spitulski, the Ocoee High girls wrestling team took home the West Metro Conference team championship. Nine Knight wrestlers finished in the top four of their respective weight classes.

Spitulski, who couldn’t finish her semifinal match in last year’s metro tournament because of an injury that landed her in the hospital, became the first girls wrestler in Ocoee history to win an individual West Metro Conference title — winning at 125 pounds.

Along with Spitulski’s historic effort, the Lady Knights also had three wrestlers finish second — Hanna Perez (105), Savannah Fernandes (130) and Yamii Herring (235) — two finish in third — Amariah Alphonse (110) and Shyanne Marble (115) — and three finish fourth — Amy Valenzuela (100), Yvonnie Newby (120) and Maeecha Louisius (145).

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.