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Vote now for the SBLive Florida Upper Weights Wrestler of the Week

Check out these 8 candidates from the boys and girls meets

Bill Kemp

Anderson Heap from Osceola wins the 150-pound championship against Dallas Russell of Jefferson on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Anderson Heap from Osceola wins his third Knockout Christmas Classic championship Saturday / Bill Kemp

The 2023-24 Florida high school wrestling season is underway and with it comes the SBLive Florida Wrestler of the Week poll.

ScorebookLive.com will run the poll each Wednesday. There will be one mixed poll for both boys and girls. Voting will conclude on Sunday, December 31st at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week’s new poll.

Send nominations from the past week’s tournaments and duals to BillKempSports@gmail.com by Monday at noon. Please include the player’s first and last name, school, weight class and their accomplishments for the week.

Here are this week's nominees:

Anderson Heap, Osceola

He won the 150-pound championship at the Knockout Christmas. It was his second straight Knockout title and his third overall.

Mya Bethel, North Miami

She captured the 155-pound title at the Knockout Christmas Classic. It was her second straight Knockout title.

Gianni Maldonado, Lake Gibson

He won the 157-pound title at the Knockout Christmas Classic.

Jordan Mills, Matanzas

He won the 190-pound title at the Knockout Christmas Classic.

Emari Brown, Harmony

She won the 190-pound title at the Knockout Christmas Classic.

Sawyer Bartelt, South Dade

He won the 215-pound championship at the Knockout Christmas Classic.

Rotchiva Clermont, Orlando Freedom

She won the 235-pound championship at the Knockout Christmas Classic.

Kaden Darwin, Palmetto Ridge

He won the 285-pound title at the Knockout Christmas Classic.

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BILL KEMP

Bill Kemp is an award-winning sports journalist at the state and national levels. Over the course of 25 years, he’s covered more than 4,000 sporting events including the NFL regular season, playoffs and Super Bowls, Major League Baseball regular season and spring training, NASCAR racing at Daytona and Talladega International Speedways and major college football regular seasons and bowl games. He was named by the Associated Press Sports Editors as a Top 10 sports columnist and Top 3 by the Alabama Press Association for best sports column and sports page design. He has served as preps editor at the Lakeland Ledger as well as sports editor at five different newspapers in Florida and Alabama. He has been published in dozens of newspapers including USA Today, the Miami Herald, the Orlando Sentinel, the Jacksonville Times Union and the Tampa Bay Times. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida. He has been writing for SBLive Sports since 2022.

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