BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING CELEBRATING 47 YEARS
2010 - BRANDON HIGH WRESTLING TEAM IS RECOGNIZED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE TEAM HAVING THE HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR ALL WRESTLING TEAMS IN THE COUNTY!
VOTED 2009 & 2010 BEST HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IN THE BAY AREA - 620 WDAE & Beef 'O' Brady's
BRANDON WRESTLING HONORS
STATE CHAMPS - '77,'82,'84,'85,'88,'91,'92,'93,'95,'97,'98, '01,'02,'03,'04,'05,'06,'07,'08,'09,'10,'11,'12,'13,'14,'15
STATE RUNNERS-UP '83,'96,'00
REGION CHAMPS '76,'77,'79,'81-'88,'90-'15
District Champs '73, '75-'15
111 INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS
197 INDIVIDUAL STATE PLACE WINNERS
LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN THE HISTORY OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS -459 VICTORIES, 1973-2008
LONGEST UNDEFEATED STREAK IN THE HISTORY OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS -468 VICTORIES, 1973-2008 Undefeated in Hillsborough County 1972-2015 STATE TOURNAMENT RECORD
MOST STATE TOURNAMENTS WON CONSECUTIVELY(15)-'01-'15
MOST STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WON-26
MOST POINTS SCORED AT A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET-(271)2010
MOST STATE CHAMPIONS(7)-2009, 2011
MOST STATE FINALISTS(9)-'03,'05, '11
MOST STATE PLACERS(12)-'04,'09 IN 2005 BRANDON HAD THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING THE MOST NATIONALLY RANKED WRESTLERS ON ONE TEAM IN THE NATION. ROCKY COZART, DAVID CRAIG, FRANKLIN GOMEZ, CESAR GRAJALES During the 2010 season Brandon won 139 consecutive individual bouts without a loss.(Ippolito, Counties, Districts, Regionals) For individual results see the results page.
March 4th has been proclaimed as Brandon High School Wrestling Day by Hillsborough County!
Cozart's Page:
Brandon HS Tournaments for the 2015-16 season:
2015 Graves Tournament date:12/11-12/2015, Entry fee $375, individual pool tournament, 20 teams, top 5 awards. Weighins Friday 2pm Saturday 8am Wrestling Friday 3pm, Saturday 9:30am.
2016 Brandon JV Tournament 1/30/2016, entry fee $275, IBT, 16 teams, top 4 awards, weigh ins 9am wrestling 10:30am.
2016 Ippolito Tournament 2/5-6/2016, entry fee $375, IBT, 32 teams, top 5 awards, weigh ins Friday 2pm Saturday 8am, wrestling Friday 3pm, Saturday 9:30am. If you are interested in coming to these tournaments please text or email the wrestling coach with your intentions. Space is limited and restricted to invitation only.
All tournaments hosted by Brandon HS 1101 Victoria St. Brandon, FL 33510, make checks payable to Brandon HS and Mail to the school address, mark attention to the wrestling coach, please pay before the tournament date and allow time if you are using US mail, we use track wrestling, director Mike Ferrario, Russ Cozart 813-545-6310 Russcozart1@verizon.net
Welcome to the new Brandon High School Wrestling website. We hope you enjoy it. There are many features to our site and expect to see changes and improvements as time progresses. If you have any comments please feel free to e-mail either webmaster, our information can be found on the 'Contact Us' Russcozart1@verizon.net 813-545-6310