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Check out the Christmas Knockout wrestling tournament photo gallery

Here's the ultimate photo stocking stuffer for the holidays
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WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA – Now things heat up.

District Duals started to crank up despite the winter break with many eyeing a slot at the FHSAA Duals state championships slated Jan. 19-20 at Osceola High School in Kissimmee Jan. 19-20.

According to the FHSAA calendar, all district duals must be completed by Jan. 6. Regional duals are slated for Jan. 11.

The Individual (IBT) state tournaments is scheduled Feb. 29 through March 2 at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.

Silver Spurs hosted the 11th annual Christmas Knockout Classic this past week and here is a photo gallery of the boys semifinals and finals. Cleveland, Tennessee won the boys and girls team championship. This past season, Cleveland became the first high school to win boys and girls state championships in the same season.

Sawyer Bartelt of South Dade wins the 215-pound championship, 8-1, against Aaron Riner of Buford on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Dominic Bambinelli of Mill Creek wins the 175-pound championship against Gunner Holland of Osceola, 4-2, on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Logan Fowler from Cleveland wins the 165-pound title match against Kendrick Hodge from Somerset Academy, 5-1, on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Jordan Mills of Matanzas wins 3-1 in the 190-pound title match against Lucas Szymborso of Cleveland on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Gianni Maldonado of Lake Gibson wins the 157-pound title against Seth Larson from Flowery Branch, 3-0, on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
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.
Jaydon Robinson of Winter Springs wins the 144-pound title match, 8-3, against Cavarius Liddle of Buchholz during the title match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Jovani Solis of Somerset gets a 5-3 overtime win against Tanner Spalding during the 132-pound title match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Sebastian Degennaro from Jensen Beach wins a 6-5 battle against Antonie Mills of Mill Creek during the 126-pound championship match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Teague Strobel of West Oak scores a 5-3 win against Roman Lermer of Tampa Jesuit during the 120-pound championship match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Christian Vazquez of Doral Academy gets a 7-2 win against Adaias Ortiz from Osceola during the 113-pound championship match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Gabe Swann of Central wins the 106-pound title match against Keagan Mesina of Mater Lakes Academy on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Kaden Darwin of Palmetto Ridge picks up a win against Tyranny McGowan in a 285-pound semifinal match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Tim Gray of Crystal Rivers advances to the championship match with this win against Ashton Anderson of South Effingham in a 285-pound match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Aaron Riner of Buford gets a win against Cooper Gentle of McCallie School during a 215-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Lucas Szymborski of Cleveland picks up a win against Chris Sanchez from South Dade during a 190-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Gunner Holland from Osceola advances to the finals with this semifinal win against Tyler Secoy of Columbus during a 175-pound match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Dominic Bambinelli from Mill Creek gets a win against Elijah Penton from Winter Springs during a 175-pound semifinal match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Kendrick Hodge from Somerset advances to the finals with this semifinal win against Grayson Santee of Buford during a 165-pound match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Gianni Maldonado from Lake Gibson gets a win against Kawayran Vazquez of Tampa Jesuit during a 157-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Seth Larson of Flowery Branch gets a win against Gavin Balmeceda of South Dade during a 157-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Dallas Russell of Jefferson topples Jose Gutierrez of Doral Academy during a 150-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Jaydon Robinson of Winter Spring advances to the finals with a win against Kyle Lew of Houston Westside during a 144-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Christian Vazquez from Doral Academy picks up a win against Chase Walker from Cleveland during 113-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Drew Gorman from Bufford topples Winter Springs senior Ryan Phillips in a 138-pound semifinal on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Nikolas Hoffman of Hagerty picks up a win against Colson Hoffman from Central during 138-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Tanner Spalding from Woodward Academy advances to the finals with a win over Maximus Brady of Mariner in a 132-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Roman Lermer from Tampa Jesuit takes down Elijah Lowe from Lake Gibson during a 120-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Teague Stroble from West Oak gets a victory against Roman Belardo of Jefferson during 120-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Christian Vazquez from Doral Academy picks up a win against Chase Walker from Cleveland during 113-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Adaias Ortiz from Osceola advances to the finals with a win over DJ Clarke from Buford during 113-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Gabe Swann from Central picks up a semifinals victory over Teequavius Mills from Mill Creek during a 106-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.
Keagan Mesina from Mater Lakes Academy advances to the finals with a win over Jose Cordero from Cleveland during a 106-pound semifinals match on Saturday at the Knockout Christmas Classic at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.