Antonio Delvecchio Brakes Leg, Returns to Winning Ways

When one sees the 115-41 record and accomplishments, you’d think wrestling has always come easy for Valwood junior Antonio Delvecchio.

But after taking a closer and deeper look at his back story, you see that the path to his current success has been anything but easy.

Antonio was born in Valdosta but has traveled around the country with his family due to his father’s military service.

He eventually found his way back to Valdosta and has wrestled for Valwood, along with club and AAU wrestling.

Antonio’s father, who goes by Tony, has been involved with wrestling since he lived in New York and now owns and operates Titletown Wrestling Academy in Valdosta.

Antonio’s accomplishments are amazing: Overall record of 115-41 at Valwood, 9-1 so far in the 2020- 21 season, state champion, state runner-up, (once in folkstyle and once in freestyle wrestling), and has earned All-American honors four times.

He won the AAU state title as a freshman, going 7-0 while allowing zero points to be scored against him.

In his sophomore season, Antonio came up a little short in the GISA State Tournament 120 pound class, finishing as runner-up at the Dixie Nationals in Atlanta that same year.

In November of last year, he earned second place in the freestyle category at the Bear Nationals.

His athletic and intellectual ability is drawing interest from several schools including The Coast Guard Academy, Princeton, The Citadel, Emmanuel College, and Brown.

Antonio has a 4.0 GPA, and would like to one day become a pediatrician.

If this story sounds like its all come easy for Antonio, it really hasn’t.

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