Wednesday, December 10, 2003

County teams hit mat hard

The first week of varsity wrestling competition was a busy one for teams throughout the county.

The McIntosh Chiefs wrestling team won a 36-33 match over the Sandy Creek Patriots last Wednesday. Here are the individual results:

103 — Brett Buehler (McI), win by forfeit.

112 — Alan Sarvis (McI) over Graham (SC), pin, 1:56.

119 — Hall (SC) over Chris Cool (McI), pin, 1:29.

125 — Denney (SC) over Chase Little (McI), pin, 2:28.

130 — Davarion Smith (McI) over Whitly (SC), pin, 0:53.

135 — Willis (SC) over Jeffrey Patri (McI), 10-8.

140 — Brand (SC) over Matt Pemm (McI), 13-11.

145 — Landis Ford (McI) over Cooper (SC), 5-4.

152 — Andy Ellinas (McI) over Morgan (SC), 6-5.

160 — Chris Hamilton (McI), win by forfeit.

171 — Brown (SC) over Scott Ritter (McI), 11-5.

189 — Thomas Beck (McI) over Wilson (SC), pin, 0:39.

215 — Byrd (SC) over Adam Dale (McI), pin, 3:55.

275 — Beard (SC) over Tom Wiegele (McI), pin, 1:02.

Also last Wednesday, the Chiefs defeated Woodward 43-22. Wrestlers pinning for the Chiefs included Ellinas, Beck and Wiegele. Also piling on points were Buehler, Cool, Patri and Pemm.

In their first meet of the season, the Fayette County Tigers defeated Mundy’s Mill (84-0), Griffin (66-18) and Luella (61-18).

Over the weekeend the Tigers came in third in the Warhawk Duals at Henry County High, defeating Defeated Northside/Warner Robins, Winder-Barrow and Warner

Robins while losing to North Gwinnett and Henry County.

Leading the team so far this year are Zach Stanley, Jeremy Fowler, Chris Gilmore, Richie Powell, & Drake McCoy. The Tigers were scheduled to wrestle yesterday at Stockbridge, with an appearance in the South Metro tournament at Luella coming up this weekend.

The Starr’s Mill Panthers competed at the Walton Duals over the weekeend with mixed results. Wins were against Lee County (44-27) and defending Tennessee state champion and tournament finalist McCallie (33-31). The Panthers lost to Walton (19-41) and Centennial (26-48).

Injuries to Patrick Kellerman (160) and Bruce Ferguson (140) forced Coach Statham

to shuffle the lineup from 119-160, giving up 3 forfeits at 160. Derek

King, Cory Radcliffe and Bradley Conner went undefeated.

The Panthers are also going to the South Metro tournament this weekend.

In this week’s coaches poll, Starr’s Mill is ranked eighth in the state in AAAAA, while Landmark is fourth in A.

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