Starr’s Mill’s varsity wrestling team defeated Carrollton 64-6 and Sandy Creek 70-5 on Tuesday night. Among the Panther wrestlers who went 3-0 on the night were Bradley Connor, Brandon Ferguson, Joseph Hoyt, Jeff Partlow, Cory Radcliffe, Chris Sudduth and Brandon Witta.

“We had a lot of quick pins on the night,” said Coach Burt Waller, mentioning that both Ferguson and Connor had 12 second pins against their opponents.

The McIntosh Wrestling Team won 2 of their 3 meets on Tuesday night at McIntosh High School. In the first match of the night the Chiefs beat the Northgate Vikings by a score of 46 – 33 they also went on to beat North Springs 72 – 0. McIntosh suffered a loss at the hands of Woodward by a score of 39-31

“I am happy with the win against a quality team like Northgate,” said Coach Nick Bellantoni. “That win gives us momentum going into this weekend for the Regional Duals. The loss against Woodard was tough. We had our opportunity to win the match but we did not capitalize on them. Woodward is a tough team with a lot of depth and it showed tonight.”

Alan Sarvis (119) led the Chiefs with three wins all by pin, including the quickest pin of the night at 16 seconds in the first period. Also finishing with three wins and no losses were Jarrod Chamblee (103), Richard Hughes (112), Scott Ritter (171) and Matt Carroll (189).

Wrestlers with two wins on the night were Jesse Toscano(125), Matt Bozone (130), and Carl Scheumann (140). Other Chiefs with wins during the meet were Matt Penn (145), Landis Ford (152) and Jonathan Smith (275).

Coach Bellantoni leads the Chiefs into Regional Duals on Saturday at Lithia Springs. The top two teams will move on to the State Duals in Macon.

Northgate’s varsity wrestling team competed in the Southeastern Duals last weekend and went 1-4. They got a 37-12 win over Carrollton but fell to McEachern, 64-12, Baylor, 61-13, Lovett, 61-13 and Morgan County, 33-19.

The McIntosh High School junior varsity wrestling team traveled to the Newton JV Invitational last weekend and came home with medalists in seven of the 14 weight classes. The team was led by Tournament Champions Erik Willanzheimer (171) and Jacob Worthington at (189)

“I am really excited to see the team come home with so many medals,” said Bellantoni. “These are the athletes that we are counting on to step into varsity positions next year and to have such a strong tournament shows that the hard work is paying off. We intentionally scheduled a very full season for the JV Team knowing that we would take some tough losses early, but that later in the season it would begin paying off. The results from the Newton Tournament speak for itself.”

McIntosh wrestlers taking third place were Andy Milani (160) and Jim Murrell (125). Athletes with fourth place finishes include Gavin Carlson (119), Antonio Ferrell (130) and Bryce Huey (152).

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