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2009 STATE
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday, Feb. 19 Rnd
1:00-4:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5:30-10:00 p.m.
Welcome, GHSA Wrestling Community!
H
ere we are again! Bringing together
all classifications for the GHSA
Wrestling Championships continues to
be a highlight of the GHSA year. On
behalf of the Georgia High School
Association and its corporate partners, I
want to thank you for your support at this
year’s State Championship matches, and
for your support of high school sports
throughout this season.
The Georgia High School Association
could not offer quality tournaments such as
this without the hard work of a large number of volunteers who give of themselves
tirelessly. This championship event is hosted by members of the Atlanta Takedown
Association, who have participated in its
planning and operation. A special word of
thanks goes out to these volunteers led by
Bud Hennebaul, Tournament Director, and
to GHSA Assistant Executive Director,
Gary Phillips, who is the GHSA administrator for Wrestling.
The GHSA is extremely grateful for
the support of a number of corporate partners. As you look through this program and
as you look around the Arena at Gwinnett
Center, please note the names of these fine
partners – and please use their products and
services whenever possible.
The quality of wrestling in Georgia
continues to improve tremendously as players, coaches and officials perform at new
levels of excellence. This championship
event will showcase great wrestling and
outstanding coaching. These athletes have
persevered through the battles involved in
maintaining their weight in a healthy manner, and they have endured long practices
and intense competitions. The Georgia
High School Association strongly believes
that lifelong lessons about discipline and
hard work are best learned in the competitive arenas of high school athletics.
Now, get ready for exciting wrestling
action. Support your wrestlers vigorously,
and remember to demonstrate good
sportsmanship always.
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Friday, Feb. 20
Weigh-ins
Coaches Meeting
Round of 16
Rnd
8:00-9:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
9:00-11:15 a.m.
2
11:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
3
3:00-5:15 p.m.
4
5:15-7:00 p.m.
5
7:00-9:30 p.m.
6
Saturday, Feb. 21
Class
Rnd
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
7
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
8
5:00 p.m.
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AA/AAA/AAAA/AAAAA
AA/AAA/AAAA/AAAAA
AA/AAA/AAAA/AAAAA
12 Mats - 3 Mats ea.
Class
Weigh-ins
Coaches Meeting
First Round of WB's
A
A
AA/AAA/AAAA/AAAAA
12 Mats - 3 Mats ea.
Quarter Finals
All Classes
10 Mats - 2 Mats ea.
Second Round of WB's AA/AAA/AAAA/AAAAA
12 Mats - 3 Mats ea.
Consolation Quarters All Classes
10 Mats - 2 Mats ea.
Semifinals
All Classes
10 Mats - 2 Mats ea.
Class
Consolation Semifinals All Classes
10 Mats - 2 Mats ea.
Consolation Finals
All Classes
10 Mats - 2 Mats ea.
Finals
All Classes
5 Mats - 1 Mat ea.
Awards immediately following the finals
Ralph Swearngin
GHSA Executive Director
ATLANTA TAKEDOWN
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
President
Gary Schaefer
Vice President
Bud Hennebaul
Gene Beck
Treasurer
Gary Jira
Secretary
Vicki Dixon
Board Members
Mary Lukacs
Jim Gassman
Bobby Robinett
Al Watkins
Scott Zeh
Tom Marley
Head Scorer
Jim West
The Atlanta Takedown Association would like to thank all volunteers for their assistance
in the 2009 GHSA Traditional Wrestling State Tournament.
The 2009 Georgia High School Association
Traditional Wrestling State Tournament Guide is
published by Score Prep, a division of Score
Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide
was designed by David Gaudio, edited by Tad
Arapoglou, and written by Score Atlanta reporters.
The photos on the cover and inside are courtesy of Doug Jackson and his staff at
Photographic Arts (678-393-1719). I.J. Rosenberg is the publisher of Score Atlanta, and
for more information go to scoreatl.com or call 404-256-1572.
ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY CAN BE ORDERED AT PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS
(SCHOOLPIX.BIZ). DVD/VHS COPIES OF THE SEMIFINALS AND TELEVISED
AAAAA, AAAA, AAA FINALS CAN BE ORDERED AT GAMETAPES.COM.
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to continue their dominance on the mats
Collins Hill, Jefferson County look
ver the past decade, two teams have
SOARING TO THE TOP …
achieved unparalleled success in
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Meanwhile, Collins
Georgia High School Association wrestling.
Hill features just as many
The Dragons of Jefferson County have dominated in Class A and now do so in Class AA,
while the Collins Hill program has built a
dynasty in Area 7-AAAAA and Class
AAAAA. How do the two programs do it?
Everything starts with Jefferson County
head coach Doug Thurmond and Collins Hill
head coach Cliff Ramos.
For Jefferson County, several alreadydecorated wrestlers helped the team recently
capture its eighth straight duals title in
January (its first in Class AA). The Dragons
won the 2009 duals championship, after
moving up from Class A, to go along with the
program’s 12 traditional titles. Thurmond’s
two sons, Cason (103-pound champion,
2008) and Cam (119-pound champion, 2007
and 2008) helped lead the team to victory.
The squad also boasts threetime champion
Jay Fowler (152-pound, 2006, ’07 and ’08),
and Zac Crosby (160-pound) is a reigning
champion as well. The team has a great love
for the sport, according to Thurmond.
“We don’t treat wrestling as a secondary sport,” he says. “We feel the sport
teaches for life.”
Thurmond’s talented bunch also features
several 2008 runners-up that will be seeking the
elusive individual championship. Daniel Barber
(112), Cutler Finch (130), Cole Hightower
(285) and Patrick Allen (215) all came close last
year and will now look to hit the mat and capture their respective titles. With a team championship already in the bank, look for
Thurmond’s bunch to make another huge
splash with multiple individual championships.
vious state runner-up (152-pound),
will try to overcome injuries to win
what he missed out on last year.
Nine other individual area champions will join those three in
seeking state championships.
Look out for Bazell Partridge
(103), Nick Holbert (171), C.J.
Collins (215) and Allen
Willard
(130).
These
wrestlers have been pushed
all season by the team’s nine
seniors, which at times can
be pretty tough, according to
Ramos: “We’ve wrestled all
over the country and
sometimes you come
back to the in-state meets
and motivation is
tough.” Knapp, named
most outstanding middleweight in the
recent Sham Slam,
and Caleb Sawchuck
were huge in clinching the duals title
when the team
knocked off Pope,
47-9, to win the team
crown. Ramos is
proud of the fact that
his program has done
all-stars
in
Class
AAAAA. Senior Taylor
Knapp, who is ranked
No. 10 in the country
according to Amateur
Wrestling
News
National, leads by
example. Ramos said
that Knapp is just one of
the many seniors that
“does a good job, especially in practice.” John
Allgood is another senior that Ramos was
quick to cite as being
strong for this team.
“There are a lot of
pieces to the puzzle that make
this program successful,”
Ramos said, crediting the
“six outstanding assistant
coaches, supportive parents
and a fantastic youth program” in helping the program win two straight
team state championships
and three since 2005.
Thirteen Collins Hill
wrestlers qualified for
state sectionals and two of
Ramos’s juniors were his
picks to go on to win
state individual titles. T.J.
Mitchell and Joel Smith
are favored to win state,
while Gary Tiller, a pre-
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something no other Class AAAAA team in any
sport has done: finish in the top three every season since 2000.
AROUND THE STATE …
Wrestling fans will have plenty of storylines to follow in the individual championships.
Carl Rider of North Gwinnett became the first
Bulldog freshman to win an area title when he
took home the 152-pound crown in 2008.
Peachtree Ridge will send Michael Chapman
(145) and Sam Kuntz (189) to try and win individual glory. Mill Creek has five hopes for a
state title, led by Josh Harrison (130). Union
Grove will be represented by Joey Lazor (135),
who recently notched his 200th career victory.
Lazor, who is committed to Northern Iowa,
will be joined by his teammate, former champion Justin Crozier. Toombs County’s Bryan
Benton is a beast it the 140-pound division and
already owns three state rings. Pope finished
second in the Class AAAAA Duals and was
led by Dexter Bushart (130). If pins are your
thing, keep an eye out for Central Gwinnett’s
sophomore Jacob Aiken-Phillips (285), who
recently won the area title and tied the
Gwinnett County season record in pins.
With so much talent hitting the mats,
fans are sure to see some great action this
weekend in Gwinnett.
Proctor
can
be
reached
at
[email protected].
STANDING TALL: Jefferson County (Class AA) will be looking for its ninth
consecutive traditional state championship after winning its eighth
straight duals title weeks ago. The Dragons and Collins Hill Eagles
(Class AAAAA) have ruled the mats in recent years – will that trend continue this week? Photo courtesy of Photographic Arts.
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Work of Atlanta Takedown Association helps provide exciting tournament
more and more friendly to fans, volunteers,
are correctly positioned within their respecall it February Madness.
“The whole thing shouldn’t take more
coaches and officials every year. Most
tive brackets. In past years, that has not
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than two to three hours,” Schaefer explained.
Last Sunday, volunteers from the Atlanta
importantly, however, the hours of work and
always been the case.
“We have different groups of volunteers
Takedown Association concocted five brackets—one for each classification—for
Georgia’s Traditional State Wrestling
Tournament, which runs this weekend at
Gwinnett Arena. Unlike in any other high
school sport in Georgia, wrestling uses a committee to come up with its playoff brackets.
It’s as similar to the NCAA
Tournament’s selection Sunday as a seeding
process in the Georgia High School
Association can get … but at the same time,
it is much different. Yes, there is often chaos,
controversy and tireless hours of work, but
the ATA’s bracketing meeting relies solely on
a formula rather than the opinion of certain
committee members.
Of course, that does not mean the ATA’s
method is problem free. It never has been
and probably never will be. ATA First Vice
President and tournament director Bud
Hennebaul admits as much.
“There are flaws in every system,”
Hennebaul said. “It will never be perfect.”
Every year, however, the seeding
process is tweaked as necessary and this
time around Hennebaul is confident the ATA
has produced its best—and most fair—
brackets ever.
“There’s no seeding that goes into it,” he
explained. “There’s not enough head-to-head
competition. It’s too difficult to compare kids
from different parts of the state. So it’s done
strictly by formulas, and we will use one of
three for the state tournament bracket.”
Hennebaul hopes the result will be a
2009 tournament in which the best wrestlers
“Two of the best kids could wrestle in
the same sectional,” he recalled. “We could
see the two best wrestlers go head-to-head in
the quarterfinals.”
SELECTION PROCESS …
With the ATA using a formula that seeds
wrestlers based on the results from eight area
tournaments that took place around the state
earlier this month, Hennebaul insists that
similar problems will be mostly avoided in
this year’s tournament.
“It’s kind of secret who came up with
the formulas,” he added, “but we should have
the best kids wrestling in the finals.”
Restricting all coaches from attending
Sunday’s bracketing meeting should also
make the process more effective and much
more efficient. According to Hennebaul,
coaches have technically never been allowed
to attend the meeting, but more than a few
have nonetheless found their way into the
room on previous occasions.
“We had to start over three times last
year,” Hennebaul said, adding that the ATA’s
goal was to “keep the coaches away until we
[were] done.”
That will leave the manual labor at the
hopefully controversy-free bracketing meeting to the ATA volunteers, led by ATA president Gary Schaefer. As long as everything
goes according to plan, however, they aren’t
working frantically until 6 p.m. like the
NCAA Tournament Committee so famously
does every year.
working on all the different classifications.”
It’s also a lot easier when committee members are simply processing results and filling in
names accordingly, a far cry from whatever
goes on during the March Madness meeting.
“Everything is in writing,” Schaefer
added. “There’s no discussion. We’ve got the
formula. They fax or e-mail the winners to
us on Sunday morning and we just
fill in the bracket.”
Sounds pretty simple to get the
field set for what has become the
largest wrestling tournament in the
country, right? Well, maybe, but a lot
more than merely making the brackets
goes into putting on the whole show.
“Bud and I start working on the
next year’s tournament in March or
April,” Schaefer said. “We have to
line up mats, line up motels, food,
drinks, clocks, heaters, doctors,
scoring tables. … There are a lot of
little things here and there.”
READY TO GO …
Thanks to the hard work of
Hennebaul, Foster and the rest of
ATA, Georgia’s Traditional State
Wrestling Tournament becomes
HEAD TO HEAD: In what could be called “February Madness,” each wrestler earns a seeding before
the state championships begin. When Georgia’s best wrestlers battle this weekend, remember that
all of the seedings and matchups were compiled by the Atlanta Takedown Association’s volunteers.
Photo courtesy of Photographic Arts.
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tweaking of formulas are done for the benefit of the participants themselves.
“It’s all about the kids,” Hennebaul concluded. “Our goal is to make the whole tournament experience better for them.”
Consider it done. Now, let the madness
on the mats begin!
Dimon
can
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at
[email protected].
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First official Award Show to celebrate high school wrestling community
to “trade a singlet for a suit,” as Fretwell
ho is going to win the Witt Award?”
four-time state champion, has agreed to pernight to remember. Along with help from
says, and fans of Georgia high school
That is the question that Cliff
sonally present an award to anyone who joins
Team Georgia Wrestling and the Georgia
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wrestling will finally have a night when they
Fretwell hopes high school wrestlers, coachhim in the elite group of Georgia wrestlers
National Wrestling Alliance, Fretwell has
es, parents and fans will be asking each
other next year and every year after. And if
all goes according to plan on Sunday, March
15 at Center Stage in Midtown, he might
just get his way.
Fretwell is the wrestling coach at Henry
County and a member of the Georgia
National Wrestling Alliance. Last year, while
attending a closed ceremony to honor the
state’s champions, he realized there wasn’t a
year-end event honoring the effort put in over
the course of the season by all of the
wrestlers, coaches and parents in Georgia.
There were no events to bring the wrestling
community together to celebrate the year and
the wrestlers who made lasting impressions.
“Wrestling gets such a little amount
of respect. It is one of those sports that
demands so much but returns so little,”
said Fretwell, pointing out the need for a
bigger ceremony.
This year, with the 2009 High
School Wrestling Award Show, he hopes
to change that.
THE RUNDOWN …
When Fretwell decided to take over
the planning of Georgia high school
wrestling’s season-culminating event, he
wanted to change it from the quiet “inviteonly” affair for state champion wrestlers to
a state-of-the-sport event open to all
wrestlers, their families and the public. He
wanted to “make a commitment to go over
the top with it,” to give the wrestlers a
taken the award ceremony out of the shadows in a high school cafeteria and into the
limelight at Center Stage.
No longer will state champions be recognized in relative anonymity with a pat on
the back and a wooden plaque. This year
there will be a splash of glitz, a little glamor,
and a slew of new awards given out to
wrestlers extending beyond the traditional
awards for the state champions.
“People like award shows where there
is some suspense, drama and excitement to
it,” Fretwell said.
And that is where the Witt Award comes
in. It is named after Witt Durden who
Fretwell calls “the kind of man you would
want your son to grow up to be like.” Durden
is the four-time state champion and Dublin
High School wrestling legend who went on
to national recognition at Oklahoma
University and eventually to medical school.
The Witt Award will be given to the most
dominant high school wrestler in the State of
Georgia across all classifications – in other
words, the king of the mats.
Joining the new awards along with the
Witt Award will be the Kyle Maynard Award,
given to a wrestler who overcomes physical
limitations to compete on the mats. Maynard
is the Collins Hill High School graduate who
was born a quadruple congenital amputee
with no elbows or knees, yet wrestled to a
35-16 record and won an ESPY in 2004 as
the Best Athlete with a Disability. Sean
Hage, a Harrison High School graduate and
who have won four high school state titles
(fewer than 20 wrestlers have accomplished
this feat). Adding to the suspense, the newly
created Match of the Year award will be
handed out: “It’s an award given out based
on what the public thinks,” Fretwell says.
“We’ll put the nominees out there for Match
of the Year and let the public vote on it.”
can come together and celebrate the hard
work and dedication of everyone involved in
making the 2009 season a success.
And the question that everyone will talk
about in the future—“Who will win the Witt
Award?”—will be answered for the first time.
Lentz
can
be
reached
at
[email protected].
BUILDING INTEREST …
With these awards, Fretwell is
trying to draw attention to not just
the championship winners but to
the entire wrestling community.
He is looking beyond the records
and the pins to find stories about
the wrestlers who have given so
much of themselves to their teammates and their sport. By putting
these previously unrecognized
wrestlers in the spotlight alongside wrestlers who have won
championships, the 2009 High
School Wrestling Awards will
provide Georgia’s wrestling fans
with a more complete idea of
what is happening in the sport.
On March 15, Georgia high
school wrestlers will get a chance
AT THE TOP: Bryan Benton of Toombs County (center) has won three state titles and will be going for
a fourth in Class AA’s 140-pound division. If Benton wins this weekend, he will become one of a handful of Georgia high school wrestlers to win four state championships. A win would give Benton a
chance to be honored at the inaugural High School Wrestling Award Show. Photo courtesy of Photographic Arts.
Good Luck To
All The Wrestlers!
From
Wayne
Terry
Harry
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2008 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PLACE WINNERS
CLASS AAAAA
103 LB. CLASS
1
Stephen Spradlin, Camden Co.
2
Kyle Salone, Centennial
3
Jason Anderson, Hiram
4
Clint Jones, Parkview
112 LB. CLASS
1
Andrew Sartain, Peachtree Ridge
2
Brian St. James, Centennial
3
T.J. Mitchell, Collins Hill
4
Ryan Maus, Kennesaw Mt.
119 LB. CLASS
1
Brandon Westerman, McEachern
2
Ryan Devita, Union Grove
3
Peter Mosher, Harrison
4
Allen Willard, Collins Hill
125 LB. CLASS
1
Alex Hudson, Sprayberry
K.J. Bell, Harrison
2
3
Matt Smith, McEachern
4
Kevin Konigsburg, Centennial
189 LB. CLASS
1
Jordan Dukes, Hirma
Sam Kuntz, Peachtree Ridge
2
3
Allen Scruggs, Valdosta
4
Chris Rowland, Paulding Co.
145 LB. CLASS
1
Peter Yates, Salem
John Hall, Dacula
2
3
Justin Eash, Brunswick
4
Kenny Kellerman, Whitewater
215 LB. CLASS
Christian Flavin, East Coweta
1
2
Josh Hodge, Kell
3
Keith Parker, McEachern
4
Brian Farris, Parkview
152 LB. CLASS
Tommy Carney, Woodward
1
2
Andrew Blackwell, Jackson
3
Conor Young, Rome
4
David Bender, Eastside
285 LB. CLASS
1
Chris Daniels, Valdosta
2
David Coffey, Collins Hill
3
Wesley Mena, Union Grove
4
Marcus Brewster, Tri-Cities
160 LB. CLASS
1
Chase Penland, Whitewater
2
Malachi Outlaw, Alcovy
3
Jeraime Hester, NW Whitfield
4
Ben Jones, Stockbridge
TEAM SCORES
1
Collins Hill
223
2
Harrison
179.5
3
Union Grove 157.5
4
Kell
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171 LB. CLASS
1
Ethan Blackstock, Alexander
2
Devin Graham, Glynn Acad.
3
Steven Walkey, NW Whitfield
4
Jacob Williamson, Whitewater
CLASS AAAA
189 LB. CLASS
1
Derrick Laney, Lakeview-FO
Patrick Blankenbeker, Fayette Co.
2
3
Fred Byars, SW DeKalb
4
Ardest Carter, Eastside
130 LB. CLASS
1
Joey Lazor, Union Grove
2
Jordan Mallard, Pope
3
Ty Nielsen, Milton
4
Ryan Medved, Harrison
103 LB. CLASS
Pawlloes Belete, Tucker
1
2
Tony Pullen, Clarke Central
3
Josh Barnhill, Effingham Co.
4
Brandon Minnex-Sloan, Pebblebrook
135 LB. CLASS
1
Carson Fields, Parkview
2
Joel Smith, Collins Hill
Alex Maus, Kennesaw Mtn.
3
4
Matt Schneider, Milton
112 LB. CLASS
Frankie Miller, Dacula
1
Jamarkus Griggs, Eastside
2
3
Joel Carnow, Fayette County
4
Josh Blue, South Paulding
140 LB. CLASS
1
Alex Medved, Harrison
2
Daniel Helena, Shiloh
3
Kendall Albert, Peachtree Ridge
4
Gerrard Spice, Kell
119 LB. CLASS
1
Noah Hunt, Dacula
Joel Stafford, Eastside
2
3
Dequan Warner, SW DeKalb
4
Merle Bolton, NW Whitfield
145 LB. CLASS
Taylor Knapp, Collins Hill
1
2
Tyler Hollis, South Cobb
3
Andrew Lanham, Walton
4
Chris MaClafferty, Brookwood
125 LB. CLASS
Ben Lesniak, Jackson
1
2
Luis Ponce, Rockdale Co.
3
Kevin Ulmer, Effingham Co.
4
Eric Bell, Woodland
152 LB. CLASS
1
Josh Condon, Harrison
2
Gary Tiller, Collins Hill
3
Brian DeCormier, Kell
Marc Rioux, Centennial
4
130 LB. CLASS
Nathan Allen, Stockbridge
1
2
Zane Sary, Woodland
3
Adam Pollard, Alcovy
Dennis Eckles, Lee County
4
103 LB. CLASS
Mason Martin, Cass
1
2
Nicholas Wright, Benedictine
3
Wesley Forrester, Lumpkin Co.
Kavon Saddler, Henry Co.
4
160 LB. CLASS
1
Bradley Banks, Union Grove
2
James Chapman, Peachtree Ridge
3
Travis Sheehy, N. Gwinnett
4
Andrew Sills, Centennial
135 LB. CLASS
1
Zach Hopkins, Ringgold
2
Trevor Bailey, Eastside
Preston McCallum, Alexander
3
4
Kevin Olson, East Paulding
112 LB. CLASS
1
Austin Sheppard, Apalachee
2
Preston Berrong, Cass
Michael Hall, Jordan
3
4
Jordan Turpin, Henry Co.
171 LB. CLASS
1
Jeff Olsen, Walton
2
Nick Smith, Collins Hill
3
Zach Dunn, Tift County
4
Jack Roberts, Union Grove
140 LB. CLASS
1
Matt Bridges, Cherokee
2
Justin Blue, South Paulding
3
Jake Huddlesten, Whitewater
Doug Taylor, Woodward
4
119 LB. CLASS
1
Evan Warrington, Henry Co.
2
Shane Summerlin, Benedictine
3
Carlos Espinosa, Hardaway
Zak Moore, Apalachee
4
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1
Jonathan Gregory, Ringgold
Matt Carroll, McIntosh
2
Jose Paz, Stockbridge
3
4
Karl Williams, Eastside
285 LB. CLASS
Rodriguez Cade, Clarke Cent.
1
2
Stanley Lattimore, C. Shoals
Jose Carrillo-Garcia, Jackson
3
4
Trey Selby, NW Whitfield
TEAM SCORES
1
Eastside
159
Stockbridge 129.5
2
3
Jackson County
129
4
NW Whitfield 125.5
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125 LB. CLASS
1
Joe Denova, Columbus
2
Dale Becker, Gilmer
3
Justin Martin, Cass
4
Josh Jameson, S. Effingham
119 LB. CLASS
1
Elvino Felipe, Chattooga
2
Travis Elrod, GACS
3
Korey Pitts, Darlington
4
Josh Jeng, Wesleyan
112 LB. CLASS
1
Doug Maloch, Commerce
2
Daniel Barber, Jefferson
3
Jason Jackson, Irwin Co.
4
Chris Jordon, Whitefield Ac.
130 LB. CLASS
1
Damon Cadle, Cass
2
Colby Yates, West Hall
3
Stefan Smith, LaGrange
James Bennett, Carrollton
4
125 LB. CLASS
1
Apollo Harris, Cook
2
Hovie Sawyers, Dublin
3
Kjuan Few, Westside-Aug.
Jordan Taylor, Adairsville
4
119 LB. CLASS
1
Cam Thurmond, Jefferson
2
T.J. Bell, Bremen
3
Jessie Williams, Social Circle
4
Zach Widdon, Turner Co.
135 LB. CLASS
1
Mikey Mooney, Gilmer
2
Tyler Austin, Henry County
3
Jason Screens, S. Effingham
4
Shane Fadem, Blessed Trinity
130 LB. CLASS
1
Jack Templeton, Holy Inno.
2
Jernato Harris, Cook
3
Clay Lee, LaFayette
4
Hovie Sawyers, Dublin
125 LB. CLASS
1
Jed Gurley, Jefferson
2
Trey Travis, Bremen
3
Chad Thames, Landmark Ch.
4
Casey Drinkard, Commerce
140 LB. CLASS
1
Michael Fox, Gilmer
2
Scott Buzzard, Blessed Trin.
3
Terry Orange, West Laurens
Chase Lackey, Cass
4
135 LB. CLASS
1
Bryan Benton, Toombs Co.
2
Wes Rampley, Armuchee
3
Cody Carmack, Sonoraville
Cody Lary, Calhoun
4
130 LB. CLASS
1
Horace Young, Irwin Co.
2
Cutler Finch, Jefferson
3
Manny Hinkel, Gordon Lee
4
Nick Arostegui, Commerce
145 LB. CLASS
1
Anthony Fretwell, Henry Co.
2
Michael Gordon, Cass
3
Robbie Collum, S. Effingham
4
Brent Osborne, Blessed Trin.
140 LB. CLASS
1
Daniel Domanico, Lovett
2
Tyson Gilland, Wash.-Wilkes
3
Justin Gilbreath, LaFayette
4
Luis Verduzco, East Jackson
135 LB. CLASS
1
Taylor Pace, Gordon Lee
2
Wayne Elliott, Jefferson
3
Drew Henderson, Trion
4
Kurt Yates, Bowdon
152 LB. CLASS
Rashad Moss, Troup
1
2
Ryza Willis, Harris County
3
Derek Wojcik, Sandy Creek
4
Hunter Barnes, Gilmer
145 LB. CLASS
Scottie Forrester, Buford
1
2
Joe Franks, LaFayette
3
Antonio Scott, Avondale
4
Wesley Flynn, Model
140 LB. CLASS
1
Slade Madden, Bremen
2
Nic Elliot, Gordon Lee
3
Kevin Anderson, Jefferson
4
Adam Love, Treutlen
160 LB. CLASS
1
Ryan Gregory, Benedictine
2
Trevoine Hudson, Hardaway
Stevie Timm, Cass
3
Bo Buehlerr, Columbus
4
152 LB. CLASS
1
Colin Genthert, Wesleyan
2
Mason Head, Fannin County
Charles Kilpatrick, Screven Co.
3
William Bishop, Lovett
4
145 LB. CLASS
1
Hunter Fugatt, Gordon Lee
2
Josh Whitson, Eagles Lan. Ch.
3
Alan Hembrer, Bremen
4
Jordan Loveless, Bowdon
171 LB. CLASS
Terrance Gaddy, Clarkston
1
2
David Snider, Gilmer
3
Alex Anderson, Dunwoody
4
Benson Gyang, Henry Co.
160 LB. CLASS
Brian Livingston, Lovett
1
2
Rett Jones, Callaway
3
David Kaszyski, Wesleyan
4
Wade Fallow, Swainsboro
189 LB. CLASS
1
Nick Burks, Hardaway
2
Reed Fleming, Columbus
Brandon Roberts, Lumpkin Co.
3
4
Adam Morse, S. Effingham
171 LB. CLASS
1
Quinton Carter, Dublin
2
Nick Childers, Morgan Co.
Chad Pair, Walker
3
4
Kyle Hagenau, Wesleyan
215 LB. CLASS
1
Josh Boler, Apalachee
2
Brian Davis, Spencer
3
Bobby Liggins, Hephzibah
Tom Pennington, Flowery Branch
4
189 LB. CLASS
1
Brett Padgett, Armuchee
2
Michael Douglas, Wesleyan
3
Justin Hall, Fannin County
Neal Smith, North Oconee
4
275 LB. CLASS
1
Dane Magnussen, W. Forsyth
2
Ticorey Grissom, Troup
3
Juan Pickett, Shaw
4
Harris Howard, Blessed Trin.
215 LB. CLASS
1
Kelby Smith, Wesleyan
2
Demery Hawkins, Toombs Co.
3
Kelvin Jordan, Rutland
4
Landon Littlejohn, LaFayette
TEAM SCORES
Gilmer 226
1
2
Cass 212
Henry County 162.5
3
4
South Effingham
133.5
275 LB. CLASS
Ronnie Starling, Randolph-Clay
1
2
Shelton Goble, Pierce Co.
Wes East, Morgan County
3
4
Derrick Shuemake, Swainsboro
CLASS AA
103 LB. CLASS
1
Jay Teague, Sonoraville
2
Preston McCalmon, LaFayette
Blake West, Dade County
3
4
Ty Sumner, Cook
112 LB. CLASS
1
Matt Hines, Lovett
2
Chris Mann, Holy Innocents’
3
Case Hill, LaFayette
4
Justin Griffith, East Jackson
TEAM SCORES
LaFayette
1
2
Wesleyan
3
Lovett
Sonoraville
4
152 LB. CLASS
1
Jay Fowler, Jefferson
2
Josh Weller, Gordon Lee
3
Thomas Sears, Commerce
4
Matthew Mobley, Irwin Co.
160 LB. CLASS
1
Zac Crosby, Jefferson
Austin Mcgraw, Trion
2
3
Austin Goodlet, Gordon Lee
Jarred Strickland, Bowdon
4
171 LB. CLASS
1
Lucas Redd, Jefferson.
2
Steven Strickland, Bowdon
3
Kaleb Grimsley, Irwin Co.
4
Mitch Parris, Trion
189 LB. CLASS
1
Howard Jordan, Turner Co.
2
Cody Morris, Social Circle
3
Zach Allen, Jefferson
4
Michael Farmer, Gordon Lee
215 LB. CLASS
1
Matt Sprewell, Bowdon
2
Patrick Allen, Jefferson
Tyler Pitt, Telfair County
3
4
Marc Panu, Whitefield Acad.
275 LB. CLASS
1
Ryan Smith, Athens Christ.
2
Cole Hightower, Jefferson
3
Brandon King, Bowdon
4
Eric Kirkland, Mt. Zion-Car.
148
142.5
129
95
CLASS A
TEAM SCORES
1
Jefferson
2
Gordon Lee
3
Bowdon
4
Commerce
103 LB. CLASS
Cason Thurmond, Jefferson Co.
1
Corey Tomlinson, Turner Co.
2
3
Addison Davis, Commerce
4
Jacob Bryson, Gordon Lee
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14 I GHSA TRADITIONAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
GREAT WRESTLING ACTION!
GEORGIA WRESTLING
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
TRADITIONAL
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
AAAA
Sequoyah
McIntosh
McEachern
Sequoyah
Harrison
AAA
Westminster
Lakeside, DeKalb
Eagle's Landing
Troup
Starr's Mill
AA
Fitzgerald
Westminster
Westminster
Morgan County
Morgan County
A
Adairsville
Irwin County
Walker
Lovett
Lovett
Year
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
AAAAA
Starr's Mill
Collins Hill
McEachern
Parkview
Collins Hill
Parkview
McEachern
Collins Hill
AAAA
Troup
Ringgold
Woodland
Ringgold
Ringgold
Ringgold
Stockbridge
Eastside
AAA
Lovett
Dublin
Lovett
Dublin
Gilmer
Cass
West Laurens
Gilmer
AA
Morgan County
Rockmart
Rockmart
Dawson County
West Laurens
West Laurens
LaFayette
LaFayette
A
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
AA
Northgate
Dawson Co
Dawson Co.
West Laurens
West Laurens
Wesleyan
LaFayette
Jefferson
A
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Bremen
DUAL
Year
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
AAAAA
McEachern
McEachern
Parkview
Collins Hill
Parkview
McEachern
Collins Hill
Collins Hill
AAAA
Ringgold
Woodland
LaFayette
Ringgold
Henry County
Stockbridge
Ringgold
Whitewater
AAA
Lovett
Lovett
Dublin
Gilmer
Columbus
Gilmer
Cass/Henry Co.
LaFayette
GEORGIA TRADITIONAL WRESTLING TITLES
Jefferson
Lovett
McEachern
Rockmart
Troup County
Westminster
Briarcliff
Walker
Columbia
Fitzgerald
Armuchee
Ringgold
West Laurens
Collins Hill
12
11
10
9
9
8
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
3
LaGrange
Morgan County
North Springs
Woodward Academy
Bremen
Chamblee
M.D. Collins
Dawson County
Dublin
Feldwood
Gilmer County
Hapeville
LaFayette
Macon County
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3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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Marist
McIntosh
Murray County
Palmetto
Parkview
Redan
Rockdale County
Sequoyah
Starr’s Mill
Adairsville
Atkinson County
Avondale
Campbell, Smyrna
Cass
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2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Commerce
Cook County
Cross Keys
Dacula
Dykes
Eagle’s Landing
Eastside
Harrison
Irwin County
Jonesboro
Lakeside, DeKalb
Lithonia
Lumpkin County
Milton
Pepperell
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1