Saturday, January 7, 2012

Back to back Region Championships!

The Gators have successfully defended their region title making it two in a row by defeating South Effingham in the Area finals 48 - 20. The Gators will be traveling to Macon next weekend to participate in the State Dual tournament. Weigh-in will be Thursday evening and wrestling will begin Friday morning. 

 The Gator wrestling team successfully defended its region title this weekend in Brunswick as the grapplers won their second straight region championship. The Gators were the #1 seed in the tournament followed by Effingham, South Effingham, Richmond Hill and Brunswick. The unseeded teams in the region included Glynn Academy, Greenbriar, Evans Co., Statesboro. The Gators first match was against Statesboro in which the wrestlers put up a score of 79 – 0. In the semifinals the Gators went against the wildcats of Richmond Hill and bested them 50 – 15. In the Region final match the Gators went up against South Effingham and beat them with a score of 48 – 20. Placing 3rd in the tournament was Effingham and 4th was Richmond Hill. The wrestling team will be headed to the Macon Centriplex this Friday and Saturday to compete in the State Dual tournament. Wrestling will begin at 8:30am on Friday. 
For a full schedule of events please visit www.ghsa.net 


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