Monday, February 25, 2013

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

In the Game Radio tonight! Feb 21st, 6:30pm

Check out Coach E and the state placers on In The Game High School Sports Magazine Radio Show! 

WVGA 105.9 at 6:30 pm. 

Find out what the guys have to say about the record making year for the Ware County Gator Wrestling team! 


Monday, February 18, 2013

Great finish to a historic season!

State Placers
The Ware Co. Gator Wrestling team had a record setting traditional tournament in Macon this weekend placing five of their ten state qualifiers in the top four and placing 2nd overall behind Pope H.S. to become the first state runner-up wrestling team in Ware Co. History.  The state placers for the Gators were Luke Littlefield (Jr.) placing 4th at weight class 106, John Williams (Sr.) placing 2nd at weight class 113, Isaac King (Sr.) placing 2nd at weight class 145, David Shavers (Sr.) placing 2nd at weight class 170, and Jacob Allen (Jr.) placing 3rd at weight class 182.  Other notable performances by the gators were Jake Gourley (Jr.) going 2 – 2 to finish in the top 8 at weight class 126 and Dakota York (Jr.) going 2 – 2 to finish in the top eight at weight class 285.  Jake and Dakota were one match away from placing in the top six.  Other gator state qualifiers included Zurell Taylor (Jr.) 0 – 2 at weight class 132, Devante Durham (Jr.) 0 – 2 at weight class 138, and Lewy Morrison (Sr.) 0 – 2 at weight class 220.  
Ware County - 2nd place 
The top five teams in class AAAAA were Pope HS 1st with 215.5 points, Ware Co. 2nd with 99.0 points, Ola HS 3rd with 80.0 points, Creekview HS 4th with 75.0 points, and Whitewater HS 5th with 69.0 points.  
For complete brackets and team scores visit www.ghsa.net.  
Congratulations gator wrestlers on a historic season!  







Individual results listed below:

Wt.
Name
Tourney
Record
Season
Record
Tourney Results
Place
106
Luke Littlefield
3 – 2
57 – 4
Win vs. Reid Loveless (Whitewater) pin 1:52
Win vs. Cole Burton (Loganville) maj. dec. 14 – 6
Loss vs. Logan Simms (Woodland) dec. 2 – 0
Win vs. Muadh As-Siddiq (SW Dekalb) dec. 8 – 6
Loss vs. Tim Randolph (Jones Co.) dec. 6 – 4
4th
113
John Williams
3 – 1
66 – 3
Win vs. Waldrop Samford (Hardaway) dec. 6 – 3
Win vs. Josh Ivey (Villa Rica) dec. 7 – 2
Win vs. Jake Huffine (Woodland) dec. 6 – 3
Loss vs. JR Salemi (Cambridge) dec. 10 – 4
2nd
126
Jake Gourley
2 – 2
58 – 11
Loss vs. Logan Southard (Allatoona) pin 5:47
Win vs. Matt Evand (Woodland) pin 0:45
Win vs. Ben Horton (Flowery Branch) dec. 8 – 1
Loss vs. Wes Lemons (Northview) dec. 6 – 4
Top 8
132
Zurrel Taylor
0 – 2
18 – 16
Loss vs. Tristan Ware (Villa Rica) pin 1:47
Loss vs. Zach Bringer (Richmond Hill) dec. dec. 6 – 5
***
138
Devante Durham
0 – 2
13 – 15
Loss vs. Cameron Williams (Hardaway) pin 0:49
Loss vs. Corey Strickland (SW Dekalb) maj. dec. 13 – 3
***
145
Isaac King
3 – 1
60 – 6
Win vs. Alex Walker (Whitewater) dec. 7 – 4
Win vs. Brady Dyer (Flowery Branch) dec. 3 – 2
Win vs. Ean Wilson (Ola) dec. 4 – 2
Loss vs. Abdurrahman Yasin (SW Dekalb) pin 5:45
2nd
170
David Shavers
3 – 1
63 – 2
Win vs. Barrett Martin (Whtewater) pin 5:00
Win vs. Wes Varnum (Harris Co.) pin 2:55
Win vs. Darion Perry (Stephenson) maj. dec. 12 – 2
Loss vs. Tyler Askey (Northgate) maj. dec. 16 – 6
2nd
182
Jacob Allen
4 – 1
58 – 9
Win vs. Alex LaRotta (Lakeside Dekalb) dec. 11 – 8
Win vs. Cody Webb (Allatoona) pin 3:10
Loss vs. Joseph Sorrentino (Creeview) maj. dec. 12 – 4
Win vs. Max Ovric (Northview) pin 2:46
Win vs. Grant Simonds (Flowery Branch) maj. dec. 12 – 3
3rd
220
Lewy Morrison
0 – 2
21 – 16
Loss vs. Hunter Watkins (Ola) pin 2:36
Loss vs. Diego Smith (NS Warner Robbins) pin 2:46
***
285
Dakota York
2 – 2
19 – 13
Loss vs. George Harris (Whitewater) pin 0:55
Win vs. Patrick Harris (Windsor Forest) pin 3:28
Win vs. Joe Goosby (NS Columbus) dec. 4 – 3
Loss vs. Michael Barday (N. Paulding) pin 0:42
Top 8



Luke Littlefield - 4th place
John Ryan Williams - 2nd place
Isaac King - 2nd place
David Shavers - 2nd place






Jacob Allen - 3rd place


Monday, February 11, 2013

Go Gators!


Congratulations Gator State Qualifiers!!!

The Ware Co. Gator wrestling team qualified 10 athletes for the state traditional wrestling tournament to be held at the Macon Centriplex on Thursday – Saturday 2/14/13 – 2/16/13.  To qualify for the state tournament wrestlers had to place in the top 8 in their weight class.  The Gator wrestlers who qualified for state are Luke Littlefield (11th grade @ 106 lbs. – placing 2nd), John Williams (12th grade @ 113 lbs. placing 3rd), Jake Gourley (11th grade @ 126 lbs.  placing 4th), Zurell Taylor (11th grade @ 132 lbs. placing 6th), Devante Durham (11th grade @ 138 lbs.  placing 8th), Isaac King (12th grade @ 145 lbs. placing 1st), David Shavers (12th grade @ 170 lbs. placing 1st), Jacob Allen (11th grade @ 182 lbs. placing 5th), Lewy Morrison (12th grade @ 220 lbs. placing 7th), and Dakota York (11th grade @ 285 lbs. placing 7th).  Other Gator wrestlers who competed were Aaron Yarbrough (9th grade), Shawn Lewis (11th grade), KP Boatright (12th grade), and Anthony Rolle (11th grade).

 For complete state championship brackets please visit www.ghsa.net 

Individual results are listed below:












Monday, February 4, 2013

Gators win second straight Traditional Area Championship


The Ware Co. Gator Wrestlers won their 2nd straight Traditional Area Championship Saturday qualifying all 14 of their wrestlers for the sectional tournament to be held at Loganville HS next Friday and Saturday 2/8/13 – 2/9/13.  The teams competing were Ware Co. (1st place 205.5), Effingham HS (2nd place 199.5), Richmond Hill (3rd place 126.5), Glynn Academy (4th place 93.0), Jenkins Co. (5th place 33.0), and Windsor Forest (6th place 26.0).  The Gators came away with seven Area Champions (106 – Luke Littlefield, 113 – John Williams, 126 – Jake Gourley, 145 – Isaac King, 170 – David Shavers, 182 – Jacob Allen, 285 – Dakota York), three Area Runners-up (120 – Aaron Yarbrough, 169 – KP Boatright, 195 – Anthony Rolle), three Area third placers (132 – Zurell Taylor, 138 – Devante Durham, 152 – Shawn Lewis), and one Area fourth place (220 – Lewy Morrison).  

Wrestlers competing in the sectional tournament must place in the top 8 of 16 to qualify for the GHSA Traditional State Championship tournament to be held at the Macon Centriplex on Thursday – Saturday 2/14/13 – 2/16/13.  

Individual tournament records are listed below:

106 – Luke Littlefield: (1st place) 2- 0 /bye; win over Richmond Hill Collin Crawford by pin 1st period; win
over Effingham Co. Isiah Royal TF 2nd period
113 – John Williams: (1st place) 1 – 0 /bye; bye; win over Effingham Co. Tyler Davis pin 2nd period)
120 – Aaron Yarbrough: (2nd place) 0 – 1 /bye; bye; loss vs. Richmond Hill Ethan Wampler pin 2nd period
126 – Jake Gourley: (1st place) 2 – 0 /bye; win over Jenkins Co. Tai Nguyen pin 2nd period; win over
Richmond Hill Grant Foy by decision 6 – 4
132 – Zurell Taylor: (3rd place) 2 – 1 /bye; loss vs. Effingham Co Mike Petrea pin 3rd period; win over
Jenkins Co. Jordin Olinger pin 1st period; win over Glynn Academy Okern Grant pin 2nd period
138 – Devante Durham: (3rd place) 3 – 1 /win over Jenkins Co. Kenny Alexander major decision 14 – 0;
loss vs. Richmond Hill Zach Perez decision 8 – 3; win over Windsor Forest Zakkery Greene pin 1st
period; win over Glynn Academy Ryan Waller decision 3 – 1
145 – Isaac King: (1st place) 2 – 0 /bye; win over Effingham Co. AJ Bird pin 2nd period; win over    Richmond Hill Ian Phifer TF 3rd period 18 – 3
152 – Shawn Lewis: (3rd place) 2 – 1 /win over Jenkins Co. DJ Tinsley pin 1st period; loss vs. Effingham Co.
Andreas Stefan major decision 12 – 2; win over Richmond Hill Logan Rooker pin 2nd period
160 – KP Boatright: (2nd place) 1 – 1 /bye; win over Glynn Academy Anthony Stevens decision 7 – 6; loss
vs. Effingham Co. Tavon Powell Major Decision 20 – 7
170 – David Shavers: (1st place) 2 – 0 /bye; win over Jenkins Co. Rashamel Reynolds pin 1st period; win
vs. Glynn Academy Kenneth Sledge TF 2nd period 17 – 2/
182 – Jacob Allen: (1st place) 2 – 0 /bye; win vs. Jenkins Ibris Diaby pin 1st period; Win vs. Effingham Co.
Tevin Holmes major decision 11 – 1/
195 – Anthony Rolle: (2nd place) 1 – 1 /bye; win over Richmond Hill Bryce Mayfield pin 2nd period; loss vs.Effingham Co. Dalton Mydell pin 2nd period
220 – Lewy Morrison: (4th place) 1 – 2 /bye; loss vs. Effingham Co. Cheyenne Hunt pin 3rd period; win
over Jenkins Co. Rudy Kenney pin 2nd period; loss vs. Windsor Forest Nicholas Harris decision 
6-4
285 – Dakota York: (1st place) 2 – 0 /bye; win over Jenkins Tommy Steeley pin 1st period; win over
Jacob Allen
Windsor Forest Patrick Harris pin 2nd period

David Shavers
Four Time Region Champion
First in Ware County history



Jake Gourley 



Luke Littlefield
Two time Champion

Isaac King

John Williams
Dakota York