Monday, December 30, 2013

Wildcat Invitational



The Gator wrestling team placed second overall out of 16 teams competing in the Wildcat Invitational hosted by Valdosta high school on Friday and Saturday placing 11 out of 13 wrestlers in the top 6 in the tournament.  The teams participating included (in order of placement) Kennesaw Mountain (199.0), Ware Co. (185.0), Pasco Co. Fl (163.0), Turner Co. (145.0), Lowndes (143.5), Tift Co. (117.0), Valdosta (111.0), Lee Co. (108.5), Cairo (107.0), Pierce Co. (78.0), Coffee Co. (60.0), Sandalwood Fl. (44.0), Berrien Co. (42), Cook Co. (31), Crisp Co. (18.0), Brantley Co. (0.0).  Placing for Ware Co. were Zy Grant (106) placing 2nd, Luke Littlefield (113) placing 1st, Zurell Taylor (132) placing 4th, Jake Gourley (138) placing 2nd, Devante Durham (145) placing 5th, Montaque McKinney (152) placing 6th, Shawn Lewis (160) placing 5th, Jaquan Barefield (170) placing 6th, Jacob Allen (195) placing 2nd, Gage Bush (220) placing 4th, and Dakota York placing 4th. Notable varsity performances include Luke Littlefield pinning in the finals and receiving the most outstanding lightweight wrestler of the tournament award voted on by the coaches at the tournament.  Ware Co. also entered 5 wrestlers in the JV tournament.  Dalton Soper (145) went 2 – 2 JV losing in the conso quarters, Cole White (160) went 1 – 2 losing in the conso quarters, Joe Allen (160) went 2 – 1 finishing in 2nd place, Nathan Tindall (182) went 2 – 2 finishing 4th, and Brandon Rowland (285) went 3 – 2 finishing 5th.   

The Gators will be hosting the Area 3 AAAAA Dual tournament next Saturday Jan. 4th, which will also be senior night.  The top two teams in this tournament will qualify for the state dual championship to be held in Macon on Jan. 11th – Jan 13th.   

Individual results for the wildcat Inv. are listed below. 

106 – Zy Grant: (3 – 1) 2nd place
·         match 1: win vs. Sandalwood (9 – 7)
·         match 2: win vs. Coffee (pin)
·         match 3: win vs. Lowndes (pin)
·         match 4 (finals): loss vs. Pasco (maj. dec. 14 – 6)

113 – Luke Littlefield: (3 – 0) 1st place {modt outstanding lightweight wrestler award}
·         match 1: bye
·         match 2: win vs. Crisp Co. (pin)
·         match 3: win vs. Lee Co. (pin)
·         match 4 (finals): win vs. Sandalwood (pin)

120 – Kaleb Aldridge: (1 – 2) lost in Conso Quarters
·         match 1: loss vs. Valdosta (pin)
·         match 2: bye
·         match 3: win vs. Cairo (maj. dec. 19 – 8)
·         match 4: loss vs. Pasco (pin)

132 – Zurell Taylor: (4 – 2) 4th place
·         match 1: loss vs. Turner (13 – 9)
·         match 2: win vs. Cook (pin)
·         match 3: win vs. Valdosta (pin)
·         match 4: win vs. Coffee (6 – 2)
·         match 5: win vs. Lowndes (7 – 5)
·         match 6: loss vs. Valdosta (pin)
138 – Jake Gourley: (3 – 1) 2nd place
·         match 1: win vs. Cairo (4 – 2)
·         match 2: win vs. Valdosta (pin)
·         match 3: win vs. Tift (pin)
·         match 4: loss vs. Kennesaw Mountain (Injury Default)

145 – Devante Durham: (3 – 2) 5th place
·         match 1: win vs. Coffee (pin)
·         match 2: win vs. Lowndes (pin)
·         match 3: loss vs. Turner (6 – 1)
·         match 4: loss vs. Pasco (3 – 2)
·         match 5: win vs. Lowndes (pin)

152 – Montaque McKinney: (1 – 3) 6th place
·         match 1: bye
·         match 2: win vs. Coffee (technical disqualification)
·         match 3: loss vs. Turner (pin)
·         match 4: loss vs. Cairo (pin)
·         match 5: loss vs. Coffee (pin)

160 – Shawn Lewis: (3 – 2) 5th place
·         match 1: win vs. Lee (pin)
·         match 2: win vs. Cairo (pin)
·         match 3: loss vs. Kennesaw Mountain (8 – 4)
·         match 4: loss vs. Tift (8 – 7)
·         match 5: win vs. Valdosta (8 – 3)

170 – Jaquan Barefield: (2 – 3) 6th place
·         match 1: loss vs. Lowndes (pin)
·         match 2: bye
·         match 3: win vs. Turner (pin)
·         match 4: win vs. Pierce (OT 9 – 8)
·         match 5: loss vs. Cairo (9 – 0)
·         match 6: loss vs. Kennesaw Mountain (6 – 2)

182 – Britton Jones: (0 – 2)
·         match 1: loss vs. Coffee (pin)
·         match 2: loss vs. Valdosta (8 – 3)

195 – Jacob Allen: (2 – 1) 2nd place
·         match 1: bye
·         match 2: win vs. Kennesaw Mountain (pin)
·         match 3: win vs. Cairo (pin)
·         match 4: loss vs. Lowndes (OT 10 – 8)


220 – Gage Bush (2 – 2) 4th place
·         match 1: bye
·         match 2: win vs. Cairo (3 – 2)
·         match 3: loss vs. Kennesaw Mountain (3 – 2)
·         match 4: win vs. Coffee (3 – 2)
·         match 5: loss vs. Cairo (1 – 0)

285 – Dakota York: (3 – 2) 4th place
·         match 1: win vs: Lee (pin)
·         match 2: win vs. Cairo (pin)
·         match 3: loss vs. Pasco (pin)
·         match 4: win vs. Kennesaw Mountain (8 – 1)
·         match 5: loss vs. Turner (13 – 11)




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