Sunday, February 23, 2014

Gators have first state champion!



Ware Co. Wrestling Results
AAAAA State Traditional Tournament
2/21/14 – 2/22/14
Hosted by Loganville High School

The Gator wrestling team sent 9 grapplers to Loganville Thursday night to get ready for the GHSA AAAAA State Traditional Championship hosted By Loganville High School.  Each of these 9 won at least one match with 5 wrestlers going 1 – 2 (Zy Grant (106 lbs.), Zurell Taylor (132 lbs.), Devante Durham (145 lbs.), Shawn Lewis (152 lbs.), and Jaquan Barefield (160 lbs.), Dakota York, at 285 lbs., earning a top eight finish with a record of 2 – 2, Jake Gourley at 138 lbs. placing 4th in the state by making the long haul through the consolation bracket with a record of 4 - 2, Luke Littlefield (113 lbs.), only the fourth state finalist in WCHS history, finishing as runner-up to Logan Sims of Woodland (Dec. 3 – 0) in the finals, and Jacob Allen (195 lbs.) earning the first individual state championship in the history of WCHS.  Allen won the gold in the finals defeating Isiah Ross from Woodland 10 – 7.  Allen started out in front ending the first period 4 – 0. Ross flurried in the second period, and in the beginning of the third tying the match at 5.  Starting in the defensive position with 15 seconds left in the match, Allen attempts a Peterson getting caught for 2 near fall and dropping 7 – 5.  Using his “funky” wrestling technique, Allen is able to hip-heist into a grape-vine position scoring a two point reversal and earning 3 near-fall with the match ending with Ross on his back defending an eminent pin.  You can see the time lapse still photographs of the last 15 seconds of the match at www.warecountywrestling.com  The pictures will be posted Monday.  As a team the Gators finished 8th out of 55 teams represented at the tournament scoring a total of 78.5 points.  The top 10 teams were 1. Cambridge (132.0), 2. Allatoona (123.5), 3. Pope (122.5), 4. Woodland (110.0), 5. Creekview (91.5), 6. South Paulding (86.0), 7. Rome (79.0), 8. Ware (78.5), 9. Effingham (67.0), 10. Ola (65.0).  The Ware Co. Gator wrestling team would like to thank Dr. Dixon, David Shields, and the many Gator parents, students, and fans who made the long journey to Loganville to the support the Gator wrestlers at the tournament.  Go Gators!  Complete brackets can be viewed at www.trackwrestling.com  Individual results listed below.

R1 – round 1
QF – quarter finals
SF – semi-finals
F – finals
C1 –consolation round 1
C 2 – consolation round 2
CQ – consolation quarter finals
CS – consolation semi-finals
CF – consolation finals

106 – Zy Grant (1 – 2):  R1 – win vs. Aaron Maxfield of Lee Co. (Dec. 10 – 4); QF – loss vs. Isiah Royal of Effingham Co. (pin 5:17); C2 – loss vs. Nick Hattings of Northview (Dec. 13 – 9)

113 – Luke Littlefield (3 – 2) 2nd place: R1 – win vs. Eric Hunter of Lee Co.  (pin 59 sec.); QF – win vs. David Harris of Heritage (pin 2:25); SF – win vs. Anthony Vasta of Forest Park (TF 16 – 0); F – loss vs. Logan Sims of Woodland (Dec. 3 – 0)

132 – Zurell Taylor (1 – 2): R1 – win vs. Alems Favors of Arabia Mountain (forfeit); QF – loss vs. Ethan Benedict of Allatoona (pin 2:54); C2 – loss vs. Slater Cruz (Dec. 10 – 5)

138 – Jake Gourley (6 – 2) 4th place:  R1 – win vs. Max King of South Paulding (Dec. 7 – 2);  QF – loss vs Jake Adcock of Pope (TF – 23 – 8); C2 – win vs. Dylan Staples of Appalachee (pin 57 sec.); CQ – win vs. Kelvin Rucker of Rome (Dec. 4 – 1); CS – Tyson Patterson of Union Grove (Dec. 8 – 1); CF – loss vs. Jack Woods (Dec. 8 – 1)

145 – Devante Durham (1 – 2): R1 – loss vs. Jack Powell of Lakeside Dekalb (Dec. 4 – 3); C1 – win vs. Micah LoPresto of Loganville (Dec. OT 5 – 3); C2  loss vs. Brady Dyer of Flowery Branch (Dec. 4- 3)

152 – Shawn Lewis (1 – 2): R1 – loss vs. Luke Parker of Union Grove (pin 4:41); C1 – win vs. Stevie Robensone of Effingham Co. (Dec. 7 – 3);C2 – loss vs. Joey Fricks of Rome (Dec. 5 – 4)

160 – Jaquan Barefield (1 – 2); R1 – loss vs. Noah Forehand of Northside (Dec. 14 – 13); C1 – win vs. Justin Skinner of Appalachee (Maj. Dec. 16 – 7); C2 – loss vs. Josh Williams of Clarke Central (TF 15 – 0)

195 – Jacob Allen (4 – 0) 1st place: R1 – win vs. Noah Hamevious of Thomas Co. (pin 58 sec.); QF – win vs. Blake Mustard of Clarke Central (Dec. 5 – 0); SF – win vs. Sean Klason of Rome (pin 3:33); F – win vs. Isiah Ross of Woodland (Dec. 10 – 7)

285 – Dakota York (2 – 2) top 8: R1 – win vs. Joe Maldanaldo of North Atlanta (pin 3:07); QF – loss. vs. Malik McNeil of Cambridge (pin 1:10); C2 – win vs. Hunter Whitley of Loganville (Dec. 3 – 1); CQ – loss vs. Chris Massenberg of Hardaway (pin 1:18)

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