Effingham Rebel Invitational

The Gator wrestling team placed third at the Rebel Invitational hosted by Effingham Co. HS.  The Gators had 9 wrestlers place including J’air Grant (sr) 106lbs.  placing 1^st, Brandon Foster (fr) 113lbs.  placing 4^th, Kaleb Aldridge (so) 120lbs. placing 5^th, Rick Walker (fr) 132lbs. placing 6^th, Julian Thomas (so) 138lbs. placing 3^rd, Dalton Soper (jr) 152lbs. placing 6^th, Jaquan Barefield (sr) 160lbs. placing 2^nd, David Soper 170lbs. placing 3^rd, and Britton Jones (so) 195lbs. placing 3^rd.  The top 5 teams in the tournament were Valdosta 5^th place, Coffee Co. 4^th place, Ware Co. 3^rd place, Richmond Hill 2^nd place, and Effingham Co. first place.  

The Gators will be way at Glynn Academy on Tuesday.  Wrestling will begin at 5:00pm.  

Individual results listed below.

106 – J’air Grant (sr) 2st place (4 – 0): (bye) (win vs. Statesboro pin 45 sec) (win vs Valdosta dec 10 – 5) ( Finals win vs. Richmond Hill dec 12 – 10)

113 – Brandon Foster (fr) 4^th place (3 – 2): (win vs Richmond Hill pin 3:54) (win vs Effingham 2 pin 1^st period) (loss vs Coffee 4 – 1) (win vs Valdosta maj dec 14 – 1) (loss vs Glynn Academy 8 – 1)

120 – Kaleb Aldridge (so) 5^th place (2 – 2): (Bye) (win vs Glynn Academy TF 15 – 0) (loss vs Coffee pin 3^rd period) (loss vs Valdosta pin 2^nd period) (win vs Effingham pin 51 sec)

126 – Sharod Cobb (so) (1 – 2): (win vs. Statesboro pin 5:55) (loss vs South Effingham pin 1^st period) (loss vs Richmond Hill maj dec 14 -2)

132 – Rick Walker (fr) 6^th place (2 – 3):  (win vs Scriven pin 17 sec) (win vs South Effingham pin 1^st per) (loss vs Effingham pin 3^rd per) (loss vs Islands pin 2^nd per) (loss vs Richmond Hill pin 3^rd per)

138 – Julian Thomas (so) 3^rd place (5 – 1): (win vs Effingham pin 21 sec) (win vs Richmond Hill pin 4:44) (win vs Glynn Academy pin) (loss va Valdosta dec 6 – 5) (win vs South Effingham pin) (win vs Richmond Hill dec 8 – 6)

145 – Montaque McKinney (sr) (2 – 2): (win vs South Effingham dec 9 – 10) (loss vs River Bluff pin 2^nd per) (win vs Effingham pin 1:29) (loss vs Valdosta pin 1^st per)

152 – Dalton Soper (jr) 6^th place (2 – 3): (win vs Scriven pin 51 sec) (win vs Effingham dec 10 – 7) (loss vs River Bluff maj dec 15 – 4) (loss vs New Hampstead pin 3^rd per) (loss vs Effingham 8 – 6)

160 – Jaquan Barefield 2^nd place (4 – 1): (win vs Scriven pin 1:17) ( win vs New Hampstead pin 1:59) (win vs Valdosta pin 5:32) (win vs Savannah Christian pin 1^st per) (loss vs Effngham dec 5 – 6)

170 – David Soper (jr) 3^rd place (4 – 1): (win vs South Effingham pin 37 sec) (win vs Statesboro pin 1:11) (loss vs River Bluff dec 4 – 2) (win vs Richmond Hill pin) (win vs Windsor Forest pin 2^nd per)

182 – Nathan Tindall (jr) (1 – 2): (loss Valdosta dec 7 – 6) (forfeit vs Scriven) (loss vs Effingham pin 1:30)

195 – Britton Jones (so) 3^rd place (4 – 1): (win vs Johnson Savannah pin 1^st) (win vs Glynn Academy pin) (loss vs Statesboro dec 7 – 5) (win vs Valdosta pin) (win vs Richmond Hill pin 3:30)

220 – Montarius McKinney (2 – 2): (loss vs River Bluff pin 1^st) (win vs. Glynn Academy pin 1:20) (win vs Effingham 2 pin 1:30) (loss vs Richmond Hill pin)

HW – Joey Timmons (jr) (2 – 2): (loss vs South Effingham pin 1^st per) (win vs South Effingham 2 pin 30 sec) (win vs Statesboro pin 1:21) (loss vs Effingham pin 1^st)