Valdosta Wildcat Invitational 12/29/15 – 12/30/15

The Gator wrestlers competed Tuesday and Wednesday at the Wildcat Invitational hosted by Valdosta High School and placed 5^th out of 16 teams in the competition.  The top 6 team at the tournament were Tift Co. in first place scoring 223.5 points, Valdosta HS second place scoring 162.5 points, Effingham Co. in third place scoring 143.0 points, Richmond Hill HS in fourth place scoring 118.0 points, Ware co. in fifth place scoring 114.5 points and Coffee Co. in sixth place scoring 113.5 points.  Other teams that participated were Fitzgerald (7^th place), Brantley Co. (8^th place), Cook Co. (9^th place), Lowndes HS (10^th place), Veterans HS (11^th place), Irwin Co. (12^th place), Turner Co. (13^th place), Islands HS (14^th place), Tift Area (15^th place), and Valwood HS (16^th place).  6 out of the 9 varsity entrants for Ware Co. placed in the top 6 (Ware did not enter 5 of the 14 weight classes).  The scoring varsity placers included Reese Poole (fr.) 106 lbs. placed 4^th, Brandon Foster (so.) 113 lbs. placed 4^th, Sharod Cobb (jr.) 120 lbs. placed 6^th, Cole White (jr.) 152 lbs. placed 2^nd, Dalton Soper (sr.) 160 lbs. placed 4^th, Britton Jones (jr.) placed 3^rd, and Otis Robinson (fr.) HW placed 6^th.  The Gators also entered 4 wrestlers into the JV tournament and had one wrestler place in the top 4, Trevor Ford (so.) HW placed 4^th.  The Gators will be going to the area duals tournament next Saturday hosted by Statesboro HS.  Wrestling will begin at 10 am.  Individual results are listed below:

106 – Reese Pole (fr.): Record 2 – 2 pacing 4^th.  Round 1 bye, Round 2 win vs. Effingham Co. (dec. 8 – 6), Round 3 loss vs. Coffee (pin 1:16), Round 4 win vs. Richmond Hill (pin 3:54), round 5 loss vs. Turner Co. (pin 2:12)

113 – Brandon Foster (so.): Record 2 – 2 placing 4^th.  Round 1 bye, Round 2 win vs. Valdosta (dec. 7 – 2), Round 3 loss vs. Richmond Hill (OT 4 – 7), Round 4 win vs. Effingham Co. (dec. 5 – 4), Round 5 loss vs. Lowndes (maj. dec. 3 – 11)

120 – Sharod Cobb (jr.): Record 1 – 3 placing 6^th. Round 1 bye, Round 2 win vs. Irwin (pin 49 sec.), Round 3 loss vs. Tift Co. (pin 1:54), Round 4 loss vs. Effingham Co. (pin 3:57), Round 5 loss vs. Tift B (dec. 8 – 9)

138 – Blaine Aldridge (so.): Record 1 – 2. Round 1 loss vs. Richmond Hill (pin 3:51), Round 2 win vs. Cook (pin 1:26), Round 3 loss vs. Veterans HS (pin 1:49)

152 – Cole White (jr.): Record 3 – 1 placing 2^nd. Round 1 win vs. Brantley Co. (pin 1:06) Round 2 win vs. Coffee Co. (maj. dec. 13 – 4), Round 3 win vs. Fitzgerald (maj. dec. 12 – 4), Round 4 loss vs. Tift Co. (dec. 6 – 13)

160 – Dalton Soper (sr.): Record 3 – 2 placing 4^th.  Round 1 win vs. Richmond Hill (pin 3:30) Round 2 win vs. Veterans (pin 3:06), Round 3 loss vs. Irwin Co. (maj. dec. 7 – 18), Round 4 win vs. Fitzgerald (TF 17 – 1), Round 5 loss vs. Valdosta (dec. 5 – 8)

195 – Britton Jones (jr.): Record 3 – 1 placing 3^rd.  Round 1 bye, Round 2 win vs. Valdosta (pin 4:46), Round 3 loss vs. Tift (dec. 0 – 3), Round 4 win vs. Veterans (pin 52 sec.), Round 5 win vs. Richmond Hill (pin 3:27)

220 – KJ Thomas (so.): Record 1 – 2.  Round 1 bye, Round 2 loss vs. Veterans (pin 35 sec.), Round 3 win vs. Valdosta (pin 4:57), Round 4 loss vs. Irwin (pin 36 sec.)

HW – Otis Robinson (fr.): Record 3 – 3 placing 6^th.  Round 1 win vs. Brantley Co. (pin 1:120, Round 2 loss vs. CooK (pin 3:07), Round 3 win vs. Irwin (pin 3:53), Round 4 win vs. Fitzgerald (pin 2:46), Round 5 loss vs. Islands (maj. dec 0 – 9), Round 6 loss vs. Cook (pin 1:53)

HW – Brandon Rowland (Varsity non-scoring) {sr.}: Record 2 – 2. Round 1 win vs. Fitzgerald (pin 47 sec), Round 2 loss vs. Islands (pin 4:46), Round 3 win vs. Richmond Hill (pin 2:26), Round 4 loss vs. Tift (pin 1:18)

JV Matches

106 – Danny Aldridge (fr.): Record 1 – 4. Round 1 loss vs. Effingham (1) (pin 2:27), Round 2 loss vs. Veterans (dec 4 – 11), Round 3 loss vs. Turner (pin 4:08), Round 4 win vs. Valdosta (pin 1:48), Round 5 loss vs. Effingham (2) (dec. 2 – 4)

113 – Dustin Varnadore (fr.): Record 0 – 3.  Round 1 loss vs. Richmond Hill (pin 2:27), Round 2 loss vs. Richmond Hill (2) (OT 5 – 9), Round 3 loss vs. Lowndes (maj. dec. 2 – 11)

152 – Quay McKinney (fr.): Record 0 – 1 (did not make weight on Wed.).  Round 1 bye, Round 2 loss vs. Irwin (dec 2 – 4)

HW Trevor Ford (so.): Record 3 – 2 placing 4^th.  Round 1 win vs. Cook (pin 36 sec.), Round 2 win vs. Tift (OT 6 – 2), Round 3 win vs. Lowndes (pin 1:23), Round 4 loss vs. Veterans (pin 1:26), Round 5 loss vs. Valdosta (dec. 2 – 5)