Monday, December 12, 2016

Gators take First place in the Rebel Invitational

The Ware Co Gator wrestlers traveled to Effingham Co. High School this weekend for the Rebel Invitational. The Gators captured their 1st traditional tournament win of the season as they went into the tournament filling 13 of the 14 weight classes.  There were 29 teams competing in the tournament; these teams included Ware, Hilton Head (A & B), Valdosta (A & B), Effingham (A & B), Perry (A & B), Windsor Forest (A & B), South Effingham (A & B), Greenbriar (A & B), Islands, Savannah Arts (A & B), Statesboro (A & B), Richmond Hill (A & B), Jenkins (A & B), Savannah High, Groves, Johnson (A & B).
The top ten teams were Tournament Champions Ware County with 240.50 points, 2nd place Hilton Head (239.50 points), 3rd place Valdosta (230 points), 4th place Effingham (189 points), 5th place Perry (177 points), 6th place Valdosta B (115.50 points), 7th place Windsor Forest (98 points), 8th place South Effingham (94 points), 9th place Greenbriar (85 points), and 10th Islands (84.50 points).
Ware County had 11 wrestlers earning medals including three tournament Champions; Brandon Foster 113 lbs, Cole White at 152 lbs and Britton Jones 195 lbs. Other placers were as follows: 2nd place Nawin Hyers at 182 lbs, Conner White (120) and Eli Hodge (170) placed third, 4th place Austin Sweat at 138 lbs.  Quay McKinney 160 lbs and Reese Poole placed 5th at 126 lbs while Rick Walker (145 lbs) and Otis Robinson (285 lbs) finished in 6th place. 




 Senior Cole White (152 lbs.) was voted Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament as he pinned his way through the finals going 5 – 0 on the weekend. 
The Gators will travel to Appling Co. on Tuesday.  
Wrestling will begin at 5:00 pm.  







Individual tournament records are listed below:
106 – Forfeit
113 - Brandon Foster (Jr) Record 3-0 - Champion
120 – Conner White (Fr) Record 4-1 - 3rd place
126 – Reese Poole (So) Record 6-2 – 5th place
132 – Lawson Herlong (Fr) Record 2-2
138 – Austin Sweat (Jr) Record 3-2 – 4th place
145 – Rick Walker (Jr) Record 2-3 – 6th place
152 - Cole White (Sr) Record 5-0 - Champion
160 – Quay McKinney (So) Record 4-2 – 4th place
170 – Eli Hodge (Jr) Record 4-1 – 3rd place
182 – Nawin Hyers (Jr) Record 3-1 – 2nd place
195 – Britton Jones (Sr) Record 3-0 - Champion
220 – KJ Thomas (Jr) Record 2-2 
285 – Otis Robinson (So) Record 4-3 – 6th place
JV – Danny Boettner (Fr) Record 3-1 – 2nd place

JV - Kooper Thomas (Fr) Record 2-2

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