Sunday, January 29, 2017

Area 2AAAAA Traditional Tournament



The Gator wrestling team captured the 2017 Area 2AAAAA Traditional wrestling championship held at New Hampstead High School on Saturday dominating the field with 10 individual champions, one 2nd place finish, two 3rd place finishes, and one 4th place finish.  The teams competing were Ware Co., Statesboro, South Effingham, and New Hampstead.  The top 4 in each weight class will move on to the sectional tournament to be held Feb. 3 – 4 at Veterans High School.  
Visit www.ghsa.net for sectional tournament information and sectional brackets.  
Individual results listed below:


106 - Ethan Frye (Fr) 3rd place Record 1-1 Round 1 Loss vs Statesboro (Pin 3:04) Round 2 Win vs New Hampstead (Pin 3:52)
113 - Brandon Foster (Jr) Champion Record 1-0 Round 1 Bye Round 2 Win vs Statesboro (Dec 9-4)
120- Reese Poole (So) Champion Record 2-0 Round 1 Win vs New Hampstead (Pin 51 sec) Round 2 Win vs Statesboro (Maj Dec 9-1)
126 - Conner White (Fr) Runner-Up Record 1-1 Round 1 Win vs New Hampstead (Pin 3:47) Round 2 Loss vs Stateboro (Maj Dec 9-0)
132 - Cannon White (Fr) 4th place Record 1-1 Round 1 Loss vs Statesboro (Maj Dec 16-8) Round 2 Win vs South Effingham (Pin 4:52)
138 - Rick Walker (Jr) Champion Record 1-0 Round 1 Bye Round 2 Win vs South Effingham (Pin 51 sec)
145 - Austin Sweat (Jr) Champion Record 2-0 Round 1 Win vs South Effingham (Pin 3:05) Round 2 Win vs Statesboro (Pin 3:13)
152 - Cole White (Sr) Champion Record 2-0 Round 1 Win vs Statesboro (Pin 3:44) Round 2 Win vs South Effingham (Maj Dec 15-2)
160 - Quay McKinney (So) Champion Record 2-0 Round 1 Win vs Statesboro (Pin 3:28) Round 2 Win vs South Effingham (Dec 7-2)
170 - Eli Hodge (Jr) Champion Record 2-0 Round 1 Win vs Statesboro (Pin 1:49) Round 2 Win vs South Effingham (Pin 45 sec)
182 - Nawin Hyers (Jr) Champion Record 1-0 Round 1 Bye Round 2 Win vs South Effingham (Pin 42 sec)
195 - Britton Jones (Sr) Champion Record 2-0 Round 1 Win vs Statesboro (Pin 2:41) Round 2 Win vs South Effingham (Pin 17 sec)
220 - Zay Taylor (So) Champion Record 2-0 Round 1 Win vs South Effingham (Pin 2:26) Round 2 Win vs Statesboro (Pin 3:36)
HW - James Lucas (Jr) 4th place Record 0-2 Round 1 Loss vs Statesboro (Pin 3:04) Round 2 Loss vs South Effingham (Dec 5-2)





























Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Ware County Wrestling Results Sweet Onion Memorial 1/20/17 – 1/21/17

The Ware Co. Gator Wrestling team competed in the Sweet Onion Memorial Traditional Tournament hosted by Toombs Co. HS on Friday and Saturday placing 6th as a team out of 27 teams that entered.  The Gators only entered 12 of the 14 weight classes in the tournament.  The Gators placed 5 wrestlers including Brandon Foster (jr) placing 2nd with a record of 3 – 1 for the day, Cole White (sr) placing 2nd with a record 3 – 1 for the day, Eli Hodge (jr) placing 3rd with a record of 4 – 1 for the day, Zay Taylor (so) placing 3rd with a record of 4 – 1 for the day, and Rick Walker placing 6th with a record of 3 – 3 for the day. 





The Gators will be wrestling in the Area 2AAAAA traditional Championship this Saturday 1/28/17 hosted by New Hampstead HS. 
Wrestling will begin at 10:00 am.  

Individual and team results are listed below:

Sweet Onion Memorial Results for Ware
106 - Ethan Frye
    Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Frye (Ware) won by forfeit over Tri`Quavious Moye (Dublin) (For.)
    Champ. Round 2 - John Watts (Coffee) won by tech fall over Ethan Frye (Ware) (TF-(23-5))
    Cons. Round 2 - Ethan Frye (Ware) received a bye (Bye)
    Cons. Round 3 - Kevin Burns (Screven) won by fall over Ethan Frye (Ware) (Fall 0:00)

113 - Brandon Foster placed 2nd
    Champ. Round 1 - Brandon Foster (Ware) received a bye () (Bye)
    Champ. Round 2 - Brandon Foster (Ware) won by decision over Lucas Miller (W Laurens)(Dec 4-0)
    Quarterfinal - Brandon Foster (Ware) won by fall over Bryan Cruz (Jeff Davis) (Fall 0:00)
    Semifinal - Brandon Foster (Ware) won by major decision over Rodney Meeks (Treutlen) (MD 11-3)
    1st Place Match - Todd Cater (Pierce) won by decision over Brandon Foster (Ware) (Dec 6-4)

120 - Conner White
    Champ. Round 1 - Conner White (Ware) won by fall over Adrianna Harris (Telfair) (Fall 0:00)
    Champ. Round 2 - Conner White (Ware) won by maj. dec. over Devante Sampson(VidaliaB)(MD 12-1)
    Quarterfinal - Ricardo Santana (Toombs A)won by maj. dec. over Conner White (Ware)(MD 9-0)
    Cons. Round 4 - Conner White (Ware)won by maj. dec over Zach Barrow (Montgomery) (MD 12-2)
    Cons. Round 5 - Johnny Burgess (Turner)won by tech fall over Conner White (Ware) (TF (18-0))

126 - Reese Poole
    Champ. Round 1 - Reese Poole (Ware) won by fall over Kahlil Jones (Vidalia B) (Fall 0:00)
    Champ. Round 2 - Mark Coley (Turner) won by fall over Reese Poole (Ware) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 2 - Reese Poole (Ware) won by fall over Brandon Aguirre (Appling) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 3 - Austin Herndon (Jeff Davis) won by decision over Reese Poole (Ware) (Dec 6-3)

132 - Cannon White
    Champ. Round 1 - Cannon White (Ware) won by fall over Matthew Womack (Pierce) (Fall 0:00)
    Champ. Round 2 - Payton Brooks (Treutlen)won by fall over Cannon White (Ware) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 2 - Cannon White (Ware) won by fall over Cooper Smith (Screven) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 3 - Darrell Smith (East Laurens) won by fall over Cannon White (Ware) (Fall 0:00)

138 - Rick Walker placed 6th
    Champ. Round 1 - Rick Walker (Ware) won by decision over Timmy Brinson (Colquitt) (Dec 6-4)
    Champ. Round 2 - Rick Walker (Ware) won by fall over Alex Richter (Turner) (Fall 0:00)
    Quarterfinal - Travis Webb (Valdosta) won by fall over Rick Walker (Ware) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 4 - Rick Walker (Ware) won by tech fall over Trent Morris (Treutlen) (TF (18-3))
    Cons. Round 5 - Rick Walker (Ware) won by decision over Joe Cowart (Toombs A)(Dec 11-10)
    Cons. Semi - Justin Hall (Toombs A) won by fall over Rick Walker (Ware) (Fall 0:00)
    5th Place Match - Cory Braddy (Vidalia A)won by decision over Rick Walker (Ware) (Dec 6-3)

145 - Austin Sweat
    Champ. Round 1 - Austin Sweat (Ware) won by fall over Kemond Smith (Telfair) (Fall 0:00)
    Champ. Round 2 - Austin Sweat (Ware) won by forfeit over A`daunte Bivens (Calvary Day) (For.)
    Quarterfinal - Francisco Delamora (Jeff Davis) won by fall over Austin Sweat (Ware) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 4 - Tyler McDonald (Dodge) won by decision over Austin Sweat (Ware) (Dec 7-6)

152 - Cole White placed 2nd
    Champ. Round 1 - Cole White (Ware) received a bye (Bye)
    Champ. Round 2 - Cole White (Ware) won by fall over Colby Covington (Appling) (Fall 0:00)
    Quarterfinal - Cole White (Ware)won by fall over Michael Thomsen (West Laurens) (Fall 0:00)
    Semifinal - Cole White (Ware) won by decision over Victor Castanon (Colquitt) (Dec 15-8)
    1st Place Match - Blake Fuller (Osceola) won by major decision over Cole White (Ware) (MD 9-0)

160 - Quay McKinney
    Champ. Round 1 - Jarrod Cannon (Dodge) won by fall over Quay McKinney (Ware) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 1 - Quay McKinney (Ware) received a bye () (Bye)
    Cons. Round 2 - Quay McKinney (Ware) won by fall over Wylde Wilkerson (Veterans) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 3 - Quay McKinney (Ware) won by major decision over Brandon Hall(ToombsB)(MD15-4)
    Cons. Round 4 - Kade Mills (Jeff Davis) won by decision over Quay McKinney (Ware) (Dec 3-0)

170 - Eli Hodge placed 3rd
    Champ. Round 1 - Eli Hodge (Ware) received a bye () (Bye)
    Champ. Round 2 - Eli Hodge (Ware) won by fall over Caleb Taylor (Brantley) (Fall 0:00)
    Quarterfinal - Eli Hodge (Ware) won by decision over Jonathan Morales (Toombs A) (Dec 8-6)
    Semifinal - Chris Jones (Vidalia A) won by decision over Eli Hodge (Ware) (Dec 13-10)
    Cons. Semi - Eli Hodge (Ware) won by fall over Stan McCoy (Treutlen) (Fall 0:00)
    3rd Place Match - Eli Hodge (Ware) won by decision over Jalen Leary (Calvary Day) (Dec 8-5)

220 - Zay Taylor placed 3rd
    Champ. Round 1 - Zay Taylor (Ware) received a bye () (Bye)
    Champ. Round 2 - Zay Taylor (Ware) won by fall over Ryan Mell (Calvary Day) (Fall 0:00)
    Quarterfinal - Zay Taylor (Ware) won by fall over Ty McRae (Dublin) (Fall 0:00)
    Semifinal - Christian Brantley (East Laurens) won by decision over Zay Taylor (Ware)(Dec 9-3)
    Cons. Semi - Zay Taylor (Ware) won by fall over Boris Espinosa (Osceola) (Fall 0:00)
    3rd Place Match - Zay Taylor (Ware) won by decision over Dominique Harrell (Valdosta) (Dec 3-1)

285 - Otis Robinson
    Champ. Round 1 - Otis Robinson (Ware) received a bye () (Bye)
    Champ. Round 2 - Joseph Horne (West Laurens) won by fall over Otis Robinson (Ware) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 2 - Otis Robinson (Ware) won by fall over Harrison Sheeler (Jeff Davis) (Fall 0:00)
    Cons. Round 3 - Otis Robinson (Ware) won by forfeit over Joshua Henry (Vidalia B) (For.)







Team Scores
1. 
Veterans 
201.5
2. 
Valdosta 
179.5
3. 
Fitzgerald 
171.0
4. 
Osceola 
167.5
5. 
Toombs A 
154.0
6. 
Ware 
148.5
7. 
West Laurens 
134.0
8. 
Pierce 
129.0
9. 
Colquitt 
112.0
10. 
Vidalia A 
111.5
11. 
Coffee 
111.0
12. 
Dodge 
102.0
13. 
Treutlen 
100.0
14. 
Turner 
81.0
15. 
East Laurens 
78.0
16. 
Telfair 
66.5
17. 
Screven 
66.0
18. 
Dublin 
64.5
19. 
Brantley 
55.0
20. 
Appling 
47.0
21. 
Calvary Day 
45.0
22. 
Jeff Davis 
43.5
23. 
Toombs B 
26.0
24. 
Montgomery County 
24.0
25. 
Swainsboro 
13.0
26. 
Vidalia B 
9.0
27. 
McIntosh County  
3.0