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 1st, Brandon Foster (fr)
113lbs. placing 4th, Kaleb
Aldridge (so) 120lbs. placing 5th, Rick Walker (fr) 132lbs. placing
6th, Julian Thomas (so) 138lbs. placing 3rd, Dalton Soper
(jr) 152lbs. placing 6th, Jaquan Barefield (sr) 160lbs. placing 2nd,
David Soper 170lbs. placing 3rd, and Britton Jones (so) 195lbs.
placing 3rd. The top 5 teams
in the tournament were Valdosta 5th place, Coffee Co. 4th
place, Ware Co. 3rd place, Richmond Hill 2nd 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) 4th place (3 – 2):
(win vs Richmond Hill pin 3:54) (win vs Effingham 2 pin 1st period)
(loss vs Coffee 4 – 1) (win vs Valdosta maj dec 14 – 1) (loss vs Glynn Academy
8 – 1)
120 – Kaleb Aldridge (so) 5th place (2 – 2):
(Bye) (win vs Glynn Academy TF 15 – 0) (loss vs Coffee pin 3rd
period) (loss vs Valdosta pin 2nd period) (win vs Effingham pin 51
sec)
126 – Sharod Cobb (so) (1 – 2): (win vs. Statesboro pin
5:55) (loss vs South Effingham pin 1st period) (loss vs Richmond
Hill maj dec 14 -2)
132 – Rick Walker (fr) 6th place (2 – 3): (win vs Scriven pin 17 sec) (win vs South
Effingham pin 1st per) (loss vs Effingham pin 3rd per)
(loss vs Islands pin 2nd per) (loss vs Richmond Hill pin 3rd
per)
138 – Julian Thomas (so) 3rd 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 2nd per) (win vs
Effingham pin 1:29) (loss vs Valdosta pin 1st per)
152 – Dalton Soper (jr) 6th 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 3rd per) (loss vs Effingham
8 – 6)
160 – Jaquan Barefield 2nd 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 1st per) (loss vs Effngham dec
5 – 6)
170 – David Soper (jr) 3rd 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 2nd
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) 3rd place (4 – 1):
(win vs Johnson Savannah pin 1st) (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 1st) (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 1st per) (win vs South Effingham 2 pin 30 sec) (win vs
Statesboro pin 1:21) (loss vs Effingham pin 1st)