Area 3 AAAAA Traditional Champions

Ware Co. Wrestling Results

Area 3 AAAAA Traditional Tournament

Hosted by Richmond Hill HS

2/1/14

The Gator wrestling team won their 3^rd consecutive Area Traditional title placing all 13 of their wrestlers (Ware forfeited weight class 220) in the top 3 who will be advancing to sectionals next weekend.  The teams competing in the tournament were Ware Co. (first place 253 points), Effingham Co. (second place 224 points), Richmond Hill (third place 213 points), Glynn Academy (fourth place 150 points), Jenkins (fifth place 84 points), and Windsor Forest (sixth place 73 points).  The 2014 Area 3 AAAAA champions for the Gators were Sr. Luke Littlefield (113 lbs.), Sr. Devante Durham (145), Jr. Jaquan Barefield (160 lbs.), Sr. Jacob Allen (195 lbs.), and Sr. Gage Bush (182 lbs.).  Finals highlights included Devante Durham, who was down 5 – 4 with 4 seconds left in his match scoring a take down as time expired beating his opponent from Glynn Academy 6 – 5, and Jacob Allen beating 2^nd ranked Dalton Mydell from Effingham Co. by pinfall in 33 seconds.  Placing 2^nd in the Area for the Gators were Jr. Zy Grant (106 lbs.), Fr. Kaleb Adridge (120 lbs.), Fr. Julian Thomas (126 lbs.), Sr. Zurell Taylor (132 lbs.), Sr. Jake Gourley (138 lbs.),  and Sr. Dakota York (HW).  Placing 3^rd in the Area for the gators were Sr. Shawn Lewis (152 lbs.) and Fr. Britton Jones (170 lbs.).  These wrestlers will be competing at the sectional traditional tournament next Friday and Saturday at Cambridge HS where the top 8 placers will advance to the state finals.  Wrestling will begin at 3:00 pm on Friday.  Individual results are listed below:

106 – Zy Grant: (2 – 1: 2^nd place) Match 1 vs Jenkins – win (pin 1:02); Match 2 vs. Richmond Hill - win (pin 1:45); Match 3 vs. Effingham – loss (pin 5:11)

113 – Luke Littlefield: (2 – 0: 1^st place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Richmond Hill – win (pin 11 sec.); Match 3 vs. Glynn Academy – win (pin 59 sec.)

120 – Kaleb Aldridge: (1 – 1: 2^nd place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Windsor Forest – win (pin 57 sec.); Match 3 vs. Richmond Hill – loss (pin 1:32)

126 – Julian Thomas: (2 – 1: 2^nd place) Match 1 vs. Windsor Forest – win (pin 2:59); Match 2 vs. Glynn Academy – win (Maj. Dec. 19 – 6); Match 3 vs. Effingham – loss (3 – 2)

132 – Zurell Taylor: (1 – 1: 2^nd place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Effingham – win (pin 5:14); Match 3 vs. Richmond Hill – loss (9 – 7)

138 – Jake Gourley: (1 – 1: 2^nd place) Match 1 vs. Windsor Forest – win (pin 1:49); Match 2 (bye); Match 3 vs. Effingham – loss (OT 8 – 6)

145 – Devante Durham: (2 – 0: 1^st place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Jenkins – win (Maj. Dec. 11 – 1); Match 3 vs. Glynn Academy – win (6 – 5)

152 – Shawn Lewis: (2 – 1: 3^rd place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Effingham – loss (12 – 7); Match 3 vs. Windsor Forest – win (pin 45 sec.); Match 4 vs. Jenkins win – (pin 2:52)

160 – Jaquan Barefield: (2 – 0: 1^st place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Glynn Academy – win (pin 4:56); Match 3 vs. Richmond Hill – win (pin 4:20)

170 – Britton Jones: (3 – 1: 3^rd place) Match 1 vs. Glynn Academy – win (pin 1:58); Match 2 vs Jenkins – loss (6 – 1); Match 3 vs. Windsor Forest – win (OT 6 – 4); Match 4 vs. Glynn Academy – win (10 – 5)

182 – Gage Bush: (2 – 0: 1^st place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Effingham – win (pin 2:17); Match 3 vs. Glynn Academy – win (Maj. Dec. 13 – 3)

195 – Jacob Allen: (2 – 0: 1^st place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Jenkins – win (pin 1:25); Match 3 vs. Effingham – win (pin 33 sec.)

220 – Ware Forfeit

HW – Dakota York: (1 – 1: 2^nd place) Match 1 (bye); Match 2 vs. Richmond Hill – win (3 – 1); Match 3 vs. Effingham – loss (4 – 2)