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 1^st 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, 2^nd place Hilton Head (239.50 points), 3^rd place Valdosta (230 points), 4^th place Effingham (189 points), 5^th place Perry (177 points), 6^th place Valdosta B (115.50 points), 7^th place Windsor Forest (98 points), 8^th place South Effingham (94 points), 9^th 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: 2^nd place Nawin Hyers at 182 lbs, Conner White (120) and Eli Hodge (170) placed third, 4^th place Austin Sweat at 138 lbs.  Quay McKinney 160 lbs and Reese Poole placed 5^th at 126 lbs while Rick Walker (145 lbs) and Otis Robinson (285 lbs) finished in 6^th 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 - 3^rd place

126 – Reese Poole (So) Record 6-2 – 5^th place

132 – Lawson Herlong (Fr) Record 2-2

138 – Austin Sweat (Jr) Record 3-2 – 4^th place
145 – Rick Walker (Jr) Record 2-3 – 6^th place

152 - Cole White (Sr) Record 5-0 - Champion

160 – Quay McKinney (So) Record 4-2 – 4^th place

170 – Eli Hodge (Jr) Record 4-1 – 3^rd place

182 – Nawin Hyers (Jr) Record 3-1 – 2^nd place

195 – Britton Jones (Sr) Record 3-0 - Champion

220 – KJ Thomas (Jr) Record 2-2 

285 – Otis Robinson (So) Record 4-3 – 6^th place

JV – Danny Boettner (Fr) Record 3-1 – 2^nd place

JV - Kooper Thomas (Fr) Record 2-2