1st Annual Packer Invitational Hosted by Colquitt Co. HS 12/30/17

The Gator wrestling team placed 2^nd out of 16 teams in the 1^st annual Packer Invitational coming in second by 1.5 points to Tift Co.  The teams participating were:

1.       Tift Co. – 165.0

2.       Ware Co. –  163.5

3.       Fttzgerald – 144.0

4.       Lee Co. – 119.0 

5.       Colquitt Co. – 117.0

6.       Effingham Co. – 107.0

7.       Lowndes – 98.5

8.       Coffee Co. – 96.0

9.       Brentwood Academy (TN) – 81.0

10.   Coral Gabels (Miami) – 70.5

11.   Thomas Co. Central – 61.0

12.   Houston Co. – 47.5

13.   Dodge Co. – 42.5

14.   Walton – 35.0

15.   Yulee – 26.0

16.   Valwood – 16.0

The Gators placed 12 out of their 16 entries in the top 6 including 1 champion, 3 second place finishes, 1 third place finish, 4 fourth place finishes, 2 fifth place finishes, and 1 sixth place finish.  The Gators will be travelling to Statesboro on Saturday, January 6^th to compete in the Area 2AAAAA Duals tournament. The top 2 teams will go on to compete in the AAAAA state championship duals tournament to be held at the Macon Centriplex on Jan. 11^th – 13^th.  Wrestling will begin at 10:00 am on Saturday.  Individual match results are listed below:

106 – Ethan Frye (so.): record 2 – 1 (2^nd place) Round 1 – (bye), Round 2 – win vs. Coffee (maj. dec. 9 – 1), Round 3 – win vs. Tift (maj. dec. 13 – 3), Round 4 – loss vs. Colquitt (dec. 6 – 30)

113 – Colby Walker (fr.): record 0 – 2.  Round 1 – (bye), Round 2 – loss vs. Coral Gables (dec. 18 – 11), Round 3 – loss vs. Lowndes (maj. dec. 13 – 4)

120 – Brandon Foster (sr.): record 2 – 1 (2^nd place) Round 1 – (bye), Round 2 – win vs. Tift (dec. 8 – 2), Round 3 – win vs. Coral Gables (dec. 4 – 0), Round 4 – loss vs. Coffee (maj. dec. 16 – 7)

126 – Reese Poole (jr.): record 2 – 2 (4^th place) Round 1 – win vs. Coffee (TF 18 – 2), Round 2 – win vs. Brentwood Academy (dec. 8 – 2), Round 3 – loss vs. Lee Co. (dec. 6 – 5), Round 4 – loss vs. Tift Co. (dec. 2 – 1)

132 – Conner White (so.): record 2 – 1 (2^nd place) Round 1 – (bye), Round 2 – win vs. Lee Co. (dec. 6 – 2), Round 3 – win vs. Colquitt Co. (dec 3 – 2), Round 4 – loss vs. Coral Gables (pin 1:37)

138 – Banner Thomas (fr.): record 4 – 0 (1^st place) Round 1 – win vs. Coral Gables (pin 5:39), Round 2 – win vs. Dodge Co. (pin 5:59), Round 3 – win vs. Valwood (dec. 7 – 2), Round 4 – win vs. Tift Co. (pin 2:38)

138 – Cannon White (so.) record 2 – 2 (4^th place) Round 1 – win vs. Thomas Co. Central (dec. 7 – 6), Round 2 – win vs. (Colquitt Co. (dec. 7 – 2), Round 3 – loss vs. Tift Co. (maj. dec. 15 – 3), Round 4 – loss vs. Valwood (dec.)

145 – Jahiem Howard (fr.): record 1 – 2.  Round 1 – (bye), Round 2 – loss vs. Fitzgerald (maj. dec. 11 – 2), Round 3 – win vs. Coral Gables (pin 3:59), Round 4 – loss vs. Colquitt Co. (dec. 5 – 4)

152 – Demarion Dennis (sr.): record 3 – 1 (3^rd place) Round 1 – win vs. Lee Co. (dec. 21 – 17), Round 2 win vs. Yulee (pin 1:43), Round 3 – loss vs. Tift Co. (TF 16 – 0), Round 4 – win vs. Coral Gables (maj. dec. 12 – 0)

160 – Bl;aine Aldridge (sr.): record 4 – 1 (5^th place) Round 1 – win vs. Thomas Co. Central (pin 1:43), Round 2 – loss vs. Houston Co. (pin 3:59), Round 3 – win vs. Lowndes (dec. 4 – 2), Round 4 – win vs. Lee Co. (dec. 11 – 5), Round 5 – win vs. Fitzgerald (dec. 5 – 1)

182 – Nawin Hyers (sr): record 1 – 2 (4^th place) Round 1 – (bye), Round 2 – win vs. Dodge Co. (dec. 6 – 1), Round 3 loss vs. Lee Co. (dec. 7 – 5), Round 4 – loss vs. Tift Co. (pin 2:31)

195 – Jesus Hernandez (so.): record 0 – 2. Round 1 – loss vs. Effingham (pin 3:13), Round 2 – (bye), Round 3 – loss vs. Lowndes (pin 2:22)

220 – Zay Taylor (jr.) record 3 – 2 (6^th place) Round 1 – win vs. Lee Co. (pin 2:24), Round 2 – loss vs. Effingham (pin 2:16), Round 3 – win vs. Coffee (pin 2:26), Round 4 win vs. Dodge Co. (pin 2:29), Round 5 loss vs. Brentwood Academy (dec. 6 – 3)

285 – James Lucas (sr.) record 2 – 2 (4^th Place) Round 1 – win vs. Houston Co. (pin 23 sec.), Round 2 – win vs. Ware Co {Thomas} (pin 43 sec.), Round 3 – loss vs. Tift (dec. 6 – 2), Round 4 – loss vs. Effingham (dec. 6 – 5)

285 – Otis Robinson (jr.) record 2 – 2. Round 1 – win vs. Dodge Co. (pin 1:06), Round 2 – loss vs. Tift Co. (maj. dec. 12 – 4), Round 3 win vs. Coral Gables (pin 2:55), Round 4 – loss vs. Ware Co. {Thomas} (forfeit due to injury)

285 – KJ Thomas (sr.) record 4 – 1 (5^th place) Round 1 – win vs. Lowndes (pin 1:10), Round 2 – loss vs. Ware {Lucas} (pin 43 sec.), Round 3 – win vs. Yulee (dec. 7 – 3), Round 4 – Win vs. Ware {Robinson} (forfeit), Round 5 win vs. Lee Co. (dec 4 – 2)