Wrestlers from Veterans, Perry, and West Laurens take GHSA state wrestling titles
Competitors from Perry and West Laurens were able to repeat as champions on Saturday in the GHSA traditional wrestling state tournament at the Macon Coliseum, with three more Central Georgians winning individual titles.
And others turned championship-match defeats last year into titles this year.
Austin Thiel repeated as a Class 4A champ, at 106 last year, by taking the 113 title this year, winning 6-2 over Northwest Whitfield’s Victor Pineda.
Chase Horne of West Laurens won last year at 220, and repeated in the same weight class, this time with a 12-0 win over Madison County’s Hamilton Cooper.
Veterans’ Julian Farber avenged last year’s championship loss by topping Caleb Jones of Woodland-Cartersville 7-2 in Class 5A 132.
Brent Carr did the same thing in 4A 182, the West Laurens standout winning by fall this year after falling 14-11 at 170 last year.
And Zeke Taylor of Perry joined the revenging group. He was pinned in 3:14 at 195 a year ago, but came back to win 4-3 over Chase Humble of Northwest Whitfield.
Veterans’ Francis Morrissey’s attempt to repeat came up short in a tough sudden-victory loss to Caleb Henson of Woodland-Cartersville in 5A’s 145.
Veterans’ Kevin Reynolds, West Laurens’ Greyson Clark and Caden Snell, Dodge County’s Javon McNeal, and the Stratford duo of Hunter Hogan and Kieran MacKinnon battled back to win their matches and take third place.
All three girls’ representatives from Central Georgia came up short in their championships.
In team scoring, Veterans finished third in 5A with 161 points, behind Woodland-Cartersville (210) and Buford (179). West Laurens and Perry were 3-4 in 4A, the Raiders at 117 points and Panthers at 108. Woodward Academy was first (177) and Gilmer second (151.5).
Saturday’s championship and point-scoring results
Class 5A
120: Ethan Martin, Veterans, lost 7-3 to Bryce Kresho, Cass, takes second
132: Julian Farber, Veterans, won 7-2 over Caleb Jones, Woodland-Cartersville, for title
145: Francis Morrissey, Veterans, lost 5-3 in OT to Caleb Henson, Woodland-Cartersville, takes second
185: Austin Suess, Veterans, lost 4-2 to Bryant Wilkinson, Rome, takes second
Class 4A
113: Austin Thiel, Perry, won 6-2 over Victor Pineda, Northwest Whitfield, for title
152: Tristen Thiel, Perry, lost 9-7 in OT to Aaron Sheffield, Central Carroll, takes second
182: Brent Carr, West Laurens, won by fall in 1:47 over Jaxon Hoetzel, Madison County, for title
195: Zeke Taylor, Perry, won 4-3 over Chase Humble, Northwest Whitfield, for title
220: Chase Horne, West Laurens, won 12-0 over Hamilton Cooper, Madison County, for title
Class AA
152: Cory Young, Lamar County, lost 5-3 to Will Hames, Social Circle, takes second
Girls
102: Carolina Chavarria, Warner Robins, lost by fall, 3:01
122: Catherine Mullis, Baldwin, lost 15-0
172: Markayla Stewart, Veterans, lost 5-1
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Wrestling for third place
Class 5A
160: Kevin Reynolds, Veterans, won by fall in 2:44 over Shyquon Johnson, Carrollton, takes third
Class 4A
106: Walker Passinault, Perry, lost 8-3 to Colby McBride, Woodward Acad., takes fourth
152: Greyson Clark, West Laurens, won 9-4 over Robert Mulvany, Columbus, takes third
160: Caden Snell, West Laurens, won 3-2 over Jacob Anderson, LaGrange, takes third
170: Dre Bonner, West Laurens, lost 7-4 to Nolan Pozzobon, Marist, takes fourth
Class AAA
285: Adam Lamar, Central, lost by forfeit to Brandon Bristol, Sonoraville, takes fourth
Class AA
195: Joah Gay, Dodge County, won 3-1 over Bryce Boland, Dodge County, for third and fourth
220: Javon McNeal, Dodge County, won 6-4 over Jaylin Burns, Vidalia, takes third
Class A
106: Elijah Batchelor, Mount de Sales, lost by injury forfeit to Daniel Nash, Commerce, takes fourth
160: Hunter Hogan, Stratford, won 10-9 over Lavorris Hines, Pelham, takes third
195: Kieran MacKinnon, Stratford, won 4-2 over Brantley Willbanks, Trion, takes third
Wrestling for fifth place
Class 5A
106: Damien Johnson, Veterans, lost 9-8 to Zachery Coleman, Walnut Grove, takes sixth
113: Tyler Barb, Veterans, is fifth by injury forfeit
138: Devyn Hasbrouck, Veterans, lost by fall in 1:25 to Ashtyn Brooks, East Paulding, takes sixth
Class 4A
145: Christopher Green, Baldwin, is fifth by injury forfeit (tentative)
182: Shashoni Williams, Perry, lost 7-2 to Mavrick Torrico, Blessed Trinity, takes sixth
Class AA
182: Christian Bostic, Lamar County, lost 13-9 to Tyrone Wright, Spencer, takes sixth
195: Diablo Godfrey, Dublin, lost by fall in 1:44 to Josh Stapleton, Banks County, takes sixth
220: Gavin Hill, Northeast, won 6-4 over Erwin Durmic, Banks County, takes fifth
Class A
145: Grady Tisdale, Tattnall, lost 5-4 to Trent DeBow, Wesleyan, takes sixth
152: Braelyn Cain, Crawford County, lost by forfeit to Michael Dagenhart, George Walton, takes sixth
195: Griffin Tisdale, Tattnall, lost 4-3 to Eric Berry, Wesleyan, takes sixth
Girls
122: Taquai Seburn, Northside, vs. Ceciliy Livingston, Berrien, for third
172: Beyonce McColumn,Northside, vs. Bre Lumley, Jackson County, for third
197: Emilie Rohome, Veterans, vs. Niaomi Horton, Hampton, for third