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