GHSA wrestling: Two Central Georgians reach finals, go for trophies on Saturday (Central Georgia results)
To be updated Friday night with point-scoring matches in Class 5A, 4A, 3A
By Michael A. Lough
The Sports Report
centralgasports@gmail.com
A pair of Central Georgians will wrestle for state championships Saturday morning when the GHSA state traditional wrestling tournament wraps up at the Macon Coliseum.
East Laurens’ Trysten Baker and Tattnall’s Grady Tisdale will be among those ready to go for trophies when action starts at 10 a.m.
No Central Georgia teams are in the hunt for any state titles, but 10 more area wrestlers will try to score points in battles for third and fifth place. Northeast has three competitors, with two from Lamar County and two from Dublin, as well as wrestlers from Dodge County, Crawford County, and Mount de Sales.
Baker improved to 43-4 at 170 in Class AA with three pins on Friday, in 1:46, 4:55, and 3:31. Opponent Matthew Waddell won his two matches 7-3 and 5-3 to improve to 37-4.
Tisdale goes for the Class A title at 170 against Commerce’s Brayden Phillips. Tisdale won 16-0 and 11-3, while Phillips followed a 7-2 win with a fall. Tisdale is 19-2, Phillips 8-0.
Tisdale finished sixth last year at 145.
Northeast’s Jarrdarrious Goolsby and Demonte Flowers go for third place while Jalin Linder will battle for fifth place.
Lamar County’s Braden Pines and Christian Bostic are joined by Dodge County’s Landynn Powers in third-place bouts in Class AA, Crawford County’s Braelyn Cain and Dublin’s Antonio Benjamin representing the area in Class A third-place matchups.
Mount de Sales’ Elijah Batchelor and Dublin’s Angel Cardenas are in Class A fifth-place meetings.
Last year, Bostic was sixth in Class AA 182, and Batchelor was fourth in Class A 106, Cain sixth at 152.
Finals matchups
Saturday, 10 a.m.
Class AA
170-Trysten Baker, East Laurens, vs. Matthew Waddell, Pepperell
Class A
170-Grady Tisdale, Tattnall, vs. Brayden Phillips, Commerce
For third place
Class AA
126-Jarrdarrious Goolsby, Northeast, vs. Addison Cothern, Bacon County
132-Braden Pines, Lamar County, vs. Carson Collis, Fannin County
138-Demonte Flowers, Northeast, vs. Javarius Worthen, Vidalia
195-Christian Bostic, Lamar County, vs. Aiden Kaufmann, Lovett
285-Landynn Powers, Dodge County, vs. John Carlos Guerrero, Gordon Central
Class A
152-Braelyn Cain, Crawford County, vs. James Eldridge, Social Circle
160-Antonio Benjamin, Dublin, vs. Grant Hamilton, Commerce
For fifth place
Class AA
220-Jalin Linder, Northeast, vs. Isaac Pangle, Dade County
Class A
138-Elijah Batchelor, Mount de Sales, vs. Peyton Pierce, Irwin County
170-Angel Cardenas, Dublin, vs. Vasquez Lonon, Screven County