Veterans, West Laurens, Lamar County wrestlers take GHSA state titles (full Central Georgia results)
By Michael A. Lough
The Sports Report
centralgasports@gmail.com
Latrell Schafer did it again.
Two years ago, Schafer won a state title in the 145-pound class. Last year, he did it at 175.
And Saturday, he repeated again, the Veterans senior completing another undefeated season by taking down Luke Hayes of South Paulding with a technical fall in Class 5A at the GHSA state wrestling finals at the Macon Coliseum.
Schafer went 51-0 last year, and 43-0 this season, helping Veterans to a top-20 finish. The Warhawks were deeper last year and finishing ninth in Class 6A.
Schafter was joined atop the awards podium by J.T. Powers of West Laurens and Clint Williamson of Lamar County.
Powers won by fall in just under four minutes at 157 in 4A, to finish 66-3 and help the Raiders to a 13th-place finish, while winning a secod straight title, after taking the 150-pound crown last year, over the same wrestler, Zeb Dawkins of Walnut Grove.
Williamson needed only 20 more second to do the same at 285 in Class A, also repeating, in the same weight class. He also took down the same opponent for the second consecutive year, Michael Joiner of Irwin County.
Perry’s Donovan Funsch took second in 4A at 285, losing only 4-1 to Guillermo Rosales of Johnson. It was a rematch of their battle last eyar for fourth place, won 6-2 by Rosales.
Several teams finished in the top 10 in their respective classes: No. 7 Perry (Class 4A), No. 8 Upson-Lee (Class 3A) and Lamar County (Class A), and No. 9 Jones County (Class 5A).
Some results in Class 4A and 5A and in girls were not posted as completed on the www.trackwrestling.com site as of 3 a.m.
Here are the Central Georgia results, with the place wrestled for, and wrestlers’ records.
Class 6A
First place, 175-Latrell Schafer (Veterans) 43-0, Sr. over Luke Hayes (South Paulding) 40-7, So. (TF-1.5 2:00 (15-0)
Class 5A
Third place, 138-Arrie Martin (Jones County) 49-6, So. over Tomarian Hardin (Eagles Landing) 39-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:26 (18-2)
Fifth place, 157-David Little, Jones County, no result posted
Class AAAA
Third place, 106-Owen Etris (Chestatee) 45-7, So. over Mathew Kohlman (Perry) 46-7, Fr. (Dec 5-4)
Third place, 113-Zykhi Sistrunk (Perry) 50-4, Sr. over Bryan Ruiz (Southeast Whitfield) 32-8, So. (Dec 18-13)
Fifth place, 132-Gus Martin (East Forsyth) 33-12, Jr. over Blayson Jordan (Perry) 62-6, Sr. (DFF)
First place, 157-JT Bowers (West Laurens) 66-3, Jr. over Zeb Dawkins (Walnut Grove) 45-8, Jr. (Fall 3:59)
Fifth place, 165-Matthew Gibbs, West Laurens, no result posted
Fifth place, 175-Jaylen McIlrath, Perry, no result posted
First place, 285-Guillermo Rosales (Johnson) 50-1, over Donovan Funsch (Perry) 38-6, Sr. (Dec 4-1)
Class AAA
Third place, 113-Michael Moya (West Hall) 39-7, Sr. over John Adams (Upson Lee) 38-12, So. (MD 13-2)
Fifth place, 144-Kaden Ellis (Gordon Lee) 34-13, So. over Trever Young (Upson Lee) 23-8, Jr. (DFF)
First place, 175-Brady Simms (Franklin County) 59-3, Sr. over Van Tane (Mary Persons) 47-4, Sr. (Dec 10-5)
Third place, 215-Kaden Daniel Hargrove (Hephzibah) 36-4, . over Damari Kenan (Upson Lee) 17-4, Jr. (Fall 0:58)
Third place, 285-Jacob King (Upson Lee) 29-7, Sr. over Soloman Dupree (Stephens County HS) 7-3, Sr. (Dec 2-1)
Class AA
Fifth place, 132-Avery Smith (East Jackson HS) 38-7, Sr. over Jonquail Coats (Putnam County) 36-16, Sr. (DFF)
Fifth place, 150-Nickiel Mikell (Southwest) 26-3, Sr. over Bruce Davis (Pierce County HS) 61-17, Sr. (DFF)
Fifth place, 165-Eli Rider (Haralson County) 41-8, Jr. over Mark Winslette (Putnam County) 51-13, Sr. (DFF)
Fifth place, 175-Jazeil Lester (East Jackson HS) 19-8, Jr. over Michael Riner (Dodge County) 9-3, Sr. (DFF)
Class A
Fifth place, 106-Cooper West (Elbert County) 24-8, Fr. over Andravious Brihm (Dublin) 39-9, Sr. (DFF)
Third place, 138-Kolton Edge (Pepperell) 30-9, Sr. over Taj Carswell (Dublin) 54-15, Sr. (Fall 3:41)
First place, 165-Sean Crews (Social Circle) 61-1, Sr. over Lucas Coley (Dublin) 61-6, So. (Fall 3:38)
Fifth place, 175-Manolo Deleon (Pepperell) 14-4, Jr. over Marquez Harris (East Laurens) 29-11, Sr. (DFF)
Third place, 190-Robert Erickson (Lamar County) 40-15, So. over Justin Cody (Rabun County) 35-8, Sr. (Fall 4:57)
First place, 215-Landon Williams (Dade County) 46-0, Sr. over Gary Morton (Lamar County) 38-6, Jr. (Fall 3:01)
First place, 285-Clint Williamson (Lamar County) 32-2, Sr. over Michael Joiner (Irwin County) 27-4, Sr. (Fall 4:19)
Girls
Fifth place, 100-MiKayla Williams, Houston County, no results posted
Third place, 105- Kaitlin Coleman (McEachern) 30-5, Jr. over Kaityln Brown (Dodge County) 10-4, Sr. (Dec 3-0)
Third place, 145- Tamiah Benefield (Dodge County) 8-3, So. over Katelyn Hill (North Hall) 25-13, So. (TB-1 2-1)
Team Results (first place, and Central Georgia teams)
Class 6A
1. South Effingham, 176.5
18. Veterans, 26.5
Also: Northside
Class 5A
1. Ola, 191
9. Jones County, 52
32. Warner Robins, 4
Class 4A
1. Central-Carrollton, 222
7. Perry, 73.5
13. West Laurens 49.5
Class 3A
1. Columbus, 169.5
8. Upson-Lee, 69
26. Mary Persons, 18
Also: Peach County
Class AA
1. Rockmart, 220
17. Putnam County 34
22. Southwest, 22
27. Dodge County, 13
31. Rutland, 7
Also: Central, Northeast
Class A
1. Social Circle, 251.5
8. Lamar County, 66
15. Dublin, 47
26. East Laurens, 10
29. GMC, 4
33. Jasper County 3
Girls
1. Carrollton, 103
8. Dodge County, 38
36. Houston County, 19
51.Upson-Lee, 12
69. Warner Robins, 4
79. Veterans, 3
Also: Lamar County, Northside, Putnam County,