By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

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          Central Georgias took three state titles on Friday at the GHSA traditional state meet at the Macon Coliseum.

          Perry’s Matthew Kohlman, James Bowers of West Laurens, and Domimarkeyo of Dublin captured state titles in their respective classes.

          Class 5A and the girls competitors finish up on Friday, with Houston County’s Caleb McGlamry at 150 and MiKayla Williams at 110 girls going for titles.

          Upson-Lee and West Laurens in Class AAAA were the only area teams with a top-10 finish.

          In the middle of the afternoon on Friday, Upson-Lee in 3A was the top Central Georgia team, in eighth place, one spot and 1.5 points ahead of West Laurens and five ahead of Mary Persons.

           Jones County in 4A was in 11th place, four spots ahead of Perry.

 

Point scorers

Here are the point-scorers from Central Georgia, with records. Class 5A and the girls competitors finish on Saturday. Results are from Trackwrestling.com

Class AAAA

113

Champion: Matthew Kohlman (Perry) 49-2, So. over Jayden Mateo (Stockbridge) 45-14, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:58 (20-4))

Fifth place: Noah Pieterick (Jones County) 42-8, Fr. over MFF-Jordan MFF-Maxwell (Ware County) 27-6, Jr. (M. For.)

120

Third place: Keegan Dawkins (Walnut Grove) 39-7, Fr. over Keith Wheeler (Perry) 51-11, Jr. (Dec 2-0)

150

Champion: J`Veion Redmon (Ola) 28-3, Sr. over Arrie Martin (Jones County) 38-8, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:38 (19-3))

Class AAA

126

Fifth place: Ralph Conyers (Cairo) 29-11, Sr. over Jayden Starley (West Laurens) 53-19, So. (Fall 2:36)

138

Third place: Cason Waddell (Upson Lee) 52-8, So. over Isaac Hamilton (LaFayette) 17-10, So. (Dec 23-16)

144

Jordan Little (Upson Lee) 31-9, Jr. over Steven Ramos (Mt Zion, Jonesboro) 43-5, Sr. (Dec 2-1)

157

Third place: Holden McCullough (Northwest Whitfield High) 60-11, So. over Trever Young (Upson Lee) 56-4, Sr. (Dec 1-0)

165

Champion: James Bowers (West Laurens) 69-3, Sr. over Brexton Bell (Calvary Day School) 30-2, So. (Dec 7-2)

175

Third place: AJ Scott (Lumpkin Co.) 39-9, Sr. over Cleveland Nicholas (Upson Lee) 29-16, Jr. (Fall 4:08)

190

Third place: Jayden Watkins (West Laurens) 45-11, Jr. over Landon Phillips (Northwest Whitfield High) 53-12, Sr. (Inj. 3:00)

Fifth place: Jayden McCraney (Mary Persons) 39-8, Jr. over Lucas Pruett (East Hall) 7-6, Jr. (Fall 3:49)

285

Third place: Denny Ramirez (Gilmer County) 43-6, Jr. over Cooper Horton (Mary Persons) 49-3, Sr. (Fall 4:30)

Class A

285

Champion: Domimarkeyo Walden (Dublin) 36-4, So. over Elijah Fears (Irwin County) 30-1, Sr. (Dec 12-5)

Third place: Gary Morton (Lamar County) 38-5, Sr. over Josh Murtaugh (Gordon Lee) 37-14, Jr. (Fall 2:32)

 

Team results (with number of teams in parentheses)

Class 5A 52

1. Glynn Academy 130.5

12. Houston County 43.5

13 Veterans 35.5

34. Northside 12

Class AAAA 47

1. Cass 186

13. Jones County 49.5

14. Perry 48

45 Warner Robins 0

Class AAA 47

1. Jefferson 209

8. Upson-Lee 74.5

10. West Laurens 69

16. Mary Persons 45.5

36. Howard 10

42. Baldwin, Peach County 0

Class AA 40

Lovett 159.5

33 Rutland, Westside 3

Class A 58

1 Social Circle 184.5

20. Dublin 34

25. Lamar County 25.5

43. Central, Dodge County, Southwest 3

49. Crawford County, East Laurens, Jasper County 1

52 GMC, Northeast, Putnam County 0