In the News - Sunday November 14, 2021

Woodland (Cartersville) takes the Lassiter Title (GA) - Woodland put up 209 points to finish in front of 7A #7 West Forsyth (2nd) and 6A #1 Buford (3rd). Woodland had 3 Champs - Caleb Henson (160), Cole Cochran (170), and Charles Higdon (220) as well as Hayden Santora (120) and Colton Bishop (2nd) who finished 2nd. Full brackets can be found in FloArena. I also streamed the finals on Instagram - you should be able to watch them on the Instagram page.

  • 106 Riley Mcelligott Woodstock, GA (Lassiter) F Josh Shackelford Sharpsburg, GA (East Coweta High School Wrestling), 2:42

  • 113 Reed Walker Cumming, GA (West Forsyth) F Carter Brickley Roswell, GA (Lassiter), 3:40

  • 120 Maddox Mcarthur Cumming, GA (Buford) MD Hayden Santora Cartersville, GA (Woodland Wrestling), 11-3

  • 126 Drew Gorman Cumming, GA (Buford) DEF William colton Bishop Cartersville, GA (Woodland Wrestling), 9-2 3:44

  • 132 Collin Mullins Acworth, GA (North Paulding Takedown Club) DEC Ananth Manibushan Marietta, GA (Lassiter), 2-1

  • 138 Jacob Silka Canton, GA (Cherokee HS) DEC Gavin Pope Roswell, GA (Buford), 6-0

  • 145 David Panone Marietta, GA (Lassiter) DEC Joshua Denson Dallas, GA (North Paulding Takedown Club), 8-1

  • 152 Creed Thomas Jefferson, GA (Jefferson Wrestling Club) DEC Emil Necula Marietta, GA (Walton HS), 5-3

  • 160 Caleb Henson Cartersville, GA (Woodland Wrestling) DEC Dominic Bambinelli Hoschton, GA (Mill Creek Hawks Wrestling), 8-2

  • 170 Cole Cochran Cartersville, GA (Woodland Wrestling) F Logan Sherwood Kathleen, GA (Veterans High School), 4:10

  • 182 Dominic Martinez Lawrenceville, GA (Archer) DEC Colin Spencer Decatur, GA (Newnan High School Wrestling), 6-0

  • 195 Luke Cochran Pendergrass, GA (Jefferson Wrestling Club) F Hudson Jones Marietta, GA (Walton HS), 1:42

  • 220 Charles Higdon Woodstock, GA (Woodland Wrestling) F Miles London Newnan, GA (Newnan High School Wrestling), 4:55

  • 285 Thomas Dossett Suwanee, GA (Lambert High School) DEC Jahlil Mckenney McDonough, GA (Eagle's Landing High School), 5-0


Woodward takes the Panther Scramble (GA) - Woodward crowned 5 Champs en route to the Panther Scramble title at Jackson County. Oglethorpe County was 2nd. I’m not entirely sure how it was scored, but you can find all of the matches in FloArena. Remember many teams really work to get mat time for their entire team early in the season and that would explain the weight classes as well as multiple entries at some tournaments.


Hewitt-Trussville downs Thompson Black to take the Southeastern title (AL) - Hewitt downed a split squad from Thompson 49-15. Some interesting individual matchups, but not sure we can take much away from team scores as coaches worked to get mat time and squads were still missing some big guys. Georgia Central (Carroll) downed Arab 43-42 for 3rd.

Thompson Girls down Arab to claim the Girls Southeastern title (AL)

Bronco Stampede at Brookwood (GA) - Team points weren’t kept and tons of wrestling at Brookwood on Saturday. Like the Panther Scramble above - looks like lots of individual matchups in small round robin groups. Some interesting results … Amantee Mills took first in 130-136A with a nice 15-7 win over Ethan Sellers of Colquitt County; Ola’s Reese Jones won the 136-143A with an 8-0 major over Logan Paradice of Colquitt; Connor Powell of Hillgrove downed Garrett Wood of Harris County 10-5 to take 150-152A; Jeremy Paradice of Colquitt downed Will Hames of Social Circle to claim 168-180C (no clue what the A, B, C were). Lots of other individual matches that were interesting.

Valdosta downs Lowndes 47-30 to claim the Bear Duals Title (GA) - 6A #3 Valdosta downed 7A #2 Lowndes in the finals … neither team had a forfeit - so no clue how close either team is to being a “full squad”. Both teams hammered the field on their way to the finals. Mary Persons downed Jasper County 54-30 for 3rd.

Pace Academy puts up 227 points to claim the McIntosh Invitational Title (GA) - Ben Schiffer (126), Sam Howe (152), Henry Leusink (160), Jude Black (170) each claimed titles for Pace as they outdistanced runner-up (and host) McIntosh by about 50 points. Morgan County was 3rd followed by Villa Rica and Johnson.

  • 106 Miles Butler (Morgan County) 2-0, So. over Zavien Bush (Luella) 1-1, Fr. (Fall 0:55)

  • 113 Paul Bessette (Morgan County) 5-0, Fr. over Steward Favero (Pace Academy) 3-2, Fr. (Fall 0:47)

  • 120 Jud Farmer (Johnson) 5-0, Jr. over Brayden Petras (McIntosh) 4-1, So. (Fall 3:08)

  • 126 Ben Schiffer (Pace Academy) 5-0, Sr. over Clint King (Luella) 4-1, Sr. (Dec 6-3)

  • 132 Brandon Olsen (McDonough) 4-0, Sr. over Pacey Couch (Villa Rica) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 4:00)

  • 138 Omar Hayes (Morgan County) 4-0, So. over Waylon McCay (Heard County) 3-1, So. (Fall 1:07)

  • 145 Chase Nerenberg (McIntosh) 5-0, Jr. over Tristen Riemer (Villa Rica) 3-1, Jr. (Fall 2:52)

  • 152 Sam Howe (Pace Academy) 3-0, Sr. over Jackson Butler (Villa Rica) 2-1, Sr. (Fall 2:50)

  • 160 Henry Leusink (Pace Academy) 5-0, Sr. over Robert Julian (McIntosh) 3-1, Sr. (Fall 1:00)

  • 170 Jude Black (Pace Academy) 4-0, Sr. over Eddie Bradford (McIntosh) 4-1, So. (Fall 3:14)

  • 182 Alexander Harris (McIntosh) 5-0, Jr. over Will Moore (Pace Academy) 4-1, So. (MD 11-3)

  • 195 Caleb Turner (Morgan County) 4-0, So. over Eli Clark (McIntosh) 3-1, Jr. (Fall 2:52)

  • 285 Gavin Proffitt (McIntosh) 4-0, Jr. over Guillermo Rosales (Johnson) 3-1, So. (Dec 3-2)

Gilmer downs Alexander to claim the ALX Duals title (GA)

Greenbrier Girls win the ALX Round Robin


A few more singings I was able to track down … still missing a few.