State of the Program ... Chestatee (GA)
Chestatee (GA)
Coach DeGraff has to be please with where his team sits as we begin conditioning for the 2021-22 season. Chestatee returns nearly all of their pieces from a year ago and that should bode well for a team looking to make that next step. State Qualifier Ely Raines is the only returning State Qualifier … so this team still has quite a ways to go, but they have a ton of wrestlers that competed a year ago and have only gotten better over time. Keep an eye on Kody Garcia and Chris Pruitt as well as Caleb Arrowood … each will look to make some noise in 2022.
The War Eagles have quite a contigent of freshmen that have a chance to come in and make a splash including Kaiden McDonald, Caysen Goss, Johnathan Jones, Austin Evans, Bryan Silguero, Diego Garcia, Gabe Mejia, and Deacon Wilson. But the “newcomer” to keep an eye on is the return of D'Angelo Pruitt and Alexis Guardado-New … they will be important in guiding this yougn squad.
“We graduated one starter from last year. With the team coming back and the pieces that we have added, we are hoping to make some noise not only in Region 8AAAA, but the state.”
The women claimed the 2021 State Traditional title and return all the pieces to make another run again in 2022. Isabella Redlinger returns looking to claim the top step again (after claiming the title at 225 in 2021). Catarina Velasquez and Ashley Godinez each finished 2nd in 2021 and will be hunting the top step in 2022 … don’t be surprised to see three War Eagles claim and individual title when all is said and done. But for Chestatee to hold off Alexander, Greenbrier and other they will need points from Andrea Espinoza, Abi Hastings and others. Keep an eye on Abby Plemons and Alexis Smith … The War Eagles have quite the program running and will look to keep that state title home again for another year.
“Hoping for a big season from our girls, after coming off a State Championship from last year. We have all the girls from last years team returning, including 3 finalist (1 Champion) and one 5th place finisher. We are also still adding more girls to our roster to help make us an overall stronger team.”
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