Opening weekend in Georgia and Alabama. Tennessee has some pre-season tournament on the docket as well. The opening weekend is usually focused on getting some mat time and for coaches to assess their teams after spending the last few weeks in the room working on things. Most teams are still missing their “big guys” because football season hasn’t finished or has just come to a close (honestly I don’t know when football finishes - I just remember coaching and they were always in their final week … our football team wasn’t really very good). That doesn’t mean the weekend is non-competitive, but it should give you an idea that some are focused on Junior Varsity tournaments and many of the tournaments are scrambles, round robins or pools. Not sure what a scramble, round-robin, etc. are? Check out the Wrestling 101 section.
That is not the case everywhere though … we have identified a few tournaments around Alabama and Georgia that could feature some really good wrestling. Check them out if you have a chance.
Alabama
Southeastern Duals hosted by Thompson High School. According to trackwrestling - this duals tournament should include the following:
7A #2 Thompson
5A-6A #2 Arab
7A #3 Hewitt-Trussville
5A-6A #5 Mountain Brook
4A Georgia #4 Central, Carroll
Phenix City Central
Georgia
ALX Duals hosted by Alexander High School. The duals should include the following:
6A #4 ALX
3A #1 Gilmer
3A #2 Rockmart
3A #7 Lumpkin County
4A #7 Northwest Whitfield
East Paulding
Forest Park
Greenbrier
Kell
Lagrange
Bear Duals hosted by Houston County. The duals should include the following:
7A #2 Lowndes
6A #3 Valdosta
2A #7 Vidalia
Dodge County
East Laurens
Hampton
Houston County
Jasper County
Mary Persons
Mount de Sales
Bronco Stampede at Brookwood - this is an IBT (at least from what I’ve been able to discern) - pre-season tournament rankings are below.
1A #2 Mt Pisgah
7A #3 Colquitt County
1A #3 Social Circle
5A #4 Harris County
3A #4 North Hall
5A #5 Ola
4A #6 Marist
7A #6 Mountain View
1A #8 Wesleyan
Berkmar
Blessed Trinity Catholic
Brookwood
George Walton Academy
Grayson
Hillgrove
Lanier
Locust Grove
Parkview
South Forsyth
Lassiter Invitational - this is an IBT (Individual Bracketed Tournament) - below are the coaches tournament rankings …
6A #2 Lassiter
6A #1 Buford
5A #1 Woodland
4A #1 Jefferson
7A #4 Mill Creek
5A #6 Veterans
7A #7 West Forsyth
7A #8 Archer
6A #8 South Paulding
7A #9 Lambert
John’s Creek
Walton
North Paulding
Cherokee
East Coweta
Eagles Landing
Newnan
St. Frances
McIntosh Invitational
Heard County
Johnson
Luella
McDonough
McIntosh
Grady
Morgan County
Pace Academy
Starr`s Mill
Upson Lee
Villa Rica
Panther Scramble at Jackson County - No team list
Tennessee
Tullahoma Pre-Season should feature some good matchups as Tennessee gets a taste of the pre-season. Coaches rank their kids and then they are matched by talent and actual weight. The kids will wrestle 1-1-1 periods.
