Oglethorpe County (Georgia)

Head Coach: Tim Stoudenmire

Oglethorpe County lost 5 guys from the roster of last year’s dual state championship team to graduation.  They we will have some new faces in the lineup but those faces have been in the program for a while and are ready to get their chance to compete.  So you shouldn’t expect any drop off from this year’s OC squad. With 3 “seasoned” freshman competing for spots, Coach Stoudenmire has to feel very good about the future of the program.

Returning State Champs Bryan Valladares and Shane Watson return and should lead the way in 2022. Both expect to claim another title before they wrap up their high school careers. Clay Frost and Zack Wray finished on the podium a year ago and both will look to climb to the top step in 2022. The key, in my opinion, to Oglethorpe defending their dual title and making a run at the traditional title is the wrestling of their 2021 State Qualifiers. If Austin Kort, Nate Brown, Edward Bridges, and Zanayain Hawkins can make some noise in Macon - Oglethorpe County will be tough to beat in 2022. Keep an eye on Chayton Tuck - qualifier a year ago, but placer two years ago and has the ability to make a serious run at the top step as well.

“We have 13 seniors, many of which will be in the lineup for the first time ever as we have been deep at many weights for the past few years.  We have a tough schedule and hope to have our team ready by the end of the season.”

— Coach Stoudenmire

Quick rundown of the events that will shape our road to the Traditional State Tournament in Macon. We only have those tournaments on the schedule that we were provided by the coaches. If you have an event (tournaments including dual tournaments - but not individual duals) that isn’t listed please let us know through twitter, instagram, or facebook or drop us an email (even if it isn’t your event).

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November 13

• Alexander Duals

• Bear Duals at Warner Robins

• Lassiter Invitational

• Warrior Invitational at North Cobb

November 20

• Blackbeard Duals at Allatoona

• Blue Line Duals at Effingham County

• Bryan Memorial Invitational at Ola

• Buford Invitational

• Granite City Scramble at Elbert County

• JC Ferrell Duals at Central Carroll

• Jones County Tournament

• Ola Last Man Standing

• Warrior Round Robin at Oconee County

• Greenbrier Girls Tournament

• Lady Spartans Round Robin

November 23

• Briar Patch Brawl at Putnam County

• Etowah Duals

• Hillgrove Duals

• Grapple on the Gridiron at Valdosta

• West Forsyth Thanksgiving Duals

November 24

• Butcher’s Choice Duals at Grayson (?)

• Lion Duals

• Mountain View Duals

November 27

• Archer Invitational

• Locust Grove Scramble

• Trion Duals

• Trojan War Invite at North Hall

• Viking Rumble at East Hall

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December 4

• Panther Invitational at Jackson County (3rd-4th)

• Screaming Eagle Traditional Tournament (3rd-4th)

• Yellowjacket Duals (3rd-4th)

• Carrollton Duals

• Creekview Invitational

• Hampton Buzzfest

• Mountain View Duals

• North Oconee Duals

• Ola Duals

• Santa Slam at South Forsyth

• Warrior Rumble Duals at Walnut Grove

December 8

• Inferno Invitational at Elbert County

December 11

• John Smith Mountaineer Invitational at Lumpkin County (10th-11th)

• Monticello Duals (10th-11th)

• Smackdown in the Macown in Macon (10th-11th)

• Takedown Invitational at Buford

• Cherokee Duals

• Dragon Duals at Pepperell

• Hornet Duals

• Matthew Anders Duals at Swainsboro

• Redskin Rumble at Social Circle

December 18

• Burnt Mountain Classic at Pickens (17th-18th)

• Ernest Holmes St Nick Duals at Richmond Hill (17th-18th)

• Jefferson Invitational (17th-18th)

• Red Devil Rumble at Loganville (17th-18th)

• Armuchee Invitational

• Cobb County Invitational

• Possum Snout Border War Duals

December 21

• George Thompson Memorial Duals at Windsor Barrow

• Hawks Christmas Invitational at Hillgrove

December 22

• Big Red Christmas Duals Classic at Gainesville

• Gladiator Duals at Clarke Central

• Reindeer Duals at Marist

• Walton County Duals

• Women’s War Eagle Invitational at Chestatee

December 27-28

• Knockout Christmas Classic at Osceola (FL)

December 29

• Prep Slam at Holy Innocents (29th-30th)

• Alexander Invitational

• Hook Em Holiday Clash at Lambert

• 42nd Annual Rockmart Invitational

December 30

• Bulldog Bash at Harlem

• Gilmer Duals

• Oglethorpe Duals

December 31

• Calhoun Duals

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January 1

• Golden Eagle Duals

January 4

• Houston County Championships

January 7-8

• 2A Area 2 at Vidalia

• 2A Area 4 at Bremen

• Region Duals

January 15

• Sectional Duals

January 22

• State Duals

  • 6A at Brunswick

January 29

• Traditional Region/Area

  • 7A-5 at Roswell

February 4-5

• Traditional Sectionals

February 10-12

• Traditional State Tournament in Macon

Chittum, Singleton, and Horne Claim Super 32 Titles

The SE put 5 in the Super 32 Boys High School Finals and came away with 3 belts. Cody Chittum got the ball rolling with a nice 10-5 win over Jackson Arrington of Pennsylvania at 145 and then the Georgia duo of Matthew Singleton and Chase Horne each finished things off with wins at 170 and 285.

Georgia’s Jake Crapps has a great run to the finals at 113 before coming up just short to Missouri’s Luke Lilledahl and Alabama’s Cory Land dropped his finals match to New York’s PJ Duke at 126. From there the SE turned to Chittum who used a pair of 2nd period takedowns to take control of the match and ended up winning 10-5. Top seed Matthew Singleton took on #2 seed Rocco Welsh at 170 in a match that featured two 2020 Super 32 runners-up. Singleton got a takedown with about 40 seconds left in the first to take a 2-0 lead, Arrington took neutral to start the 2nd and no points were scored. Singleton chose down in the 3rd and got a quick escape to take the 3-0 lead and the win. 2x Super 32 Runner-up Chase Horne wouldn’t be denied a third time … He got taken down about 20 seconds in, but then immediately got a reversal and a turn before getting the fall of KJ Miley of Missouri at 1:08.

The SE had 3 in the consi finals - 2 at 138 with Nini and Crook. This time Lake Highland Prep’s Danny Nini got the win (he had lost to Crook earlier in the tournament) with a 3-2 decision. LHP teammate Jonathan Ley lost his 3rd place match to Oklahoma’s Angelo Ferrari 3-2 and finished 4th at 152. The SE put another 3 in the top 6 as Kilic was 6th at 152, Gunner Filipowicz was 6th at 160, and Gunnar Garriques was 6th at 220 (Garriques is listed as Illinois in the bracket, but wrestles at Baylor). Five more (making it 16 total) made the podium ... Florida’s Eligh Rivera was 7th at 132, Brendon Abdon was 8th at 152, and Mikey Tal-Shahar was 8th at 195; Georgia’s Cole Cochran was 8th at 160 and North Carolina’s Carson Floyd was 7th at 220.

A complete recap of all of the Super 32 action will be posted in SEWrestle+ in the next few days. Several wrestlers had a great tournament and established themselves as ones to watch in the coming year.

Look for pics in the coming days as well on the pics page.

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Rees, Yearby, and Fowler come up just short

The SE put 3 girls in the finals, but none was able to punch their way through and claim a belt. Florida’s Kailey Rees came from the #7 seed through the bottom side of the bracket to make the finals - she then fell in her finals match to #1 seed SaVannah Cosme of Colorado at 130. Tennessee’s Piper Fowler came in unseeded at 148 and took care of business on the bottom side of the 148 lb. bracket - downing #3 seed Nebi Tsarni, #6 seed Amarisa Manuel, and #2 seed Maddie Kubicki before losing to the top seed Reese Larramendy (PA) 4-3 in the finals. South Carolina’s Dasia Yearby downed #3 seed Trinity Monaghan before losing to the #1 seed Alivia White of Washington 10-4 in the finals.

The SE put 5 in the consi finals … Florida’s Mary Manis finished 4th at 97, Juliana Diaz was 4th at 115, Jada Llamido was 3rd at 139; Tennessee’s Ella Murphey was 3rd at 195 and Alabama’s Kalee Holder was 3rd at 160. The SE also put 5 in the 5th place matches (making it 13 girls placing top 6 at Super 32 from the SE). Florida’s Kealonie Vega was 6th at 97, Tennessee’s Maggie Graham was 5th at 148, South Carolina’s Bella Hoffman was 6th at 115; Georgia’s May Prado and Amariah Marenco were 6th at 130 and 195 respectively.

Some tough brackets - we will breakdown all of the SE action in SEWrestle+ in the coming days. I took some pics of the girls on Sunday - whatever I have will be posted in the nent day or two.