Georgia State Duals Fan's Guide - 2A
Overall notes:
Remember this is a Fan’s Guide to the state dual tournament. For those of you that are less knowledgable regarding the specifics of duals vs. tournaments … duals are like other traditional sports where one team competes directly against another to accumulate the most points. Matchups at weight classes can play a huge role in the outcome and the ability of coaches to “move around” wrestlers to create favorable matchups can be critical to the outcome.
Order: Most of the time the dual begins at 106 and proceeds through the weight classes and concludes at heavyweight. That is not mandatory and the dual can start anywhere in the 14 weight classes … so if the dual starts at 145 it will proceed through the weight classes until it finishes at 138. As you can see in the example below … the 7A State Final began at 285 and then concluded at 220.
Scoring: An individual match is scored just like it always is … 2 points for a takedown, etc. The dual is scored the same way you may have seen throughout the season … but in case you were confused here is a brief idea of how it is done:
A fall is worth 6 pts
A technical fall (difference between individual wrestlers is 15 or more points) is worth 5 pts.
A major decision (difference between individual wrestlers is 8 or more, but under the 15) is worth 4 points.
A regular decision (basically a win without a fall, tech fall, or major), is worth 3 points.
Teams can be deducted points for a variety of reasons, but I won’t get into that.
Below is an example from last year’s 7A State Finals between Camden County and Mountain View.
NOTE: Programs in Georgia, as a whole, do a fairly poor job of capturing results through Trackwrestling or FloArena. Not all programs do a poor job, but there are schools listed below where I could not find any results (duals or tournaments) from the 2019-2020 season. As a result some of the information below is incorrect. I think it is important to remind everyone the purpose of this “Fan’s Guide”. Many people will descend on Macon from across the state this Thursday and may not have any idea about the school they are wrestling or the other action that is going on around on the floor. This is simply a way to help your average fan have a better understanding of the teams and some of the individuals that are competing. Are there wrestlers missing from the information below that will be in the lineup? Yes. Are there wrestlers that will be competing at a weight rather than what is listed below? Absolutely yes. The “advantage” listed to the side is based on 2 things:
Whether a wrestler is a returning state champ, placer, or qualifier. Typically a wrestler that is a returning champ will have the “advantage” on a wrestler that is not a returning champ.
If I found results of one wrestler beating another during the season … that would get the wrestler that won an “advantage”. Was it close? Did someone get caught? It really doesn’t matter because this isn’t a prediction … again it is one person’s opinion based on limited information of who might have an advantage.
A “toss-up” is where neither is a returning qualifier and, as far as I can tell from online results, they haven’t wrestled. Is it possible I missed a result when putting this together? I’m sure I have. I don’t remember who beat who in the 2nd round of consolations at the Buford Takedown Invitational in early December. All of that to say … enjoy the fan’s guide. I plan to be on the floor Friday and Saturday taking pictures and updating this part of the website throughout the weekend.
Class 2A
Seeds:
Social Circle
Chattooga
Elbert County
Toombs County
Outstanding. Social Circle is the dominant team in the bracket … at least historically. They have won the last 5 2A State title and look to take home #6 this weekend. But that is easier said than done. Chattooga, Elbert County, and Toombs County are nipping at their heels and are ready to dethrone the defending champs. This should be a very competitive class and it should come down to some big moments before the 2A champs are crowned.
Top quarter of the bracket:
Social Circle is the behemoth in 2A. They, like Jefferson in 3A and Commerce in 1A, have dominated 2A over the years. Is 2020 the year that Elbert County, Chattooga, Toombs County or someone else dethrones them? Well let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The redskins will get the Dodge County vs. Callaway winner in the quarters. Callaway should have the advantage in 6 matches, Dodge County in 2 with the rest being “toss-ups”. Callaway returns 2 placers and 3 other qualifiers, but they are probably not the team that will knock off Social Circle (if there is one).
2nd quarter of the bracket:
The best quarter of the bracket. Toombs County is the #4 seed, but Dade County and Screven County are both formidable. Dade County beat #2 seed Chattooga in early December (yes it was early in the season), but it should give you an idea of how dangerous a team they are. Dade vs. Screven is the best first round match in 2A … the winner should be in a barnburner with Toombs in the quarters.
3rd quarter of the bracket:
Harlem vs. Lamar County features 4 total returning state placers and 2 qualifiers. Harlem seems to have an “advantage” in 6 matches (especially down low) with Lamar County having an advantage in 3 matches. Cory Young vs. Sean Houston is a matchup of two returning state placers. Elbert County, the #3 seed, appears to have too much firepower for either Harlem or Lamar County in the quarters. Elbert County is on the brink of taking home the title and a possible matchup with Chattooga in the semis looks like fireworks.
Bottom quarter of the bracket:
Bremen returns for another go and gets Jeff Davis in the opening round. Bremen should be favored in 7 of the matches with Jeff Davis being favored in 3 - the other 4 are “toss-ups”. Expect Sauls, Brock, and Stephens to lead the way for Bremen and setup a clash with Chattooga in the quarters. From 195-285 Chattooga might be the best team in the state - regardless of class. Veatch, Mears, and Medina will get Chattooga 18 points 99 times out of 100. Add in Jarrett and Conley down low and Chattooga will be a tough out. Bremen has a shot, but I’d be surprised if we didn’t see Elbert vs. Chattooga in the semis with a date with Social Circle on the line.