Congratulations to these Local Wrestlers!

Congratulations to these local wrestlers!  These are doing great in tournaments, and over 70 local wrestlers have qualified for state sectionals. Come support these local teens and schools!

Henry County had three wrestling teams win traditional area tournaments and over 70 wrestlers qualify for the state sectionals Saturday.

Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy (5-A), Locust Grove (4-AAAA) and Ola (4-AAAAA) each won their respective area tournament Saturday.

Here’s a list of the 76 wrestlers who qualified for state sectionals which start Friday. The top eight wrestlers in each weight classification advance to the state tournament in Macon on Feb. 14-16.
Dutchtown’s Lewis Howard (182) qualified for the Class AAAA state sectional at the Area 4-AAAA tournament on Saturday.

Eagle’s Landing had nine wrestlers qualify for the Class AAAA state sectional at the Area 4-AAAA tournament on Saturday: Louis White (106), Richard Parker (113), Mark Tran (120), Howard Edwards (132), Sherrad Gordon (145), Stephen Maynard (152), Quinn Thomas (170), Xavier Fye (182) and Shawanye Lawrence (285).

Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy had 11 wrestlers qualify for the Class A state sectional at the Area 5-A tournament on Saturday: individual champions Trent Johnson, Josh Palmer, Morgan Alexander, Josh Garcia, Dalton Hardeman, Griffin Alexander, Christian Spencer and Chase Burdette, and Bryce Rush (2nd), Matthew Cathy (3rd), Nick Partain (3rd) and Las Cho (5th).

Locust Grove won the Area 4-AAAA tournament and qualified 11 wrestlers for the Class AAAA sectional: individual champions Peter Baus (132), Brandon Benson (145), Emilio Conde (152), Chaz Brown (160), Jacob Austin (170) and Tyler Rapes (220) as well as Alex Upchurch (106), Monye Tucker (120), Jacob O’Neal (126), Joseph Farrell (182) and Andrew Turner (285).

Luella had six wrestlers qualify for the Class AAAAAA state sectional at the Area 2-AAAAAA tournament on Saturday: Daniel Williams (106), James Sweatman (132), Chase Kourjian (138), Travis Smith (182), Ryan Trussell (195) and Trevor Mickles (220).

Ola had 13 wrestlers qualify for the Class AAAAA state sectional at the Area 4-AAAAA tournament on Saturday: Seth Osborne (106), Jett Joyner (113), C.J. Collier (120), Hunter Hogan (132), Jordan Germany (138), Ean Wilson (145), Blake Meadows (152), Brandon Beasley (160), Aaron Branch (170), Jaden Smith (182), Jimmy Carman (195), Hunter Watkins (220) and Aaron Thomas (285).

Stockbridge had four wrestlers qualify for the Class AAAA state sectional at the Area 4-AAAA tournament on Saturday: Jonathan Simmons (106), Ian Weiss (126), Landon Haralson (220) and Kwasi Murphy (285).

Union Grove had nine wrestlers qualify for the Class AAAAA state sectional at the Area 4-AAAAA tournament on Saturday: Tyler Mosely (113), Noah Craft (120), Griffin Higginbotham (126), Tyler Patterson (132), Luke Parker (138), Kai Kizzie (152), Hunter Fleming, A.J. Spencer (182) and Tyler Cooley (195). The Wolverines finished third in the team standings.

Woodland had 10 wrestlers qualify for the Class AAAA state sectional at the Area 4-AAAA tournament on Saturday: Gabriel Gray (120), Josh Shelton (126), Chad McGraw (138), Kyle Haney (145), Colby Shropshire (160), Austin Hudson (170), Mark Hall (182), Ryan Thompkins (195), Cody Brown (220) and Ryan Rasar (285).

For more information see the Henry Herald.