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12/12 - 13: Rebel Invite

12/10: Gators Handle Business in Baxley

The Ware County Wrestling Gators traveled to Appling County High School and dominated the Telfair County Trojans 70-6 and the Pirates 68-11. We had a little bit of Varsity Girls action as well.

Girls: Audrina Streeter and Natalie Schueing compete in the Girls 120 bouts this evening, both with a win by pinfall in the second period. 

Boys: The Gators had control of both duals despite giving up one weight class at 144. Wrestlers of the night were Cristian Martinez and Ryan Tarver. Both wrestlers stepped up to the Varsity role and went 2-0 with 2 pinfalls each to maximize team points on the night. Match of the night goes to Heavyweight. Kyler Matthews went all 3 periods and 3 overtimes with his opponent before securing the decision win with his opponent having a technical violation of locking hands in Ultimate Tiebreaker. The Gators improve to 17-3!

12/5 - 12/6: Ware Finished 4th at Yellow Jacket Duals, Big Day For Lady Gators

The Gators competed in the Yellow Jacket Duals at Jeff Davis High School. The Varsity Boys finished 4th on the weekend, and the Varsity Girls had a fantastic day with plenty of 1st wins and undefeated runs.

Girls: The Varsity Girls had a great showing as well today. Yakira Brown(12th), Nadia Ellis(11th), and Hannah Miller(12th) all finished 3-0 today with 3 pinfalls. Audrina Streeter(9th) and Emalee Hendrix finished 2-1 with 2 pinfalls each. Destiny Allgood(12th), Taylor Crunkleton(9th), and Natalie Scheuing(10th) won their first match of the season with a pinfall each. 

Boys: Ware County finished 5-0 at Pool D Champions with dominating wins over Lamar County 76-6, East Laurens 53-24, Bacon County 77-5, Jeff Davis 75-0 and Lexington Wildcats 52-24. In the Gold Bracket (Top 8 teams) The Gators defeated Brantley County Herons 69-6 moving on to the semi finals against Toombs County Bulldogs, #2 team in 1A. In a back and forth dual, the Gators came up just short  42-41, Bulldogs winning the dual on criteria. In the 3rd place match against Bradley Central Bears, the team attempted a bounce back, but came up short 49-28.

Wrestlers of the Tournament for the Gators were Jordan Maxwell and Aaron Bennett. Maxwell finished the 2 day event 8-0 with 4 pinfalls, 2 techfalls and 2 forfeit wins. Bennett finished 7-1 with 5 pinfalls and and 1 techfall. Leve Moore finished the 2 days 7-1 with 5 pinfalls and one techfall. Other Gators with a big weekend were Jaden McKelvin and Rodrigo Reyes, finishing 7-1 on the weekend. Other multi-winners were Ashton Cox, Leve Moore, Noah Paul, Wesley Frye, Evan Thomas, Maleek Mackey, Gunter Fore, Collin Deal, Jalen Hampton and Kyler Matthews. All with at least 3 bonus point victories for the team score. Ware County improves to 15-3 on the season!

12/2: Gators Win Big Against Appling County

Tuesday Night the Ware County Wrestling Gators wins big against the Appling County Pirates 69-12. 2 of the Lady Gators competed as well and were victorious in their varsity bouts. Wrestlers of the night were Audrina Streeter and Cristian Martinez. Both wrestlers moved up a weight class to compete in the varsity meet and were victorious in their bouts with a pinfall each.

JV: Collin Deal(9th) and Kayden Drury(11th) would win the JV bouts of the night. Deal wins 5-1 and Drury won with 2 pinfalls.

Varsity Girls: Audrina Streeter bumped up one weight class to compete in Girls 120. She came out with a 2nd period Win over her Appling County opponent. Emalee Hendrix also competed in the Girls 120 and was victorious in a 1st period pin.

Varsity Boys: Ashton Cox(9th), Cristian Martinez(11th), Wesley Frye(12th), Evan Thomas(11th), Trey Dean(11th) and Kyler Matthews(12th) all won their bouts with a pinfall. Jaden McKelvin(12th), Gunter Fore(11th), and Jalen Hampton(12th) won their bouts with a techfall. Noah Paul(10th), Rodrigo Reyes(11th), and Aaron Bennett(11th) all won with a forfeit.

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Coming up…..

Nov. 22nd: Wildcat Duals @ Valdosta HS

Nov. 24 - 25th: Southern Trojan War @ Coffee HS

Dec. 2nd: Tri-Duals: West Laurens & Appling County @ Home

Dec. 5th-6th: Yellow Jacket Duals / JV Stinger / Queen of the Nest @ Jeff Davis HS

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