Varsity Wrestling

OC wrestlers were winners at the CRSA Duals this weekend.

Wrestling - The wrestling team had a good weekend at the CSRA Duals in Wilkes County.  They finished the day 4 and 1 and took home their second trophy of the year with a 3rd place finish.  

Oglethorpe County started the day giving up four weight classes, but defeated Grovetown 48-12, with big wins coming from Cody Flores and Tee Hull.  Greene County was the next opponent for the patriots.  Oglethorpe County had big wins from Dustin Morton (106 lbs), Matt Flores (220lbs), and Andrew Maro (152lbs), defeating Greene County 42-39.  

The next match the Patriots fought hard but lost to Burke County.  Against Burke County, Justin Whitman kept his great season going with a 9-8 win in 4 overtimes to improve to 35-1 on the season.   

The Patriots rebounded with a 48-18 win over Richmond Academy.  This win put the Patriots in a battle for third and fourth with Dodge county.  The match was filled with pins on both sides with big wins coming from Joey Daniels (195 lbs), Hunter Eubanks (113 lbs), Justin Whitman (132 lbs) and Tee Hull (138 lbs).  The match finished with a tie score 42-42.  

The match then went to criteria set up by the Georgia High School Association in determining the winner.  The official finally determined the winner after 9 criteria had been completed with Oglethorpe coming out on top with a 1pt advantage on first points scored.  It was a great day for the Patriot Wrestling team.

Many thanks to head wrestling coach Dustin Cordell for the story and the picture.