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DEL.ICIO.USWrestling season hits high gear
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
To the Pound for Pound staff, the wrestling season officially begins only when Georgia teams and individuals start traveling outside the state’s borders for competition. This weekend, McEachern’s Brandon Westerman travels to the Walsh Ironman in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, trying to follow in the footsteps of former Harrison wrestler Josh Condon (now at Chattanooga), who won last year’s Ironman at 160 pounds.
Westerman is seeded No. 4 in the 125-pound weight class that includes No. 1-seed Sam White (Massillon Perry High School, Ohio), Wrestling USA Magazine’s No. 3 at 125 pounds, and 2-seed Zach Neibert (St. Paris Graham, Ohio), WUSA’s No. 5 at 119 pounds.
Parkview will hit the Southern Slam in Taylors, S.C.,, while Sprayberry and Chattanooga signee Alex Hudson and three other teams head to Tennessee for the Knoxville Invitational.
Pound for Pound will have its eye on the results from all three spots and provide a detailed recap next week.
AJC Top 10 All-Class Wrestling Rankings - Week 3
(Last week in parentheses)
- Collins Hill (1): Eagles look strong in 63-9 victory against Grayson.
- Union Grove (2): Six more dual wins for Wolverines, including victories against No. 6 Kennesaw Mountain and No. 9 Centennial.
- Pope (3): Greyhounds complete strong trio at top of Class AAAAA.
- Jefferson (4): Season finally begins for Dragons, Friday at Panther Invitational.
- Lafayette (5): Ramblers open season with 56-12 dual victory against Sonoraville.
- Kennesaw Mountain (9): Mustangs (10-2) only loss in Georgia to No. 3 Pope.
- Henry County (NR): Warhawks are 10-5 with four of the losses coming by a combined 18 points.
- Cass (10): Colonels followed win at Hiram Duals with two comfortable victories against Sprayberry and Sequoyah.
- Dacula (NR): Despite recent loss to North Forsyth, Falcons look like a Class AAAAA sleeper.
- Centennial (6): Knights slip again with dual loss to Milton.
Coaches Poll - Week 3
(First-place votes)
- Collins Hill (7), 88 points. Last week: 1
- Union Grove, 71. Last week: 2
- Pope (2), 70. Last week: 3
- Jefferson, 58. Last week: 4
- Centennial, 43. Last week: 5
- Lafayette, 32. Last week: 6 T7 Kennesaw Mountain, 21. Last week: NR T7 Henry County, 21. Last week: NR
- Cass, 16. Last week: T-9
- Eastside, 11. Last week: 7
Others receiving votes:
Walton, 8; Gilmer, 7; Camden County, 6; Parkview, 5; Fayette County, 5; Dacula, 5; Peachtree Ridge, 5; Whitewater, 5; Harrison, 4; North Forsyth, 4; Grayson, 3; Wesleyan, 2; Loganville, 2; Woodland (Bartow), 1; Ola, 1; Kell, 1
On the record
“We’ve got some really tough competition coming up, [but] we showed we could compete with the best in the nation [last year]. We’ve got the Clash, and I think we’ve got a good shot at placing top 4.” — Collins Hill 140-pounder Joel Smith on the Eagles’ national schedule that includes a Jan. 2 trip to Minnesota for the Clash Duals.
Where we’ll be
This weekend, Pound for Pound heads to Jackson County, where No. 3 Jefferson opens its season in the always competitive Panther Invitational.
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By knarkill
December 4, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this
Thanks man, good stuff.
By HC Spectator
December 4, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this
Great coverage!! Thank you Kurt
By ECAAAShank
December 4, 2008 7:26 PM | Link to this
Good stuff!
By Mark Moore
December 4, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this
Thanks for putting wrestling in the spotlight.
By RidgeWrestlingFan
December 4, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this
Great info…we’re enjoying the coverage! Thanks.
By rrapes
December 4, 2008 8:44 PM | Link to this
Good read every week….keep it coming!
By Jim Gassman
December 4, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this
Kurt, thanks for coming to our dual meet the other night versus Grayson. We all appreciate your willingness to display our great sport to others.
By Mat Mom
December 5, 2008 7:36 AM | Link to this
Thanks for spotlighting the area’s wrestling programs. It is great to see so much coverage. We recently moved to Georgia from Northern Virginia and choose our home based on the high school wrestling team. Keep up the good work!
By Roper165
December 5, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this
Good read!
By indianrun
December 5, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this
kurt, keep at it and you may be the new bob berg, just without the high hourly rate!
By K-Philly
December 6, 2008 8:46 PM | Link to this
Dis ya boi back again. Dont 4get dem Pebblebrook Falcons and there most know 103 wrestler Brandon Sloan ya better get to know him
By SandMountainMan
December 7, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this
Great article. Cass took 3rd this weekend at Walton. Their one loss to Pope. Pope’s one loss to Collins Hill. Great wrestling all the way around.
By SportsFan
December 8, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this
Great to see some coverage of a high school sport that is not football. Could we get more coverage of wrestling. A story on Colin Hills or one of the other historical powers. Also while you are at it throw in some swimming.
By rocky
December 10, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Great stuff. Several of this teams are looking really good thus far. Can’t wait to see them all in Macon for the duals. We as a wrestling community need to continue to spread the word about this blog. Let’s get some real volume going!
By john
December 11, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
Very good insight. Great to see high school wrestling coverage.