A set of triplets is on its way to the University of Georgia. Chattahoochee High School swimmers Jay, Kevin and Mick Litherland last week signed letters of intent to join the Bulldogs.
Jay, a member of the U.S. National Junior Team in the individual medley events, was the bronze medalist in the 400-yard individual medley at the Junior Nationals in August. Kevin is a member of the U.S. National Junior Team in the 1500 freestyle. He was the bronze medalist in the 1500 freestyle at the Junior Nationals. Mick was a finalist at the Junior Nationals in the 200 butterfly and the 400 individual medley. He has was recognized as a Scholastic All-American. Chattahoochee finished runner-up to Parkview in Class AAAAAA last year, and its next meet is Dec. 7 against Milton and Northview.
“We are extremely excited about having these three young men join us,” Georgia coach Jack Bauerle said in a news release. “They are all great swimmers, and they are highly thought of in the swimming world nationally.”
St. Pius also is sending two swimmers to UGA. Gunnar Bentz and Basil Orr recently signed. Bentz owns six individual school records for the Golden Lions in freestyle, butterfly and medley events. He is part of three school-record relay teams, two of which also feature Orr (the 200 freestyle and the 400 freestyle).
More swimming: Pope hosted the Greyhound Invite on Saturday and swept the boys and girls meets. Sixteen schools participated. The Pope girls edged runner-up Woodstock 452-439.5, and West Forsyth came in third with 426.5 points. Pope, Woodstock and West Forsyth also finished first, second and third on the boys' side. The Greyhound boys won by a more comfortable margin of 452-284 behind Tyler Garvey, who finished second in the 100 and 200 freestyle, swam the opening leg of a 200 freestyle relay win and paced his team to second in the 200 medley relay.
Wrestling: Defending dual and traditional AAAAA state champion Pope was dominant last weekend in the Winder-Barrow duals, with nine wrestlers finishing 5-0. Mack Haskin, Josh Tazzetta, Sam Skinner, Tyler Haskin, Jake Adcock, T.J. Collins, Davis Burson, Jake Henson and Zeke Weber each went unbeaten. The Greyhounds scored a 66-12 edge against West Hall and rolled through Apalachee (69-12), Winder-Barrow (77-0) and East Hall (60-12). They defeated North Hall 54-7 in the final. The Greyhounds finished second in the Trojan Invitational to open the season behind AAAAAA defending dual and traditional champion Archer, which earned 263 points over Pope's 254. … Chattahoochee entered the rankings after dominating the Cherokee Duals this weekend with a 4-0 performance and a first-place finish at the 2013 Suzuki Warrior Rumble Champions. In pool play, Brookwood, a very strong duals team, defeated Morgan County 49-27 and Walton 51-27. In the semifinals, the Broncos were outmatched by the Cougars and lost 50-29. Brookwood wrestled Marietta for the third-place trophy and won 56-12. … Defending AAA dual state champion Banks County moved to 3-0 at home this season, with victories against East Jackson (80-0), Rabun Gap (78-6) and Cartersville (63-18). A total of 12 Leopards wrestlers went undefeated in their first three matches.
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