Their itinerary was almost

militaristic. The Chiefs wrestlers left school Friday

afternoon, drove for close to two hours to Cartersville,

wrestled at 7, left the gym at 11:30, got to their hotel

at 12:45 and were wrestling again at 7:30 the next

morning.

Lucky for them, they had

some nice things to think about while they slept. The

Chiefs won two of their three matches Friday, defeating

Woodland 36-33 and Calhoun 48-27, and losing to Ringgold

38-32.

The Chiefs are improving

every day, but there are still mistakes being made.

"It was certainly a character builder for the

team," Coach Hutsell said. "The team wrestled

seven matches in 24 hours."

Saturday, McIntosh wrestled

in the Northwest Invitational in Dalton. The team tied

Dalton for fourth place with 66 points. Four wrestlers,

Ricky Smith (112), Carlos Dinkins (125), Eddie Smith

(135), and Michael Lee (175), made the finals.

Both Smiths took first

place. Ricky defeated Lezniak, a wrestler from Woodward

Academy, 20-7 in the final and Eddie remained undefeated

on the season, defeating another Woodward wrestler,

Cheally, 8-6.

Dinkins and Lee both lost

in the finals, placing second. It was Lee's first loss of

the season. McIntosh will wrestle again Wednesday,

hosting McEachern and Stockbridge at 5 p.m.

They will wrestle in the

South Metro Invitational Friday and Saturday at Eagle's

Landing.