More than

30 years after first showing up in the county as a sport,

wrestling could soon be an option for the county's middle

school students.

During last

week's Coweta County Board of Education meeting, Jim

Morgan, who founded the Coweta Wrestling Club, asked the

board to put a wrestling program into the middle schools.

Morgan's

club has wrestlers from age 5-14 and says the county is

suffering in area meets because there is not a middle

school program.

"All

the surrounding counties have a middle school program.

It's a very inexpensive sport," he said.

The only

costs to the system would be wrestling uniforms and mats

at the middle schools and mats can up to 20 years, he

added.

Resident

Brian Horton agreed with Morgan.

"It

takes years to develop in the sport. This is one of the

few sports that all sizes can compete," Horton said.

East Coweta

wrestling coach Scott Smith said his program is at a

severe disadvantage because there is no program in the

middle schools.

Superintendent

of Education Richard Brooks said he would meet with

Morgan and report back to the board on the feasibility of

starting the program.