Twenty-three

teams entered the South Metro wrestling tournament at Fayette County High

School over the weekend, including all of the county high school teams.

The top two

spots, however, went to Woodward Academy and Stockbridge, while Starr's

Mill placed third.

The Panthers

scored 214 points and had three wrestlers capture first place in their

respective weights: Jason Kiefer, 145; Ariston Bowers, 152; and Chris

Coleman, 160.

Coleman's match

in the finals was judged the Best Finals Match in the tournament.

In an interesting

turn in the tournament, East Coweta, Fayette County and McIntosh finished

10th, 11th and 12th respectively. The Indians scored 92 points, while

the Tigers scored 87.5 and the Chiefs scored 73 points. This proves that

the competition for the county, region and state championships will be

tight. Sandy Creek finished in 19th place with 41 points.

McIntosh's

Daniel Graham placed second at 112, while Fayette County's James Bouie

took second place at 275 and Sandy Creek's Larry Wright placed second

at 145.

Tonight, McIntosh

will host LaGrange and East Coweta at 5 p.m. Starr's Mill will host the

Starr's Mill Invitational Friday evening starting at 6 p.m. and Saturday

starting at 9 a.m. This will be an exciting season of wrestling and each

match becomes more important as the season wears on.

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