The Starr's

Mill Panthers finished the regular season of wrestling at home Saturday

in fashion by winning the Panther Duals meet.

Starr's Mill

faced four teams in the first round, defeating all four, and then a match

with Westminster, the school that advanced from the other bracket.

Starr's Mill

defeated Douglas County 75-6, Riverwood 84-0, Chapel Hill 75-6 and Callaway

75-6, before defeating Westminster 63-9. All of the Panther wrestlers

performed well at the meet, gearing up for what will certainly be a competitve

area meet at Fayette County High School this weekend.

"There

are good wrestlers from a lot of schools that we have to watch out for,"

said Coach Mickey Statham, who expects Stockbridge, Eagle's Landing, Fayette

County, McIntosh and Henry County to present some competition.

Starr's Mill

finished the regular season with a record of 28-3 in dual meets. They

placed third at the South Metro and Dalton tournaments and first in the

Starr's Mill Invitational and the Hoover Invitational.

The Panthers

also had a lot of individuals with outstanding records this season. Ariston

Bowers, 152, went 49-1 this year, while Christopher Coleman, 160, went

46-2. Jason Kiefer, 145, finished the regular season at 43-5, while Danny

Davidson, 140, went 48-8 and Brian Kyser, 135, went 28-4.

Rusty Lyle,

171, went 33-4, while Matt Fuhrman, 171, went 27-6 and Dan Fuhrman, 189,

went 17-4. Tony Tofanelli, 215, went 29-6, while Lee Gresham, 112, went

35-9. Kevin Trickey, 119, finished the season with a 32-14 record, while

Scott Hartpence, 130, finished at 36-17 and Tyler Kourajian, 103, finished

at 31-15.

The area meet

will begin Friday at 5 p.m. and will start up again Saturday morning at

9.

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