The County

Duals were held at Sandy Creek High School last night and all four local

high schools sent their wrestling teams to compete. The results will most

likely be in Friday's paper and on the internet.

The teams had

a busy holiday season, though, and those results are in.

Starr's Mill

traveled to the Hoover Invitational in Alabama last weekend and won it

all. Ariston Bowers and Chris Coleman were the only wrestlers on the team

to place first overall in the tournament, at 152 and 160 respectively,

but the team performed well in all weight divisions. Lee Gresham placed

third at 112, while Kevin Trickey and Scott Hartpence placed sixth in

their weight divisions, 119 and 130 respectively.

Bryan Kyser

placed third at 135, Danny Davidson placed third at 140 and Jason Kiefer

placed third at 145. Drew Cofty placed second at 160 and Matt Fuhrmann

placed third at 171, while Rusty Lyle placed fifth in the same division.

Dan Fuhrman placed fith at 189 and Tony Tofanelli placed third at 215.

Starr's Mill

also posted wins over Northgate and Jones County last week. The Panthers

defeated Northgate, 61-12 and beat Jones County, 55-24. Starr's Mill is

currently 8-3 in dual meets and several wrestlers have imprerssive records.

Coleman is undefeated at 19-0, Bowers is 22-1, Kiefer is 20-1, Davidson

is 23-4 and Lyle is 24-3.

Fayette County

faced some regional competition last week as they met Mt. Zion, Jonesboro,

Lovejoy and east Coweta. The Tigers defeated Mt. Zion, Jonesboro, 64-15,

winning 15 weight divisions. The winners were Thomas Lowry, 112; Stephen

McElrath, 119; Matt Kellerman, 125; Zack Nelson, 135; Nick Foster, 140;

Chad McLean, 145; Joe Strickland, 152; Ben Waddell, 160; Gareth Joseph,

171; Chris Leslie, 215; and James Bouie, 275.

In their match

against Lovejoy, the Tigers won again, 66-13. Repeat winners in the Lovejoy

match were Lowry, McElrath, Kellerman, Foster, Strickland, Leslie and

Bouie. Other winners were T.J. Cox, 103; Brian Eller, 130; Will Barnes,

171; and Sammy Line, 180.

The Tigers

were not as fortunate against East Coweta, losing 46-33. The winners in

that match were Cox, McElrath, Kellerman, Foster, Joseph and Bouie.

McIntosh faced

some stiff competition last week as well, traveling to take on mcEachern

and Wheeler. McEachern is one of the powerhouses of AAAAA and dealt with

the Chiefs swiftly, but McIntosh battled Wheeler and only lost 45-37.

The Chiefs had to forfeit two weight classes which made the loss that

much tougher.

Daniel Graham,

112, won both his matches against Wheeler and McEachern, improving to

25-2 on the year. Others who wrestled well were Justin Edwards, 140; and

Michael Lee, 171. Lee wrestled at 160 last year and took second in the

state. He had knee surgery in the off season and is still not at full

strength.

All of this

leads to what obviously is expected to be an interesting county dual meet.

Starr's Mill is still the favorite, but there are weight divisions up

for grabs and anything can happen on any given day.

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