Wrestling fans

won't have to go far to see some top class wrestling this weekend as Fayette

County will play host to the Area 4-AAAAA meet on Friday and Saturday

and Sandy Creek will host the Area 4-AAAA meet on Saturday.

The top three

contenders for the Area 4-AAAAA title are Eagle's Landing, Starr's Mill

and Fayette County but East Coweta and McIntosh could make things interesting

with some early round upsets.

Fayette County

won the Lion Invitational at Central Carrollton High School. Hiram placed

second and East Coweta placed third. The Tigers had four individual champions;

James Bouie (275), Zach Nelson (140), Will Barnes (189) and Adam Piscarcik

(130). Second place finishers were Matt Kellerman (125), Patrick Kellerman

(145) and Joe Strickland (171). Thomas Lowery (103) place third.

Starr's Mill

placed second in the Panther Duals last weekend with Westminster placing

first. The Panthers had four wrestlers finish 5-0 in the tournament; Tyler

Kourajian (103), Michael Cosper (112), Patrick Bates (119) and Andy Smith

(275). Starr's Mill finished the season with a dual record of 24-6.

The week before

the Panther Duals, Starr's Mill placed second in the Area 4-AAAAA duals,

losing to Eagle's Landing, 36-26, but defeating Mt. Zion, Jonesboro, 58-6;

Henry County, 63-9; McIntosh, 50-15 and Fayette County, 36-33. The county

wrestlers are very familiar with each other and have proven that anyone

can win on a given day.

McIntosh faced

Troup County and Newnan on Friday and wrestled in the Cherokee Duals on

Saturday. The Chiefs lost to Troup County, 6905 and defeated Newnan, 62-15.

On Saturday, McIntosh placed sixth. They defeated Shiloh, 40-23 and lost

to Cherokee, 41-24, Eagle's Landing, 70-9 and Kennesaw Mountain, 60-0.

Coach Nick

Bellantoni cited good performances from Ryan Winter (103), David Lee (119),

Justin Edwards (130), Mike Horn (140), Andy Ellinas (152), Lee Hyunh (189),

Darryl Walter (215) and Brian Kelsch (275). Edwards went 3-1 in the duals

on Saturday. Bellantoni thinks his team could shake some things up in

the tournament this weekend.

"We're

very young, after losing some wrestlers during the year, but we might

make some noise this weekend and should finish in the top 10."

The meet will

be in the Fayette County High School gym and will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday

and 9 a.m. on Saturday.

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