Starr's Mill's

wrestling team competed in the Eagle Classic wrestling tournament at Northside

Warner Robins over the weekend. The Panthers placed fourth behind Troup

County, Northwest Whitfield and Sequyoah respectively.

Starr's Mill

had one second place finisher, three thrid place finishers and a fourth

place finisher in the tournament. Kyle Verzello placed second (152), while

Michael Burke (130), Scott Hartpence (135) and Andy Smith (275) placed

third and Daniel Fuhrmann (215) placed fourth.

The Panthers

will face the team that edged them out of the top three this weekend,

Seqouyah, on Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. at Sequoyah. They will also compete in

the Area 4 duals this Saturday along with McIntosh High School, top contenders

Eagle's Landing High School, Fayette County, East Coweta and three other

squads.

McIntosh qualified

for the meet by defeating Morrow and Jonesboro on Tuesday night in a quad

meet. The Chiefs also faced Eagle's Landing. McIntosh lost to the Golden

Eagles, 64-9 but defeated Morrow and then edged out Jonesboro, 42-40.

The top two

teams from Saturday's Area 4 Duals will advance to the Class AAAAA duals

on Feb. 16 at Collin's Hill High School. Sandy Creek will wrestle in the

Chattahoochee Invitational today and tomorrow.

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