The four high

school wrestling teams from Fayette County met for the annual county dual

meet Tuesday night and Starr's Mill emerged victorious once again. But

it was close.

Starr's Mill

defeated Sandy Creek 76-0, McIntosh 74-0 and Fayette County 32-23 to win

the county meet.

Fayette County

beat Sandy Creek 69-10 and defeated McIntosh 71-7.

County champs,

wrestlers who went 3-0 at the meet, for Starr's Mill were Michael Cosper

(125), Davey Woods (135), Nick Bennett (152), Kyle Verzello (160) and

Jordan Powers (171). Other wrestlers who went undefeated were: at 103,

Corey Radcliffe (1-0); at 112, Devon King (2-0) and Ryan Jones (1-0);

at 119, Chase Verzello (2-0) and Aaron Thompson (1-0); at 140, David Drake

(1-0); at 145, Scott Molleson (2-0) and Tyler Freeman (1-0); and at 189,

Ben Griffin (1-0).

County champs

for Fayette County were Thomas Lowery (103), Matt Kellerman (130), Zach

Stanley (140), Will Barnes (189), Chris Leslie (215) and Drake McCoy (275).

McIntosh, which

placed fourth, entered the meet with several of the regular starters missing

or injured. Coach Nick Bellantoni mentioned that several wrestlers wrestled

well: Cameron Hall, Jeff Patrie, Chris Cool and Ryne Rushing.

All four county

teams will be busy this weekend. Starr's Mill will wrestle in the Carpet

Classic in Dalton, Fayette County will wrestle in the Christian Brothers

tournament in Memphis, Tenn., and McIntosh and Sandy Creek will compete

in the Alexander Duals tonight and the Alexander Invitational on Saturday.

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