The Starr's

Mill wrestling team participated in the Hoover Invitational in Alabama

last weekend and finished in second place. Hoover won the meet and Vestavia

Hills High School, defending champs and a perennial powerhouse in Alabama

placed third.

Matches began

on Friday and all of Starr's Mill's 14 wrestlers qualified for Saturday's

portion of the tournament. Those wrestlers going undefeated on Friday

were Tyler Kourajian (130), David Woods (135), Nick Bennett (152), Kyle

Verzello (160), Jordan Powers (171) and Andy Smith (Heavyweight).

In Saturday's

action, 10 of Starr's Mill's wrestlers placed in the top six. Kourajian

and Michael Cosper (125) placed second, while Bennett, Powers and Smith

placed third. Fourth place finishers for Starr's Mill were Woods and Verzello,

while Scott Molleson (145) placed fifth and Bruce Ferguson (119) and Bradley

Conner (215) placed sixth.

The Panthers

will wrestle this weekend in the Carpet Classic in Dalton, Ga.

Fayette County's

wrestling team placed fifth in the Fayette County Christmas Classic behind

parkview, Troup County, Starr's Mill and Pope. The Tigers had eight wrestlers

place in the top six of their weight class.

Drake McCoy

(275) placed second, while Thomas Lowery (103) placed third. Will Barnes

(189), Colin Evans (140) and Patrick Kellerman (152) placed fourth, while

Matt Kellerman (130) placed fifth and Chris Leslie (215) placed sixth.

Fayette County

will wrestle in the Christian Brothers Invitational in Memphis, Tenn.

on Saturday.

The county

duals meet took place last night after the paper went to press. Be sure

to look for the results in next week's edition of the Fayette Citizen.

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