STATE TOURNAMENT: 1A & 4A Day 1 Recap

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TEAM SCORES, FINAL MATCHUPS, AND VIDEOS

The State Finals for 1A, 4A, 5A, and 6A will take place tonight, starting at 6:00pm.

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1A FINALS SET

Social Circle extend a 15 point lead over Trion with Mt Pisgah right behind them. All three teams have a ton of guys wrestling tomorrow and all are still very much in contention to win 1A with a good final round tomorrow.

16 of the 28 1A finalists are from those three teams. Trion has 7 wrestling for 1st, Mt Pisgah has 6, and Social Circle has 3. While SC has the least in the finals, they have 6 wrestling back for 3rd.

Team title implications will be very exciting to watch tomorrow as 5 of the first 8 matches in the finals on Friday afternoon are a SC/Trion/MP matchup.

TEAM SCORES
1. Social Circle, 200
2. Trion, 184.5
3. Mt Pisgah, 178.5
4. Commerce, 85
5. Oglethorpe County, 68.5

STATE FINAL MATCHUPS
106 - #1 Conner Doherty (Mt Pisgah) vs #4 Justin Pearce (Screen Co)
113 - #1 Braydon Mitchell (Social Circle) vs #2 Clayton Loughridge (Trion)
120 - #2 Connor Castillo (Social Circle) vs #10 James Willingham (Trion)
126 - #1 Seth Huskins (Trion) vs #5 Curis Duren (Social Circle)
132 - #1 Brady Nardella (Mt Pisgah) vs #2 Gavin Carlton (Chatooga)
138 - #1 Marley Washington (Mt Pisgah) vs #5 Andrew Jones (Trion)
144 - #3 Braderic Bennett (Temple) vs #4 Zach Lee (Swainsboro)
150 - #1 Tyler Nelson (Mt Pisgah) vs #3 Gus Hames (Trion)
157 - #1 Joey Bertrand (Mt Pisgah) vs #3 Cade Parent (St Francis)
165 - #1 Toby Maddux (Trion) vs #3 Brayden Phillips (Commerce)
175 - #1 Matthew Waddel (Pepperell) vs #3 Josh Lange (Mt Pisgah)
190 - #1 Logan Eller (Trion) vs #5 Tysean Wiggins (Commerce)
215 - #1 Hoke Poe-Hogan (Commerce) vs #2 Landon Williams (Dade Co.)
285 - #2 Clinton Williamson (Lamar County) vs #7 Michael Joiner (Irwin Co)

4A FINALS SET

Lovett has all but locked things up in 4A. They have 4 guys wrestling for 1st, 3 more wrestling for 3rd, and a 40 point lead heading into the final round.

The top seeds were mostly successful in advancing through Day 1. #1 seeds at 11 of 14 weights are in the finals and 6 of the weights will feature #1 vs #2 in the championship bout.

TEAM SCORES
1. Lovett, 142
2. Central Carroll, 105.5
3. Chestatee, 86
4. SW Dekalb, 83
5. North Oconee, 77

FINALS MATCHUPS
106 - #1 Gabe Swann (Central Carroll) vs #3 Tate Thomas (Heritage-Catoosa)
113 - #1 Alex Hyman (Lovett) vs #2 Oliver Webb (SE Whitfield)
120 - #1 Cole Cano (North Oconee) vs #2 Ty Murray (Central Carroll)
126 - #1 Cael Kuskey (Lovett) vs #3 Elijah Ward (Group)
132 - #1 Adam Payton (Cedartown) vs #2 Colson Hoffman (Central Carroll)
138 - #5 Braydon Bowen (Group) vs #6 Jayden Hammonds (Southwest Dekalb)
144 - #1 Connor Free (North Hall) vs #2 Dom Lasher (North Oconee)
150 - #2 JT Bowers (West Laurens) vs #3 Zeb Dawkins (Walnut Grove)
157 - #1 Tim Dunn (Troup) vs #6 Dharin Smith (SW Dekalb)
165 - #1 Chris Mance (Lovett) vs #2 Drake Wood (West Laurens)
175 - #2 Evan Wingrove (Heritage-Catoosa) vs #4 Jerrel Baskins (SW Dekalb)
190 - #1 Landen Moss (Walnut Grove) vs #9 Alvin Cheeks (Stockbridge)
215 - #1 Parker Warren (Walnut Grove) vs #3 Isaiah Scott (SW Dekalb)
285 - #1 Christian Bell (Lovett) vs #2 Caleb Pruitt (East Hall)