The Pickens High School Dragons wrestling team took two wrestlers to the State Traditional Tournament, Koby Milner and Josh Massey, with Milner competing at 106 and Massey at 170. Milner, entering the tournament as the favorite, with a record of 36-3, came away with the 106 state championship after a 12-0 defeat of Gilmer’s Domingo Reynoso in the finals.Massey entered the tournament as seventh seed, with an uphill battle to climb. He first faced off with number two Isaiah Hale, a number two seed in the first round. Hale was the victor, leaving Massey to face Garrett Gray in the first round of wrestle backs. Massey fell to Gray finishing the season 22-23.

After Milner’s finals win, the first Dragons state champion in decade, he spoke briefly about procuring the 106 crown.