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PHS Wrestling finishes 3rd in 7-AAAA, Sends 8 to State

Pickens County, Ga — Pickens High School was the center of the 7-AAAA wrestling world on Saturday, February 6th as teams from all seven schools arrived to try to win a region title as a team, but send individual wrestlers to the 4A State Tournament as well. It was a productive tournament for the hosts, the Pickens Dragons as they placed 3rd in the overall region standings. The Dragons also made a little history on Saturday sending a school record 8 wrestlers to the state tournament. Here are the finishes for the 8 Dragon wrestlers that punched their ticket to state:

 

1st: C.J. Murphy

2nd: Andrew Burrell

2nd: Julian Jacobs

2nd: Zak Price

3rd: Chris Knight

3rd: Dylan Gonzalez

3rd: Wesley Sultan

3rd: Kaleb Nicholson

4th: Eli Rittenberry

4th: Mason Powell

 

1st through 3rd place finishers will compete this week (February 9th-13th) in Macon in the 4A State Tournament. The GHSA will have the brackets posted soon.

RJ Casey

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