Cass wins Region 7-AAAAA Duals title; all four local teams advance to state sectionals next weekend
The Cass Colonels’ wrestling team defeated Calhoun 47-3 and Woodland 52-23 Saturday at Cartersville High School to wrap up the 2022-23 Region 7-5A Duals Championship.
The region title means the Colonels will host a GHSA State Sectional Dual next Saturday.
As a No. 1 seed, Cass will face Northgate, the No. 4 seed from Region 3 in the first round. The other first-round match will be Kell against Ware County. Kell is the No. 3 seed from Region 6-5A. Ware County is the No. 2 seed from Region 1-5A. Those two first round winners will then square off with the winner advancing to the Class 5A Elite Eight at Jones County High School on January 21.
In Saturday’s region semifinal win over Calhoun, the Colonels lost only one bout and limited it to a minor decision. Meanwhile, Lee Camp (106), Rowdy Duck (132), Eli Doolittle (150), and Kriecg Roe (157) all won by pin falls and Tanner Toups (138) won by technical fall.
All of the other scoring bouts were Calhoun forfeits to Cass at 113, 126, and 144-pounds. Since Cass had locked up the victory at that point, the 165-pound weight class through the 285-pound division bouts were double forfeits and not completed.
In the region championship match against Woodland, Cass opened with four straight wins and then won six of the last ten bouts to secure a 52-23 victory.
Weight Cass 52 Woodland 23
113 Hunter Barrett tech fall win over Aiden Buchanan
120 Ethan Harrington by pinfall over Noah Cates
126 Jake Crapps by pin over Nathan Cates
132 Rowdy Duck minor decision win over Paul Lanier
138 Tanner Toups lost by tech fall to Hayden Santora
144 Tyler McKnight by pin over Zachary Wallace
150 Eli Doolittle by tech fall over Christian Cothran
157 Kriecg Roe by tech fall over Jovante Luke
165 Zach McKnight by tech fall over Heath Tatum
175 Michael Cameron lost by pinfall to Melvin Ramos
190 Parker Dunn by tech fall over Owen Jones
215 Kevin Henderson lost by pinfall to Champ Higdon
285 Cass forfeited to Kwadrus Wilson
106 Lee Camp by pinfall over Amari Kinnamore
As the Region 7-5A runner-up, Woodland will travel to Greenbrier next week to face the Northside-Columbus. Greenbrier will square off with Centennial in the other first-round match at that location.
Winners from each of the eight preliminary sites (first/second rounds) will advance to the Class AAAAA Elite Eight at Jones County High School on January 21.
CARTERSVILLE ADVANCES
The Cartersville wrestling team also advanced as one of the top four teams from Saturday’s Area 7-5A Duals Championship placing fourth.
The Canes defeated Hiram 54-24 but lost to eventual runner-up Woodland in the semifinals, 65-14.
In the consolation round, Cartersville beat Dalton 43-22 and lost to Calhoun 39-37 in the match for third place.
Montgomery Tompkins (144), Grant Adams (120), and Eaiden Neal (126) both finished 3-0 for the day in their respective bouts. Talan Nix (138) and Jackson Latimer (150) were both 3-1. Malachi Dewberry (113) won two of three bouts. Julian Cline (106, 1-2), Grey Williams (132, 1-3), and Delroy Hurst (285, 1-3) added one win each for the Purple Hurricanes.
As the No. 4 seed from Region 7-5A, Cartersville will travel to Harris County Saturday to take on the host school in the first round of the state sectionals. The other first-round match at that location will be Coffee against Chattahoochee.
The winning team from the Harris County first/second round site will advance to the Class AAAAA Elite Eight at Jones County High School on January 21.
ADAIRSVILLE EARNS RUNNER-UP FINISH AT AREA 5-AAA
At the Area 5-3A Duals Championship at Bremen High School, the Adairsville Tigers finished runner-up to the host Blue Devils. Douglas-Atlanta placed third.
Adairsville coach Spencer Jones credited Hayden Blalock and Jamari Speights with top performances for the Tigers.
Adairsville advances to a state sectional first-round match against Dougherty at Pike County next Saturday. Pike, the Area 2 champions will square off in the first round with White County.
The winners of those two first-round matches will square off with the survivor advancing to the Class AAA Elite Eight State Championship on January 21 at Stephens County High School.
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