Hughey wins for Heritage at McCallie Invitational
The Heritage Generals had a solid weekend at the McCallie Invitational, long regarded as one of the top wrestling tournaments in the Southeast.
Cayman Hughey was crowned champion of the 152-pound weight class as he went 4-0 during an impressive tournament run.
Hughey opened his tournament with a third-period pin against Clay Barnes of Vestavia Hills in his opening bout on Friday. He followed up by pinning Mark Mandt of Pope early in the second period.
In Saturday’s semifinals, he claimed an 8-2 decision over Sam Lesh of Columbus High School to advance to the final where he would meet Sasha Warner of Polk County High School. Hughey would finish off his tournament in style by pinning Warner at the 3:38 mark of the match.
The Generals nearly had two champions as Victor Johnson used three straight pins to advance to the finals at 132. However, he would lose to Tristan Hill of Woodward
Academy.
Skylar Grant made it to the championship semifinals at 170 before losing for the first time all weekend. He came back to finish third in the weight class with a 4-1 record on the week.
The other medalist for the Heritage was Tate Thomas, who went 3-1 to finish fifth at 106. The Generals went on to place eighth in the 22-team tournament with 134 points.
Ringgold, who tied for 16th place with Southeast Whitfield (68 points), had two on the podium. Tristen Busch went 4-2 to finish fourth at 138, while Pierce Pennington also went 4-2 and placed fifth at 113.
All three schools from Catoosa County had at least one medalist as Nick Kapherr dropped his opening bout, but battled back to go 3-3 and placed sixth at 145 for LFO. The Warriors finished 21st overall with 20.5 points.
Ridgeland also participated in the tournament. The Panthers did not have anyone place, but they did finish 20th overall with 36 points. Hunter Barber (2-2 at 106), Malachi Hutchinson (3-2
at 145) and William Tredy (3-2, 132) were standouts for the Blackand-White.
RINGGOLD DEFEATS NORTHWEST
The Tigers used six pins to pick up a 40-36 victory in Tunnel Hill last Tuesday night.
Pennington (113 pounds), Zane Rohrer (120), Nolan Rohrer (126), Busch (138), Levi Lowery (195) and Brentlee Raby (220) all pinned their opponents, while Hudson Moss (132) picked up six points on an injury default. The Tigers were also penalized two team points during the match.
LAFAYETTE GOES 2-3 AT LUMPKIN COUNTY
A short-handed, underclassmenheavy Ramblers squad traveled to Dahlonega on Saturday and was still able to finish 2-3 at the Lumpkin County Duals.
LaFayette earned victories over the Lumpkin County “B” team (6024) and North Cobb (46-28), but dropped matches to the Lumpkin County “A” team (48-36), Blessed Trinity (50-24) and Forsyth Central (48-33).
Shelby Hall (113 pounds) was the only LaFayette wrestler to go 5-0 on the day. Eli Hudson (106) and Jacob Brown (182/195) both scored four wins, while three wins were recorded by Spencer Chadwick (145), Kaleb Burris (160), Ethan Gilbert (170) and Caleb Zwiger (182/195).
Scoring two wins were Peyton Keef (120), Gabe Warren (138) and Jonah Neal (152). Fernando Pacheco (126), Jesse Bradford (132) and Jack Harris (285) all picked up one win on the day.
Earlier last week, Gordon Lee, LFO and LaFayette all suffered dual match losses.
Gordon Lee fell twice last Tuesday, losing to Rockmart (74-6) and Pepperell (60-21) in a tri-match at Pepperell. Landon Brown (120 pounds) and Jonah Davenport (220) scored victories for the Trojans.
LFO also dropped a 65-18 decision at Dalton that same night. Winning for the Warriors was Braxton Austin-Cook (106), Gavin Summy (113) and Kapherr (145).
And on Thursday, LaFayette fell at state power Sonoraville, 75-3. Neal (152) got the lone win for the Ramblers with an 8-4 decision.