Brian Finneran keynote speaker for Gwinnet sports

4B • SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2015
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Champs
Archer’s Chris Diaz attempts to pin Etowah’s Dylan Wagner during the 132-pound match in Saturday’s GHSA AAAAAA championship wrestling dual at the Macon Coliseum in
Macon. (Staff Photos: David Welker)
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GHSA STATE WRESTLING
DUALS CHAMPIONSHIPS
brothers, Pryor, Miller and
Lee went 4-0 for the Tigers
over the weekend.
Collins Hill takes third
The Eagles rebounded
from a 51-18 loss to Archer
in the championship semifinals to take third place.
In the process, they
gained a measure of revenge
by beating Mountain View,
which had dethroned them
as Area 7-AAAAAA champions last weekend, by a 3025 score in the consolation
semis before beating Kennesaw Mountain 39-21 in
the third-place match. The
Bears beat North Forsyth
31-20 earlier in the day.
Codi Russell and Griffin
Riley each went 2-0 on the
day and 5-0 for the tournament for Collins Hill, with
Russell scoring four pins
and one technical fall.
Tariq Malik, Zach Parker
and Andres Parra each went
2-0 on the day and 4-1 for
the tournament.
Archer’s Assistant Coach Jesse Miller, center, celebrates winning Saturday’s GHSA
AAAAAA championship wrestling dual against the Etowah Eagles with members of
the team at the Macon Coliseum in Macon.
Saturday to win twice and
place third in Class AA.
The Spartans dominated
Dublin 76-4 before beating
Gordon Lee in the thirdplace match by a score of
45-30.
GAC places third
Despite falling to Bremen
in the championship semiBuford finishes in fourth
finals on Friday, Greater
After falling to Marist
Atlanta Christian rebounded in the second round, the
Wolves battled their way
through the consolation
bracket Friday and Saturday before taking fourth
in Class AAAA.
In Saturday’s action,
Buford beat Carrollton
42-25 before falling in
a rematch with Marist
in the third-place match
39-20.
Darius Bunch and Trent
Ferguson each went 2-0
on the day and 6-0 for the
tournament, while Jack
Barber was 2-0 for the
day and 4-0 for the tournament. Eli Hartley won
all four of his matches
in the tournament, but
missed Saturday’s action
with an injury.
Saturday
at Macon Centreplex
FINALS
CLASS AAAAAA
Archer 66, Etowah 3
106 pounds: Gavin Smith (A) maj. dec. Blake Wilson,
9-1
113: Logan Smith (A) tf. Kevin Reyes, 17-2
120: Vinny Artigues (A) tf. Max Homyak, 17-2
126: Alex Standridge (A) dec. Josh Thomas, 6-3
132: Chris Diaz (A) maj. dec. Dylan Wagner, 13-3
138: Grant Aycox (A) pinned Zeke Durham, 0:29
145: Trey Rinehart (A) pinned Chandler Patterson, 1:36
152: Sam Bullard (A) pinned Landon Strandley, 0:29
160: Thomas Bullard (A) pinned Karl Davis, 1:22
170: Daniel Bullard (A) pinned Brandon Reibly, 1:39
182: Bronson Rechsteiner (E) dec. C.J. Beasley, 7-1
195: Isaiah Pryor (A) dec. Matthew Harding, 8-3
220: Quinn Miller (A) forfeit
285; Elliott Lee (A) pinned Matthew Morgan, 0:46
SEMIFINALS
Archer 55, Collins Hill 18
THIRD PLACE
Collins Hill 39, Kennesaw Mountain 21
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Collins Hill 30, Mountain View 25
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS
Mountain View 31, North Forsyth 20
CLASS AAAA
THIRD PLACE
Marist 39, Buford 20
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Buford 42, Carrollton 25
CLASS AA
THIRD PLACE
GAC 45, Gordon Lee 30
Brian Finneran keynote speaker for Gwinnet sports expo
From Staff Reports
The Gwinnett County
Parks and Recreation is
hosting its annual Youth
Sports Expo on Saturday
Jan. 24 at Lucky Shoals
Park Community Center, located at 4651 Britt
Road in Norcross.
This year the event is
free and open to anyone involved with youth
sports at any level. It
will feature activities for
children ages five and up,
including bounce houses
and tennis play day. Registration begins at 8:30
a.m and the event runs
until 4 p.m.
The keynote speaker
will be former Atlanta
Falcon and 680 The Fan
radio personality Brian
Finneran.
A number of free
educational sessions from
Children’s Healthcare of
Atlanta and Organswise
Guys among others will
cover a variety of topics, including volunteer
recruitment and training,
athlete nutrition, sports
injuries and concussions, marketing and
online reputation, park
safety, tournaments 101,
challenges in sports and
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finished with 21 steals.
Mountain View scored
the first 11 points of the
game and led 29-14 at
halftime. Senior forward
Arianna Williams had
nine points and seven
rebounds for the Bears.
Columbus (13-4) finished as the state runnerup in Class AAAA last
year before moving up
to Class AAAAA this
season.
working with youth.
Kids Room sessions
will also takes place
from 9 a.m until 3 p.m.,
and children will engage in active games,
learn healthy habits and
partake in the bounce
house and tennis play day
mentioned earlier.
There will also be a
silent auction to benefit
the Gwinnett Parks Foundation’s Youth Sports
Scholarship Fund.
Registration is encouraged ahead of time for
the free event at gwinnettparks.com or by calling 678-277-858.
Classic
Holy Innocents’ 58,
McEachern 53
Junior center Erika Cassell scored 24 points and
Holy Innocents’ remained
unbeaten with a 58-53
victory over defending
Class AAAAAA state
champion McEachern.
The Golden Bears,
ranked No. 1 in Class
AA, led 28-17 at halftime while holding senior
guard Te’a Cooper to two
points. But the Tennessee
signee scored 22 points in
the second half, including 14 in the third quarter
when the Indians (14-3)
closed to 43-37.
Freshman forward
Kaila Hubbard had 14
points for Holy Innocents’
(19-0) and sophomore
guard Khayla Pointer
scored 12. McEachern,
which defeated Archer
for the state title last year,
lost center Caliya Robinson, who has signed with
Georgia, to a knee injury
early in the season.
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