Several Locals in State Wrestling Tourney

Several local athletes are set to compete in the traditional wrestling state championships Thursday through Saturday at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. Below are the bouts listed in the first round.

(5A brackets)

• 106 weight class—Junior Cameron Westerman (47-5) vs. Dacula junior Keenan Doricent (42-12)
• 126—Senior Russell Scott (40-7) vs. Archer High freshman Trey Rinehart (13-14)
• 132—Junior Jacob Stanko (36-12) vs. Peachtree Ridge High senior Mac Shiver (47-9)
• 145—Junior Garrett Johnson (35-9) vs. South Gwinnett senior Thomas Veal (27-7)
• 152—Senior Simon Groenveld (33-15) vs. Parkview High junior Khalil Shakur (40-17)
• 170—Senior Nathan Pinnell (41-17) vs. Newnan’s David Finley
• 220—Junior Peyton Hewitt (25-4) vs. North Gwinnett’s Brett Byerly (37-3)

(5A brackets)

• 120—Sophomore Zach Murphy (35-15) vs. Collins Hill High senior Drew Ferguson (49-3)
• 138—Junior Kyle Munn (35-8) vs. Parkview High senior Jordan Matlack (26-10)
• 182—Sophomore Christian Wade (26-8) vs. Archer High freshman Elliot Lee (6-1)
• 285—Junior Sharrodd Pittman (30-12) vs. North Gwinnett’s Alex Stoehr

(4A brackets)

• 220—Thomas Stone vs. Miller Grove High junior Jacob Mitchell (49-7)

Admission
Admission price is $7 on Thursday and $10 per day on Friday and Saturday. A total tournament ticket is available for $24. Tickets are on sale at the arena's box office.

TV/Web
WSB-TV will televise the wrestling finals live Saturday from 4-6 p.m. and on METV on Comcast 248/Charter 127 from 6-7 p.m. GHSA.tv will video stream live all 14 weight class finals for each classification. DVDs will be available at GHSA.tv.

Event Photos
Action photography of the finals by Georgia Photographics and The Athletic Image will be available at GHSAPHOTOS.com.

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