Injured Wrestler Undergoes Surgery

Please lift John Tibbetts II in prayer as he undergoes knee surgery, torn meniscus in his right knee, at Tift Regional Med. Center Jan. 7th. May the doctor be given excellent wisdom and eye / hand coordination. May the healing happen quickly and completely so that John might regain complete use of his knee for decades to come. May peace, calm and the presence of our dear Lord fill the waiting room tomorrow calming family and friends as they patiently wait

Injured Wrestler Need Teams' Encouragement

Thomas Davis, son of Alvin and Melanie Brooks, was seriously injured in a 4 wheeler accident last week. Thomas wrestled USA last year. The Doctors have taken him off the ventilator and are hoping that his lungs will respond.

Thomas is in critical condition and needs all of our prayers. The TCHS Wrestling team is sending a signed card with notes of encouragement to Thomas and his family. In case someone else wants to send a card his address is:

Thomas Davis
Eggleston's Children Hospital
1450 Clifton Rd NE
Atlanta GA 30322

Phone number is 404-785-6000 Room 4127.

Melanie and Alvin have two other sons, Austin and Dylan. All three of the boys wrestled for Chance Owens.

Wildcat Tournament Results ( January 2 & 3)

The TCHS Varsity Wrestling team competed well against some of the top ranked wrestlers in the state. The team walked away with Third Place Point Trophy. Individual results are as follows:

2nd, 103, Nathan McCall
3rd, 125, Rromaz Jones
3rd, 140, Jacob Drawdy
3rd, 152, Devon Smith
1st, 160, Trey Hicks
4th, 171, John Tibbetts
2nd, 189, Justin Hasty

2009 Wildcat Invitational

When: January 2 & 3, 2009
Where: Valdosta High School gym, Valdosta High School 3101 N Forrest St .
Admission: Friday - $5.00 per person, $2.00 student, 6 and under are admitted free
Saturday - $6.00 adults, $3.00 students, 6 and under are admitted free
Seeding Meeting: Friday, 3P.M. Wrestling begins ASAP after the seeding meeting. In the seeding meeting, the top wrestlers will be seeded.
Computer will do the rest. Saturday, 8:30 scratch meeting. Wrestling will begin ASAP. We will use a 32 man bracket
Awards: The top four wrestlers in each weight division receive medals. The top four teams will also receive trophies. Coaches will vote on Most Outstanding
Wrestler Award both Light and Heavy.
Mats: There will be four mats running at all times until finals. Finals will be run on two mats.
Teams: This tournament is still open and the following teams have participated in the past: Berrien, Carver, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, East Laurens, Fitzgerald,
Heritage, Irwin, Lowndes, Thomas Co Central, Swainsboro, Tifton, Toombs, Valdosta, Upson-Lee HS, Westover HS, Bainbridge, Benedictine, Lee Co,
Turner Co, Tate HS Fl, South Walton Fl., Gulf Breeze HS Fl and Oviedo Fl.

Look forward to seeing you there

Wrestlers get Late Christmas Presents at Fitzgerald Tournament

TCHS Varsity competed in the Fitzgerald Round-Robin style tournament on December 26 and 27. Although no team points were tabulated, the Tift County team come out BIG WINNERS!

Please congratulate the TC wrestlers whose stock is rising!

103 1. Partridge- CH 2. Lutz- Etow 3. Sanders- Kell 4. Trott- Cam 5. Crusselle- McE 6. Bullock- Dac 7. Schreckengohst- UG 8. Cross- NFor 9. Coltek- Pope 10. Lax- Wal 11. Smith- Mar 12. McCall- Tift

112 1. St James- Cen 2. Herrera- KM 3. P Mosher- Har 4. Nichols- Pope 5. Doyuge- Ch 6. Epps- NG 7. Martin- Ros 8 Anderson- Cher 9. Kane- PV 10. Kries- Gra 11. Sawchuck-CH 12. Smith- Hooch 13. Bozeman- Tift

119 1. Spradlin-Cam 2. Mitchell- CH 3. Hunt- Dac 4. P Mosher- Har 5. Isburgh- Gray 6. Lazor- UG 7. Wilson- Ros 8. Scott- Val 9. Murdoch- KM 10. Castanaro- Milt
11. Forrester- Cent 12. Hammett- Low 13. Lattazori- Kell

125 1. Westerman- McE 2. DeVita- UG 3. Winiarczyk- Pope 4. Allgood- CH 5. Bell- Har 6. Konigsberg- Cen 7. Brown- C Gwin 8. Jones- PV 9. Wagner- Eto 10. Bourqe- NF 11. Stringer- Kell 12. Jones- Tift

130 1. Crozier- UG 2. Bushart- Pope 3. Pifer- Las 4. Harrison- MC 5. Willard- CH 6. Maus- KM 7. Armstrong- Low 8. Epps- BKWD 9. Howard- Cen 10. Bloodworth PTR 11. Drew- Cof 12. Galloway- Eto 13. Patten- NCobb

135 1. Lazor- UG 2. P Holloway- Wal 3. Payne- Pope 4. Hillis- PV 5. Moody- Low 6. Jackson- KM 7. Wainwright- Cam 8. Mangini- Gra 9. Wheeler- CH 10. Yarmuratiy- Dac 11. O'Conner- Nfor

140 1. Smith- CH 2. Schnieder- Mil 3. Legg- Wal 4. George- Gra 5. Fultz- KM 6. Drawdy- Tift 7. Anderson- PV 8. Hurst- Mar 9. Mallard- Pope 10. Lanier- NF 11. Beasley- Low 12. Gamble- UG 13. Pruitt- Val 14. Gonzales- Cam

145 1. A Holloway- Wal 2. Markely- Pope 3. Rivera- KM 4. Hoppenbrauer- CH 5. Lentz- Cam 6. Dunster- Gra 7. Williamson- Low 8. Vaughn- UG 9. Gilkenson- Mil 10. Whittenburg- Har 11. Zahm- Ros 12. Chapman- PTR 13. Mack- Tift

152 1. Knapp- CH 2. Sealy- Cent 3. Powers- Pope 4. Govatos- Alp 5. Moot- Whe 6. Sotres- NCobb 7. Blank- NView 8 McCafferty- KM 9 Aghai- McE 10. Hunt- Dac 11. Gigolaev- PTR

160 1. Roberts- UG 2.Tiller- CH 3. Sarvansky- Pope 4. Griffin- Las 5. Gilbert- Cam
6. Gigolaev- PTR 7. Ilitzsky- KM 8. Crowder- NCobb 9. Bourne- NFor 10. Major- Gro 11. Malone- Cent 12. Brovant- Milt 13. Stokes- Val 14. Pittman- SFor

171 1. Chapman- PTR 2. Nabors- Cent 3. Taylor- Cam 4. Holbert- CH 5. Manson- SGwin 6. Wilson- NFor 7. Dupree- Las 8. Swartz- Pope 9 . Caputo- Mil 10. Haskins- Low
11. Zimmerman- KM 12. Abraham- Kell 13. Harris- LJ 14. Platt- NView 15. Bess- MMill

189 1. Olsen- Wal 2. Kuntz- PTR 3. Ardilla- Gray 4. Kennedy- NFor 5. Johnson- PV 6. Bennett- CH 7. Hasty- Tift 8. Dopson- Las 9. Martin- Mil 10. Griffin- Pope 11. Roberts- NGwin 12. Brooks- Mar

215 1. Walker- Las 2. Collins- CH 3. Scruggs - Val 4. Robertson- Cam 5. Farr- Pope
6. Champaign- Gray 7. Covert- Cent 8. Houston- Mari 9. Richensteiner- Eto

285 1. Mena- UG 2. Dixon- Gray 3. Delain- CH 4. Francis- Wal 5. Aiken-Phillips- Cgwin 6. Hodge- Kell 7. ORielly- Pope 8. Christopher- Las 9. Freeman- Gro 10. Joseph- Har 11. Crenshaw- Low

Red Devil Tournament Results

What a wonderfully run tournament. This field of teams was very strong and we done well as a team, especially with us missing wrestlers in two weight classes. Please congratulate the coach and wrestlers as you see them on their accomplishments this weekend.

1 Ft. Dorchester , S.C. , 260 AAAA #1 (the largest classification in s.c)
2 Union Grove 248.5 AAAAA #2
3 Eastside 236 AAA #2
4 Grayson 205.5 AAAAA #7
5 Loganville 176.5 AAAA #9
6 Ola 159.5 AAAA #4
7 Effingham County 137 AAAA #7
8 Tift County 116
9 Dublin 105 AA #6
10 Redan 89.5
11 South Gwinnett 73.5
12 SouthWest Dekalb 61.5
13 Jackson 58 AAA #4
14 Stockbridge 54.5
15 Greene County 44
16 Miller Grove 42
17 Loganville B 33
18 Westover 31
19 Sequoyah 30.5
20 Woodland 22
21 Salem 12


103 1. Hale - Log 2. McCall - Tift 3. Robinson - Ft. D 4. Gatt - Eside 5. Durfinger - Ola
6. Cox - Unatt.

112 1. Wolaver - Log (LW OW) lightweight outstanding wrestler 2. Durden - Eside
3. Metrejean - Ft. D 4. Kreis - Gson 5. Smith - Ola 6. Schreckengost - UG

119 1. Burgarin - Ft. D 2. Isburgh - Gson 3. Ulmer - Eff 4. Lazor - Ug 5. Perdue - Dub
6. Gatt - Eside

125 1. Stafford - Eside 2. Devita - Ug 3. Stone - Dub 4. Webster - Redan 5. Snyder - Log
6. Warner - SWD (inj)

130 1. Dallas - Ft. D 2. Crozier - UG 3. Green - Eside 4. Quade - Log 5. Brown - Ola
6. Cormier - SoGwi

135 1. Lazor - UG 2. Gilliam - Eff 3. Scott - Dub 4. Wilson - Ft. D 5. Bragg - Eside
6. Sorrows - Ola

140 1. Young - Ft. D 2. Bailey - Eside 3. George - Gson 4. Gamble - UG 5. Drawdy - Tift
6. Arnold - Ola

145 1. Borja - Ft. D 2. Dunster - Gson 3. Mack - Tift 4. Moultrie - Jackson
5. Newman - MGrove 6. Sorrows - Ola

152 1. White - Log 2. Rocha - Green Co 3. Hardwick - Gson 4. Macklunis - Eff
5. Malcolm - Eside 6. Dix - Red

160 1. Palmer- Eside 2. Sutton - Red 3. Herrington - Eff 4. Cowart - Ola
5. Champagne - Ft. D 6. Hall - UG

171 1. Roberts - UG 2. Washington - Eff 3. Manson - SoGwi 4. Tibbets - Tift
5. Temple - Eside 6. Flores - Ft. D

189 1. Ardilla (Best finals match) 2. Williams - Eside 3. Smith - Log 4. Hasty - Tift
5. Porter - Ft. D 6. Feltman - Ola

215 1. Carter - Dub (HW OW) heavyweight outstanding wrestler 2. Carman - Ola
3. Stewart - Ft. D 4. Sanders - MGrove 5. Aly - Jackson 6. Mays - UG

285 1. Mena - UG 2. Dixon - Gson 3. Coke - Red 4. Mudd - SoGwi 5. Brooks - SWD
6. Moody - Unatt.

The Wrestling Parent

The Wrestling Parent
Parents in wrestling are courageous -- it's true;
They feel all the pain that their boy must go through.
At home, when he diets, they wish it could stop,Yet know he must do it to stay on top.
Excuses for losing they will never endure,Don't blame the ref, son, because of the score.
The coach, he will show you the best way to move,Keep working in practice if you want to improve.
At dual meets you'll see them whispering a prayer,
As their boy must compete with no one else there.
Whatever the outcome, Mom cheers with deep pride,While Dad, you will notice, stands right by his side.
They'll drive to a tournament; many miles away,To witness a son who's prepared for this day.
Their boy, he has trained, with all of his might,Having hopes of becoming a champion tonight.
But should he fall short, in his corner you'll find,A Mother and a Father, supportive and kind.
They teach that through wrestling he'll learn about life,Yes, living is filled with both triumph and strife.
Now if you are searching for people who care,Just look by a mat, they'll always be there.
Such love for the sport is truly inherent,
That's why we salute,
The Wrestling Parent!