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!

Official Rankings for AAAAA Released Dec 16

Tift county wrestlers currently ranked:

112, 12th, Jeremy Bozeman
125, 11th, Romaz Jones
140, 6 th , Jacob Drawdy
152, 11th, Zimmie Mack
189, 9th, Justin Hasty

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

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

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

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

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

135 1. Lazor- UG 2. P Holloway- Wal 3. Moody- Low 4. Payne- Pope 5 Hillis- PV 6. Jackson- KM 7. Wainwright- Cam 8. Mangini- Gra 9. Wheeler- CH 10. Yarmuratiy- Dac 11. O'Conner- Nfor 12. Patton- NCobb

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

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

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. Mack- Tift


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

171 1. Chapman- PTR 2. Taylor- Cam 3. Holbert- CH 4. Manson- SGwin 5. Wilson- NFor 6. Swartz- Pope 7. Caputo- Mil 8. Ilitzsky- KM 9. Haskins- Low 10. Harris- LJ 11. Platt- NView 12. Bess- MMill 13. Butts- UG 14. Brovant- Mil 15. Merfert- Shi

189 1. Olsen- Wal 2. Kuntz- PTR 3. Ardilla- Gray 4. Nabors- Cent 5. Abraham- Kell 6. Kennedy- NFor 7. Johnson- PV 8. Bennett- CH 9. Hasty- Tift 10. Dobson- Las 11. Martin- Mil 12. Griffin- Pope 13. Roberts- NGwin 14. 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. Richenstein- 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. Freeman- Gro 9 . Joseph- Har 10. Christopher- Las
11. Crenshaw- Low

Takedown Booster Club Elects Officers

Parents met December 1st to organize and officially name the TCHS wrestling team booster club. The name Takedown Booster Club was unanimously accepted. Officers were then nominated and elected for the 2008-2009 season.

Head Coach: Shawn Watson
Assistant Coach: Chance Owens
President : Mark Hasty
V-Pres: Debbie Benson
Secretary: Andrea Heath
Treasurer: Janet Owens

Other topics discussed were the formation or a website or blog for information, match and tournament results, article, pictures, and videos.

The subject of acquiring a tax-exempt number (501C3) was discussed. More information was to be gathered regarding umbrella capabilities under the athletic department's number.

Use of articles currently in inventory in the Devil Pride Ride is to be requested for sale on a consignment basis during home wrestling tournaments and matches. A table will be set-up and manned by Matt Girls/Parents.

Future fundraisers were also discussed. It was suggested that one per quarter( even during off-season) will be held. Those suggested were:

1) sell T-Shirts on pre-order basis
2) sell T-shirts when hosting tournament, on a 25% split with vendor
3) entry fees(when host)
4) door receipts (when host)
5) concessions (when host)
6) raffle power tool to be donated by Lowes
7) chicken plate dinner and/or boston butt sale

It was also stressed that the sponsorships be on-going through-out the season. Mark Hasty challenged those present and all team members and parents to obtain 1 platinum and 5 of any other size sponsorship. Other benefits for the corporate level donors , such as banners at matches and enlarged fonts on the t-shirts, were discussed.

The fundraising is vital due to Coach Watson wishing to expose the team to tougher level tournaments which will match the wrestlers against more state level ranked wrestlers. Most of these are held in North Georgia Counties and require over-night accomodations, meals, entry fees, etc. New singlets, matts for the walls in the practice room, head gear, time clocks, and many other items would also benefit the team. A minimal goal figure of $6000 for the 2008-2009 was discussed, with an optimistc goal in excess of $20,000 to fund upcoming seasons is
needed.

For information on how you can be part of the Takedown club and/or to sponsor the team, contact Mark Hasty at mhasty@mchsi.com

Varsity prepares for Red Devil Classic Dec 19 & 20

TCHS Wrestiling teams is practicing hard this week in preparation for their next tournament at Loganville High School

Loganville High School
3305 Highway 78
Loganville, GA 30052
http://www.loganvillewrestling.com/index.php

This could be the toughest tournament we go to until state.

Eric Hill Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Loganville (aka..Red Devil Classic)

Starts at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, 6 mats, Saturday, wrestlebacks at 9:00 a.m., Semis at 12:00 and Finals at 5:00p.m.

Teams scheduled to participate:

Dublin AA 6

Eastside AAA 2

Effingham County AAAA 7 125,Ulmer,2 130,Smith,2

Ft. Dorchester, S.C.

Grayson AAAAA 7 several ranked

Greene County

Jackson AAA 4

Loganville AAAA 9 103, Hale, 4 119,Wolaver,6 152,White,5 171,Garcia,6 189,Smith,1

Ola AAAA 4 several ranked

Miller Grove

Redan

Salem

Sequoyah

South Gwinnett

Southwest Dekalb

Tift County

Union Grove AAAAA 2

Westover

Woodland of Henry

Effingham Rebel Tournament Dec 12 and 13

Here are the individual results from this weekend's tournament at Effingham County. Tift Co. finished in 2nd place as a team. GO DEVILS!


103, 2nd, Nathan McCall
103, 5th, house team, Nick Campbell (doesn’t count for team points)
112, 1st, Jeremy Bozeman
125, 1st, Romaze Jones
140, 2nd, Jacob Drawdy
152, 2nd, Zimmie Mack
160, 3rd, Devon Smith
171, 1st, John Tibbetts
189, 3rd, Justin Hasty
215, 6th, Clint Lawson


Please congratulate these boys when you see them on the rewards of their hard work at practice.