Led by champions Alex Whitworth (126) and River Henry (285), the host Blue Tornado won the McCallie Wrestling Invitational Saturday with 209.5 points while runner-up Woodland finished with 193.5 points.
North Hall (166), West Laurens (155.5) and defending champion Union Grove (155) completed the top five in the 33-team field.
Woodland, who won this tourney in 2015, had the most individual champions with three in Caden McCrary (113), Kyle Gollhofer (120) and Cody Cochran (160).
OW – Union Grove’s Justin Ruffin was voted the Outstanding Wrestler for the third straight year as he won his fourth McCallie title.
Best Match – River Henry (McCallie) dec. 1-0 in the 285 pound final.
Top Seeds: Ten No.1 seeds won titles, followed by No.2 (1), No.3 (2) and No. 7 (1).
No.1 vs. No.2: seven championship finals had the top two seeds with the No.1 wrestler win six of the matches.
Championship Finals
106 – No.1 Luke Frost (Carrollton) pinned No.6 Jack Braham (McCallie), 1:40
113 – No.1 Caden McCrary (Woodland) major dec. No.2 Cade Holloway (Notre Dame), 9-1
120 – No.1 Kyle Gollhofer #1 (Woodland) pinned Hunter Noland (Dalton), 1:54
126 – No.1 Alex Whitworth (McCallie) tech fall No.3 . John McAlphin (Scottsboro), 16-0
132 – No.1 Tyler Hunt (Sonoraville) dec. No.2 Bryson Neace (Union Grove), 3-2
138 – No.1 Trevor Burdick #1 (Sonoraville) dec. No.6 Grant Speer (Notre Dame), 6-1
145 – No.3 Gabriel McDaniel (Union Grove) dec. No.1 Cole Luallen (Trion), 6-5
152 – No.1 Justin Ruffin (Union Grove) pinned No.2 Conner Smith (Hewitt-Trussville), 5:24
160 – No.1 Cody Cochran (Woodland) tech fall No.2 Walker Stephenson (Hillcrest), 17-2
170 – No.1 Barrett Blakely (Oak Mountain) dec. No.2 Kolton Clark (Scottsboro), 7-4
182 – No.3 Ben Deal (West Laurens) major dec. No.1 Dawson Satterfield (William Blount), 11-0
195 – No.7 Ian Hunt (South Forsyth) dec. No.8 Tanner Woodall (North Jackson), 6-3
220 – No.2 Ty Boeck (Soddy Daisy) dec. No.1 Tripp Breeden (Cass), 7-3
285 – No.1 River Henry (McCallie) dec. No.2 Seven Richards (Cass), 1-0
Final Standings
Champions in ( )
1. McCallie - 209.5 (2)
2. Woodland – 193.5 (3)
3. North Hall – 166
4. West Laurens – 155.5 (1)
5. Union Grove – 155 (2)
6. Sonoraville – 153 (2)
7. Soddy Daisy – 128 (1)
8. Cass – 125.5
9. Oak Mountain – 120 (1)
10. Dalton- 110
11. South Forsyth – 109.5 (1)
12. Hewitt Trussville – 106.5
13. Scottsboro- 104.5
14. Carrollton – 99 (1)
15. West Forsyth – 87
16. Lafayette – 78
17. Hillcrest – 75.5
18. Ridgeland - 72
19. Chattooga – 71
19. Heritage - 71
21. Ringgold - 67
22. Armuchee – 61.5
23. Northwest Whitfield - 59
24. Notre Dame - 58
24. Southeast Whitfield - 58
26. William Blount -53
27. Peachtree Ridge - 52
28. North Jackson - 51
29. Lambert – 50.5
30. Trion – 45
31. Red Bank – 28
32. Cane Ridge – 26.5
33. Knox. Central - 12
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