Woodland HS wrestlers, coaches and scorekeepers gather with the first place trophy after winning the 35th McCallie Invitational Saturday Dec. 19
photo by Leslie Nix
Highlighted by six medalists, including one champion, Woodland High School (Cartersville, Ga.) won the 35th annual McCallie Invitational Wrestling Tournament Saturday with 200.5 points, while Oak Mountain (Ala.) was second with 154.5 points.
Woodland had four in the finals as freshman Kyle Gollhofer defeated Trevor Burdick (Sonoraville HS), 8-3 for the 113 pound title.
Union Grove ((Ga.) was third with 154 points and two champions, McCallie was fourth (151.5 pts) with one champion and Lambert (Ga.) was fifth (150 pts) in the 27-team field.
“We had good individual efforts and our guys stepped up and won matches when we needed them to,” said Woodland coach and former UTC wrestler Adrian Tramutola.
Woodland was 5A state runner-up in 2015 and placed fourth at McCallie in 2014.
Championship Finals
106 – Bryson Neace (Union Grove) dec.
Gavin Nix (Woodland), 4-1
113 – Kyle Gollhofer (Woodland) def. Trevor Burdick (Sonoraville),8-3
120 – Tyler Hunt (Sonoraville) dec. Jahvar Lewis (Woodland), 4-0
126 – Charles Thurman (Heritage) dec. Davion Fairley (Union Grove), 8-3
132 – Jacob Mariakis (Ridgeland) dec. Brock Herring (McCallie), 4-2 OT
138 –Griffin Green (Ringgold) pinned Nick Voils (Carrollton), 5:32
145 – Justin Ruffin (Union Grove) pinned Hunter Quinn (Cass), 5:47)
152 – Will Britain (Cambridge) major dec. Felipe Hayes (South Forsyth), 11-0
160 – Tucker Russo (Soddy Daisy) dec. Cody Cochran (Woodland), 8-4
170 –Judah Duhm (McCallie) major dec. Coleman Reeves (Oak Mountain), 14-6
182 – Jaried Buxton (Oak Mountain) tech fall Chris Bradley (Marist), 17-1 5:35
195 – Devin Crawl (Red Bank) won be injury default over Trel Phillips (McCallie)
220 – Chris Henderson (Ridgeland) dec. Jesse Wade (Ringgold), 3-2
285 –Tanner Nance (Heritage) pinned River Henry (McCalle), 5:22
Outstanding Wrestler: 145- Justin Ruffin (Union Grove) … had three pins and a tech fall on the way to the title
Best Match: 132 – Jacob Mariakis (Ridgeland) dec. Brock Herring (McCallie), 4-2 OT
Most Falls, Least Pin Time: Spencer Cooper (Woodland) 4 falls in 7:30
Champions: Eight different schools had champions while Union Grove, Heritage and Ridgeland had two each ...
Kudos: to tournament director Tom Herring and his staff for a well run tournament ... to Meg Patton for another outstanding tournament program which lists the history of the event, with individual and team champions by year and tournament records and awards ... to the hospitality room staff for excellent food throughout the two day tournament.
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net