Lumpkin County won its first-ever State Duals wrestling title, holding off defending Class 3A champion Columbus in a thriller, 34-33, on Saturday at the Lumpkin County gym.
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By Mike Smith
Feb 28, 2021
The Paint Valley Bearcats saw their season come to a close Saturday, falling to the Trimble Tomcats 65-42.
The Bearcats were within 16-12 after one quarter, but Trimble shot 11/12 from the field in the second period to pull away to a 40-23 halftime lead and never looked back.
For the game, Trimble shot 25/43 from the field for 58%- including 4/7 from the arc and 11/20 from the foul line. Paint Valley shot 18/48 for 38%- including 2/11 from the arc and 4/9 from the foul line.
Second chances on offense were huge for Trimble was big, grabbing 13 offensive rebounds out of a total of 29 for the game. Paint Valley had 19 rebounds.
GAINESVILLE Winning wrestling state championships has become the norm at North Hall High School.
But facing six-time state champion Gilmer made it more difficult than coach David Nichols and his team would have liked. As a matter of fact, the Bobcats led North Hall 27-19 late in the state title dual match at Cherokee Bluff on Saturday.
Freshman Connor Free, perhaps, was the hero, getting an unexpected pin over Gilmer’s Kellen Watts, which was dubbed as a toss-up match. He pinned Watts midway through the second period, setting up Jacob Pedraza to seal the win one match later, and the rest is history.