Mat Bulldoggs continue to show improvement

Teammate Austin Stewart finished the tournament 3-2. He lost to the No. 2 seeded wrestler from Jefferson in the quarterfinals 4-3.

“He was making his way through the wrestlebacks when he got hit in the eye by his opponent’s elbow and it busted his eyelid open,” said Austin. “We could not get the bleeding to stop so he had on injury default. I really think he had a shot at placing in this tournament.”

The Winder-Barrow High School JV wrestling team hosted a tournament during the weekend and several wrestlers performed well.

“Overall, it was a fairly good weekend,” Austin said. “I want my kids to just go out and continue to compete and improve on the things we have worked on in practice. I saw a lot of improvement from last Tuesday to this past weekend.”

The Mat Bulldoggs will compete at the Apalachee High School Wildcat Invitational beginning Friday at 5 p.m. Action resumes Saturday at 9 a.m. The tournament will allow all wrestlers a chance to compete in nine matches.