Home was certainly sweet for the Apalachee High School wrestling team this past weekend.
Coach Jim Stoudenmire’s Mat Wildcats’ hosted a tournament and when all the action was complete found themselves with a second-place trophy trailing only Commerce in total points.
“I was extremely proud of how our kids performed both on and off the mats,” Stoudenmire said. “We wrestled against some very strong competition and performed well, and showed a lot of class win or lose.”
A total of seven AHS grapplers took first place in their respective weight classes including Aaron Roberts (112), Austin Sheppard (125), Zak Moore (103) and Chris Hamrick (189).
Aaron Segars (135) and Cody Segars (145) were third while was Tony Hoard was fourth at 285. Sheppard was also MVP in the light weight divisions.
“We are now able to fill all our weight classes and that will make a big difference in future meets and tournaments,” Stoudenmire said. “There will be some bouncing around until everyone gets to their final weights, but when that is settled I think we will be a very strong team in both traditional and dual tournaments.”
The AHS varsity wrestling team is scheduled to compete in the West Hall Duals Monday and the Winder-Barrow High School Beef-Brady Tournament Dec. 28-29.
