This past Saturday, May 11th, Life University held the Freestyle and Greco Individual State tournament. Wrestlers from all over the state, ranging from 8U to high school seniors, were in attendance. Top 4 placers in each weight class automatically qualified for Fargo this summer. Let’s take a deeper look at how the kids fared this weekend.
Level Up Wrestling Center continued their dominance they displayed in the men’s brackets on the women’s side of the wrestling world too. Level Up has proven itself to be a model of excellence with 2 champions, 3 second place finishers, and 1 third place.
Wrestlers representing GA finished in 2nd place, but since they are not a club team they do not get counted toward club teams.
In second place for the actual club teams was Roundtree Wrestling Academy. Roundtree finished the day with 29 total points, coming away with 2 champs and 1 runner up.
South Georgia Athletic Club finished in 3rd place for total club points coming in with 28. SGAC had 1 champ and 2 runner ups.
Team Alpha Wrestling came home with 2 silver medals and 1 bronze. Giving them 26 total team points. Good enough for 4th place in team points.
In 5th place was a 5 team tie between 706 Wrestling, Five Star Savannah, GB Wolfpack, Lovett Wrestling, and Troup Wrestling. All 5 teams brought in 10 total team points.
You can find a more detailed look at the individual weight classes below.
Junior Girls 100 lb Weight Class: This weight class was a 2 woman best of three series. Coming out on top with winning two straight matches was Jordan Epstien of GB Wolfpack WC. Epstein beat Manoela Almeida, Level Up WC, 12-2 in the first match and 8-7 in the second.
Junior Girls 105 lb Weight Class: Kaitlin Coleman, representing GA, was the only registered participant for this weight class.
Junior Girls 110 lb Weight Class: This was a 3 woman round robin bracket.
Olivia Weiland, Roundtree WA, finished the day in 1st place going 2-0. Her closest match was a 5 point victory for her to secure her gold medal.
Jaleesa Whaley, Storm WC, finished in 2nd place going 1-1 on the day.
Katherine Panone, Level Up WC, finished in 3rd place overall.
Junior Girls 115 lb Weight Class: This was a 3 woman round robin bracket.
Artemis Eaton is one of the most dominant wrestlers in the state of Georgia, that is considering both the boys and girls. Eaton cruised into a 1st place title this weekend by destroying both of her opponents 10-0.
Alanna Garner, Level Up WC, is no slouch on the mat herself. Going 1-1 on the day and pinning her final opponent. Garner just didn’t seem to have any answers for Eaton this past weekend.
Kenzie Addis, Team Alpha Wrestling, finished the day in 3rd place overall.
Junior Girls 120 lb Weight Class: This weight class was a 4 woman round robin bracket.
Evey Hill, Troup Wrestling, went 3-0 with 3 pins. She was absolutely dominant on the day.
Ryan Lewis, representing GA, went 2-1 on the day with her only loss coming at the hands of Hill. Lewis had 2 pins on the day herself.
Esperanza Huitron, Backyard Bullies WC, wen 1-2 on the day which was good enough for 3rd place.
Serenity Evans, representing Ga, finished in 4th place.
Junior Girls 125 lb Weight Class: This weight class was a 2 woman best of 3 series bracket. Ivy Anderson, Roundtree WA, went 2-0 against Sadie Davis, SGAC, winning the first match 12-6 and the second match by pin.
Junior Girls 130 lb Weight Class: This weight class was also a 2 woman best of 3 series bracket. Both ladies in this bracket are state placers last folkstyle season. Isabella West, Five Star Savannah Wrestling, went 2-0 against Addison Braswell, SGAC, with 2 pins.
Junior Girls 135 lb Weight Class: This weight class was a 6 woman round robin bracket with state qualifiers, state placers, and a state champ.
Kori Campbell, SGAC, took 1st place with a 4-0 record earning 2 pins, 1 win, and an injury default. She looked absolutely unstoppable this weekend.
Milly Hughes, Roundtree WA, finished her day in 2nd place overall with a 3-1 record beating defending state champs and state placers along the way.
Samantha Patton, representing GA, finished her day in 3rd place with a 2-2 record. Both of her wins came by pin.
Bailey Moore, representing GA, finished her day in 4th place with a 1-3 record.
Junior Girls 140 lb Weight Class: This weight class was a 2 woman best of 3 series bracket. Both women in this weight class finished in the top 2 in folkstyle state. Elle Kaufman, Lovett WC, won the best of 3 series going 2-1 on the day. Abigail Plemons, Team Alpha Wrestling, finished in second place with a 1-2 record. Kaufman won the first match by pin, and then Plemons came back in the second match and earned a pin herself. In the third and final match Kaufman handled business and won 12-1.
Junior Girls 145 lb Weight Class: This weight class was a 3 woman round robing bracket.
Madison Cooley, representing GA, went 2-0 on the day with 2 pins. Cooley never surrendered a single point on her way to the gold medal.
Savannah Chao, Level Up WC, finished her day 1- 1 which was good enough for the silver medal.
Katelyn Hill, Morris Fitness WC, finished the day in 3rd place overall.
Junior Girls 155 lb Weight Class: This weight class was a 3 woman round robin bracket.
May Prado, Level Up WC, won this weight class but had her work cut out for her in the last match. Prado went 2-0 on the day with 1 pin and 1 win.
Ayana Fletcher, Icon Wrestling, went 1-1 on the day barely losing to Prado in the third round by 1 point.
Isabella Jones, Rush MMA, finished her day in 3rd place.
Junior Girls 170 lb Weight Class: Abigail Anderson was the only wrestler to register for this weight class.
Junior Girls 190 lb Weight Class: This weight class was a 3 woman round robin bracket.
Genevieve An, Level Up WC, finished the day in 1st place with a 2-0 record.
Terra Burse, Team Alpha Wrestling, went 1-1 on the day, which was good enough for 2nd place.
Ava Catledge, representing GA, finished this bracket in 3rd place.
Junior Girls 235 lb Weight Class: Rosali Oshodi was the only wrestler to register for this weight class.
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