The North JV showed strong in their season opener at Mill Creek with 5 medalists:
Steven Epps (112) placed second
Cody Franklin (130) placed second
Jonathan Wilson (135) placed first
Thomas McConnell (160) placed third
Cameron Bush (215) placed second
Start of the 2007-08 Season
The Bulldogs are ranked 8th in the state in the GHSA AAAAA Coach's Poll.
NHSCA Open: School's out; wrestling's still in
State champs take home national titles from summer event
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/05/07
Even during the summer months, Georgia's high school wrestling champions are making headlines.
Wesleyan's T.J. Mitchell and Matt Bridges of Cherokee both took home national titles at the NHSCA Open Wrestling Championships, held last month in Myrtle Beach. Here's how some of the state champions fared in the prestigious national event:
- T.J. Mitchell, Wesleyan: Already one of Georgia's finest and only a sophomore, Mitchell, dominated to add the 112-pound national title to his Class AA 103-pound state crown.
- Matt Bridges, Cherokee: Bridges was Class AAAA's 125-pound champion last season, and he won the 135-pound class in Myrtle Beach, including a 6-2 decision in the final against Union Grove's Jacob Vinson.
- Taylor Knapp, Collins Hill: Knapp, the 135-pound Class AAAAA titlist, won the 145-pound national title.
- Travis Sheehy, North Gwinnett: The 152-pound Class AAAAA runner-up last season, Sheehy was impressive at NHSCA, going 6-1 and finishing third.
- Michael Slaughter, West Laurens: Slaughter also finished third at NHSCA in the 125-pound weight class just five months after winning his second consecutive Georgia state championship.
- WORTH NOTING: At the NHSCA Midwest National Duals, Team Georgia finished second to perennial power Pennsylvania. The team was led by undefeated wrestlers Slaughter, Alex Maus (Kennesaw Mountain), Bridges and Damon Cadle (Cass), and one-loss wrestler and two-time Georgia state champion Justin Martin (Cass). Record Number Bulldogs Going To State
Updated 2/12/2007
February 10th, North hosted the Area 7 AAAAA State Qualifier. North went into this with a great chance of beating the previous record of ten qualifiers. The top four qualify for state.
Jonathan Wilson headlocked his way into the finals ending up with a second place finish. Jarred Biggers was dominant on the day, gaining revenge over Hollis of Collins Hill in a one sided affair. Shelton started with a tough draw of the 5 seed, but avenged his defeat to Momon of Norcross, before falling to Clayton of Collins Hill. He ended up fourth. Newman was upset in the semi finals by Anderton of Mill Creek but fought back for a third place finish. Cole came from behind to advance to the semis where he was defeated by eventual champion Knapp. After a tough defeat in the consolations, he placed fifth for the alternate spot. Michael Hagen and Taz Rogers took the comments that Peachtree had better workout partners as disrespect as they both beat their counterparts on the way to qualifying with third place finishes. Travis Sheehy dominated his way to first place. Soundly defeating Bailey from North Forsyth to the shut out tune of 11 - 0. Reffett was upset in the quarterfinals but battled back and avenged his loss with a pin in the third place match. Bradford reached the finals before being beat by eventual outstanding wrestler Smith of Collins Hill. Peachy was the surprise of the day by turning and pinning the number two seed in the quarterfinals. He ended up with a fourth place finish. White and Buffington also qualified with fourth and third place finishes. The Bulldogs led the tourney briefly but ended up in second place behind Collins Hill but ahead of rivals Central Forsyth and Peachtree Ridge.
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