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You Better Believe It! We have another State Placer here at South...Second State Placer in 2 years! David Richards placed 6th at the State Tournament in Macon this past Saturday 2/15/20. His path to victory did not come easy. He defeated the Walton kid, The Brookwood kid and he also defeated the Colquitt Co County kid after being down 6 to 7 and getting a reversal with 7 seconds left in the match to win by a score 8 to 7. I am Proud of this young man. I am so elated. This kid has always believed in me and the coaching staff and he has always believed in what we are doing. He did an amazing job and went out with a bang his senior year. Please congratulate him when you see him (See Pictures Below).We are going to the State Tournament! Out of the 12 dirty dozen minus 1, Lester Jaimes who had the flu and (a for sure Top 6 State Sectional Placer)...We had 3 to make it out of the State Sectional Tournament. The following wrestlers to make it out are:1. Khalil Suhail placed 8th2. David Richards Placed 8th3. Damion Clark placed 9thSo you got half of Georgia at one and the other half of Georgia at the other in Section B. We were in Section A of the State Sectionals and the toughest out of the 2...where the number 1 Team (Camden Co.) and the number 2 team (Collins Hill) were. Also all of the other tough Gwinnett Co Teams along with South Georgia Wrestling Powers such as Colquitt Co, Loudnes Co. and Tift Co who are all pretty tough. Next Season, Our goal will be to get the entire team out of State Sectionals and to have some State Placers.We finished the Season with 28 wins and 13 losses.- We won the 2019 Comet Clash Duals Tournament
- We won the 2019 Tillery Duals Tournament
- We Finished 3rd at the Spartan Duals Tournament
South Gwinnett Qualified 12 of the 14 weight classes, and sent 5 wrestlers into the Finals at the Region Tournament on Saturday and finished in 3rd Place as a Team Closely behind Rockdale Co. who finished in 2nd place as a team. Archer Qualified 13 of the 14 weight classes and won the Region. Here are the Results and photos at the Region Tournament this past Saturday 2/1/20. Top 4 in each weight class advances to the State Sectional Wrestling Tournament.The wrestlers that placed are as follows:Wrestlers that went to the finals (finished 2nd Place)- Jaden Mitchell - 2nd Place
- Khalil Suhail - 2nd Place
- David Richards - 2nd Place
- Lester Jaimes - 2nd Place
- Damion Clark - 2nd Place
Wrestlers that placed in 3rd place- Amir Malik - 3rd Place
- Williams Sanabria - 3rd Place
- Kevin Contreras - 3rd Place
- Shakoi Lockhart - 3rd Place
- Miles Mitchell - 3rd Place
Wrestlers that placed 4th- Athin Kouassi
- Jordan Riche
These guys are all headed to the State Sectional Wrestling Tournament. At State Sectionals the Top 8 in each weight class advances to the State Tournament. This is not an easy task, but our wrestlers are very capable and they will do a fantastic job. Please congratulate the guys when you see them.We are the 2019 "Comet Clash Champions!" And You Better Believe it! Please Congratulate the Wrestling Team. They won the 2019 "Comet Clash" Wrestling Tournament here at South, which was an 8 Team Dual Tournament. The Wrestling Team defeated the following teams Berkmar 48-27 , Norcross 51-21, and Meadow Creek 60-18 to advance to the finals against Newton Co. Last Wednesday 12/11 Newton County defeated South in our home meet by 2 points. However This Time...The Comets had there line up right and were victorious and defeated Newton Decisively 42-34.
BTW I would like to give A Special Thanks to Ms. Jarrett, the "Best Principal" ever for coming out and showing her support for the Wrestling Team and all of Athletics. Here is a picture of some of the Gang!
Lester Jaimes - Finished 3rd
Jaiden Mitchell - Finished 4th
Amir Malik - Finished 4th
Cameryn Rucker - Finished 5th
Shakoi Lockhart - Finished 5th
Damion Clark - Finished 6thOn 12/7 The Wrestling Team Wrestled well and we now have 2 Bulldog Brawl Champions
Khalil Suhail Fiinshed in 1st
William Sanabria Finished in 1st
On 11/23 the wrestling team Competed in the Tillery Duals Team Dual Tournament, which was a 10 Team Dual Tournament and finished in 1st place. The finals was an Epic Match against Stone Mountain, which went down to the very last match. The Comets came out victorious winning the meet 44 -36. The Comets won 5 straight matches at the tournament. We had a lot of guys out of the Line up due to it being the Thanksgiving Break, but still enough of our good guys in the Line Up to win it. We are the 2019 Tillery Duals Champions
2018-2019 SGHS Wrestling Team
2018-2019 State Finishers




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The Wrestling Team went to the Finals at the "Comet Clash" and Finished in 2nd Place behind Lanier. This is a young team, and These Young men did a Fantastic job. They will be a great Team in the very near future!
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On Saturday 1/29/22 at the Region Traditional Tournament the Wrestling Team qualified 12 of their 14 varsity wrestlers for the State Sectional wrestling tournament. As a Team the Conets finished in 2nd Place.Results At the Region Tournament...The following Wrestlers went to the Finals and finished in Second Place:: Ian Brown, Nehemiah Walls, Dajuan Robb, Cameryn Rucker, Marcus Williams, and Samuel McDonald.Placing 3rd were; Qaz McDonald, Christopher Namatang, Brayden Hardy, and Henrique Smith.Placing 4th was William SanabriaDamion Clark Finished in First Place and is now a 2-Time Region Champ.All wrestlers mentioned will Advance to the State Sectional Wrestling Tournament, which will be at Discovery High School on 2/5/22 (See Pics)
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These young men are peaking at the right time. We have the 2021 Region Traditional Tournament this Saturday at Grayson. This is the big one and it is the State Qualifier only Top 3 in each weight class go to the State Tournament. We are going there to win it.Accomplishments this season
- Spartan Duals Champions
- Finished Runner Up (2nd Place) at our Comet Clash Duals Tournament
- Finished 3rd at the Berkmar's Gorilla Warfare Tournament
- Finished 3rd at the Walnut Grove's Warrior Rumble
- Finished 6th at the County Tournament
Dual Meet Record is: 19 wins with 6 losses -
Accomplishments so far (See Pics below):
- Finished 2nd at the Comet Clash Tournament
- 3rd at Warrior Rumble Tournament
- 3rd at Gorilla Warfare (Each Team in this tournament placed in the top 10 at the State Tournament for their classification, except for Lafayette)
- 6th Place at the Gwinnett County Tournament.
Each of these tournaments were highly competitive!Placing for the Comets at the Gwinnett Co. Tournament are as follows:- Damion - 2nd Place
- Khalil Suhail - 3rd Place
- Jordan Riche - 3rd Place
- Amir Malik - 4th Place
- Lester Jaimes - 4th Place
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Conditioning Starts September 28th -- Must have a physical and covid waiver signed prior to coming to conditioning


