Oglethorpe Sports
Sydnie Henderson finished ninth at the GHSA Class A Division I state cross country meet in Carrollton on Friday.
The senior multisport star finished with a time of 21:32 to help the Patriots finish 14th overall.
Elin Turner, Margarita Rodriguez-Valdez, Flor Padilla and Priscilla Salas Lopez also scored for the Patriots.
The OCHS boys cross country team was 11th behind Cory Tillman, John Adams, Ethan McLean, Rex Allen and Luke Holbrooks.
Tillman finished 27th and Adams was 29th overall.
OCHS wrestling finishes second
Paris Crowder (144 pounds) and Miles Mason (165 pounds) won their weight classes to help lead the Oglethorpe County wrestling team to a second-place finish at the Panther Scramble in Jackson County on Saturday.
Dylan Dunuway (106), Andrew Goller (113) and Kendon Brown (157) each finished third in their weight classes. September Htoo (150) and Klo Say (175) were fourth.
Lovett won the meet, which included 13 teams.
“We are still missing our football and cross country runners, but a lot of teams are at this point in the season,” first-year coach Steve Mason said. “We saw a lot of good things out of our wrestlers and a lot that needs to be corrected. We have feedback from actual matches now, so we can get to work and continue to improve.”
There are nine girls on the OCHS girls team, which competed at the Gainesville Scramble on Saturday. Mason said it’s the most amount of girls “we have ever had.”
Their results were:
- Tori Miller, fourth, experienced bracket
- Tristan Caldwell, fourth, experienced bracket
- Akira Owens, first, beginner bracket
- Emily Gregory, first, beginner bracket
- Nyah McAfee, second, beginner bracket
- Alyson Woods, second, beginner bracket
- Abby Irwin, second, beginner bracket
- Cayla Hartrum, third, beginner bracket
- Tessa Cosby, fourth, beginner bracket
“The girls competed very well,” Mason said.
OCMS wrestling wins scramble
The OCMS wrestling team won the War Eagle Scramble on Nov. 2 and finished second in its five-team pool at the Battle at the Bluffs tournament at Chestatee on Nov. 9.
The Patriots’ only loss was to Jefferson Middle School by two matches.
Sawyer Pittard, Paul Pittard, Conner Wilson, Cooper Davenport, Luke McDaniel and Zavion Swain went undefeated on Saturday, with every other wrestler on the team getting at least one win.
OCMS defeated Elbert County, West Jackson and Habersham in the pool, and East Jackson in a crossover dual.
OCMS basketball teams host games
The OCMS basketball teams start the season against George Walton on Monday, Nov. 18 and Athens Academy on Thursday, Nov. 21.
The girls games start at 4:30 p.m., followed by the boys. Admission is $5.