The Oglethorpe County wrestling team has been counting down the days until Jan. 22. That’s when the Patriots will defend their Class AA state championship.
Aariana Bell scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds, and Kenzie Henderson added 14 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Oglethorpe County girls to a 56-38 victory over Westside on Tuesday night.
Oglethorpe County defeated Elbert County 78-6 to win the Area 5-AA Dual Championship at Independence Hall on Saturday.
Anne Whitehead Garner, a University of Georgia football fan since she was just 2 years old, remembers watching Charley Trippi and Frank Sinkwich take the field decades ago.
A few months ago, freshman Kenzie Henderson said her biggest goal for the basketball season was to dunk. However, her sights have shifted away from how she scores, to just scoring in general.
The Oglethorpe County wrestling team, ranked No. 1 in Class AA, won four matches in the fourth annual Doug Eberhardt Memorial duals on Saturday to move to 20-1 this season.
With several returning athletes and talented incoming freshmen, coach Tim Stoudenmire says this year’s Oglethorpe County’s wrestling team could be the school’s best group yet.