Catholic school wrestlers competed in their area tournaments Feb. 16, and many qualified to go on and compete in the state tournament at the Gwinnett Center Arena, Duluth, Feb. 21-23. Listed below are the area and state results.

AREA TOURNAMENT

Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, 1-A

Area Runner-Up:  
Clint Ford, 112 lbs. weight class
Patrick Silloway, 285 lbs. weight class

Fifth Place:  Dennis Nolte, 145 lbs. weight class

Ford and Silloway qualified for the state, and Nolte went as an alternate.

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, 5-AAA

First Place: 

Michael Parker, 125 1bs. weight class
Chad Grenda, 130 1bs. weight class
Shane Fadem, 135 1bs. weight class
Scott Buzzard, 140 1bs. weight class
Brent Osborne, 145 1bs. weight class
Matt Murphy, 160 1bs. weight class
Harris Howard, 285 1bs. weight class

Second Place: 

Michael Crupie, 103 1bs. weight class
Hank Marcacci, 152 1bs. weight class

Third Place:  Joe Longoria, 215 1bs. weight class

Fourth Place:  Spencer Chesnutt, 112 1bs. weight class

All of the above wrestlers qualified for the state tournament, and as a team Blessed Trinity finished first in the area tournament with 311.5 points.

Marist School, Atlanta, 6-AAAA

Area Champion: 

Phillip Wood, 171 1bs. weight class
Trey Nordone, 215 1bs. weight class

Second Place:

Conner Carrier, 103 1bs. weight class
Neil Shaak, 112 1bs. weight class
Sam Lagod, 145 1bs. weight class
Jeff Ducote, 189 1bs. weight class

Third Place: 

Hunter Bailey, 119 1bs. weight class
Hudson Chancy, 125 1bs. weight class

Fourth Place: 

Michael Scott, 135 1bs. weight class
Shaun Walker, 160 1bs. weight class

Fifth Place: 

Reed Muething, 130 1bs. weight class
Owen Crean, 140 1bs. weight class
Jason Ebinger, 152 1bs. weight class

All of the first through fourth place finishers qualified for the state tournament. Fifth place finishers qualified for the state as alternates. As a team Marist finished second in the area tournament with 187.0 points.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, 6-AAAA

James Durrett, 103 1bs. weight class
Andrew Ward, 125 1bs. weight class
Stephen Conklin, 171 1bs. weight class

All three wrestlers qualified for the state tournament.

STATE TOURNAMENT

Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, 1-A

Clint Ford, 112 lbs. weight class, fifth place
Patrick Silloway, 285 lbs. weight class, sixth place

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, 5-AAA

Michael Parker, 125 1bs. weight class, fifth place
Shane Fadem, 135 1bs. weight class, fourth place
Scott Buzzard, 140 1bs. weight class, state runner-up
Brent Osborne, 145 1bs. weight class, fourth place
Harris Howard, 285 1bs. weight class, fourth place

Marist School, Atlanta, 6-AAAA

Of the 10 wrestlers who qualified for the state tournament, juniors Sam Lagod (145 lbs.) and Jeff Ducote (189 lbs.), and sophomore Phillip Wood (171 lbs.) reached the final day of wrestling, but none of them placed in the top six or medal round.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, 6-AAAA

Andrew Ward – 125 1bs. weight class, sixth place