Lakeside wins wrestling title
Lakeside won its fourth consecutive region traditional wrestling championship Feb. 5 at Jones County.
The Lakeside High School wrestling team defeated Effingham County and Jones County on the mat to win the region title. Eleven members of the team competed in the state championship.
Photo by Jim Blaylock
The Panthers beat Effingham County and Jones County, which finished second and third, respectively.
Lakeside also qualified 11 wrestlers for state in 14 weight classes. The Panthers don't have a 112-pound or 275-pound wrestler so they went 11 for 12 in the region tournament.
The following wrestlers qualified for the state meet in Rome, Ga., which was to be held Saturday:
103 - Dennis Miller, Lakeside (1st place), Omba Kipuke, Greenbrier (3); 119 - Garrett Testa, Lakeside (1), Jake England, Greenbrier (4); 125 - Alex Lochern, Evans (1), Brandon Golden, Lakeside (4); 130 - Tim Mitchem, Lakeside (1); 135 - Phillip Vrana, Lakeside (2), Tim Smith, Greenbrier (4); 140 - Joe Brejda, Lakeside (2); 145 - Mike Ingham, Lakeside (1), Cole Spoon, Greenbrier (3); 152 - Rhett Carter, Lakeside (2); 160 - Kyle Hill, Lakeside (2), Nathan Beene, Greenbrier (4); 171 - Josh Lewer, Greenbrier (4); 189 - Tyler Dart, Lakeside (2); 215 - Donovan Lowe, Lakeside (2), Rick Stahman, Greenbrier (3); 275 - Jay Adkins, Greenbrier (1).