The Westside Middle School wrestling team defended both the North Georgia Middle School Athletic League duals and traditional wrestling championships this year at Eastbrook Middle School. This makes the fifth year in a row Westside has captured the duals title and third year in a row to capture the traditional title.
In December, the Westside Rockets defended their duals tournament title as the No. 1 seed after an undefeated season in the North Georgia Middle School Athletic League. The league consists of schools from Murray County and Whitfield County school districts.
In the first round, Westside beat the fourth-seeded North Whitfield Pioneers 72-18 to advance to the championship. In the finals, the Rockets defeated No. 2 seed Valley Point Green Waves 61-21.
The traditional wrestling tournament was also held at Eastbrook. The Rockets won the traditional championship after winning five individual championships. The Valley Point Greenwaves went on to take home the runner up trophy.
Several Westside Rockets brought home individual championships at the traditional meet:
Braden Flowers won in the 73-pound weight class, Mathew Ledford was victorious in the 124-pound class, Trent Powers (141-pound), Trent Hartman (155-pound) and Jaiden Lowery (276-pound) all won individual titles.
Second-place Westside finishers were Ethan Grooms, Ryan Elsberry, Carter Tran, Weston Densmore, Rylan Cassell and Gunner Quarles. Aiden Moss and Asher Pierce were third-place finishers and Bentley Grant and Cash Pippin finished fourth in their weight classes.