Waddell Finishes Freestyle 2-2
Team FYN Sports July 24, 2015Gilmer High School state champion wrestler and newly crowned Cadet All-American, Matthew Waddell has ended his journey in Fargo North Dakota at the Junior Nationals. After placing eighth at 170 in Greco Roman, Waddell finished the Freestyle competition 2-2. Waddell competed against 69 other wrestlers in Freestyle.
Waddell ended the first day of Freestyle, 2-1, in need of four more victories to secure a placing; however, the young phenom fell and is headed back to Ellijay in preparation for the upcoming school season.
Waddell’s mother, Lisa, posted this message to and about her son on the Gilmer Wrestling Facebook Page,
“Thanks to all who prayed and supported Matthew this summer. He is out of the freestyle competition with a 2-2 record. He had a great summer and is further down the road toward reaching his goals than he was when he began. He may not know it but he will be taking a break from wrestling when he arrives back to Ellijay.
That being said we are looking forward to another great season pursuing 2 more state titles for Gilmer county. All of these young men work hard, most people don’t have any idea how hard they do work and my hat is off to them and all of our coaches. The families and these wrestlers are beyond blessed to be in Ellijay as BOBCATS.”
Waddell’s placement in the Greco Roman Tournament cementing his Cadet Junior National All-American, the first in GHS history.
https://gilmer.fetchyournews.com/2015/07/21/waddell-wins-all-american-status/
Waddell Wins All-American Status
Team FYN Sports July 21, 2015Gilmer High School State Champion wrestler, Matthew Waddell, recently made All-American Status when he placed eighth out of 64 wrestlers at the 170 pounds weight class at the Junior Nationals Tournament in North Dakota. Waddell competed in the 17-19 age bracket at only 17 years old. After winning Gold and Bronze in Freestyle and Greco Roman at the Cadet Pan Am Games last month, Waddell, became the first Cadet or Junior All-American in Gilmer High School History.
Gilmer Swim Team Finishes with 12 Finalists
Team FYN Sports July 21, 2015The Gilmer County Swim Team traveled to Tifton Georgia to take part in the Rec State Swim Meet. 12 out of the 18 swimmers that qualified for the state meet made the finals, guaranteeing a top eight/medal placing.
Grace Pleasant placed the highest with a third place finish in the Girls 13-14 100 yard Freestyle, she also placed eight in Girls 13-14 50 yard Freestyle. The boys’ 9-10 4 X 100 Freestyle Relay team of Ian Berry, Law Lykins, Larz Fowler, and Kevin Willis was the highest placing relay team with a fourth place finish. Lykins also earned an individual medal with an eight place finish in the Boys 9-10 25 yard Freestyle.
Rowe Fowler placed fifth in the Girls 13-14 50 Yard Freestyle.
The Girls’ 11-12 4 X 200 Medley Relay team of Olivia Lykins, Cadence Mohon, Aniston Fowler, and Samantha Evans placed fifth. James Maxwell placed sixth in the Boys 15-18 50 yard Fly.
Lelia Farist placed seventh in the Girls 15-18 100 yard freestyle. Olvia Lykins earned a seventh place finish in the Girls 11-12 50 yard Backstroke. Ian Berry also earned a seventh place medal in the Boys 9-10 25 yard Freestyle as well as an eighth place finish in the Boys 9-10 50 yard Freestyle.
Head coach, Larry Lykin, had this to say about his team’s performance.
“The state meet in Tifton was hot, but we had great swims from all who attended. Almost everyone posted best times at the meet and of the 18 swimmers we took to the meet, 12 made the finals. Our highest individual place was 3rd and our highest relay place was 4th.”
Parks and Rec Partners With GHS
Team FYN Sports July 15, 2015Gilmer County Parks and Recreation director spearheaded a proposal to integrate the parks and recreation department sports teams with the Gilmer High School sports teams and coaches to create feeder programs for the Bobcats sports teams.
White sat down with Team FYN Sports to discuss implementing the new football feeder program and learning new GHS head football coach, Zach Grage’s, offense and defense.
White also spoke about the youth baseball program recently partaking in the state tournament.
See the full interview below.
https://youtu.be/MAYmGPfiI4o