(Tank Morris, Toombs County High School Senior Wrestler)

The Toombs County High School MatDawgs hit the mats last night for the first home varsity event of the 2022-23 season as they hosted 6A #11 ranked Glynn Academy and 4A #3 ranked West Laurens.

The MatDawgs beat Glynn Academy in their first matchup 48-35 going back and forth throughout the dual. A turning point in the dual seemed to be the 150 lb matchup where Agustin Cruz pulled out a thrilling pin to light a fire in the rest of the MatDawg lineup. Coach Allen said, “I was really excited for [Agustin] Cruz. He is one of the hardest workers in our practice room and showed a ton of fight in his match.” Other standouts during the dual were the two Senior leaders of the MatDawgs, Tank Morris and Wil Watts. Both came away in their Senior home opener with falls for the MatDawgs.

In their second matchup against West Laurens, the MatDawgs lost a nail-biter, 39-35. “We had some very good matches and some matches I thought we had a chance to win and didn’t”, said Coach Allen. “The nice thing is, it is November 29th and we have seen a lot of areas we can and will improve on.”

The MatDawgs have an action-packed week ahead of them as they have a crew of younger guys heading to Camden Co. for matches on Thursday and Varsity and JV will compete at the Yellow Jacket Duals and Stinger Slam at Jeff Davis High School this weekend. This is all gearing up for a highly anticipated 2nd Annual RIVALRY DUAL against Vidalia High School on December 8th at home.

Glynn Academy Dual Results:
106 – Glynn Academy def. Jahir Lopez (Fall)
113 – Glynn Academy def. Benjamin Parra (Fall)
120 – Cameron “Peanut” Spivey def. Glynn Academy (Forfeit)
126 – Glynn Academy def. Terrell Rogers (Fall)
132 – Keon Robinson def. Glynn Academy (Fall)
138 – Robert Bruce Agzigian def. Glynn Academy (Fall)
144 – Dabvn Wadley def. Glynn Academy (Fall)
150 – Agustin Cruz def. Glynn Academy (Fall)
157 – Glynn Academy def. Mike Jones (Fall)
165 – Hayden Roy def. Glynn Academy (Fall)
175 – Glynn Academy def. Gailan Wilds (Technical Fall)
190 – Tank Morris def. Glynn Academy (Fall)
215 – Wil Watts def. Glynn Academy (Fall)
285 – Brock Nobles def. Glynn Academy (Fall)

West Laurens Dual Results:
106 – Jahir Lopez def. West Laurens (Forfeit)
113 – West Laurens def. Benjamin Parra (Fall)
120 – Cameron “Peanut” Spivey def. West Laurens (Fall)
126 – West Laurens def. Terrell Rogers (Fall)
132 – Keon Robinson def. West Laurens (Decision)
138 – Robert Bruce Agzigian def. West Laurens (Decision)
144 – West Laurens def. Dabvn Wadley (Fall)
150 – West Laurens def. Agustin Cruz (Decision)
157 – West Laurens def. Mike Jones (Fall)
165 – West Laurens def. Hayden Roy (Fall)
175 – West Laurens def. Gailan Wilds (Fall)
190 – Tank Morris def. West Laurens (Tech Fall)
215 – Wil Watts def. West Laurens (Fall)                                                                                                                                                                                        285 - Brock Nobles def. West Laurens (Fall)

(Courtesy of Toombs County Athletics)