The Pope wrestling team repeated as Region 7 champions on Saturday and had 11 wrestlers qualify individually for the Georgia Class 6A sectional meet next weekend.
The Greyhounds tallied 211 points to 176.5 for runner-up Cambridge. Seven Pope wrestlers also won their weight classes: Jacob Robinson (106), Derek Robinson (113), Max Druhot (120), Alex Hearn (126), Troy Gable (145), Andrew Barner (152) and Chris Sheahan (195)
Walton also advanced 11 wrestlers to the Class 7A sectionals after finishing second to Cherokee in the Region 7 meet.
The Raiders had 155 points, and four wrestlers claimed individual titles, including Caden Canzano at 106, Nate Hardy at 132, Cole Hixon at 195 and Jonathan Chesser at 220.
Lassiter was third in the same region meet with 128 points. R.J. Weston and Dave Panone won individual regional titles, and nine other Trojans qualified for sectionals.
Sprayberry was 4th in the Region 6 meet in Class 6A and qualified five wrestlers for sectionals.
Wheeler also qualified six wrestlers for the Class 7A sectionals.
In Region 7 of Class 5A, Kell finished second to Woodland.
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