Trion, on the strength of a pair of individual champions, finished as the runner-up team in Class A as that classification and AA wrapped up competition late Wednesday night at the GHSA traditional state tournaments in Macon.
The Bulldogs, who were in third place entering the championship and consolation finals rounds in their bid to repeat as state champions, finished with 205 points – well behind champion Mount Pisgah Christian’s 256.
Trion’s Logan Eller at 160 pounds and Zach Sharp at 195 won titles, and the Bulldogs got second-place finishes from Seth Huskins (120) and Brantley Willbanks (220), with Bryce James (132) third and Daegan Vaughn (113) fourth.
Eller earned his title with a first-period pin of Eagles Landing Christian Academy’s Colton Hardeman, while Sharp pinned Commerce’s Sammy Brown late in the second period.
In Class AA, Dade County finished seventh with 126.5 points, led by 182-pound champion Cody Williams, who pinned Vidalia’s Dawson Campbell in the second period. Landon Williams (195) was an individual runner-up, with Zac Smith (152) placing fourth.