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Sonoraville’s Trevor Burdick, Dalton’s Tyler Hunt shoot for fourth Georgia wrestling titles

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestlers set the mats — under the direction of coach Heath Eslinger — inside McKenzie Arena on Wednesday in preparation for the Southern Scuffle, the top national college wrestling tournament.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestlers set the mats — under the direction of coach Heath Eslinger — inside McKenzie Arena on Wednesday in preparation for the Southern Scuffle, the top national college wrestling tournament. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestlers set the mats — under the direction of coach Heath Eslinger — inside McKenzie Arena on Wednesday in preparation for the Southern Scuffle, the top national college wrestling tournament.

By Kevin Llewallyn 3 min read

Two area wrestlers are one step away from joining an elite club in Georgia high school wrestling.

Dalton 132-pounder Tyler Hunt in Class AAAAAA and Sonoraville 145-pounder Trevor Burdick in AAA won semifinal matches Friday at the GHSA state traditional championships in Macon. With another win Saturday, each can become a four-time state champion, a feat accomplished by just 35 wrestlers since Georgia began the traditional tournament in 1961.

Both also can complete undefeated senior seasons. Hunt, who transferred to Dalton from Sonoraville prior to this school year, has 68 wins heading into Saturday’s finals, while Burdick has 51.

Despite facing the state’s best at the Centreplex, neither Burdick nor Hunt has been challenged. Hunt has pinned each of his three opponents, while Burdick won his semifinal via second-period pin after a 15-0 technical-fall win in the quarterfinals.

Burdick will face a familiar foe in his final when he takes on Lumpkin County senior Keller Brown, whom he defeated for last year’s state title and again during a dual meet this season.