Trion High School’s wrestling team is poised for a strong run at repeating as state duals champion in GHSA Class A.
The Bulldogs took their first postseason step toward that goal Saturday, when they won their seventh straight area duals championship, hosting the 7-A event as they took the title.
Trion will host a sectional in the preliminary round next Saturday, Jan. 14, and face Charlton County, the No. 4 finisher in Area 2-A. Area 1 runner-up Dublin and Area 5 third-place finisher Heard County meet in the sectional’s other semifinal, and the top team out of the four will advance as one of eight programs wrestling for the state title on Jan. 21 at Trion. (The school will host the Elite Eight event regardless of whether the Bulldogs are still competing.)
Dade County was the Area 7 runner-up and will wrestle in next Saturday’s sectional at Area 1 champ East Laurens. The Wolverines will face Crawford County, the No. 3 team from Area 2, with Area 5 No. 4 finisher Mount Zion-Carroll the sectional’s other participant.
Trion is 11-1 this season, the Bulldogs’ 16th with Eric Brock as head coach, and their lone loss was to Class 2A powerhouse Rockmart, which is 21-1.