Heritage’s Charles Thurman, right, tries to pin Brentwood Academy’s Justin Becci during a 120-pound match at last season’s McCallie Invitational. Heritage will be among 16 teams competing for the Class AAAA title today when the GHSA’s state duals begin at the Centreplex in Macon.TRION, Ga. – There’s a hard reality surrounding the GHSA state duals, and try as they might, coaches and wrestlers can’t ignore it.
Barring monumental upsets, the four northwest Georgia programs competing at the Macon Centreplex today through Saturday face a nearly impossible path to winning a state championship.
Such is the state of the sport in Georgia, where a handful of powerhouses are such prohibitive favorites that even Vegas – if it were allowed – wouldn’t touch the action.
“It’s tough,” Trion coach Eric Brock said. “We’re going against a Goliath if we make it out of the first round. That’s just the reality.”
Brock’s Bulldogs are one of the top teams in Class A. They have lost only one dual this season and have beaten other top programs such as Gilmer, Ringgold and Calhoun. Unfortunately, Trion’s lone loss came Saturday at the Area 3-A duals, 40-28 to Mt. Zion-Carroll.