High school notebook: Wrestling area meets this weekend

GHSA traditional wrestling area tournaments will take place Friday and Saturday throughout the state.

Locally, Veterans and West Laurens are hosting tournaments in Class AAAA, Southwest is hosting a tournament in Class AAA, Jeff Davis is hosting in Class AA and FPD is hosting in Class A.

The top four finishers in each weight class qualify for sectional competition, slated for Feb. 5-6. The state meet is scheduled for Feb. 11-13 at Infinite Energy Arena, formerly known as the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

Meet directors and coaches are asked to report results -- or send a link to the results -- to sports@macon.com as soon as the results are available. When reporting results, provide a list of all first-place finishers from the meet from all schools competing.

-- Ron Seibel

MOUNT DE SALES SWIMMER QUALIFIES

Mount de Sales had its first swimmer qualify for the GHSA championship meet since its return to the association when Sean McMahon posted a qualifying time in the 200-yard individual medley at the Central Georgia Championships.

The GHSA meet is Feb. 5-6 at Georgia Tech. The field is set through meet times posted throughout the season.

-- Telegraph Staff

HANCOCK CENTRAL TAKES NO. 1

Thanks to Treutlen's 66-51 loss last week to Calhoun County, Hancock Central is the new No. 1 team in the Score Atlanta boys Class A public school basketball poll.

Treutlen dropped from first to third, with Wilkinson County slipping into No. 2.

Taylor County's girls are No. 2 in Class A public girls.

Seven other boys teams are ranked with Warner Robins at No. 8 in Class AAAAA and Upson-Lee No. 7 in Class AAAA. Central remained at No. 6 in Class AAA,

Crawford County's boys moved past Vidalia in Class AA to No. 3, while the Indians fell two spots to fifth, with Dublin improving two positions to No. 7. Stratford stayed at No. 8 in Class A boys private.

Warner Robins and Veterans girls stayed put at No. 7 in their respective classes, Class AAAAA for Warner Robins and Class AAAA for Veterans. And Peach County remains at No. 10 in Class AAA.

Putnam County jumped four spots to fifth in Class AA, just ahead of Jeff Davis. Bleckley County and Vidalia both fell two slots, to No. 7 and No. 9.

Stratford and Tattnall Square remained at 4-5 in Class A private girls, while Wheeler County is No. 7 and Wilcox County No. 9 in Class A public girls.

-- Michael A. Lough

GISA COMPETITION

The GISA swimming championships will be decided Saturday at Georgia Tech. Southland's boys and Frederica's girls won last year's competition. Also, GISA region wrestling meets are scheduled for Friday.

-- Ron Seibel