The mighty Tiger wrestling team is continuing its strong season and piled up wins over Stephens County and Hart County last week just before taking a third place finish in the Viking Invitational tournament held at Soperton on December 16-17.

Of 16 total wins against Stephens and Hart, all but five were by pin, one was by forfeit, and the rest were by decidedly impressive, one-sided scores.

At Soperton, among 16 teams, the Tigers had two individual first place finishes, two second place finishes, a third, and two fourths. In his last hurrah before surgery and the forfeiture of the rest of his season, Casey Nickels went 7-0 in the tournament as did Mathew Young in the 160 weight class. Tyson Gilland and Nick Gorsuch both came in a 6-1 for the outing. December 13 at Hart County Washington-Wilkes defeated

Stephens County, 50-24 112 – John Lovvorn by pin 119 – Josh Cosby by forfeit 125 —Tyson Gilland by forfeit 135 – DJ Willis by pin 140 — Brad Gibson by pin 145 — Nick Gorsuch, 16-0 215 – Casey Nickels, 13-7 275 — Gaynor Hardy by pin

Washington-Wilkes defeated

Hart County, 50-23 112 – John Lovvorn, 17-1 125 — Tyson Gilland by pin 130 – DJ Willis by pin 135 – Dywane Hampton by pin 140 – Brad Gibson by pin 145 – Nick Gorsuch, 9-2 160 – Mathew Young by pin

215 – Casey Nickels by pin

JV MATCHES – Tyler Brown had 2 wins; Evan Harrison, Josh McTier, Chris Dean, Quarica Smith, 1 win.

MIDDLE SCHOOL – James McAvoy had 2 wins; Derrick Ferris and Chad Cordell, 1 win.

December 16-17 Viking Invitational, Soperton

Washington-Wilkes finished

Third out of 16 teams First Place:

160 – Mathew Young, 7 wins, 0 losses

215 – Casey Nickels, 7-0 Second Place:

125 – Tyson Gilland, 6-1

145 – Nick Gorsuch, 6-1. Third Place:

112 – John Lovvorn, 5-2 Fourth Place:

130 – DJ Willis, 4-3

152 – Trey McCants was 4-1.

Washington-Wilkes travels to Columbus December 28 and 29 to compete in the Pacelli Christmas Tournament.