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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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High School Wrestling: Apalachee
Scenes from Big Red Rumble at Gainesville High
WILDCATS COMPETE IN GAINESVILLE TOURNAMENT
Apalachee High School wrestler Jackson Wadsworth tries to take down his opponent from Dacula
during the Big Red Rumble at Gainesville High School on Saturday. Due to the holiday break and some
wrestlers going to a junior varsity tournament at Jackson County, only seven Apalachee wrestlers
competed in the Gainesville event, forcing the Wildcats to forfeit several matches over the course of
the competition. Apalachee lost to Dacula, Gainesville, Lanier and Oglethorpe County, but the Wildcats
who did participate had strong performances. Wadsworth, Chance Wheeler, Corbin Lang and Preston
Marlowe went 4-0 on the day while Sam Skinner went 3-1. The Wildcats were scheduled to be back in
action today and Thursday in the Eric Hill Memorial Tournament at Loganville High School. Winder-
Barrow is also competing in the tournament. The Wildcats will compete again Dec. 28-29 at Lambert
High School. Photos by Charles Phelps
WINNER
Apalachee’s Chance Wheeler, seen here after
defeating his opponent from Dacula, went 4-0
Saturday in the Big Red Rumble at Gainesville
High School. Wheeler was one of seven Wildcats
who competed in the tournament.
Holliday continued from IB
Holliday also earned a
silver medal in the javelin
and a bronze in the discus
throw while competing in
the high jump as well.
Holliday's performance
followed a dominant
showing in July when he
won six gold medals at the
Georgia Games at Marietta
High School. He now turns
his focus to the USA Track
and Field national masters
championships, which will
be held in June, with a
chance to go to the world
championships later in the
year.
Holliday said last week
the Florida games, which
were open to competitors
from the entire world, were
more competitive than the
Georgia event. All but five
states were represented in
Clearwater.
“At 74.1 finally made it,”
Holliday said with a laugh
about his new all-Amer
ican status. “It's pretty
exciting to me. This is just
another part of my life that
I’ve fallen in love with.”
For Holliday, who set
a state pole vault record
at Wilcox Central High
School (now Wilcox
County) in 1960. earned
all-conference honors at
Wyoming, won four state
titles as a coach at Treut
len High School and two
Headmaster’s
Corner
by
Steve Cummings
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more in a quarter-century
at Winder-Barrow, it might
have been tempting for
him to settle into old age.
But that’s just not in his
competitive nature. So the
Georgia Athletic Coaches
Association hall-of-famer
began competing in the
rigorous masters competi
tions this year.
“At 74,1 didn't just want
to sit on my butt and fill
up with cholesterol,” Hol
liday said. “I got into this
to extend my life and stay
healthy.”
Holliday, who will com
pete in a national champi
onships tune-up event at
Wake Forest University in
Winston-Salem. N.C. next
month, has picked up a
steady workout routine
since reviving his ath
letic career. His regimen
includes lifting weights at
Anytime Fitness three days
a week and practicing his
field events twice a week.
“The biggest obstacle
I’m having right now is
I’m injured,” said Holliday,
who tweaked his quadri
ceps during the Florida
competition. “I see these
folks my age competing at
a high level and that stim
ulates me. I’ve been going
too fast and too hard too
early. But I’m in it to win
it and I’m going to try to
improve every day.”
Holliday says he hopes
he can be an inspiration
for people his age living in
the area to become more
physically active.
“I would encourage it
because there are a lot of
people all over the country
doing stuff like this.” he
said.
“It’s never too late. Your
body was really made to
move. A lot of elderly peo
ple will say, ‘I’m too old
for this.’ But that’s just not
true.
“Age is just a number.”
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