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Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 2:16 PM

BCHS grapplers win Area 3 title

BCHS grapplers win Area 3 title
Brantley County High School’s wrestling team members show off their medals and the Class A Area 3 Traditional championship trophy captured Saturday, February 1 in Hazlehurst at Jeff Davis High School. Twelve Herons qualified for this weekend’s Sectional. SPECIAL PHOTO

HAZLEHURST — Brantley County’s grappling Herons captured the 11-team Class 1A Area 3 Traditional title here Saturday at Jeff Davis High School.

BCHS’s Dallon Lowe (138 lbs.), a defending Class AA weight classification champion, and Payton Perez (175) grabbed individual titles. The two are part of 12 wrestlers who qualified for the Saturday, February 8 state Sectional B at Jeff Davis.

Finishing runners-up were Keller Stringer (106), Sawyer Grimsley (126), Jonathon Westberry (132), Rylen Smith (150) and Hayden Dearmond (190). Placing third were Rylan Benton (120), Ty Hughes (157) and Aubrey Carter (285). Posting fourth-place finishes were Caden Benton (144) and Joshua McConnell (165).

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