The Ware County High School basketball team of Coach Tre Hill extended its winning streak to 11 games as the Gators upset the Richmond Hill Tigers 58-56 in the quarterfinals of the Region 3-AAAAA Basketball Tournament. Ware wasn’t so lucky in the semifinals, as eventual region champion Camden County defeated the Gators. Ware then fell to Effingham to end the regular season as the number-four seed from Region 3-AAAAA and they moved into the 32-team state basketball tournament. Their first tournament game was against the always-tough Warner Robins Demons, who ended the Gators’ season.
After a big come-from-behind victory in the first round of the Region 3-AAAAA tournament, the Lady Gators of Coach Mandy Lingenfelter saw their season come to an end at the hands of the Brunswick Pirates. Playing in the second round of the tournament, the Brunswick team was too much for the Lady Gators to handle as they fell 62-48, missing the state playoffs.
A total of seven Ware County wrestlers competed in the state sectionals in February, with four qualifying for the State Traditional Championship tournament at the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia. Coach Joe Eichfeld had sophomore Brandon Foster wrestling at 113 pounds, going 1-2; junior Cole White went 2-2 at 152 pounds. Also splitting his matches (2-2) was junior Britton Jones at 195 pounds, while senior Dalton Soper (at 160 pounds) was 1-2.
For more information on Gator wrestling, click on www.warecountywrestling.com.
Coach Tony Yeomans’ baseball team got started in February with several road games before their home opener against Wayne County on March 1. Returning this year are four players named to the 3-AAAAA All-Region team last year: Zachary Strickland, Jet Thomas and Cody Grant, and Kobe Manders.
Below is the Gators’ baseball schedule for 2016:
MARCH
Tue. 1 vs. Wayne County 5:55
Tue. 8 vs. Wayne County 6:00
Thu. 10 vs. Lowndes 5:30
Sat. 12 vs. Pierce County 2:00
Mon. 14 vs. Glynn Academy 6:00
Wed. 16 vs. Glynn Academy 5:55
Fri. 18 vs. Glynn Academy 6:00
Mon. 21 vs. Coffee County 6:00
Wed. 23 vs. Coffee County 5:55
Fri. 25 vs. Coffee County 6:00
Mon. 28 vs. Brunswick 6:00
Wed. 30 vs. Brunswick 5:55
APRIL
Fri. 1 vs. Brunswick 6:00
Mon. 4 vs. Camden County 6:00
Wed. 6 vs. Camden County 5:55
Fri. 8 vs. Camden County 6:00
Mon. 11 vs. Lowndes 5:30
Thu. 14 vs. Region Tournament 4:00
DOUBLE HEADER
Fri. 15 vs. Region Tournament 6:00
“IF” game of doubleheader
Tue. 19 vs. Seeding Game 6:00
Fri. 22 vs. Seeding Game TBA
Thu. 28 vs. First Round of State Tournament
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By Rob Asbell
Gators Baseball Gets Underway
