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GAINESVILLE — They weren’t looking to make any particular statement. Nevertheless, defending Class 3A State Duals wrestling champion North Hall put on an impressive display Saturday morning in the State Prelims round at the Lynn Cottrell gym. The Trojans routed both LaFayette (64-12) and Oconee County (70-12) while losing just one actual match on the mat while advancing to next week’s Class 3A State Duals. “We’re just trying to wrestle hard and keep improving. I thought we were good today,” North Hall coach David Nichols said. Despite not carrying a 106-pound wrestler this season,...

More than a dozen northeast Georgia area wrestling teams spanning all seven classifications are still alive for State Duals titles as the playoffs head to the Preliminaries, an added round for the 2021 season. The Preliminary rounds will be held at the eight No. 1 seeds in every classification. The team to come out of each of the eight quadrants will move on to next week’s State Duals meets. The State Duals, for the first time, will be held at eight different sites. (Click here to see the sites for the State Duals.) Several area programs are back once again to defend titles or build on soli...