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High school wrestling: Chestatee, Flowery Branch qualify eight for state championships
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Saturday proved to be a historic day for two Hall County wrestling teams, as Chestatee and Flowery Branch set school records by each qualifying eight wrestlers for state at their sectionals meet. Chestatee, the Area 8-AAAA and Hall County champion this season, visited West Laurens High in Dexter for the Class AAAA state sectionals, with Bart Velasquez (113 pounds) finishing second, Christian Zapatero (126) placing third, Jose Reyes-Lavallee (106) and Tommy McCormack (160) taking fourth, Zach Cheshire (132) finishing fifth. Cody Humphries (170) and Grayson Entrekin (195) each placed sixth for Chestatee, and Austin Donaldson (120) earned seventh to advance to state.
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