Saturday, January 22, 2011
For the fourth year in a row, Pope wins the Cobb County Invitational wrestling tournament.
Pope’s Greyhounds hit the grand slam Saturday, running away with the U.S. Army Cobb County Invitational title at Sprayberry High School for the fourth straight year. As a practical matter, the wrestling tournament doesn’t carry the importance that the region or state meet does, but Pope coach Jim Haskin still points to it every year. With 209.5 points, the Greyhounds won handily, outdistancing runnerup Kell (153) and No. 3 Harrison (144), despite a bad night in the finals. Marietta (125.5) and Kennesaw Mountain rounded out the top five. “I think this is one of the biggest tournaments around, maybe one of the biggest in the state,” observed Haskin, who got his first taste of the event after his family moved from Cobb to Chicago and settled …
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Greyhounds' early dominance sets the tone as both teams advance to state
Pope’s 55-17 Saturday-morning demolition of East Paulding in the Region 5-AAAA Wrestling Dual Tournament semifinals brought coach Jim Haskin to 300 dual-meet victories in his 16 seasons at the East Cobb school. But it was win No. 301, a solid 46-28 victory Saturday afternoon over highly regarded Alexander, that he really wanted for his young team. “I want this to happen for the kids,” he said not long before the Greyhounds improved their record to 25-1 by knocking off Alexander, last year’s Class-AAAA traditional champion and duals runnerup. “This is such a young group, and to win a region championship right out the gate for this young group would be awesome in the long run.” The Greyhounds followed the script perfectly, taking the drama …
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Pope downed South Paulding, 60-12.
Pope’s Greyhounds, the favorite to walk away with the Region 5AAAA Dual Tournament title on their home mats, flexed their muscles Friday, flattening South Paulding 60-12 in the first round despite a revamped lineup that featured several younger wrestlers. “I have two teams, basically,” said Pope coach Jim Haskin, “and I put three or four kids in who are backups, and all four of those kids did a fantastic job. They really wrestled well, and three of them won.” As if the Greyhounds, top-seeded in their half of the bracket, didn’t have enough advantage, their first-round bye allowed them to wait on the Spartans, who survived some early troubles to defeat Osborne 57-21 in the opening round. Fired up before its home crowd and well-rested, Pope …
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