It was a busy and successful week for the Dawson County wrestling team.
Head Coach Arron Haynes' grapplers began the week with a Nov. 29 home match against Johnson and Monroe Area.
The week ended with a 2-day tournament at Towns County on Friday and Saturday.
The Tigers came away with two big wins over Johnson, 64-18, and Monroe Area, 48-36. With the two wins Dawson County is currently 3-1 in dual matches.
Dawson County then traveled to Towns County on Friday and Saturday for the King of the Mountain tournament. There were 16 schools that participated in the tournament.
The Tigers captured a sixth place finish after accumulating 141 team points.
Six wrestlers made it to the medal round.
James Evans finished in second place in the 126-pound weight group.
Travis Dawson, Cory Jenkins and Preston Adams captured third place medals, while Anthony Underwood and Josh Gee brought home some fourth place hardware.
Banks County won the team title with 225 points. The Leopards were followed by Lumpkin County, 197.5, narrowly finishing ahead of Cherokee, N.C. who tallied 197 points.
"The boys wrestled tough against Johnson and Monroe Area, showing lots of grit," Haynes said.
"This weekend started slow at Towns with a lot of byes and forfeits in the first round, but as the tournament progressed our boys really turned up the pace with six wrestlers making it to the medal round," he said.
"We were very excited to finish with a second, three thirds and two fourths. We had tried to make it back into the top five, but finished just outside with a sixth place finish."
In a very exciting and tough match on Tuesday the Tigers narrowly defeated the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes by a 48-36 score.
Finishing off their opponents by way of pin were: Anthony Underwood (106 pounds), James Evans (126 pounds), Coty Greer (132 pounds), Levi Pressley (145 pounds) and Evan Kells (182 pounds).
Getting valuable points by way of forfeit were: Freshmen; Justin Evans (113 pounds), Zach Guy (152 pounds) and Preston Adams (160 pounds).
The Tigers dominated Johnson in the team's second match Nov. 29.
Dawson pinned seven of its Johnson Knight opponents.
Winning by pin were: James Evans (126 pounds), Cory Jenkins (132 pounds), Zach Guy (152 pounds), Preston Adams (160 pounds), Billy Smith (170 pounds), Evan Kells (182 pounds) and Joseph Toal (195 pounds).
Justin Evans (106 pounds) and Quade Bytendorf (120 pounds) won their matches by way of forfeits.
The Tigers will travel to Blue Ridge on Saturday to participate in the Rumble on the Ridge hosted by Fannin County.
Matches will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday morning.