By Gary Lloyd
Area wrestling sectional tournaments are Friday and Saturday.
Hewitt-Trussville and Clay-Chalkville will be wrestling at the Class 6A, Section 3 tournament at Gardendale High School.
Other participating teams include Gadsden City, Gardendale, Hueytown, Minor, Oxford, Pell City and Shades Valley.
Pinson Valley will be wrestling Friday and Saturday at the Class 5A, Section 1 tournament at Homewood Middle School.
Pinson Valley, the back-to-back Jefferson County Tournament champions, will face off against wrestlers from Benjamin Russell, Brookwood, Center Point, Chilton County, Homewood, McAdory, Moody, Mortimer Jordan, Paul Bryant, Russell County, Shelby County and Springville. The first session will be Friday at 6 p.m. The second session will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and the final session will begin at 2:30 p.m. Saturday
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Awards will be given for the top two teams and the top four individuals. The coaches will also vote on the tournament’s most outstanding wrestler.
Admission to these tournaments is $8 per session.
Follow updates on these section tournaments at www.trackwrestling.com.
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