MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County middle school wrestling team followed up a fourth-place finish in last Saturday’s tournament in Valdosta with a 57-27 victory over Bainbridge on Tuesday at the Pineland Gymnasium.

The middle school wrestlers finished fourth out of 11 teams in last Saturday’s Viking Challenge Kickoff Classic at Lowndes Middle School and had three individual champions.

“It was productive,” Packers coach Travis Torbert said of the meet. “We finished better than we ever have as a team.”

Valdosta Middle School won the meet. Lowndes was second and Wakulla-River Springs was third.

Colquitt’s Juan DeLeon took first place in the 128-pound class, winning all three of his matches.

Vandell Gordon went 2-0 to win the 200-pound class.

And Zach Cannon won both of his matches, including one over teammate Bryce Giddens, to win the 225-pound class. Giddens went 1-1 and took a second-place finish in the tournament.

Ethan Register also went 1-1 and finished second in the 275-pound weight class.

Kenny Ashby turned in a third-place finish by winning six of seven matches.

Jacob Hall and Blake Powell had fourth place finishes. Hall went 3-2 in the 82-pound class and Powell was 5-2 in the 98-pound class.

Twelve other middle schoolers won matches in the tournament, including Jesse Goff, who was 3-2 in the 115-pound weight class.

Eight Packers went 2-2 in the tournament, including Patrick Melton, at 112; Kevin Lemire, at 115; Ronnie Caldwell, at 115; Richard Kinsey, at 128; Coleman Neal, at 122; Tay Spivey, at 155; Coty Thomas, at 105; and Sam Clements, at 105.

Going 1-2 were Jay Jones, at 145; Bowen Aguero, at 75; and Calvin Blount, at 145.

On Tuesday at the Pineland gymnasium, Colquitt County defeated Bainbridge by 30 points, but Torbert the team must continue to improve.

“We came out on top,” Torbert said. “But we’ve still got a lot of work to do.”

Getting wins by pin on Tuesday were Jacob Hall, Coty Thomas, Sam Clements, Jesse Goff, Juan DeLeon, Richard Kinsey, Zach Cannon and Ethan Register.

Getting decision victories were Anderson Glenn and Calvin Blount.

The middle school Packers will be off until Tuesday, Nov. 28, when they return to the Pineland gymnasium to meet Cook Middle School.