Excerpted from the Thursday, January 16, 2003, Times - Courier, of Gilmer County:
Middle school wrestlers conclude season
by Gilmer Middle School
Special to the Times-Courier
Fourteen GMS wrestlers placed in the tournament. Place winners were as follows:
- First place — Ricky Blankenship, Dale Becker, David Snider, and Josh Snider.
- Second place — Steven Farist, Lewis Hensley, Nick Jennings, and T.G. Bond.
- Third place — Michael Fox, and Mason Mann.
- Fourth place — Daniel Laukka, Mickey Mooney, Brad Johnson, and David Riddle.
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Blankenship and Becker made up for their lack of size with ferocious attacks throughout the tournament. Blankenship dominated his weight class in the tournament and Becker snatched his second championship in his first year of wrestling.
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