Newton County was well-represented at the South Metro Invitational last Saturday.In a pool of 24 teams, the Newton Rams and Eastside Eagles both finished inside the top seven in the team rankings for the event.Newton was the only one of the two that left with a first place finish, but both squads posted quality results in Sharpsburg.Eastside Eagles ResultsEastside took 13 wrestlers to the South Metro Invitational and over half of the team placed.As a team, the Eagles finished in sixth place.The top of the placements came from Griffin Norris, who secured second place in the 144 weight class.After an opening bye, Norris defeated Dutchtown’s Robert Darden by fall(10-2) and then beat East Coweta’s Logan Hartz by fall to advance to the final.From there, Norris was defeated via fall by Newnan’s Aiden Tories(2-9).The Eagles earned a pair of third place finishes from Alvin Cole and Gray Parker.Parker wrestled in the 106 weight class and advanced to the quarterfinals after a pair of byes.Against Newnan’s Kai Gronberg, Parker lost via fall(4-9), which sent him into the other part of the bracket to compete for third place.From there, Parker beat Locust Grove’s William Wise via 11-3 decision before he avenged his loss to Gronberg to earn third place.Cole wrestled heavier in the 165 weight class and started his day with a bye before he defeated Putnam County’s Kole Wheat by fall(13-4). In the quarterfinal, Cole was defeated by East Coweta’s Deonta McIntosh via 5-11 decision.With his back against the wall, Cole grabbed back-to-back wins to earn a spot on the third place match. There, Cole defeated Eagles Landing Christian Academy’s Rush Phelps via fall to grab third place.Cadieu Dunlap and Naszier Craft earned fourth place finishes for the Eagles.Craft competed in the 150 weight class and started with a bye before he defeated Pike County’s Joshua Moon via technical fall(22-7).Craft then lost to East Coweta’s Ben Thrailkill via fall(0-3), which sent the Eagle to the third place bracket.Back-to-back wins via fall followed for Craft as he earned his way into the third place match before he fell to Etowah’s Ryder Chumley.In the 190 bracket, Dunlap started with a streak of wins.Dunlap first defeated Newton’s Zaky Rowe via 14-9 decision before he beat Putnam County’s Bryson Brown in a technical fall(17-2).In the semi-final, Dunlap fell to Woodward Academy’s Chandler Bell via 5-4 decision.Dunlap defeated Locust Grove’s Preston Childs in the third place bracket, but ultimately fell to Newnam’s N.