Payne wins second consecutive state title

  • Knox Payne (pictured third from left) claimed back-to-back state championships at the Georgia Wrestling State Championship on March 3 in Perry, Ga.
    Knox Payne (pictured third from left) claimed back-to-back state championships at the Georgia Wrestling State Championship on March 3 in Perry, Ga.

    Eight-year-old Hartwell native, Knox Payne, captures back-to-back state championships at the Georgia Wrestling State Championship in Perry, Ga. on March 3.

    Payne began wrestling at the age of six and iā€¦