2008 NC high school wrestling championship results
February 23rd, 2008 Posted in high school wrestling, NCHSAA
Butler wrestling photo from earlier this year (Butler finished 4th in the 4-A team standings)
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After over 1000 matches over two days, 42 wrestlers remained standing as champions of their weight class in their NCHSAA classification (see full list below).
Cary wrestlers took home five of the individual state titles, leading the Imps to their fourth consecutive 4-A team tournament championship, and fifth in the past six years. Chapel Hill was second and Davie County third. Chris Townsend of South Caldwell, the 135-pound state champion, was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the 4-A championship.
Winston-Salem Parkland wrestlers were dominant in defending their crown, winning five individual championships, and racking up 269.5 total points to win their second consecutive 3-A team championship. No other team had ever passed the 200-point marker. Eden Morehead and High Point Andrews finished second and third, respectively. Marcus Blue of TW Andrews, the state champion at 152 pounds, earned the Most Outstanding Wrestler award for the tournament.
Orange claimed the combined 1-A/2-A team tournament championship, beating out a tough field that included Newton-Conover (second place; the 2-A dual team champions), and defending champion Mount Pleasant (third place). Jonathan Burns of Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons, won the state crown at 145 pounds, was selected the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the classification.
The 2008 wrestling championships were full of great stories including Rosewood’s Olivia Neal, the first female wrestler ever to qualify for the state tournament. Neal won two matches, adding to over 100 career wrestling victories in her high school wrestling career.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2008 STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lawrence Joel Veteran Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem
Championship Finals
4-A Classification
103–Benjamin Creed (Cary) d. David Tran (Sanderson) 4-3; 112–Dominic Parisi (Robinson) m.d. Tom Puckett (Butler) 11-0; 119–Tyrone Eatmon
(Riverside) d. Ian Coggin (Chapel Hill) 3-0; 125–Corey Mock (Chapel Hill) m.d. Daniel Pipkin (West Johnston) 9-1; 130–Lawrence White (Cary) d. John Wagner (Laney) 6-2; 135–Chris Townsend (South Caldwell) d. Jacob Earp
(Watauga) 7-5; 140–Justin Koren (Cary) p. Jamal Williams (Millbrook) 1:08; 145–Brendon Parker-risk (Cary) p. Savva Kostis (Watauga) 4:17; 152–Nick Gregoris (Chapel Hill) d. Gabe Brotzman (Cary) 11-5; 160–Travis Puckett
(Butler) d. Evan Baker (Scotland) 11-4; 171–Anthony Rogers (Knightdale) m.d. Alex Timmons (Riverside) 10-2; 189–Anthony Clinton (Mount Tabor) d.
Denison Paiva (East Mecklenburg) 5-1; 215–James Dela Riva (Alexander
Central) d. Nathan Stanford (Hopewell) 3-1; 285–Eloheim Palma (Cary) d.
Tyler Shatley (East Burke) 8-3
3-A Classification
103–Timdarius Thurston (T W Andrews) d. Joe Deangelo (Southern Alamance) 8-5; 112–Juan Stimpson (Parkland) d. Patrick Nelms (Piedmont) 8-3; 119–Timothy Thurston (T W Andrews) d. Jarren Cooper (Parkland) 7-3; 125–Dylan Cala (South Point) d. Daniel Ownbey (Enka) 5-4; 130–Jacob Creed
(Ragsdale) d. Luis Ramos (Parkland) 4-1; 135–Bobby Shanor (Morehead) d.
Luis Camacho (Parkland) 6-5; 140–Lane Wilmoth (Parkland) d. Michael Cresenzo (Morehead) 6-3; 145–Lanard Oglesby (Parkland) p. Alex Winn
(Morehead) 5:02; 152–Marcus Blue (T W Andrews) d. Mike Williams (Southern
Lee) 3-1 (OT); 160–Greg Gainey (Parkland) d. Victor Cresenzo (Morehead) 2-0; 171–Teague Little (Parkland) d. Ben Lord (Southwest Guilford) 9-5; 189–Alex Skonieczny (Northwest Cabarrus) p. Nick Davila (Glenn) 1:58; 215–Christian Mclean (Southwest Guilford) p. Jared Seate (Olympic) 5:36; 285–Micah Stanfield (Morehead) m.d. Charlie Millea (Havelock) 11-3
2-A / 1-A Classification
103–Justin Jones (North Surry) d. John Bention (Monroe) 10-4; 112–Weston Haney (Robbinsville) d. Eric Evanger (Brevard) 4-0; 119–Dakota Holt (McMichael ) d. Chris Johnson (Orange ) 3-1; 125–Antoine Brown (Shelby) d.
Keith Hulin (South Davidson ) 7-5; 130–Jose Sanchez (Mount Pleasant) d.
Johnathan Hensley (Avery County) 6-2; 135–Cody Sayers (Central Davidson ) d. Nick Albertson (Mount Pleasant) 2-0; 140–Chad Allen (Lejeune) d. Daniel Hopper (McMichael ) 14-11; 145–Jonathan Burns (Cardinal Gibbons ) p. Shawn Swing (West Davidson ) 0:43; 152–Nicholas Walters (Orange ) d. William Graves (Southern Guilford ) 6-5; 160–Will Mowery (Salisbury ) d. Jamar Jackson (Orange ) 2-0; 171–Christian Harris (Forbush) d. Jed Martin (Surry
Central) 9-3; 189–Vincent Beam (Wilkes Central) d. Corey Smith (Tarboro) 4-3; 215–Andrew Reinhardt (Newton Conover) d. Chandler Turpin
(Robbinsville) 1-0; 285–Jarin Spradley (Mount Pleasant) d. Jacob Lewis (South Stokes) 10-8
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