NCWrestling, etc

Here are some stats for you:  There are 267,378 h.s. wrestlers in the US, ranking the sport #6 among boys nationwide.  This # has increased for 5 straight years.  There are 10,311 h.s. teams.
 
For those of you in N.C., here are two good opportunities to see a college match:
1)  On February 13 NC State will host Virginia at 11:00 and then Virginia Tech at 1:00 at Reynolds Coliseum on campus.  They usually don't charge admission, so you get two for the price of none!  Hopefully NCAA champ Darion Caldwell will be in the line-up for State.  He's really something to watch.
2)  State will host the ACC Tournament on March 6th.
 
  I was interviewed recently by Scott Casber of Intermatwrestle.com/TakedownRadio.com regarding my novel and the importance of the sport of wrestling. It's available at either website.  Apparently it will also play on about 20 radio stations in places like Iowa where there's enough people who want to listen to a wrestling radio show. 
 
Milt Sherma

2009-2010 Preseason Pick of The Best Wrestlers and Teams in North Carolina

Best teams

1A-Topsail
2A-Newton-Conover, West Lincoln
3A-St. Stephens, Orange High School, JM Robinson
4A-Cary/Winston Salem Parkland

Cary has won the last five 4A State Tournaments and 9 of 10 Dual or Individual tourneys dating back to 2005. Formerly (3A) Parkland has won the last six in a row (Duals and Individuals) dating back to 2007. Parkland will in the 4A this year as the State divisions have been shakened up setting the table for quite a match up if both teams stay on course...Parkland has a 133 match winning streak headed into the season...

Best wrestlers:  No special order...

Seniors:

Dom Parisi JM Robinson
Matt Colvard Cary-Nationally ranked, 7th NHSCA
Tyrone Eatmon Riverside 2X State Champ
Kyle Narbaurgh Jack Britt


Juniors:

Ben Creed Cary 2X State Champ
Dylan Cala Southpoint
Matt Cusack Davie County
Harrison Honeycutt Lake Norman
Ray Farnsworth St. Stephens

Sophmore:

Matt Williams Cardinal Gibbons
CJ Cablonski Curritack
Garrison White, JM Robinson

Freshman:  TBD

Best Team

Cary/Parkland

Best Wrestler

Tyrone Eatmon Riverside
Palma Named All-American, First Team by two groups!!!

Along with being named on Wrestling USA's Dream Team in it's latest issue, Eloheim Palma may have cemented his claim to the most ever accolades of any NC wrestler by being named the heavyweight for ASICS 1st Team All-American Team...SEE BELOW:

The short list of Eloheim's recent awards and accomplishments:

Ranked #1 by all publications
Winner of the Dapper Dan
Winner of Senior Nationals, has defeated or finished ahead of 4 top ranked heavy's including asics #2, #4,#6, #8.
Named Nations Junior Schalles award winner by Win Magazine
Named to Asics All-American team 1st Team
Named to Wrestling USA Magazine's "Dream Team" (1st Team)
"Faces of the Crowd" in Sports Illustrated, May 11th issue

http://themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=20392
Taylor named to ASICS All-America First Team for third time; Stieber also repeats

Rob Sherrill Center Mat Press
05/26/2009

First Team

103 - Nick Brascetta, So, Graham HS, St. Paris, OH
112 - Devin Carter, Jr, Christiansburg HS, Christiansburg, VA
119 - Jamie Clark, Jr, St. Edward HS, Lakewood, OH
125 - Logan Stieber*, Jr, Monroeville HS, Monroeville, OH
130 - Chris Villalonga, Jr, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ
135 - David Taylor*, Sr, Graham HS, St. Paris, OH
140 - Andrew Alton, Jr, Central Mountain HS, Mill Hall, PA
145 - Dylan Alton, Jr, Central Mountain HS, Mill Hall, PA
152 - Marshall Peppelman, Jr, Central Dauphin HS, Harrisburg, PA
160 - Jake Kemerer, Sr, Hempfield HS, Greensburg, PA
171 - Edward Ruth, Sr, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ
189 - Chris Perry, Sr, Stillwater HS, Stillwater, OK
215 - Tony Nelson, Sr, Cambridge-Isanti HS, Cambridge, MN
285 - Eloheim Palma, Sr Cary HS, Cary, NC

Four-time state champion David Taylor (135) of St. Paris (Ohio) Graham High was named to the First Team for the third consecutive year and junior Logan Stieber (125) of Monroeville (Ohio) High also earned a repeat selection to the 14-member First Team as the 24th annual ASICS All-America Wrestling Team was announced today.

The ASICS All-America Team, selected by a nationwide panel of wrestling experts, is the only national all-star team for which wrestlers enrolled in all four high-school grades are eligible. ASICS is a title sponsor of the ASICS Vaughan USA Wrestling Fargo Junior National Championships and is a major benefactor of the sport at all levels.

“This team represents the best of the best in our schools today,” said Neil Duncan and Nick Gallo of ASICS and TW Promotions, Inc. “We are proud to have these young men, with their talent and work ethic, representing us. They are clearly the World and Olympic champions of the future.”

Members of the First Team, as well as the ASICS Wrestler of the Year, will be honored prior to the finals of the ASICS Vaughan USA Wrestling Junior National Freestyle Championships in July at Fargo, N.D.

The ASICS All-America Team includes eight wrestlers at each of the 14 high school weight classes – the First, Second, and Third Teams and five Honorable Mention selections. Wrestlers are considered at the weight class at which they competed in their state tournament or the National Prep Championships this year.

This year’s First Team includes a record eight underclassmen – seven juniors and one sophomore. Stieber, a three-time Ohio Division 3 state champion, could join Taylor as a three-time First Team member next member.

Also named were two-time National Prep champion Chris Villalonga (130) of Blairstown Township (N.J.) Blair Academy, whose senior teammate, National Prep champion Edward Ruth, also was named to the team at 171; two-time state champions Devin Carter (112) of Christiansburg (Va.) High, Jamie Clark (119) of Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward High, Dylan Alton (145) of Mill Hall (Pa.) Central Mountain High and Marshall Peppelman (152) of Harrisburg (Pa.) Central Dauphin High; Andrew Alton (140), twin brother of Dylan, who won his first state title this year; and sophomore state champion Nick Brascetta (103) of Graham.

Chris Perry (189) of Stillwater (Okla.) High joined Taylor as four-time state champions on the First Team. Seniors Jake Kemerer (160) of Greensburg (Pa.) Hempfield High 2X Champ and Eloheim Palma (285) of Cary (N.C.) High (State Champion 3X) and Tony Nelson (215) of Cambridge (Minn.) Cambridge-Isanti High won his first state title this year.

Blair Academy led all schools with seven overall selections, including two First Team and two Third Team selections. Graham and Central Mountain had two First Team members each, and Graham was second to Blair Academy with four overall selections. Monroeville had three selections. Seven other schools had two: Central Dauphin, St. Edward, Eureka (Mo.) High, Perry (Okla.) High, Rio Rancho (N.M.) and Troy (N.Y.) LaSalle Institute each had two wrestlers selected. The team also includes three brother combinations. In addition to the Altons, Logan Stieber was joined by sophomore brother Hunter (119), along with senior twins Nick (152) and Matt Lester (160) of Eureka.

The 14 First Team members combined to post 29 state high school or National Prep championships, along with six Junior National and six Cadet National titles. The Second and Third Teams rival the First Team. The Second Team combined for 36 state or National Prep titles, including a five-time champion, two four-time champions and three three-time champions, to go with three Junior National and seven Cadet National titles. The Third Team boasts 24 combined state titles, two Junior National and three Cadet National crowns.

Pennsylvania and Ohio each had four First Team selections. Pennsylvania placed 19 wrestlers on the squad, including eight on the top three teams. Ohio’s 10 top-three selections topped all states, and Ohio and New Jersey each had 14 overall selections. New York was next with eight selections, followed by California (seven), Missouri (six), Oklahoma (five) and Illinois (four). The 112 wrestlers selected come from 29 states.

First Team

103 - Nick Brascetta, So, Graham HS, St. Paris, OH
112 - Devin Carter, Jr, Christiansburg HS, Christiansburg, VA
119 - Jamie Clark, Jr, St. Edward HS, Lakewood, OH
125 - Logan Stieber*, Jr, Monroeville HS, Monroeville, OH
130 - Chris Villalonga, Jr, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ
135 - David Taylor*, Sr, Graham HS, St. Paris, OH
140 - Andrew Alton, Jr, Central Mountain HS, Mill Hall, PA
145 - Dylan Alton, Jr, Central Mountain HS, Mill Hall, PA
152 - Marshall Peppelman, Jr, Central Dauphin HS, Harrisburg, PA
160 - Jake Kemerer, Sr, Hempfield HS, Greensburg, PA
171 - Edward Ruth, Sr, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ
189 - Chris Perry, Sr, Stillwater HS, Stillwater, OK
215 - Tony Nelson, Sr, Cambridge-Isanti HS, Cambridge, MN
285 - Eloheim Palma, Sr Cary HS, Cary, NC

Second Team

103 - Alex Cisneros, Fr, Selma HS, Selma, CA
112 - Ryak Finch, Jr, Safford HS, Safford, AZ
119 - Shane Young, Sr, Penn-Trafford HS, Harrison City, PA
125 - Sam White, Sr, Perry HS, Massillon, OH
130 - Louis Trujillo, Jr, Rio Rancho HS, Rio Rancho, NM
135 - Eric Grajales*, Sr, Brandon HS, Brandon, FL
140 - Collin Palmer*, Sr, St. Edward HS, Lakewood, OH
145 - R.J. Pena, Sr, Sprague HS, Salem, OR
152 - Brock Gutches, Sr, Crater HS, Central Point, OR
160 - Matt Lester, Sr, Eureka HS, Eureka, MO
171 - Chris Phillips, So, Monroeville HS, Monroeville, OH
189 - Andrew Campolattano, So, Bound Brook HS, Bound Brook, NJ
215 - Glenn Carson, Sr, Southern HS, Manahawkin, NJ
285 - Roger McCovey, Sr, Del Norte HS, Crescent City, CA

Third Team

103 - Mark Grey, Fr, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ
112 - Evan Silver, So, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ
119 - David Klingsheim, Sr, Liberty HS, Brentwood, CA
125 - Tony Ramos, Sr, Glenbard North HS, Carol Stream, IL
130 - Felipe Martinez, Fr, Graham HS, St. Paris, OH
135 - Josh Kindig, Jr, Blue Mountain HS, Schuylkill Haven, PA
140 - Kyle Dake, Sr, Lansing HS, Lansing, NY
145 - Joey Napoli, Sr, Cumberland Val. HS, Mechanicsburg, PA
152 - Nick Lester, Sr, Eureka HS, Eureka, MO
160 - Zach Toal, Sr, Troy Christian HS, Troy, OH
171 - Ethan Lofthouse, Sr, Mountain Crest HS, Hyrum, UT
189 - Jonathan Fausey, Sr, Line Mountain HS, Herndon, PA
215 - Orlando Scales, Sr, Elder HS, Cincinnati, OH
285 - Bobby Telford, Jr, St. Mark’s HS, Wilmington, DE
Honorable Mention (listed in alphabetical order)

103: Nick Francavilla, So, High Point HS, Sussex, NJ; Jimmy Gulibon, Fr, Derry HS, Derry, PA; Brenan Lyon, Sr, Ithaca HS, Ithaca, MI; Joe Orecchio, So, Paterson, NJ Don Bosco Preparatory; Jade Rauser, So, Broadwater County HS, Townsend, MT.

112: Jesse Delgado, Jr, Gilroy HS, Gilroy, CA; Robert Deutsch, So, Eastern HS, Voorhees, NJ; Zach Horan, So, Nazareth HS, Nazareth, PA; Nico Megaludis, So, Franklin Regional HS, Murrysville, PA; Jerome Robinson, Jr, St. Ignatius HS, Cleveland, OH.

119: Sean Boyle, Sr, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ; Tyler Cox, Sr, Campbell County HS, Gillette, WY; Camden Eppert, Sr, Highland HS, Anderson, IN; Hunter Stieber, So, Monroeville HS, Monroeville, OH; Alan Waters, Jr, Park Hill HS, Kansas City, MO.

125: Brandon Kingsley, Fr, Apple Valley HS, Apple Valley, MN; Jon Morrison, Sr, Carl Sandburg HS, Orland Park, IL; Zach Neibert, Sr, Graham HS, St. Paris, OH; Ladd Rupp, Sr, Perry HS, Perry, OK; Jesse Thielke, So, Germantown HS, Germantown, WI.

130: Ryan Mango, Sr, The Whitfield School, St. Louis, MO; Jarrod Patterson, Sr, Cushing HS, Cushing, OK; Dale Shull, Sr, Fort Lupton HS, Fort Lupton, CO; Erik Spjut, Sr, The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands, TX; Joe Waltko, Sr, North Allegheny HS, Wexford, PA.

135: Mac Bailey, Sr, Oak Park HS, Kansas City, MO; Alex Ekstrom, Sr, Palmyra-Macedon HS, Palmyra, NY; C.J. Napier, Sr, Columbus HS, Columbus, KS; Austin Ormsbee, So, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ; Ian Paddock, Sr, Warsaw HS, Warsaw, NY.

140: Anthony Baldosaro, Jr, Eastern HS, Voorhees, NJ; Alex Bridgeford, Sr. Harry A. Burke HS, Omaha, NE; Dane Johnson, Sr, Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, PA; Max Ortega, Sr, Rio Rancho HS, Rio Rancho, NM; Luke Vaith, Sr, Hastings HS, Hastings, MN.

145: Zach Clemente, Sr, LaSalle Institute, Troy, NY; Steven Hernandez, Jr, Bishop Gorman HS, Las Vegas, NV; Taylor Massa, Fr, St. Johns HS, St. Johns, MI; Scott Sakaguchi, Sr, Clovis HS, Clovis, CA; Kendrick Sanders, Sr, South Dade HS, Homestead, FL.

152: Bobby Barnhisel, Sr, Fenwick HS, Oak Park, IL; Cody Compton, Sr, North County HS, Bonne Terre, MO; John Greisheimer, Sr, Wantagh HS, Wantagh, NY; Jason Luster, Fr, The Blue Ridge School, Dyke, VA; Trent Weatherman, Sr, Ballard HS, Huxley, IA.

160: Tyler Caldwell, Sr, Goddard HS, Goddard, KS; John Nicholson, Sr, Roosevelt HS, Des Moines, IA; Derek St. John, Sr, Iowa City West HS, Iowa City, IA; Stephen Swan, Sr, Perry HS, Perry, OK; Dan Yates, Sr, Hesperia HS, Hesperia, MI.v

171: Dallas Bailey, Sr, Catoosa HS, Catoosa, OK; Caleb Kolb, Sr, Grove City HS, Grove City, PA; Morgan McIntosh, So, Calvary Chapel HS, Santa Ana, CA; Lee Munster, Jr, Grant HS, Fox Lake, IL; Alec Ortiz, Sr, Newberg HS, Newberg, OR.

189: Derrick Borlie, Sr, Millbrook HS, Winchester, VA; Tony Dallago, Sr, Central Dauphin HS, Harrisburg, PA; Max Huntley, Sr, Blair Academy, Blairstown Township, NJ; Austin Meys, Sr, Shenendehowa HS, Clifton Park, NY; Jake Swartz, Sr, Auburn HS, Auburn, WA.

215: Ernest James, Sr, Longwood HS, Middle Island, NY; Stryker Lane, Sr, Norwood HS, Norwood, CO; Joe McMullan, Sr, Wyoming Seminary Preparatory, Kingston, PA; Brandon Palik, Sr, Saucon Valley HS, Hellertown, PA; Nick Pica, Sr, Concord HS, Concord, CA.

285: Ken Altarac, Sr, LaSalle Institute, Troy, NY; Evan Craig, Jr, Abington Heights HS, Clarks Summit, PA; Jeremy Johnson, Sr, Brecksville HS, Broadview Heights, OH; Jimmy Lawson, Jr, Manchester HS, Manchester, NJ; Sean Owen, Sr, Clearfield HS, Clearfield, PA.

2009-2010 Preseason Pick of The Best Wrestlers and Teams in North Carolina

Best teams

1A-Topsail
2A-Orange High School
3A-St. Stephens
4A-Cary/Winston Salem Parkland
Cary has won the last five 4A State Tournaments and 9 of 10 Dual or Individual tourneys dating back to 2005. Parkland has won the last six in a row (Duals and Individuals) dating back to 2007. Parkland will in the 4A this year as the State divisions have been shakened up setting the table for quite a match up.
Best wrestlers:

Seniors:
Dom Parisi JM Robinson
Matt Colvard Cary
Tyrone Eatmon Riverside 2X State Champ
Juniors:
Ben Creed Cary 2X State Champ
Dylan Cala Southpoint
Matt Cusack Davie County
Harrison Honeycutt Lake Norman
Sophmore:

Matt Williams Cardinal Gibbons
CJ Cablonski Curritack
Freshman:

Best Team
Cary/Parkland

Best Wrestler

Tyrone Eatmon
Results of 2009 North Carolina's Dual Team Championship

By Sara Koenig

1A
First Round

* Topsail 51, Rosewood 24
* Dixon 42, Trask 29
* Thomasville 39, North Johnston 34
* Louisburg 45, South Davidson 30
* Polk County 47, Swain County 36
* Robbinsville d. Central Academy
* West Wilkes 45, South Stanly 36
* Bishop McGuinness 60, Cherryville 12

Second Round

* Topsail 45, Dixon 24
* Thomasville 48, Louisburg 27
* Polk County 38, Robbinsville 31
* West Wilkes 45, Bishop McGuinness 24

Regional Finals

* Topsail d. Thomasville
* West Wilkes d. Polk County

Championship Finals

* Topsail 44, West Wilkes 28


2A
 First Round

* Northwood d. North Pitt
* West Stokes d. Franklinton
* Orange 51, McMichael 27
* Cardinal Gibbons 47, Eastern Guilford 27
* South Brunswick 47, Bunn 30
* Richlands 48, South Lenoir 36
* First Flight 36, Northeastern 27
* Croatan 55, Holmes 24
* Madison 58, North Henderson 22
* Newton-Conover 75, Lincolnton 4
* North Surry 38, Bandys 35
* Surry Central d. Pisgah
* Mount Pleasant 59, East Lincoln 15
* West Lincoln 53, Monroe 24
* Central Davidson 54, Shelby 21
* Ledford 54, Owen 19

Second Round

* West Stokes 37, Northwood 33
* Orange 38, Cardinal Gibbons 31
* South Brunswick 45, Richlands 33
* Croatan 52, First Flight 30
* Newton-Conover 44, Madison 33
* North Surry 42, Surry Central 27
* West Lincoln 36, Mount Pleasant 29
* Ledford 47, Central Davidson 24

Regional Semifinals

* Orange 49, West Stokes 27
* Croatan 41, South Brunswick 30
* Newton-Conover 40, North Surry 27
* Ledford 34, West Lincoln 33

Regional Finals

* Orange 37, Croatan 28
* Newton-Conover 40, Ledford 30

Championship Finals

* Orange 33, Newton-Conover 28 )


3A
First Round

* Nash Central 40, CB Aycock 36
* Southern Alamance 45, Rocky Mount 36
* Dudley 31, Southern Lee 28
* Morehead 43, Williams 25
* Washington d. Hunt
* Havelock 31, Union Pines 28
* Currituck 72, Eastern Wayne 10
* South Central 51, White Oak 28
* Northwest Cabarrus 57, R-S Central 21
* St Stephens 63, Hunter Huss 9
* Lake Norman 29, Enka 27
* Mooresville 40, North Buncombe 30
* Southwestern Randolph d. Piedmont
* Trinity d. TW Andrews
* Parkland 75, Porter Ridge 6
* Anson County 45, Charlotte Catholic 27

Second Round

* Southern Alamance 41, Nash Central 36
* Dudley 37, Morehead 30
* Havelock 39, Washington 25
* Currituck 37, South Central 26
* St Stephens 39, Northwest Cabarrus 26
* Mooresville 40, Lake Norman 32
* Trinity 39, Southwestern Randolph 37
* Parkland 69, Anson County 7

Regional Semifinals

* Dudley 46, Southern Alamance 28
* Havelock 42, Currituck 20
* St Stephens 29, Mooresville 28
* Parkland 34, Trinity 27

Regional Finals

* Dudley 40, Havelock 27
* Parkland 39, St Stephens 33

Championship Finals

* Parkland 46, Dudley 18

4A
First Round

* Leesville Road 41, Pine Forest 33
* Douglas Byrd 41, Laney 32
* Cary 61, Chapel Hill 9
* Green Hope 42, East Wake 32
* South View 48, Scotland County 31
* Riverside 40, Holly Springs 31
* Panther Creek 37, Seventy-First 34
* New Bern 40, Sanderson 33
* Providence 42, Berry Academy 24
* Butler 42, Ashbrook 31
* Northwest Guilford 36, Mallard Creek 31
* Alexander Central 39, East Gaston 31
* JM Robinson 36, West Forsyth 33
* Myers Park 44, East Forsyth 21
* Davie County 43, South Caldwell 34
* Freedom 46, High Point Central 30

Second Round

* Leesville Road 45, Douglas Byrd 27
* Cary 59, Green Hope 12
* Riverside 40, South View 30
* Panther Creek 31, New Bern 27
* Butler 71, Providence 10
* Northwest Guilford 26, Alexander Central 19
* JM Robinson 55, Myers Park 13
* Davie County 58, Freedom 21

Regional Semifinals

* Cary 39, Leesville Road 37
* Riverside 33, Panther Creek 31
* Butler d. Northwest Guilford
* JM Robinson d. Davie County

Regional Finals

* Cary 43, Riverside 26
* Butler 40, JM Robinson 34

Championship Finals

* Cary 43, Butler 18

Sara Koenig
sara@ncmat.com

Editor
NC Mat, Inc - North Carolina's Home of Amateur Wrestling
http://www.ncmat.com

Complete dual championship brackets are on NC Mat at the following links:

1A Division: http://ncmat.com/08-09/1adual.html
Championship Finals: Topsail 44, West Wilkes 28. MOW: Stuart Nadeau

2A Division: http://ncmat.com/08-09/2adual.html
Championship Finals: Orange 33, Newton-Conover 27. MOW: Nicholas Shriner

3A Division: http://ncmat.com/08-09/3adual.html
Championship Finals: Parkland 46, Dudley 18. MOW: Luis Ramos

4A Division: http://ncmat.com/08-09/4adual.html
Championship Finals: Cary 43, Butler 18. MOWs: Gabe Brotzman & Eloheim Palma

Results by division, then by round, in case you prefer that format.

1A
First Round

 * Topsail 51, Rosewood 24
 * Dixon 42, Trask 29
 * Thomasville 39, North Johnston 34
 * Louisburg 45, South Davidson 30
 * Polk County 47, Swain County 36
 * Robbinsville d. Central Academy
 * West Wilkes 45, South Stanly 36
 * Bishop McGuinness 60, Cherryville 12

Second Round

 * Topsail 45, Dixon 24
 * Thomasville 48, Louisburg 27
 * Polk County 38, Robbinsville 31
 * West Wilkes 45, Bishop McGuinness 24

Regional Finals

 * Topsail d. Thomasville
 * West Wilkes d. Polk County

Championship Finals

 * Topsail 44, West Wilkes 28



2A
First Round

 * Northwood d. North Pitt
 * West Stokes d. Franklinton
 * Orange 51, McMichael 27
 * Cardinal Gibbons 47, Eastern Guilford 27
 * South Brunswick 47, Bunn 30
 * Richlands 48, South Lenoir 36
 * First Flight 36, Northeastern 27
 * Croatan 55, Holmes 24
 * Madison 58, North Henderson 22
 * Newton-Conover 75, Lincolnton 4
 * North Surry 38, Bandys 35
 * Surry Central d. Pisgah
 * Mount Pleasant 59, East Lincoln 15
 * West Lincoln 53, Monroe 24
 * Central Davidson 54, Shelby 21
 * Ledford 54, Owen 19

Second Round

 * West Stokes 37, Northwood 33
 * Orange 38, Cardinal Gibbons 31
 * South Brunswick 45, Richlands 33
 * Croatan 52, First Flight 30
 * Newton-Conover 44, Madison 33
 * North Surry 42, Surry Central 27
 * West Lincoln 36, Mount Pleasant 29
 * Ledford 47, Central Davidson 24

Regional Semifinals

 * Orange 49, West Stokes 27
 * Croatan 41, South Brunswick 30
 * Newton-Conover 40, North Surry 27
 * Ledford 34, West Lincoln 33

Regional Finals

 * Orange 37, Croatan 28
 * Newton-Conover 40, Ledford 30

Championship Finals

 * Orange 33, Newton-Conover 28 )


3A
First Round

 * Nash Central 40, CB Aycock 36
 * Southern Alamance 45, Rocky Mount 36
 * Dudley 31, Southern Lee 28
 * Morehead 43, Williams 25
 * Washington d. Hunt
 * Havelock 31, Union Pines 28
 * Currituck 72, Eastern Wayne 10
 * South Central 51, White Oak 28
 * Northwest Cabarrus 57, R-S Central 21
 * St Stephens 63, Hunter Huss 9
 * Lake Norman 29, Enka 27
 * Mooresville 40, North Buncombe 30
 * Southwestern Randolph d. Piedmont
 * Trinity d. TW Andrews
 * Parkland 75, Porter Ridge 6
 * Anson County 45, Charlotte Catholic 27

Second Round

 * Southern Alamance 41, Nash Central 36
 * Dudley 37, Morehead 30
 * Havelock 39, Washington 25
 * Currituck 37, South Central 26
 * St Stephens 39, Northwest Cabarrus 26
 * Mooresville 40, Lake Norman 32
 * Trinity 39, Southwestern Randolph 37
 * Parkland 69, Anson County 7

Regional Semifinals

 * Dudley 46, Southern Alamance 28
 * Havelock 42, Currituck 20
 * St Stephens 29, Mooresville 28
 * Parkland 34, Trinity 27

Regional Finals

 * Dudley 40, Havelock 27
 * Parkland 39, St Stephens 33

Championship Finals

 * Parkland 46, Dudley 18

4A
First Round

 * Leesville Road 41, Pine Forest 33
 * Douglas Byrd 41, Laney 32
 * Cary 61, Chapel Hill 9
 * Green Hope 42, East Wake 32
 * South View 48, Scotland County 31
 * Riverside 40, Holly Springs 31
 * Panther Creek 37, Seventy-First 34
 * New Bern 40, Sanderson 33
 * Providence 42, Berry Academy 24
 * Butler 42, Ashbrook 31
 * Northwest Guilford 36, Mallard Creek 31
 * Alexander Central 39, East Gaston 31
 * JM Robinson 36, West Forsyth 33
 * Myers Park 44, East Forsyth 21
 * Davie County 43, South Caldwell 34
 * Freedom 46, High Point Central 30

Second Round

 * Leesville Road 45, Douglas Byrd 27
 * Cary 59, Green Hope 12
 * Riverside 40, South View 30
 * Panther Creek 31, New Bern 27
 * Butler 71, Providence 10
 * Northwest Guilford 26, Alexander Central 19
 * JM Robinson 55, Myers Park 13
 * Davie County 58, Freedom 21

Regional Semifinals

 * Cary 39, Leesville Road 37
 * Riverside 33, Panther Creek 31
 * Butler d. Northwest Guilford
 * JM Robinson d. Davie County

Regional Finals

 * Cary 43, Riverside 26
 * Butler 40, JM Robinson 34

Championship Finals

 * Cary 43, Butler 18

By Sara Koenig
N.E.W. 6 Conference Tournament Results

N.E.W. Conference 2009
Southern Nash H.S.
Jan. 31st, 2009

1 167.50 Nash Central Bulldogs
2 149.00 Northern Nash Knights
3 143.00 Rocky Mount Gryphons
4 95.00 Wilson Fike Golden Demons
5 77.00 Southern Nash Firebirds
6 41.00 SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars
Championship
103 Corey Johnson, Northern Nash Knights M-Dec Justin Willis, Nash Central Bulldogs, 12-3
112 Vincent Webb, Wilson Fike Golden Demons Dec Ahmir Scott, Rocky Mount Gryphons, 5-3
119 Keith Battle, Northern Nash Knights Dec Buddy Tom, Southern Nash Firebirds, 13-9
125 Jacob Robinson, Nash Central Bulldogs Fall Matt Swanson, Southern Nash Firebirds, 5:25
130 Francisco Alfaro, Rocky Mount Gryphons Fall Devon Patel, Southern Nash Firebirds, 3:02
135 Chandler Phillips, Rocky Mount Gryphons Fall Tyler Newman, Wilson Fike Golden Demons, 4:24
140 Tavis Richardson, Northern Nash Knights Dec Johnny Stewart, Rocky Mount Gryphons, 4-2
145 Steven Luper, Nash Central Bulldogs Dec Ryan Sweet, Northern Nash Knights, 10-3
152 John Williams, Nash Central Bulldogs Dec Bryan Sweet, Northern Nash Knights, 9-4
160 J. K. Williamson, Rocky Mount Gryphons Dec P.J. Jones, Nash Central Bulldogs, 5-1
171 Donny Wacenske, Nash Central Bulldogs T-Fall Dedrick Silver, Rocky Mount Gryphons, 15-0 5:00
189 Darryl Cross, Rocky Mount Gryphons Dec Josh Brice, Southern Nash Firebirds, 9-6
215 Joe Young, Northern Nash Knights Dec Guy Williamson, Rocky Mount Gryphons, 5-3
285 Ramsey Pittman, Nash Central Bulldogs Fall Adrian Smith, SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars, 2:29

Consolation
103 Kenny Rogister, Southern Nash Firebirds Advanced through BYE
112 Landon Lucas, SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars Fall Vishal Patel, Southern Nash Firebirds, 2:32
119 Dylan Gaissert, Wilson Fike Golden Demons Advanced through BYE
125 Brad Watson, Wilson Fike Golden Demons Dec Zachary Lamm, SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars, 11-9
130 Chris Michael, Nash Central Bulldogs Fall Tyler Massengill, Northern Nash Knights, 1:37
135 Josh Taylor, Nash Central Bulldogs Dec Deshawn Taylor, Northern Nash Knights, 12-10 OT
140 Clayton Hamm, Southern Nash Firebirds Fall Anthony Silveri, Nash Central Bulldogs, 1:37
145 John Messer, Wilson Fike Golden Demons Fall Damian Smith, Rocky Mount Gryphons, 2:58
152 Stephen Murray, Southern Nash Firebirds Dec Hunter Myers, Wilson Fike Golden Demons, 4-1
160 Kris Horton, Northern Nash Knights Dec Shelton Battle, SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars, 10-4
171 Darius Perry, Northern Nash Knights Dec Andrew Blease, Wilson Fike Golden Demons, 8-2
189 Denzell Perry, Northern Nash Knights Frft Jeff Lucas, Nash Central Bulldogs
215 Cameron Jernigan, Wilson Fike Golden Demons Fall Xavier Whittington, Nash Central Bulldogs, 4:42
285 Anderson Singleton, Wilson Fike Golden Demons Fall Chris Melton, Northern Nash Knights, 3:34
About Cary High School, Eloheim Palma-285

Eloheim Palma is currently 41-0 as a senior and two-time NC State Champion, 07'08'. Eloheim placed 2nd in Junior Nationals last year losing in a controversal OT to Ken Altarac of NY who finished 4th recently in Eastern States tourney held Jan. 10th. Eloheim is currently ranked #2 in the country and hoping to move up. Tom Brands of Iowa is actively recruiting Eloheim as is Iowa State and several others.
Jerry Winterton
Cary High School, NC
285 Lbs:
1st: BRIAN NICOLL TIMBERLANE 12
2nd: HUMPHREY SWIFT DANBURY 12
3rd: JD ZITONE PORT JERVIS 12
4th: KEN ALTARAC LaSALLE 12
5th: BRENDAN BYRNE MINISINK V 12
6th: SIMON OJULO NEWBURGH 12
7th: BEN HOFFMAN GOUVERNEUR 12
8th: ADAM GELETA SHENENDEHOWA
The Best High School Teams and Wrestlers In North Carolina - Mid-Season Pick

The Best High School Team In Your State --- Cary
The Best Wrestler In Your State --- Jacob Creed, Ragsdale 3xChamp, 44-0 so far this year (135 lbs.)

The Best Three High Schools In The State by Division In Your State
4A Cary, Davie County, Panther Creek
3A Parkland, St. Stephens, Mooresville
2A Orange County, Croatan, Cardinal Gibbons
1A East Montgomery, Polk COunty, Louisburg
North Carolina Wrestling Coach Jerry Winterton 2007-08 NHSCA "Coach of the Year"

Coach Jerry Winterton's wrestling career started in 1961 as a fifth grader in a small town about 35 miles outside of Syracuse, NY on the advice of his older brother Jim. (Jim Winterton is presently in the National Hall of Fame in Houston, Texas for the sport of Racquetball, having coached the USA Racquetball team for over 10 years).

This 10 year old was not a star or a natural, but soon understood that wrestling was a sport he could compete in if he was willing to handle the anguish the daily beatings and setbacks. Soon after these elementary intramural programs Jerry was starting as a 9th grader in the smallest of weight classes, 95 lbs for Rod Little and Ed Patrica's VVS High School a team in central New York. The wrestling that he was exposed to in these high school years and under coaches Bob Guzzo (at a junior college on the Canadian border) and Don Murray at Brockport State also in New York laid the foundation of the philosophies and skills to be passed on later.

After college Jerry would teach and coach at his former high school with Rod Little and then was fortunate to land a position as a assistant coach with the Wolfpack of North Carolina State University. Bob Guzzo, who had coached Jerry in NY, was a new coach at the school and building what would soon be one of the best programs on the East Coast.

Although Jerry had planned to return to New York and coach in college he continued his career at the high school level and after a few years at a nearby school began a long coaching stint at Cary High School where he is presently in his 25th season.

Some of Jerry's accomplishments include, 18 State championships, 26 consecutive district titles, 16 consecutive regional titles, and a overall career record which sits at 572-33 at this time. His 153 individual tournament titles is the most in the nation all-time for high school coaches as acknowledged by Wrestling USA magazine. Another accomplishment is the National Runner-Up for Wrestling USA's Coach of the year that occurred in 1987.

Jerry was recently elected to the State Chapter of "The National Hall of Fame" located in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Coach Winterton credits his success to his experiences on a dairy farm as a youngster.. Jerry's parents, Margaret and Stewart raised four boys, Jim, Joe, Jerry, Jack and one girl Kathy on this farm all of whom would graduate from college and be leaders in their respective fields. Jerry also credits a strong coaching staff with Nathanial Scott, Randy Scussel, and former assistant club coach of the year (USA Wrestling Magazine) Stan Chambers being some past assistants. Present assistants Nick Ivkovich, Matt Warden, Tom Barry, Aaron Tecklenburg, Brad Kreiner, are also praised for the success of the Cary Wrestling Program, which was ranked in the top five in the southeast and won both State Championships in 2007 and 2008.

When asked about career highlights Jerry is quick to point to his eldest son Logan who won a State Championship with his dad in the corner in 2004. Logan wrestled at Appalachian State University and is now serving his country as a United States Marine in Iraq. Daughter Amber was a varsity 3-sport athlete at Cary High School and now attends NC State, while the youngest of Jerry's children, Ronnie is currently 32-5 as a varsity wrestler for his dad.
WRESTLING USA Magazine October 1st Issue is Now on Line and Off the Press

Hey Wrestlers and Cary Supporters,

Go to Wrestling USAMagazine.com for more information...

This is the best magazine for covering High School Wrestling. In this latest addition Eloheim Palma is ranked as the fifth best HWY senior in the nation and Gabe Brotzman is #30 at 152.. As many of you know Eloheim was ranked overall for all classes 9-12, 3rd by another great magazine, Win Magazine. Ranking kids is tough and in Eloheim's case, he didn't go to Fargo so that may explain the fifth ranking. At any rate to be in the top 50 in the country is unbelievable and a great honor. Many times there is not much difference in the top 30 kids, with kids beating up on each other making it tough to rank. Last year in all the major rankings Justin Koren who was an All-American for us (fifth in senior nationals and 7th? in sophomores, in 06') had beaten the numbers 4th,7th,8th ranked kids plus the national runner-up during the season and another wrestling mag.(AWN) ranked him 10th. Gabe's big wins in the summer over a PA. State champ and national greco runner-up no doubt helped him. Also, he lost to nail biters to the #4 ranked kid at 145 lbs. Ben Creed 103,soph. and Matt Colvard 145 lb. junior will be ranked in issues coming up soon.

The kids on our recent teams have to feel honored as do the coaches, to have wrestled (and coached) on the same teams with the likes of: Thomas Ferguson, nationally ranked and pre-season national champion defeating Brandon's 3-tome Fla. State Champ, Nick Koren All-American and like Thomas a two-time State Champ. Joey Farnsworth, who was ranked in the top three several times, was the only kid in recent times to wrestle over 60 matches in a season and not give up a point of wrestling. Only one point on a bogus figure four to the head call. Joey was on the dream team as the #1 USA true 103 lber in the country. Brendon Parker-Risk, and Lawrence White both State Champs and who each took out State Champs at Nationals, including Lawrence beating a 3-time and nationally ranked Missouri State Champ. Brendon lost on a bad call 6-4 to the #4 ranked kid or would've been in the quarters. This is not to mention the Dixon's, Hoerdemanns, Wangs, Harrichaks, Logans, Brownlee's, Jahads, Jainor's, etc that have wrestled in college and for us since 2003, plus Finneran, Fryer, who both won States. As I said the wrestlers lately are working harder and it's paying off.

Right now we have 7 guys wrestling in college and as far as I know one All-Southern Conference Baseball player in Cory Harrilchak (Elon) and one playing FB at Duke that being Trevor Dixon.

My point of all of this is that this is a great magazine to put themselves out there ranking kids across state lines. There are many interesting wrestling articles in there along with technique and on and on.

I know most of my wrestlers have subscriptions but just wanted to make the rest of you aware of this opportunity before the season kicks up and you get too busy and miss out.

Thanks and congrats to Gabe and Eloheim. They will be ranking 9th,10th,11th graders soon.

Thanks, Coach Winterton

PS: Matt, Ben, Cordale, Ronnie, Harrison, send in some results and maybe you can improve your ranking......Or send it to me and I'll send it in. thanks, Coach
Correction on the Disney Duals Memo

There is one correction to the Disney Duals memo I sent out. The website had Lawrence White and Corey Mock's records wrong. They had recorded the win as a loss for Lawrence White and vica-versa for Corey. It should be like this:
Lawrence White was 11-1, wrestled for Arrichion and is from Cary HS & rec'd a silver medal
Corey Mock was 9-3 wrestled for Team NC is from Chapel Hill and rec'd a copper medal
Thanks, Coach Winterton
More Cary Post Season Notes

Below you can check the final So. East National Rankings. What an honor to be in the top five!! Congratulations to all the guys.

FINAL RANKINGS 2007-08
Top 10 South East Regional Rankings 5-1-08
1. South Dade H.S. Florida
2. Brandon H.S. Florida
3. Collins Hill H.S. Georgia
4. Cary H.S. North Carolina
5. Baylor H.S. Tennessee
6. Vestavia Hills H.S. Alabama
7. Palmetto Ridge H.S. Florida
8. Parkland H.S. North Carolina
9. Union Grove H.S. Georgia
10. Catholic Baton Rouge H.S. Louisiana
11. Bradley Central H.S. Tennessee
12. Harrison H.S. Georgia
13.  Manatee H.S. Florida
14. Eastside H.S. South Carolina
by Stuart Mahler
Homestead, Florida
Florida State Editor Wrestling USA Magazine

Also, congrats on Justin Koren who was voted by the NWCA organziation as the Most Outstanding Senior Wrestler in North Carolina. This is a neutral organization.

Congratulations to all the guys mentioned in the post-season honors.

I was also impressed to have three wrestlers out of the four catagories mentioned. We are certainly turning out some great prospects. Great job, Guys!!

Wrestlers of the Year
Overall Wrestler of the Year:
1. Jon Burns, Cardinal Gibbons
2. Anthony Clinton, Mount Tabor
3. Nick Gregoris, Chapel Hill

Senior of the Year:
1. Jon Burns, Cardinal Gibbons
2. Anthony Clinton, Mount Tabor
3 (tie) Bobby Shanor, Morehead
3 (tie) Justin Koren, Cary

Junior of the Year:
1. Jacob Creed, Ragsdale
2. Corey Mock, Chapel Hill
3. Eloheim Palma, Cary

Sophomore of the Year:
1. Dominic Parisi, JM Robinson
2. Tyrone Eatmon, Riverside
3. Joey DeAngelo, Southern Alamance

Freshman of the Year:
1. Ben Creed, Cary
2. Dylan Cala, South Point
3. Tom Puckett, Butler
Overview of The Cary Wrestling Program and It's Wrestlers and Coaches

Please find below a quick overview of The Cary Wrestling Program and it's wrestlers and coaches. Since the Mid-70's Cary has been a wrestling power in North Carolina. Later Cary found itself ranked among the tops in the Southeast and even in the top 25 of the Nation. In 1977 Coach John Sanderson took the Imps to their first title. John was an outstanding coach but moved on to another coaching position in NC. In 1981 Jerry Winterton was hired and has continued to build on what John started. 
Please look at attached for more information on The Cary High School Wrestling History and Coach Jerry Winterton.

More recently the Cary Wrestlers won their seventh State Dual or Individual tournament out of a possible eight over the last four years. This makes a total of 18 for the program dating back to that first title under Sanderson in 1977. In this year's State Finals Cary had five Champions!!! That tied a record for number of champs in North Carolina. Cary also won the very prestigious Tiger Holiday Classic for the third year in a row this past season.

Please check out our wrestlers below and their accomplishments:

Justin Koren-Senior
Wrestling ˆ Cary High School
Coached by: Jerry Winterton

Senior Nationals All-American 5th place, 2008.

Co- captain Jr. and Sr. year
Overall record of 226-19. School record for victories. 125+ pins
4 year starter and part of 7 team state championships 05,05,06,07,07,08,08
MVP of 08 team dual state championship  
Wrestling USA rank # 15 senior and # 22 over all at 140 lbs. in the nation.
NHSCA All-American 06

2 X NC 4A state champ. 135 lbs in 07 and 140 lbs in 08.
3rd at 125 in 06 and qualifier at 119 in 05.
3X regional champ
4X conference champ. 08 conference wrestler of the year

2X Tiger Holiday Classic champ. 06, 08
Tri-Valley Holiday Classic, Whitesboro , NY champ 07
WRAL champ 06
Mark Adams Classic champ 08

Victories over key opponents:
Zach Clemente, LaSalle NY , 3 X Fargo All American and finalist. Wrestling USA rank #2 Junior in nation at 140 ˆ unscored on
Richard Spiciel, 2 X Ohio state champ, Wrestling USA rank #8 senior in Nation at 140 ˆ unscored on
Dalton Harper twice, 4 X South Carolina state champ, Wrestling USA national rank #22 senior in nation at 140 - PIN
Bobby Shanor, 3 X NC state champ ˆ Unscored on
Te Edwards, VA State champ
Drew Squires , VA state champ - PIN
Cameron Drye, NC State champ and Fargo All American Greco - PIN   

Please see attached summary of Senior Nationals for others Justin wrestled
-Thanks   

Eloheim Palma-Junior
Cary Wrestling
Coach Jerry Winterton

Junior Nationals Runner-up-All American 2008

2X State Champ
#7 National ranking as a Junior
3X Regional Finalist, 2nd,1st,1st
3rd in NHSCA Sophomore Nationals

Champion of Tri-Valley Tournament, Whitesboro, NY
Champion of Tiger Classic 2X
Undefeated 08', only one loss 07' only five losses 06'
Overall record going into his Senior year is 167-6

Defeated NJ #3 ranked heavy from Cinanson, NJ who was undefeated
at the time..Finals of Tiger Classic

Defeated previously undefeated Tyler Shyley of East Burke in the Finals of States.

Please see the attached for information on wrestlers Eloheim wrestled at Nationals.

Brendon Parker-Risk-Senior

State Champion 2008'
3rd place in 2007'
4th place in the State of Washingtion 06'

51-1 this year, only loss was to #2 nationally ranked Jon Burns
placed in top 8 at Super 32
ranked #22 nationally for Seniors
Tiger Holiday Classic Champ (over 40 schools)

Wrestled to the round of 16 at Senior Nationals, please check the attached


Lawrence White-Senior

State Champion-08'
4th in State 07'
55-1 in 2008'

Only loss to Cory Mock, 3-time State Champ in NC

Defeated a 4-time Missour State Champ at Senior Nationals, while reaching the round of 16 please look at the attached Nationals summary for more information.

These three seniors are some of the top kids coming out of NC this year.


Ben Creed-Freshman                                                   
103 pounds
Freshman- DOB 8/13/93
Cary High School
Cary, NC

Freshman record: 51-6

High School Accomplishments thus far:

1) 4A State Champion - 103#
2) First freshman State Champion for Cary High School
3) Champion: Jim King Orange Invitational Tournament
4) Champion: Tri-8 Conference
5) Champion runner-up: Tiger Classic
6) Defeated 13 ranked wrestlers, 2 of them twice: 11 from NC, 1 from SC, 1 from VA

Other wrestling accomplishments:

1) NCUSAW Freestyle State Champion (Schoolboy)
2) NCUSAW Greco Roman State Champion (Schoolboy)
3) Champion: Tarheel Classic (National Qualifier) - Greco Roman (95#)
4) NHSCA Pre-Season Championships: Champion runner-up (95#)
5) Cliff Keen Eastern Worlds: Champion runner-up (95#)
6) Selected to USA Youth Freestyle Team, International Friendship Games, Amsterdam Holland: Silver Medalist (42kg.)
7) Selected to NCUSAW National Duals Team (Schoolboy)
8) Defeated state team wrestlers from VA,PA,OK,WY,ID, and WA at USAW National Duals 

Scholastic:

1) Selected to National Junior Honor Society
2) Selected as People=to-People International Sports Ambassador
3) 4.25 weighted GPA

Gabe Brotzman-152 Junior Cary
Nationally Ranked #22 by Wrestling USA Magazine

Frosh Year:
59-16 season record
6th place finish at state tournament
Nationally ranked by USA Wrestling Magazine
2nd place finish ˆ Cliff Keen Eastern World Championships (Spring 2006)
Soph Year:
51-9 season record
Co-MVP @ 4A State Dual Team Championships (beat person who won state tournament two weeks later)
State qualifier (lost to guys who placed third and fourth)
All-American (7th place finish) ˆ NHSCA Soph. Nationals (Spring 2007)
4th place finish ˆ Cliff Keen Eastern World Championships (Spring 2007)
Junior Year:
Co-captain
49-3 record
2nd place at state (lost to Nick Gregoris, 3X state champ 5-11)
Placed 2nd in Tiger Classic ˆ losing to Hutson from Irmo , SC (who won 4A 152# championship) in overtime
Pinned Timmons (2nd at 171#) from Riverside in state duals
Beat Walters (won 2A 152# championship) from Orange 2X

Other:
159-28 career record
6th most frosh wins in NC
3.75 GPA ˆ unweighted

Varsity 135-Matthew Colvard 10th Grade 

Coach Jerry Winterton

Started on Varsity for Cary Freshman Year, 130 pounds (placed 3rd Pre-Season Nationals), went 36-15 with 24 falls

Soph. Record 54-6 with 33 falls

Tri-8 Conference Champion, named All Conference 07',08', Regional 2nd 08'
State ˆ 5th place

GPA: 3.5

Major Accomplishments:  1st place Dixon Duals, Jim King Orange Invitational, and Mark Adams Classic

Major opponents beaten this year:  
Bobby Shanor (Morehead), 3X 3A State Champ signed to UNC
Jose Sanchez (Mt. Pleasant) 3X 1A/2A State Champ
Trey Alley ( Chesterfield ), 3X SC State Champ, signed to Anderson College .
Matt finished in the top 12 of his weight class dispite moving up two weights from his 135 state tourney weight and losing his frist round match to a All-American. Matt won 4 bouts in a row before losing 7-4 in the match to be All-American.See Attached.

The probable starting line-up for 2008-2009 based on varsity returners would look like this:
(next year's grade)-alot can happen and there are plenty of guys who may take this spots!

103-Justin Leroux-up and coming junior
112-Ben Creed-State Champ-Sophomore
119-125-CJ Bean,Jacob Brinkley and Jacob
Brotzman-strong, ready-all Juniors
125-Harrison Rosenbaum-4th in District-Junior
130-Cordale Risk-1st in District and State Qualifier-Junior
135-Ronnie Winterton-4th in District-Junior
140-Tobais Khatiae-Sr,David Alecio, ready for breakout year
145-Matt Colvard-5th in State and 2nd in region, Junior
152-Gabe Brotzman-State Runner-up, Soph. All-American-Senior
160-Blake Beazlie-Junior-outstanding athlete
171-Josh Boozer-Jr.Josh Stewart-10th-raising stars
189-Chris Hare-Junior-2008 Starter
215-Kevin Puente-Junior-2008 Starter
285-Eloheim Palma-State Champion 2X, Senior
NC at NHSCA Nationals

Wow!! Anthony Dunbar did a great job putting all of the below together!! Thanks, enjoy checking it out...We will try and get the rest of the guys stuff added to this soon.

There are several matches on flowrestling.org that have cary kids wrestling in them. All they have to do is go to the site and click on senior nationals then go to select state and pick NC. All the matches from kids from NC will be on there. They can do the same for freshman thru juniors. To find the brackets go to the site for either 9th, 10th etc and stroll down, way down past some hotel info looking for brackets. You have to look for it but it's there.

I want to emphasize I was in a hurry yesterday when I sent this stuff out. I didn't mention what a great tourney Matt Colvard had! He was top 12 in his weight, lost 6-4 in the round to be All American. His only losses were to All Americans!! Please check his matches out below.


Lawrence White 130
-defeated Mike Aheam of NY 12-6
-defeated Glen Ulrich of NJ district 6 champion SQ 13-4
-defeated Colin Pierce of Missouri 4x state champ member of team Mizz in Mizz/Kansas all star match
-Lost to Tyler Banks of Ct.. 6-3 2x state champ and four time place winner. all American finished 8th
-Lost to Adam Theisen of Wisconsin 11-5 in a close match got caught on back going for takedown late in match trying for win State Champ in Wisconsin and 3x place winner. Theisen was eliminated the round to be all American in a one pt match decided at the end.

Coach just found out a little info about that 4x champ that LW beat from Missouri. Thru this season he only gave up one reversal and a bunch of escapes for the season. They were saying he was the best kid by far at 130 in the state and prob the best at any weight. HE actually wrestled in the Miss. vs Kansas all star match where he won 12-2. Definitely a big win for Lawrence White
Justin Koren 140 5th place All American
-defeated Brett Poirier of Ma 9-1 State champ and 3rd in Ma
-defeated Adam Healey of PA. 7-6. 2x Pa state champ. 3x finalist and 4 time top 4 finisher in PA
-lost to Garett Rozeboom of Mi by fall. State champ 2x 3rd Mi Rozeboom then lost to Te Edwards of Va who finished second and was eliminated by the opponent Justin beat for his fifth place match.
-defeated Jake Bonsack of Mn. 4-3 TB. State Champ and 3rd MN
-defeated Maurice Flemming of MD by inj. def. Justin was winning by i believe 3 with 2 seconds remaining in the match in Flemming defaulted. 3x Md state champion 4th in MD. Flemming was a returning Junior all American and beat Justin in last years Junior championships
-defeated Josh Krotovil of Il by forfeit. Krotovil was at least a 2x finalist from Ill and State champion. This win gave Justin All American Status.
-defeated Trent Stevenson of Ca 4-1. 5th in Ca finished 7th in the national tournament. All American
-lost to Eric Terrazas 3-1. 2x 3rd in Illinois finished fourth in the national tournament. All American
-defeated Brennan Brumley of Mi 3-1, 3x finalist in Mi. finshed 6th in the national tournament. All American.
Brendan Parker-Risk 145
-defeated Zach Randall of VT 6-0. 2x finalist in VT
=defeated Tyler Kottas of NE. 7-2. 3x state champion and 3rd in Ne
Lost to Vince Ramos 4-2 of Ill. This match had some controversy and Brendan nearly had 2 take downs that could have tied it. One with time running out and one on a questionable call. Ramos finished 2nd in the tournament and is a Ill state champ and 4x place winner. All American in several large national tournaments.
-lost to Tyler Kampen of Iowa by fall. Kampen was a 2x place winner and state champion from Iowa. Will represent Team Iowa in this years Dream Team match against the USA. will wrestle Jon Burns. Kampen lost in the match to be All american.

Eloheim Palma. Junior National Finalist. Finished 2nd All American
-defeated Luke Ramsey of NJ by fall
-defeated Lance Coher of Oh 6-0.
-defeated Humphrey Swift of Ct by fall, State Champion
-defeated Dylan Stadel of UT in quarterfinals 8-4. 2x place winner and one time finalist UT. With this win Palma obtained All American status and could only finish in the top 6.
-defeated Jeremy Johnson of Oh in the semifinals by fall. State place winner OH. 
-Lost to Ken Altarac of NY 3-2. In the double overtime on a ride out in the national championship finals. Altarac is a NY state champion and a 2x place winner from NY. 

Ben creed 103
-defeated Tyler Pentecost De 8-3
-lost to James Welsh of Pa 11-1, he finished 5th All American. SQ PA
-lost to Vinny pun zone of NY 3-2
Matt Colvard 145
-Lost to Patrick Labuz of Pa. placed 5th All American
-Defeated Scott Patryzk of NY 12-1
-Defeated Giuseppe Niosi DC by fall
-Defeated Robbie Collum of Ga. 2x 3rd place in Ga by score of 2-1TB.
-Defeated David Huizar of WA. 4-3. Huizar placed 4th in WA.
-Lost to Denzel Hawkins of Ca 6-3. Hawkins placed 5th in Ca. Hawkins placed 7th in the tournament. All American.
*Both of Matt's loses were to All Americans.

Ronnie Winterton:

PALMERINO, DAN


130

Amsterdam High School
Class A district tournament Champion and was upset at sectionals and placed 5th.

Micheal Carpenter 130 of Montana beat Ronnie in his first consolation match and was a 6th place in Montana States
.Justin Koren Just Made All American by Placing 5th in the Country at the NHSCA Senior Nationals

Justin Koren just made All American by placing 5th in the country at the NHSCA Senior Nationals. Koren's bracket is on the website at the NHSCA.com website. I believe he won 6 matches and lost 2. We just finished. Justin will walk tonight in the parade of champions and collect his statue and head back to NC.

Eloheim Palma lost in the finals after running through his side of the bracket. A controversal no call lead to the defeat in the double tie-breaker in his final match. I'm not sure but think you can view a couple of Eloheim's matches on flowrestling.com Eloheim went 5-1.

Cary was well represented as several underclassmen won matches and Cary may have been the only school to have a Junior in the finals and three seniors in the round of 16 at the end of Friday's matches.

Lawrence White won four hard fought matches beating a 4-time Missouri State Champ in the second round before being bumped out. Brendon Parker-Risk lost in the round of 16 to a finalist at the buzzer. Both Lawrence and Brendon were very close to the All American status.

Again, if you go to the website, you may be able to see what accomplishments the wrestlers had that we have wrestled this week, It's quite impressive.

I'll try and give you a better wrap up when I get back in town.

Nick Gregoris placed fourth at 160. Nick and Justin were the only two senior All-Americans for North Carolina and Eloheim Palma placed the highest of all Juniors with the second place finish. Corey Mock placed 7th at 125 Juniors. Both Gregoris and Mock wrestle for Chapel Hill HS.

Thanks, Coach Winterton
Quick Overview of The Cary Wrestling Program

Please find below a quick overview of The Cary Wrestling Program and it's wrestlers and coaches. Since the Mid-70's Cary has been a wrestling power in North Carolina. Later Cary found itself ranked among the tops in the Southeast and even in the top 25 of the Nation. In 1977 Coach John Sanderson took the Imps to their first title. John was an outstanding coach but moved on to another coaching position in NC. In 1981 Jerry Winterton was hired and has continued to build on what John started. 
Please look at attached for more information on The Cary High School Wrestling History and Coach Jerry Winterton.

More recently the Cary Wrestlers won their seventh State Dual or Individual tournament out of a possible eight over the last four years. This makes a total of 18 for the program dating back to that first title under Sanderson in 1977. In this year's State Finals Cary had five Champions!!! That tied a record for number of champs in North Carolina. Cary also won the very prestigious Tiger Holiday Classic for the third year in a row this past season.

Please check out our wrestlers below and their accomplishments:

Justin Koren-Senior
Wrestling ˆ Cary High School
Coached by: Jerry Winterton

Co- captain Jr. and Sr. year
Overall record of 226-19. School record for victories. 125+ pins
4 year starter and part of 7 team state championships 05,05,06,07,07,08,08
MVP of 08 team dual state championship  
Wrestling USA rank # 15 senior and # 22 over all at 140 lbs. in the nation.
NHSCA All-American 06

2 X NC 4A state champ. 135 lbs in 07 and 140 lbs in 08.
3rd at 125 in 06 and qualifier at 119 in 05.
3X regional champ
4X conference champ. 08 conference wrestler of the year

2X Tiger Holiday Classic champ. 06, 08
Tri-Valley Holiday Classic, Whitesboro , NY champ 07
WRAL champ 06
Mark Adams Classic champ 08

Victories over key opponents:
Zach Clemente, LaSalle NY , 3 X Fargo All American and finalist. Wrestling USA rank #2 Junior in nation at 140 ˆ unscored on
Richard Spiciel, 2 X Ohio state champ, Wrestling USA rank #8 senior in Nation at 140 ˆ unscored on
Dalton Harper twice, 4 X South Carolina state champ, Wrestling USA national rank #22 senior in nation at 140 - PIN
Bobby Shanor, 3 X NC state champ ˆ Unscored on
Te Edwards, VA State champ
Drew Squires , VA state champ - PIN
Cameron Drye, NC State champ and Fargo All American Greco - PIN      

Eloheim Palma-Junior
Cary Wrestling
Coach Jerry Winterton

2X State Champ
#7 National ranking as a Junior
3X Regional Finalist, 2nd,1st,1st
3rd in NHSCA Sophomore Nationals

Champion of Tri-Valley Tournament, Whitesboro, NY
Champion of Tiger Classic 2X
Undefeated 08', only one loss 07' only five losses 06'
Overall record going into his Senior year is 167-6

Defeated NJ #3 ranked heavy from Cinanson, NJ who was undefeated
at the time..Finals of Tiger Classic

Defeated previously undefeated Tyler Shyley of East Burke in the Finals of States.

Brendon Parker-Risk-Senior

State Champion 2008'
3rd place in 2007'
4th place in the State of Washingtion 06'

51-1 this year, only loss was to #2 nationally ranked Jon Burns
placed in top 8 at Super 32
ranked #22 nationally for Seniors
Tiger Holiday Classic Champ (over 40 schools)


Lawrence White-Senior

State Champion-08'
4th in State 07'
55-1 in 2008'

Only loss to Cory Mock, 3-time State Champ in NC

These three seniors are some of the top kids coming out of NC this year.


Ben Creed-Freshman                                                   
103 pounds
Freshman- DOB 8/13/93
Cary High School
Cary, NC

Freshman record: 51-6

High School Accomplishments thus far:

1) 4A State Champion - 103#
2) First freshman State Champion for Cary High School
3) Champion: Jim King Orange Invitational Tournament
4) Champion: Tri-8 Conference
5) Champion runner-up: Tiger Classic
6) Defeated 13 ranked wrestlers, 2 of them twice: 11 from NC, 1 from SC, 1 from VA

Other wrestling accomplishments:

1) NCUSAW Freestyle State Champion (Schoolboy)
2) NCUSAW Greco Roman State Champion (Schoolboy)
3) Champion: Tarheel Classic (National Qualifier) - Greco Roman (95#)
4) NHSCA Pre-Season Championships: Champion runner-up (95#)
5) Cliff Keen Eastern Worlds: Champion runner-up (95#)
6) Selected to USA Youth Freestyle Team, International Friendship Games, Amsterdam Holland: Silver Medalist (42kg.)
7) Selected to NCUSAW National Duals Team (Schoolboy)
8) Defeated state team wrestlers from VA,PA,OK,WY,ID, and WA at USAW National Duals 

Scholastic:

1) Selected to National Junior Honor Society
2) Selected as People=to-People International Sports Ambassador
3) 4.25 weighted GPA

Gabe Brotzman-152 Junior Cary
Nationally Ranked #22 by Wrestling USA Magazine

Frosh Year:
59-16 season record
6th place finish at state tournament
Nationally ranked by USA Wrestling Magazine
2nd place finish ˆ Cliff Keen Eastern World Championships (Spring 2006)
Soph Year:
51-9 season record
Co-MVP @ 4A State Dual Team Championships (beat person who won state tournament two weeks later)
State qualifier (lost to guys who placed third and fourth)
All-American (7th place finish) ˆ NHSCA Soph. Nationals (Spring 2007)
4th place finish ˆ Cliff Keen Eastern World Championships (Spring 2007)
Junior Year:
Co-captain
49-3 record
2nd place at state (lost to Nick Gregoris, 3X state champ 5-11)
Placed 2nd in Tiger Classic ˆ losing to Hutson from Irmo , SC (who won 4A 152# championship) in overtime
Pinned Timmons (2nd at 171#) from Riverside in state duals
Beat Walters (won 2A 152# championship) from Orange 2X

Other:
159-28 career record
6th most frosh wins in NC
3.75 GPA ˆ unweighted

Varsity 135-Matthew Colvard 10th Grade 

Coach Jerry Winterton

Started on Varsity for Cary Freshman Year, 130 pounds (placed 3rd Pre-Season Nationals), went 36-15 with 24 falls

Soph. Record 54-6 with 33 falls

Tri-8 Conference Champion, named All Conference 07',08', Regional 2nd 08'
State ˆ 5th place

GPA: 3.5

Major Accomplishments:  1st place Dixon Duals, Jim King Orange Invitational, and Mark Adams Classic

Major opponents beaten this year:  
Bobby Shanor (Morehead), 3X 3A State Champ signed to UNC
Jose Sanchez (Mt. Pleasant) 3X 1A/2A State Champ
Trey Alley ( Chesterfield ), 3X SC State Champ, signed to Anderson College .
The probable starting line-up for 2008-2009 based on varsity returners would look like this:
(next year's grade)-alot can happen and there are plenty of guys who may take this spots!

103-Justin Leroux-up and coming junior
112-Ben Creed-State Champ-Sophomore
119-125-CJ Bean,Jacob Brinkley and Jacob
Brotzman-strong, ready-all Juniors
125-Harrison Rosenbaum-4th in District-Junior
130-Cordale Risk-1st in District and State Qualifier-Junior
135-Ronnie Winterton-4th in District-Junior
140-Tobais Khatiae-Sr,David Alecio, ready for breakout year
145-Matt Colvard-5th in State and 2nd in region, Junior
152-Gabe Brotzman-State Runner-up, Soph. All-American-Senior
160-Blake Beazlie-Junior-outstanding athlete
171-Josh Boozer-Jr.Josh Stewart-10th-raising stars
189-Chris Hare-Junior-2008 Starter
215-Kevin Puente-Junior-2008 Starter
285-Eloheim Palma-State Champion 2X, Senior

Cary High School Wrestling History-08'

As a team we have won four tourneys, EE Smith, Orange, Mark Adams, and the Tiger. We are presently 19-0 and ranked #1 in the state in the 4A by the mat news.

SR-Stands for State Ranking in the 4A at this time. Thanks, Jerry

105-Ben Creed, freshman, 31-4 second in three tourneys and 3rd in one other-SR-#1
114-Harrison Rosenbaum Soph.,27-5 third in two tourneys
121-Cordale Risk, Soph, 24-5, First in EE Smith 2nd at Mark Adams and 3rd at Orange, SR-#10
127-Ronnie Winterton, Soph, 18-8, runner-up in the Mark Adams tourney
132-Lawrence White, Senior, 34-1 State 4th last year, won all tourneys except 3rd in Tiger.  SR-#1
137-Matt Colvard, Soph. 33-2, First in all tourneys, 5th at Tiger.
SR-#2
142-Justin Koren, Senior 33-0 State Champion last year. First in all tourneys.  SR-#1
147-Brendon Parker-Risk Senior 29-1 3rd and 4th in States soph and jr years, First in all tourneys this year except for Orange where he was second.  SR-#1
154-Gabe Brotzman, Junior, 33-1, 6th in State, First in all tourns this year, except 2nd-Tiger,  SR-#2
162-Josh Cobb, Senior 29-6, Second in two tourneys and third at Mark Adams tourn.  SR-HM
173-Brett Colyer, Senior, 25-2 First at two tourneys and 3rd at Mark Adams.  SR-#4
191-Alec Snow, Junior,21-13,  6th at Mark Adams tourney
215-Jamie Sanchez, Senior 6-4
HWY-Eloheim Palma, Junior, State Champion 34-0, has won all tourneys this year.  SR-#1


Cary Wrestling History 1962-2007

Tourrnament Team Wins 1981-2007
Westover         06
EE Smith 07
Dixon:             86,87,88,89,91,1993-2005(13 STRAIGHT)
Orange: 82,83,84,85,86,87,88,94,96,97,98,99,04,05,06,07
Wral: 82,83,84,85,86,87,98,05
Eden Moor: 02
W. Carteret: 82,83
SO. Durham: 81,91,92,93
NO. Durham: 94
Hornet Int.: 96
Mark Adams:   1984-2004 (21 of 22 DIDN'T win 96)(discontinued 05,06),07
SO. View: 95,96,97,00
Tiger Classic 05,06,07
Miller-Mott: 94,95,97,98,00,02,03,05,06,07
Conference: 1981,1983-2007 (25 CONSECUTIVE)
Sectionals: 82,83,84,85,86-DISCONTINUED
Regionals: 86,87,88,89,1993-2007 (15 CONSECUTIVE)
States: 87,88,89,93*,96*,97*,97,98*,00,03,05*,05,06,07

*These are State duals, not counted as tourneys
Total number of Tournament wins: 150
Winterton's wins, leads USA-Wrestling USA Magazine

Dual meet Regular Season Record: 475-3
State Play-off Dual Meet Record: 67-12
Coach Winterton at Cary:  538-15
Coach Winterton at E. Wake     22-18
Total Dual Meet Record:    (Winterton only)      560-33
Coach Winterton's Record at Cary 1981-07: 538-15
Coach John Sanderson's Record 1975-1981:  73-5
Overall Record for Cary HS 1975-2005: 610-20
Consecutive WINS 1982-1990: 118
Consecutive WINS at home 1982-1994: 115
Consecutive WINS 1995-1999: 74
Regular Season Home Streak 1982-Present: 200
Overall Home Record 1982-2007: 235-3

State Titles: Dual Team 93,96,97,98,05,07
Tourney    77,87,88,89,97,00,03,05,06,07

State Runner-ups: Dual Team 91,01,02,03,04,06
Tourney 94,96,98,99,04



The Coaches:

1961-62 Ed Lane begins the Cary Wrestling Program
1962-67 The program continues under Coach Lane
1967-68 One of Coach Lane's best years, 12-2 record
1968-69 Coach Richard McGhee goes 13-3 in his only season
1969-70 Tom Brawley takes over the Cary Program
1970-71 Cary wins its first official conference title
1971-72 Record 10-3, conference runner-up
1972-73 Coach Brawley's last season, 2nd in conference
1973-74 2nd in conference, Johnny Beene, the new coach, dies in a car accident
1974-75 Calvin Northcutt Directs team to 2nd in conference
1975-76 Cary takes 2nd in conference in Coach Sanderson's first year
1976-81 Coach Sanderson's teams become a dominant force in
               North Carolina as they win six straight conference titles,
Several sectional titles and the1977 State Championship.
Sanderson's record stands at 73-5 with three of these losses
 in out-of-state competition.
1981-Present (Jerry Winterton‚s tenure)

Regional Finishes: {Tournament}> 5th, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 4th, 2nd, 4th, 1st, 1st, 1st1st,1st,1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st,1st(15 straight)

State Finishes: {Tournament}
4th, 7th, 10th, DNP, 10th, 1st, 1st, 1st, DNP, 12th, 8th, 5th, 2nd,> 3rd, 2nd,1st, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 8th, 3rd, 1st, 2nd, 1st,1st,1st

State Rankings: {During Season}
2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 2nd,> 1st,1st, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 2nd, 1st,1st,1st

National Rankings: {During Season}
23rd 1987, 11th 1988, 16th 1989, 14th 1991, 25th 1992, 20th 1997, 15th,1998,19th 1999, 31st 2000, 25th 2007

Southeast USA National Rankings: 6th 2006, 2nd 2007

Season Records: {Regular Season Only}
13-1, 11-0, 13-0, 12-0, 17-0, 18-0, 16-0, 17-0, 10-1, 15-1, 16-0,
17-0, 14-0,18-0, 14-0, 16-0, 11-0, 16-0, 14-0, 20-0, 22-0, 19-0,
25-0, 24-0,35-0, 32-0

Hornet Holiday Classic Finishes:

2nd 1986, 5th 1988, 3rd 1994, 7th 1995, 1st 1996, 2nd 1997, 3rd 1998,
3rd,1999, 3rd 2000, 3rd 2001, 2nd 2002, 2nd 2003, 4th 2004
The Wrestlers:

Tournament Champions 642
Conference Champions 193
All-Conference Wrestlers 279
Regional Champions 123
State Champions 36
All-State Selections 93
All-Americans 21

Outstanding Wrestler in the State Tournament:
Barry Armstrong 1977
Pat King 1989

Outstanding Wrestler in the State of NC:

Barry Armstrong 1977
David Caufman 1988
Pat King 1989
Joel Dramis 1995
Mike Robertson 1998
Dennis Landin 1999

All Americans:

Barry Armstrong Darren Heggie Steve Smith
Zach Breitenbach Pat King Chris Tobin
David Caufman Dennis Landin Nick Mayhew
Joel Dramis Clint Reese David Johnson
Jason Gore Mike Robertson Rick Brownlee
Phil Gray Josh Spencer, Justin Koren, Joey
Farnsworth, Thomas Ferguson

State Champions:

Eric Herbert '68 Anthony Walton '97,'98
Barry Armstrong '77 Mike Robertson '98
Clint Reese '79 Steve Smith '98
Bob Wagnor '79 Dennis Landin '98,'99
Jeff McCracken '81 Randy Dennis '99
Jeff Farwell '82 Matt Arnold '00
Phil Gray '87 Nick Mayhew '00
Robbie Boyer '88 Nick Royer '00
David Caufman '88 Sutton Schlawski '00
Neile King '88 Matt Finneran '03
Pat King '89 Robby Fryer '03
(State Champions Continued)
Josh Klein '92 Logan Winterton '04
Joel Dramis '94, '95 Mark Jahad '05
Scot Gordon '94 Nick Koren '05,06
Joshua Spencer '95, '96, Thomas Ferguson
Joey Farnsworth 07', Justin Koren, 07'
Eloheim Palma 07'

3x State Champs: None

2x State Champs:
Joel Dramis, Joshua Spencer
Anthony Walton, Dennis Landin
Thomas Ferguson

3x Regional Champs:

Zach Breitenbach, Joel Dramis
Dennis Landin, Anthony Walton
David Johnson

4x State Place Winners:
Chris Tobin 4th, 4th, 2nd, 3rd

4x Regional Place Winners:

Anthony Walton 4th, 1st, 1st, 1st
Chris Tobin 1st, 3rd, 1st, 3rd

Undefeated Seasons:
Barry Armstrong 1976 State Champion 26-0
Jeff Farwell 1982 State Champion 32-0
Pat King 1989 State Champion 42-0
Joel Dramis 1995 State Champion 45-0
Dennis Landin 1998 State Champion 51-0
Mike Robertson 1998 State Champion 51-0
Dennis Landin 1999 State Champion 49-0
Nick Royer 2000 State Champion 39-0
Nick Koren 2005 State Champion 32-0
*Mark Jahad 2005 State Champion 52-0
*Logan Winterton 2004 State Champion 52-0
*Thomas Ferguson 2006 State Champion 69-0
*Thomas Ferguson 2007 State Champion 62-1
Joey Farnsworth 2007, State Champion 63-0
*Note: Out Of State loss only to Nationally ranked wrestlers

Cary Wrestlers Competing in College in the 2006-07 season:

Rick Brownlee NCSU 174-ACC Runner-up
Janior Palma NCSU HWY-ACC Champion
Mark Jahad NCSU 197                            

State Records

* Tied for most State Dual appearances 1990-2007 18
* Best winning percentage  .848
* Most Wins in State Duals (67-12) 67
* Most Championships (State Duals) 6
* Most Final Appearances (State Duals) 12
* Most State Individual Championship-Team 10
* Most Regional Championships 21
* Consecutive Regional Championships (1993-2004) 15
* Consecutive Conference Championships (83-04) 25
* Tied for most State Qualifiers in a Season (97,06) 12
* Tied for most Regional Champions (97)  9
* 2nd and 3rd Best Margin of Victory,
State Tournament  (2007, 1988)      189-114, 131.5-66
* 2nd most points scored at State Tournament 07 189
* 3rd Best Margin of Victory, Regionals (2004) 235-118
* 2nd most points in the Regional Tournament 274.5
* Most State Champions (Modern Era 1970-Present) 40
Most State 2nds (Modern Era 1970-Present) 25
Most State 3rds (Modern Era 1970-Present) 34
Most State 4ths (Modern Era 1970-Present) 28
Most Placers in top 4 127
Most Regional Champions (Modern Era -Present) 127
Most Regionals 2nds 78
Most Regionals 3rds 52
Most Regional top four placers & State Qualifiers 291
Most Top 20 State Finishes (1981-present) 25
Most Top 10 State Finishes (1981-present) 23
Most Top 5 State Finishes (1981-present) 19
Most Conference Champions (1976-2007) 32 of 33
Ten State Tournament Champions (76-2007) 77,87,88,89,97,00,03,05,06,07
Six State Dual Championships 93,96,97,98,05,07
State Runner-up, State Dual, Tourney
 91,94,98,99,01,02,03,04,06






Coach Winterton at Cary High School 1981-2007


State Individual Tournament Champions 87,88,89,97,00,03,05,06,07
State Dual Team Champions 93,96,97,98,05,07
State Individual Tournament Runner-Ups 94,96,98,99,04
State Dual Team Runner-Ups 91,01,02,03,04,06
Ø > 15 State Championships, 11 Runner-Up Finishes all totaled
Ø > Cary Dual Meet Record- Regular Season 450-3
Ø > Cary Playoffs Record 67-12
Ø > Overall Record at Cary 517-15
Ø > Career Record (Cary and East Wake H.S.) 539-33
Ø > 24 of 26 Undefeated Dual Meet Regular Seasons
Ø > 146 Tournament Wins Ranks 1st Nationally for High School coaches
Ø > 15 Consecutive Regional Titles (16 total) 1993-2007
Ø > 25 Consecutive Conference Titles 1983-2007
Ø > 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in Individual State Tourney 16 of 26 years
Ø > 1st or 2nd in State Dual Team Tourney 12 of 18 years
Ø > Most Total Wins in State Duals-67
Ø > Best Winning Percentage in State Duals- .848
Ø > 118 Consecutive Wins in Top Ten all-time (1982-1990)
Ø > 115 Consecutive Wins at home (1982-1994)
Ø > 74 Consecutive Wins (1995-1999)
Ø >  200 Consecutive Regular Season Wins at home (1982-2007)
Ø      >  7 Coach of the Year Awards- The Mat News
Ø > National Runner-Up Coach of the year 1987-Wrestling USA
Ø > Coach of The National "Dream Team" in Williamstown, NJ, 2006
Ø > Selected to the State Chapter of The National Hall of Fame  
Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma on May 16, 2004.
Selected as the 2007 National Coach of The Year-NHSCA

The 2006-2007 will long be remembered not only as one of Cary's best but one of North Carolina's best. Twelve seniors lead the way and will surely be missed. Luke Wallace, Casey Peterson, Shashant Shah, Chip Reap, and Jimmy O'Brien all made great contributions to the success of this year's run to both titles, duals and individuals. Luke worked out as Sophomore State Champion Eloheim Palma's personal workout partner, while the others all were very experienced technical wrestlers who helped groom our younger wrestlers. Peterson and Shah place 1st and 2nd respectively in the Westover tourney, while Luke defeated a ranked wrestler during the season. These seniors would've started for any other team and were a great assest to our underclassmen.

The season started out with tourney wins at Westover and Orange. These were followed by a trip to New York State to compete in the Tri-Valley Tournament. 25 teams from four different New York Sections would be there to try and win over a very tough field. Sections II (Queensbury, LaSalle, Ballston Spa), V (Wayne), IV (Tioga) and III (Mexico), all had teams in the tourney that would finish the season ranked in the top two of their section! In NY a section has approx. 80 schools in it so this was one of the premier tourneys in the State. Cary got on one of it's 07' patented rolls and bulldozed the consolation rounds to a 99 point victory. This was truly a trip the team will long remember and was still being talked about at New York States in early March.

From here the wrestlers went on to defend their title at The Tiger Classic, the toughest tourney in North Carolina again winning large over Ragsdale (3A Runner-up) and Jesuit, La. (#1 ranked in La.) plus 25 other strong teams. The wins in these two tourneys, NY and Tiger, pushed Cary into the #2 spot in the United States SE Region and #25 nationally as ranked by Wrestling USA Magazine. 

January the schedule lightened up some with wins in the East Burke and Millbrook dual tourneys and then a victory at the Miller-Mott tourney was followed by some more duals with the meeting with Rival Riverside lurking ahead in the State Duals.

All 14 Cary Wrestlers were named All-Conference and even more amazingly all made the conference finals in the Tri-8 tournament. This feat was followed by the state duals where Cary met up with Riverside in the East Semi-Finals at Jack Britt High School on a Thursday in early Feb. A tense match up as this was #1 vs #2 in the 4A state of NC. going at it. Cary prevailed and followed with a pretty large win over Eastern Regional Champions Jack Britt. This set up the state final with West Forsyth who had eliminated the west competition of Mt. Tabor, Davie Co. etc. On Feb. 10th a near capacity Cary crowd witnessed the largest point total and margin of victory ever occurring in the history of NC State duals regardless of state classification. 53-9 was the final count thanks to three wrestlers coming from behind to pull off victories, Gabe Brotzman, Tommy Freeman, and Khang Nguyen. While Brotzman knocked off the #1 ranked (and 4A state champ) both Tommy and Khang kept the crowd buzzing as all three had unbelievable efforts to win in the final seconds. Lawrence White won again and with his 5-0 dual meet record for the week and beating a #1 wrestler and also a Riverside future 4A state champ he was awarded Co-MOW along with brotzman for the State Tourney Duals.

Next up..defending the Regional title for the 15th consecutive year. This is quite a record when you think about there are only four regions in the state and the ME regional is generally considered the toughest in the State. In recent years it's featured #1 and #2 Riverside or Cary in any order. This year Cary advanced 11 wrestlers to the State Individual tourney with a great effort at Chapel Hill HS, setting up a chance to run the table for the season.

North Carolina States were not a given as both Mt. Tabor and Riverside were in it after the 1st day. Cary would have to depend on the wrestle-backs and semis to pull out the win. The semis went fairly well with four of five winning and only Long Wang's tough fought bout with Sparrow (4-Time Champion) as the only set-back. The key now was the wrestle-backs. Cary copied the 06' format and burnt through the consolation brackets, in fact three wrestlers, Hoerdemann, Dixon and White all defeated wrestlers that had beaten them earlier on Friday! Everyone of the 11 wrestlers scored important points with Hoerdemann 5th, Wang and White 4th, and Dixon and Parker-Risk placing 3rd. 

Amazingly, for the third time (98', 00' being the others) Cary had all four finalist win! Joey Farnsworth, Justin Koren, Thomas Ferguson and Eloheim Palma all went into the tourney ranked #1 in their weight classes and made sure to prove the prognosticators correct with big wins. 

The teammates from this team will long remember what a truly special group of guys they were a part of. From the 1st year, 9th grade wrestler to the senior star everyone will remember the Joey's, Thomas's, Trevor's, Long's, Sam's, Tommy's and Khang's that made these seniors so different talent-wise as well as personality-wise. Some top individual performances were:

Joey's 63-0 record, never giving up a takedown, a reversal, a escape, back points, cautions, stallings, etc. An unbelievable record that you teammates got to witness first-hand. Also, Joey's pub-run of newspapers, Sports Illustrated, etc. being the #1 senior at 103 in the nation and being selected to the Dream team!

Thomas's 133-2 record in his last two years at Cary. His two Pre-Season National Championships, his super duck, winning two State Titles a earning a scholarship to North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sam's pinning. 43 pins tied him with Joey as the team's leader, he had four in the State tournament. It was always exciting watching Sam tear into his opponent.

Trevor's repeat of last years Saturday run. Placing 4th and 3rd in the state both years beating people who had beat him earlier. His inside trip...bar arm

Long's will to win and turning it up a notch at the end of the season. Being a 3X state qualifier and having his hard work pay off with a 4th place finish

Watching Tommy and Khang compete, Tommy always out-weighed throwing legs, Khang always battling and winning most, reaching the Orange finals and being robbed up in NY vs a NY state runner-up.

Underclassmen, Justin Koren, NHSCA All-American and now State Champ, Brendon Parker-Risk, two-time state placer, Gabe Brotzman, 2X qualifier and 6th place, Lawrence White, 4th placer and Eloheim Palma Cary's first Heavyweight Champion and Cary's first Sophomore State Champion all were fun to watch and sure to be in the mix of Cary's run for the title in 08'
North Carolina's Cary High School

carywrestling.com Last Year's Record 39-0

Have won 5 of the last 6 possible State Championships. Three straight tourneys and two dual meet Championships. Lost to Davie County in 06' in the Duals Final. Have won the tourney 03, 05, 06, 07 four of five last years.

Have eight starters back and 12 lettermen.

Potential Standouts:

Justin Koren 12 140 State Champ, 06' All-American
Eloheim Palma          10 HWY State Champ 07' All-American
Brendon Parker-Risk 12 145 4th, 3rd in States
Lawrence White 12 130 4th in State
Gabe Brotzman 11 152 6th in State 06' All-American 07'
Matt Colvard 10 135 Won Carolina Classic recently-MOW
Ben Creed 9 103 Top newcomer to line-up
Josh Cobb 12 140 3rd place in Davie Tourney recently
Cordale Risk 10 119 Conference Finalist last year
Harrison Rosenbaum  10 112 Newcomer with alot of potential
Ronnie Winterton       10 125 Also, new to line-up with potential
Brett Colyer 12 171 Veteran backup in upper weights behind placers
Evan O'Neal 12 215 Also behind Trevor Dixon and other state placers


Should be a strong team. Will have to improve in leaps and bounds to be better than last year's top 25 ranked team. Looking forward to working this group of good, hard working dedicated kids.
Eric Sutton Named the Lee Carroll Award Winner
Two-time state medalist Eric Sutton of Tarboro High School will be presented the good sportsmanship award for scholastic wrestling in the Tri-Counties, of Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson, before kickoff of this Friday‚s home football game with North Lenoir. Lee Carroll and TakeDown Report Editor Martin Fleming will present the award to Eric. Last year the award was given to Zach Shearin and Paul Horner of Southern Nash.

Eric has been named on the TDR Tri-County ˆ First Team and on the TDR Top 12 rankings the past two years. The rankings recognize the Top 12 wrestlers in each weight in eastern North Carolina and are commemorated on distinctive TDR shirts. "Eric improved well over the years to record over 100 career wins. He has been competitive even when wrestling with much heavier opponents." Fleming stated. 

Lee Carroll started wrestling his sophomore year when Tarboro High School restarted the sport in 1992 with Butch Sadler as his coach. Lee won 112 matches in just 3 years with the Vikings. Lee was state runner-up his junior year before becoming a record setting undefeated state champion in 1995 with a (50-0) record. Lee went on to start four years at North Carolina State qualifying for the Nationals 3 times. After graduation Lee has worked in the field of computer assisted graphics and architecture in Raleigh.

The TakeDown Report, an on-line publication that promotes amateur wrestling in eastern North Carolina, sponsors the Award. "The award has been named to recognize the best example of good sportsmanship by a scholastic wrestler in the Tri-Counties of Edgecombe-Nash-Wilson," Fleming noted,"It also encourages the young men from the teams in the area with another opportunity for others to realize the hard work, determination and discipline it takes to be a top notch wrestler,‰ he added. The TakeDown Report is in its 11th year of publication in North Carolina reporting wrestling results and encouraging media coverage of the sport. Contact the TDR by e-mail at tdr@tarboronc.com or call (252) 883-3311. TDR home page is http://www.thetdr.com
USA Wrestling Folkstyle Tour of America

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North Carolina Pre-Season Run Down

Cary defeated West Forsyth for the 2007 4A Dual State Championship 57-9.

2007-State individual tournament held in Lawrence-Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem . Cary competes in the top division (4A) of North Carolina . Approx. 90 schools.

Top 10 Team Scores:

Cary                      189
Riverside 114
Mt. Tabor       95.5
Pinecrest 71
Jack Britt        62.5
Watauga 58
W. Forsyth 57.5
Laney 50
E. Gaston          46
Weddington      40

Cary has now won 5 of 6 possible State Crowns in the last three years. Cary placed second in the State Duals in 06' and won both State titles in 05' and 07'. Cary has been in the State Dual Finals each of the last 7 years, 2001-2007.

Individual Results:

Next years (2007-2008) grade, *means graduated.

103-*Joey Farnsworth-State Champion (Ranked #1 Senior in USA)
112- *Khang Nguyen State Qualifier
125-Senior-Lawrence White 4th place-State, Eastern Nationals Champion
135-Senior-Justin Koren-State Champion (NHSCA-ALL-AMERICAN 06')
140-Junior-Gabe Brotzman 6th place State 06' (NHSCA ALL-AMERICAN 07')
145-Senior-Brendon Parker-Risk 3rd Place State 07', 4th Place Washington State,06'
152-*Thomas Ferguson -State Champion, 06 & 07, (Scholarship to UNC-CH)
160-*Long Wang-4th Place-State, 3X State Qualifier
171-*Sam Hoerdemann-5th Place-State (Wresting Scholarship to Wagner College)
215-*Trevor Dixon-3rd Place-State 07', 4th Place 06'
HWY-Junior-Eloheim Palma -State Champion (NHSCA-ALL-AMERICAN 07')

Possible starting line-up with other wrestlers of impact for the 2007-2008 season:
(all grades are for 07-08)

103-Rising 9th grader, Ben Creed, Rising 10th grader Justin Leroux both have several years experience and both could make an immediate impact at 103 or 112.

112-Sophomore Harrison Rosenbaum or CJ Bean, have wrestled all spring, several tournaments....

119-Sophomore Cordale Risk, conference runner-up in 07' as a freshman.

125-Sophomore Ronnie Winterton, has also wrestled all spring and shows promise.

130-Senior Lawrence White, mentioned above. Newcomer Tobias Khataie-11th

135-Sophomore Matt Colvard, conference runner-up in 07' as a freshman

140-Senior Justin Koren mentioned above

145-Senior Brendon Parker-Risk or Gabe Brotzman mentioned above

152-Senior Brendon Parker-Risk or Gabe Brotzman mentioned above

140-152-Seniors Tim Crooks and Senior Josh Cobb both are breathing down these
guys backs and could start in the upcoming season. Alot of depth here.

160-Sophomore Josh Boozer or Senior Brett Colyer, both show alot of promise.

171-Sophomore Josh Boozer or Senior Brett Colyer, both show alot of promise.

189-Wide open

215-Seniors Evan O'Neal, down from HWY, 2006' Pre-Season Nat. Champion. 
Ureigh Houston has started off and on since 05'

285-Junior Eloheim Palma mentioned above..

This team will have 3 NHSCA All-Americans, Justin Koren 06' Sophomores, Gabe Brotzman 07' Sophomores, and Eloheim Palma 07' Sophomores, 5 All-Americans counting a couple of freshman heavyweights. Cary will also have five State Place winners returning in Eloheim Palma 1st, Justin Koren 1st, Brendon Parker-Risk 3rd, Lawrence White 4th, and Gabe Brotzman 6th in 06'.  

Side Notes:

Cary has now won 25 consecutive conference titles, 15 consecutive regional titles (only four 4A regions in the state of about 25 schools per region), three straight Individual State Tourney titles, and 4 of the last 5 State Individual Titles. The school now has won the following State titles:

Dual Meet State Titles: 93, 96, 97, 98, 05, 07
Individual State Titles: 77, 87, 88, 89, 97, 00, 03, 05, 06, 07

With the State win, Coach Winterton's teams hold the National Record as recorded by Wrestling USA Magazine for the most team individual tournament victories all-time with a total of 146 tourney wins. Winterton was recently named National Coach of the Year for 2007 by The National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA).

Cary was ranked as high as #25 in the country by Wrestling USA and WIN Magazine and #2 in the SE. United States at some point in the 2007 season.

Thomas Ferguson continued his domination of the 152 by winning States with two techs and two pins. Ferguson finished his season at 62-1 and became a two-time State Champ with the title. Thomas is also a two-time NHSCA Pre-Season All-American and going to UNC-Chapel Hill on a wrestling scholarship.

Joey Farnsworth won states going unscored upon in the tourney. Joey finished the season at 63-0 without giving up an offensive point. One point was scored on Joey in his 43rd match a 13-1 victory. The point was for an illegal figure-four on the head when his foot slipped while going for a pin. Joey had 43 pins this season. Joey was the top-ranked senior at 103 as ranked by Wrestling USA magazine and wrestled for the Dream Team on April 21st versus team Ohio . Joey was also NHSCA Junior National Champion in 06' All American (5th in 07') while wrestling with walking pneumonia and featured in Sports Illustrated during the month of February 07'.

Justin Koren, a rising Senior, NHSCA All-American won the 135 lb class at States also in dominating fashion only giving up one point in four matches. Justin finished at 59-2 with 38 pins.

Sophomore Eloheim Palma won the heavyweight division and finished the season at 58-1 with 34 pins. Eloheim is the younger brother of nationally ranked and ACC Champion Jainor Palma who was the starting heavyweight for NC State University for the last four years. Jainor also wrestled for the Cary program. Eloheim placed 3rd at 285 in the NHSCA Nationals.

Cary had 9 State Placers over the two-day event. Four firsts, two thirds, two fourths and fifth place finish.
TDR Announces Top Wrestling Awards

The TakeDown Report announces the top eastern North Carolina wrestlers. Ngu Tran, a C.B. Aycock High School senior, is the 6th winner of the annual James Johnson Award as the top senior scholastic wrestler in eastern North Carolina in 2007. Frank Hickman, a Wilmington Laney junior, is the Roy Heverly Award Winner as the top underclassman scholastic wrestler in eastern North Carolina. The Awards will be presented this fall at halftime of a home football game at their schools.

Tran has placed at the state tournament in each of the three years he has wrestled. He did not start wrestling until his sophomore year and placed 4th. Last year he placed 2nd as a reversal by Bobby Shanor of Morehead edged Tran in the waning seconds of the finals match. Tran won 51 of his 54 matches this year as he became his school‚s first ever state wrestling champion. „We are very proud and pleased that Ngu won it all this year. We have had others in the finals before but he is our first champion and a tremendous kid‰ stated his coach Kevin Smith.

Tran‚s last loss was in early January in the finals of the TDR 5th Wilson County Tournament at Beddingfield to Luis Ramos of Parkland. Tran avenged that loss with a 3-0 victory over Ramos in the state semifinals. In the finals he left no chance of a last second loss as he defeated Bradley Saunders of Southern Alamance by a 18-6 major decision thus becoming the 125 champion in the 3A division. Tran finished his short scholastic career with three state medals and 140 wins. He was twice the Eastern Regional Champion and earned numerous tournament and conference titles. The award is named in honor of three time national champion James Johnson who was recently inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a North Carolina State Chapter honoree. 

Johnson started wrestling in his junior year for D.H. Conley High School in Greenville with Milt Sherman as his coach. James was Coney's 1st state champion in any sport in 1976. He was North Carolina's 1st Eastern Junior National Champion in 1975 and North Carolina's 1st Junior Nationals All-American with 3rd in 1976. He started four years at the University of Kentucky and was on the USA National Wrestling team for 12 years, winning 3 National Championships, USA Athlete of the Year, AIM Christian Athlete of the Year, Olympic Team Alternate, and numerous accolades worldwide. More information is available at http://jjchamp3x.com/   

Hickman of Wilmington Laney High School will be presented the 5th Annual Roy Heverly Award as the top underclassman scholastic wrestler in eastern North Carolina. He completed the season with a (54-7) record and placed 5th at the state tournament in the 4A division at 125 lbs. He placed 3rd his freshman year. He lost two close matches at state 5-3 and 1-0 yet bounced back to place. His coach Dan Willis stated „Thanks, it is much deserved and appreciated. Frank worked hard during the season and has stepped it up even more since the season has ended."  Coach Willis guided the Laney Buccaneers to being named the top team in eastern North Carolina by the TDR and received a plaque for that honor. Hickman was surprised at the news of the award and stated "first of all I would like to thank you for presenting me with this award, knowing that there are many tough wrestlers on the Eastern part of the state. I'd like to thank my coaches for making me the wrestler that I am at this point in my life. I would also like to thank my family and friends for supporting me in achieving my goals. I know that this year did not finish out the way that I would (have) liked it to, but I will continue to train until I reach my goals."

The award is named in honor of former state champion Roy Heverly, a 4 time state medalist at West Carteret and three time All-American at The University of North Carolina-Pembroke. The TakeDown Report, an on-line publication promotes amateur wrestling in eastern North Carolina, sponsors these Awards. „These awards recognize the most successful wrestlers in the area each year.‰ Fleming noted, „It encourages the young men from the teams in the eastern part of the state with another opportunity for others to realize the hard work, determination and discipline it takes to be a top wrestler,‰ he added. Hickman and Tran are listed on the TDR Top 12 T-Shirts as they and all the listed wrestlers received certificates earlier this spring. The TakeDown Report is in its‚ 10th year of publication in North Carolina reporting wrestling results and encouraging media coverage of the sport. Contact the TDR at tdr@tarboronc.com or (252) 883-3311 and http://www.thetdr.com
Cary High School Gets 5 All-Americans at NHSCA Nationals in VirginiaBeach,VA.

April 1st:

Cary High School scored five All-Americans in this past weekend's National Tournament. The five All-Americans were one of the most from any high school in the Country and more than some States!! The top 8 in each weight class are named All-American

Placing in Freshman Nationals from Cary High were:

Kevin Puente 215 8th place
Juan Macias Heavyweight 3rd place

Placing in Sophomore Nationals from Cary High were:

Gabe Brotzman 140 7th
Eloheim Palma Heavyweight 3rd place

Placing in Senior Nationals from Cary High was:

Joey Farnsworth 103 5th place

"It was a great experience for everyone who went. The guys definitely gave their all in the matches. I felt like with a break here and there we could've had at least 2-3 more. I'm really happy for Gabe Brotzman who had a tough State tourney but came back strong in Nationals" On the other hand two of our State Champs, Justin Koren and Thomas Ferguson just missed All-American losing very close matches to kids that ended up All-American.  They were definitely right there, just as good as them and I feel badly for them.Coach Winterton remarked after the competition.

Joey Farnsworth will wrestle in the Dream Team Classic with other First Team National members versus Ohio's All-star team on April 21st in Youngstown, Ohio. Go to wrestling usa.com for more information. Good Luck Joey.
North Carolina Quick Recap
 
A quick recap of this weekend's State individual tournament held in Lawrence-Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem.   Cary competes in the top division (4A) of North Carolina.  Approx. 90 schools.
 
Top 10 Team Scores:
 
Cary                189
Riverside          114
Mt. Tabor        95.5
Pinecrest           71
Jack Britt        62.5
Watauga           58
W. Forsyth     57.5
Laney               50
E. Gaston         46
Weddington      40
 
Individual Results:
 
103-Joey Farnsworth-State Champion
112- Khang Nguyen  1-2
125-Lawrence White 4th place
135-Justin Koren-State Champion
140-Gabe Brotzman  1-2
145-Brendon Parker-Risk  3rd Place
152-Thomas Ferguson-State Champion
160-Long Wang-4th Place
171-Sam Hoerdemann-5th Place
215-Trevor Dixon-3rd Place
HWY-Eloheim Palma-State Champion
 
Side Notes:
 
Cary has now won 25 consecutive conference titles, 15 consecutive regional titles (only four 4A regions in the state of about 25 schools per region), three straight Individual State Tourney titles, and 4 of the last 5 State Individual Titles.  The school now has won the following State titles:
 
Dual Meet State Titles:   93, 96, 97, 98, 05, 07
Individual State Titles:    77, 87, 88, 89, 97, 00, 03, 05, 06, 07
 
With this weekend's win, Coach Winterton's teams hold the National Record as recorded by Wrestling USA Magazine for the most team individual tournament victories all-time with a total of 146 tourney wins.  Coach Winterton is now 542-33 overall for his career and 520-15 at Cary.
 
Cary is now ranked #25 in the country by Wrestling USA and WIN Magazine and is ranked #2 in the SE. United States.
 
Thomas Ferguson continued his domination of the 152 by winning States with two techs and two pins.   Ferguson finished his season at 62-1 and became a two-time State Champ with the title.   Thomas is also a two-time NHSCA Pre-Season All-American and going to UNC-Chapel Hill on a wrestling scholarship.
 
Joey Farnsworth won states going unscored upon in the tourney.  Joey finished the season at 63-0 without giving up an offensive point.  One point was scored on Joey in his 43rd match a 13-1 victory.  The point was for an illegal figure-four on the head when his foot slipped while going for a pin.   Joey had 43 pins this season.  Joey is currently the top-ranked senior at 103 as ranked by Wrestling USA magazine and will wrestle for the Dream Team on April 21st versus team Ohio.    Joey was also NHSCA Junior National Champion in 06'.
 
Justin Koren an NHSCA Junior All-American won the 135 lb class also in dominating fashion only giving up one point in four matches.   Justin finished at 59-2 with 38 pins.
 
Sophomore Eloheim Palma won the heavyweight division and finished the season at 58-1 with 34 pins.   Eloheim is the younger brother of nationally ranked Jainor Palma won is a nationally-ranked heavyweight for NC State University.  Jainor also wrestled for the Cary program.
 
Cary had 9 State Placers over the two-day event.   Four firsts, two thirds, two fourths and fifth place finish.