WINSTON-SALEM --­ Cary had little trouble in running its string of state championships to four with an excellent performance Saturday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4-A wrestling tournament championships at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The Imps, who won the dual team championship earlier this month and

have earned five of the last six tournament crowns, placed six wrestlers in

the championships Saturday night and five of them earned state titles. Cary

rolled up 174.5 points to 85.5 for runner-up Chapel Hill.

Davie County was third with 78.5 points, followed by Matthews David

Butler (74.5) and Durham Riverside (62.5).

Chris Townsend of South Caldwell, the 135-pound state champion, was

named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the 4-A championship.

103--Benjamin Creed (Cary) d. David Tran (Sanderson) 4-3;

112--Dominic Parisi (Robinson) m.d. Tom Puckett (Butler) 11-0;

119--Tyrone Eatmon (Riverside) d. Ian Coggin (Chapel Hill) 3-0;

125--Corey Mock (Chapel Hill) m.d. Daniel Pipkin (West Johnston) 9-1;

130--Lawrence White (Cary) d. John Wagner (Laney) 6-2;

135--Chris Townsend (South Caldwell) d. Jacob Earp (Watauga) 7-5;

140--Justin Koren (Cary) p. Jamal Williams (Millbrook) 1:08;

145--Brendon Parker-risk (Cary) p. Savva Kostis (Watauga) 4:17;

152--Nick Gregoris (Chapel Hill) d. Gabe Brotzman (Cary) 11-5;

160--Travis Puckett (Butler) d. Evan Baker (Scotland) 11-4;

171--Anthony Rogers (Knightdale) m.d. Alex Timmons (Riverside) 10-2;

189--Anthony Clinton (Mount Tabor) d. Denison Paiva (East Mecklenburg) 5-1;

215--James Dela Riva (Alexander Central) d. Nathan Stanford (Hopewell) 3-1;

285--Eloheim Palma (Cary) d. Tyler Shatley (East Burke) 8-3

Cary 174.5;

Chapel Hill 85.5;

Davie County 78.5;

Butler 74.5;

Riverside 62.5; South Caldwell 62.5;

Watauga 60;

Northwest Guilford 49;

New Bern 48;

Alexander Central 47;

Laney 46.5;

Mount Tabor 42; Sanderson 42;

Knightdale 41;

Richmond 40;

Green Hope 38.5;

Northern Durham 37.5;

Freedom 32.5;

Athens Drive 29; Robinson 29;

West Johnston 27;

East Burke 25; East Mecklenburg 25; Hopewell 25;

Seventy First 23; Vance 23;

South View 21;

Jack Britt 20; Millbrook 20; Pinecrest 20;

Leesville Road 18.5;

Pine Forest 18; Scotland 18;

Wakefield 16;

Hoggard 15; Rose 15;

West Forsyth 14;

Harding 10;

Cape Fear 9; Grimsley 9; Myers Park 9; Panther Creek 9;

Mallard Creek 8;

Person 7;

Terry Sanford 6; West Mecklenburg 6;

Douglas Byrd 5; Fuquay-Varina 5;

East Wake 4; Lee 4; Lumberton 4;

East Forsyth 3; North Forsyth 3; Rj Reynolds 3; West Charlotte 3;

Apex 2; Ashley 2; Central Cabarrus 2; East Gaston 2; Smithfield-Selma 2;

Ardrey Kell 1; Ashbrook 1; Berry Academy 1; South Mecklenburg 1; Weddington 1;

High Point Central 0; Holly Springs 0; Independence 0; Jordan 0; North Mecklenburg 0; Southeast Raleigh 0

WINSTON-SALEM -- Winston-Salem Parkland built up a big lead over the

field after the opening day and increased it on Saturday to capture the team

title easily in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state

3-A wrestling tournament championships at the Lawrence Joel Veterans

Memorial Coliseum.

Parkland, the defending tournament champ which also won the NCHSAA dual

team title earlier this month, had eight wrestlers advance to the finals

Saturday night and five of them earned state titles as the team rolled up a

whopping 269.5 points in the tournament, the first time a team had ever

broken the 200-point barrier.

Parkland far outdistanced runner-up Eden Morehead with 130.5 points,

followed by High Point Andrews (95.5), Jamestown Ragsdale (82) and Hickory

St. Stephens (69).

Marcus Blue, the state champion at 152 pounds, earned the Most

Outstanding Wrestler award for the tournament.

103--Timdarius Thurston (T W Andrews) d. Joe Deangelo (Southern Alamance)

8-5;

112--Juan Stimpson (Parkland) d. Patrick Nelms (Piedmont) 8-3;

119--Timothy Thurston (T W Andrews) d. Jarren Cooper (Parkland) 7-3;

125--Dylan Cala (South Point) d. Daniel Ownbey (Enka) 5-4;

130--Jacob Creed (Ragsdale) d. Luis Ramos (Parkland) 4-1;

135--Bobby Shanor (Morehead) d. Luis Camacho (Parkland) 6-5;

140--Lane Wilmoth (Parkland) d. Michael Cresenzo (Morehead) 6-3;

145--Lanard Oglesby (Parkland) p. Alex Winn (Morehead) 5:02;

152--Marcus Blue (T W Andrews) d. Mike Williams (Southern Lee) 3-1 (OT);

160--Greg Gainey (Parkland) d. Victor Cresenzo (Morehead) 2-0;

171--Teague Little (Parkland) d. Ben Lord (Southwest Guilford) 9-5;

189--Alex Skonieczny (Northwest Cabarrus) p. Nick Davila (Glenn) 1:58;

215--Christian Mclean (Southwest Guilford) p. Jared Seate (Olympic) 5:36;

285--Micah Stanfield (Morehead) m.d. Charlie Millea (Havelock) 11-3

Parkland 269.5;

Morehead 130.5;

T W Andrews 95.5;

Ragsdale 82;

St Stephens 69;

Southwest Guilford 57;

Enka 54.5;

Northwest Cabarrus 42;

Southern Lee 40.5;

South Rowan 38;

Dudley 37;

Lake Norman 35.5;

Havelock 33; Trinity 33;

South Point 30;

Mooresville 28;

Union Pines 27.5;

A L Brown 26;

Piedmont 25; Southern Alamance 25;

Glenn 23; Olympic 23;

R S Central 22.5;

East Rowan 22; South Johnston 22;

Southern Wayne 21; Southwestern Randolph 21;

Williams 18;

North Gaston 17;

Charlotte Catholic 16.5;

South Central 16;

Dh Conley 15.5;

Western Harnett 15;

CB Aycock 13; Concord 13; Nash Central 13; Northeast Guilford 13; Northern Guilford 13; Washington 13;

Carver 12; Gray's Creek 12; West Rowan 12;

Webb 10;

Sw Edgecombe 8; West Brunswick 8;

White Oak 6;

Anson 5; Hickory 5;

Southern Nash 4; Western Guilford 4;

Eastern Randolph 3; Erwin 3; North Buncombe 3;

Asheboro 2; E E Waddell 2; Eastern Alamance 2; Jacksonville 2; Randleman 2;

Eastern Wayne 1; Kings Mountain 1; T C Roberson 1; West Carteret 1; Western Alamance 1;

Carson 0; Currituck 0; Fike 0; North Iredell 0; Northern Nash 0; Northern Vance 0; Overhills 0; Rockingham County 0; Rocky Mount 0; Tuscola 0; West Craven 0

WINSTON-SALEM ­-- Orange pulled away on Saturday¹s second and final day of

action to win the team crown in the North Carolina High School Athletic

Association 1-A/2-A state wrestling tournament championships at the Lawrence

Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The two teams which met for the NCHSAA dual team title two weeks ago were

one-two in the team standings, led by Orange with 111.5 points and

Newton-Conover in second with 74. Orange beat Newton-Conover for the dual

team championship.

Mount Pleasant, the defending team champion, was third with 72.5

followed by Mayodan Dalton McMichael with 67 and Robbinsville with 66.

Jonathan Burns of Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons, won the state crown at 145

pounds, was selected the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the championship.

One of the interesting aspects of this tournament was the performance

of Rosewood's Olivia Neal at 103 pounds, the first female wrestler ever to

qualify for the state tournament. Neal won her first match, lost in the

quarterfinals and wound up being eliminated in the third round of

consolation action.

103--Justin Jones (North Surry) d. John Bention (Monroe) 10-4;

112--Weston Haney (Robbinsville) d. Eric Evanger (Brevard) 4-0;

119--Dakota Holt (McMichael ) d. Chris Johnson (Orange ) 3-1;

125--Antoine Brown (Shelby) d. Keith Hulin (South Davidson ) 7-5;

130--Jose Sanchez (Mount Pleasant) d. Johnathan Hensley (Avery County) 6-2;

135--Cody Sayers (Central Davidson ) d. Nick Albertson (Mount Pleasant) 2-0;

140--Chad Allen (Lejeune) d. Daniel Hopper (McMichael ) 14-11;

145--Jonathan Burns (Cardinal Gibbons ) p. Shawn Swing (West Davidson ) 0:43;

152--Nicholas Walters (Orange ) d. William Graves (Southern Guilford ) 6-5;

160--Will Mowery (Salisbury ) d. Jamar Jackson (Orange ) 2-0;

171--Christian Harris (Forbush) d. Jed Martin (Surry Central) 9-3;

189--Vincent Beam (Wilkes Central) d. Corey Smith (Tarboro) 4-3;

215--Andrew Reinhardt (Newton Conover) d. Chandler Turpin (Robbinsville) 1-0;

285--Jarin Spradley (Mount Pleasant) d. Jacob Lewis (South Stokes) 10-8

Orange 111.5;

Newton Conover 74;

Mount Pleasant 72.5;

McMichael 67;

Robbinsville 66;

Shelby 56;

Alleghany 55.5;

Cardinal Gibbons 46;

Hibriten 44; West Davidson 44;

Wilkes Central 42;

Central Davidson 40;

South Davidson 36.5;

Bishop Mcguinness 35;

Croatan 34;

South Stokes 33; West Stokes 33;

Brevard 32.5;

Northside 32;

North Surry 26;

Southern Guilford 24; Tarboro 24; West Henderson 24;

Forbush 23.5;

Madison 23; Patton 23; Salisbury 23;

Louisburg 22.5;

Eastern Guilford 22; Lejeune 22;

Starmount 21; Surry Central 21;

Monroe 20;

Avery County 19;

Dixon 18;

Bandys 17; Chatham Central 17; West Lincoln 17;

East Davidson 15; South Brunswick 15;

Bunker Hill 14; Trask 14;

Rosman 13;

Ledford Senior 12; Richlands 12;

Swansboro 11;

East Surry 10; Pasquotank 10;

Southern Vance 8;

East Montgomery 7; Mitchell County 7; Northwood 7; Polk County 7; West Wilkes 7;

Topsail 6;

North Henderson 5; Rosewood 5; Southwest 5;

East Lincoln 4; North Brunswick 4; North Stanly 4; South Stanly 4; Thomasville 4;

Albemarle 3; Hayesville 3; Owen 3; South Lenoir 3;

Franklinton 2; North Johnston 2;

Atkins 1; East Henderson 1; First Flight 1; Pamlico 1;

Ashe County 0; Chase 0; Cherokee 0; East Wilkes 0; Graham 0; Manteo 0; North Pitt 0; North Stokes 0; Pisgah 0; West Montgomery 0; North Wilkes -1

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