South Carolina 2A Wrestling State Dual Championship 2006-2007
The 4th Round (Semi-Finals) of the 2A State Dual Championships for Friday, February 9 looks like this:
Upper State Bracket
#3 Walhalla (1st seed) vs. #4 Crescent (3rd seed) at Lugoff-Elgin High School 8:00 p.m.
Let's start with how big these two schools are:
The 2006-2007 School Year - Attendance Figures for 195 state wide schools
#97 out of 195 schools - Walhalla 946 students (Walhalla is the largest 2A school)
#128 out of 195 schools - Crescent 727 students
Then we can check out the team trophy count:
Team State Championships - Crescent 2, Walhalla 0
Team State Runner-ups - Crescent 1, Walhalla 2
Individual accomplishments need to get thrown in too (wrestlers counted in only one category):
State 1st in the lineup - Crescent 0, Walhalla 0
State 2nd in the lineup - Crescent 0, Walhalla 1
State 3rd in the lineup - Crescent 1, Walhalla 1
State 4th in the lineup - Crescent 1, Walhalla 0
State Qualifiers lineup - Crescent 3, Walhalla 2
This is Walhalla’s first trip to the 2A Upper State finals since 2002. Crescent was there last year
and went all the way to winning the 2A State Finals. This match-up is a rematch from January 10,
when Walhalla defeated Crescent 37-29 on Walhalla's home mat. A lot of time has passed since then!
In the last round of the playoffs, Crescent won a tough matchup with Woodruff!
For Walhalla in round 3, it was Walhalla's little guys coming up big against Ninety-Six!
Walhalla is led by #1 ranked 103 Andrew Rankin (Fr.), undefeated 112 Ethan Lecroy (Jr., 2006 103 3rd),
130 Andrew Vaughn (Jr., 2005 103 SQ), 135 Jared Holcombe (Jr., 2006 130 2nd) and
140 Zach Satterfield (Sr., 2006 140 SQ, 2005 130 SQ). Coach Rick Somerville has the rest of
the Walhalla lineup looking solid. Crescent is led by 125 Cody McCall (So., 2006 112 SQ), #1 ranked 135
Justin Walker (Sr., 2006 130 4th), 152 Nick Horne (Sr., 2004 130 SQ), 189 Todd Tabor (Sr., 2006 189 SQ)
and #1 ranked 215 Steven Earwood (Sr., 2006 215 3rd). Coach Chris Strickland has long stopped savoring
last year's state title and masterfully been pulling this lineup together to peak at the right time.
SCMAT Prediction - Crescent wins
Lower State Bracket
#1 Loris (1st seed) vs. #7 Cheraw (2nd seed) at Lugoff-Elgin High School 6:00 p.m.
Let's start with how big these two schools are:
The 2006-2007 School Year - Attendance Figures for 195 state wide schools
#109 out of 195 schools - Cheraw 887 students
#115 out of 195 schools - Loris 838 students
Then we can check out the team trophy count:
Team State Champions - Cheraw 1, Loris 2
Team State Runer-ups - Cheraw 0, Loris 0
Individual accomplishments need to get thrown in too (wrestlers counted in only one category):
State 1st in the lineup - Cheraw 0, Loris 1
State 2nd in the lineup - Cheraw 0, Loris 0
State 3rd in the lineup - Cheraw 0, Loris 0
State 4th in the lineup - Cheraw 2, Loris 1
State Qualifiers lineup - Cheraw 3, Loris 3
Coach Thomas Britt's Loris squad is led by -
119 Terrance Cox (So., 2006 103 SQ)
145 Lionel Peoples (Sr., 2006 135 SQ)
152 Alfonzo Oliver (So., 2006 145 SQ)
#1 ranked 171 Jonathan Outley (Sr., 2006 160 4th)
#1 ranked 189 Jonathan Willard (Jr., 2006 189 1st, 2005 171 1st)
Coach Brad Porter's Cheraw squad is led by -
112 Raffeal Burkette (Jr., 2006 103 4th)
125 Shaw Wallace (Sr., 2006 119 SQ, 2005 112 SQ)
130 Kendario Lewis (Jr., 2006 125 SQ, 2005 119 SQ)
171 Kenyatta Gary (So., 2006 171 SQ)
189 Desmond Chambers (Jr., 2006 189 4th)
This Lower State show-down will prove to be just as exciting as the Upper State battle.
Any of these four teams could be in the Finals Saturday and completely deserving of being
there. If we had to pick one team, going with the #1 ranked team seems fit ...
SCMAT Prediction - Loris wins
Brackets for some past SC State Wrestling Dual Tournaments can be located here --- 2006 4A State Duals < = > 2006 3A State Duals < = > 2006 2A-1A State Duals < = > 2006 SCISA State Duals 2005 4A State Duals < = > 2005 3A State Duals < = > 2005 2A-1A State Duals Please note in the 3A Dual bracket below - Lake City made it to the Finals in 2004, not Georgetown. 2004 4A State Duals < = > 2004 3A State Duals < = > 2004 2A-1A State Duals 2003 4A State Duals < = > 2003 3A State Duals < = > 2003 2A-1A State Duals 2002 4A State Duals < = > 2002 3A State Duals < = > 2002 2A-1A State Duals 2001 4A State Duals < = > 2001 3A State Duals < = > 2001 2A-1A State Duals Finally, a History of the SC 2A State Wrestling Tournament AA State Title determined by Dual Championship - 2007 - TBD 2-10-07 AA-A State Title determined by Dual Championship - 2006 Crescent 32, Chesterfield 27 (Chris Strickland, Lance Abernathy) 2005 Chesterfield 57, Broome 22 (Lance Abernathy, Steve Carruth) 2004 Chesterfield 34, Crescent 30 (Lance Abernathy, Chris Strickland) 2003 Cheraw 62, West-Oak 15 (Brad Porter, ?) 2002 Swansea 43, Walhalla 22 (Chad Meredith, Trey Gardner) 2001 Woodruff 44, Swansea 26 (Chad Singleton, Quincy Riley) AA-A State Title determined by Team Points Championship - 2000 Tie - Loris Mike Morris 83-83 Crescent Russell Blackston 1999 Loris Michael Morris 91.5-89 Bishop England Paul Spence 1998 Chapin Bob Taylor 153.5-99 Edisto 1997 Chapin Bob Taylor 105.5-95 Woodruff Scott Adkins 1996 Chapin Bob Taylor 104½-99½ Walhalla Kurt Kruzberger 1995 Swansea Quincy Riley 117-116 West-Oak Sammy Grant 1994 West-Oak Sammy Grant 129½ -114 Chapin Bob Taylor 1993 Chapin Bob Taylor 130-110 Swansea Quincy Riley 1992 Swansea Quincy Riley 143½-130½ Blue Ridge Malcom Singleton AA-A combined with class AAA 1991 Battery Creek Nathan Day 98 - 80 Swansea Jeff Slagle 1990 Swansea Jeff Slagle 114½ -81½ Lugoff-Elgin Eddie Whitt 1989 Swansea Jeff Slagle 119½ - 119 Dreher Joe Soltish 1988 Dreher Joe Soltish 111½ -78½ Belton-Honea Path John Abercrombie 1987 Belton-Honea Path John Abercrombie 80 - 76 Hanahan Randy Learn 1986 Swansea Jeff Slagle 93 - 78 Camden John Thompson 1985 Swansea Jeff Slagle 91½ - 81½ Belton-Honea Path John Abercrombie 1984 St. Andrews Ed Coles 139½ - 35 J. F. Byrnes Roy Turner AA-A 1983 Woodruff Danny Holland 158 - 122½ St. John's (JI) R. L. Lail, Jr. 1982 Woodruff Danny Holland 135½ - 131 Swansea Tom Williams 1981 Swansea Phil Williams 188 - 167 Woodruff Danny Holland 1980 Swansea Phil Williams 202½ - 122 Chapin Paul Lareau 1979 Swansea Phil Williams 199 - 21 Woodruff Danny Holland 1978 Woodruff Danny Holland 187½ -167 Swansea Frank Shealy (All Classifications 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A together) 1977 Airport Jim Barnes 122 - 80 Bonds-Wilson James E. Cox 1976 Airport Jim Barnes 75 ½ - 68 Fort Johnson Chester Willis 1975 Lower Richland Jim Fitzpatrick 73 - 57 Airport Jim Barnes 1974 Lower Richland Rudolph Cooper 55 - 41 ½ Summerville Jim Flowers 1973 Lower Richland Rudolph Cooper 65 ½ - 35 Union Jim Barnes 1972 Lower Richland William Tourek 48 - 41 ½ Bishop England Jack Cantey 1971 Fort Johnson M. Leroy Jackson 56 - 53 Brookland Cayce John Checkovich 1970 St. Andrews Rusty Hamilton 113 - 61 James Island Edward Hertwig 1969 St. Andrews Rusty Hamilton 130 - 93 James Island Edward Hertwig Best wishes to all teams that are competing in this year’s 2A State Wrestling Duals Tournament! Article by Mark Buford Wrestling USA Magazine’s SC State Editor