1971 South Carolina 4A-3A-2A-1A Wrestling State Champions SCMAT © 2018
Fort Johnson High School
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Team Placement at State Tournament
1. Fort Johnson - 56 points (Coach Leroy Jackson) - 3A
2. Brookland Cayce - 53 points (Coach John Checkovich) - 4A
3. Bishop England - 47 points (Coach Norman King) - 3A
4. Dreher - 46 points (Coach Ray Chetti) - 4A
5. Spartanburg - 38 points (Coach Fred Kyzer) - 4A
6. Lower Richland - 37 points (Coach Richard Minchew/John Childers) - 4A
7. Camden - 29 points (Coach Baxter Williamson) - 4A
8. James Island - 25 points (Coach Jim Sullenberger) - 3A
9. Summerville - 17 points (Coach Mike Mauldin) - 4A
10. J.L. Mann - 13 points - 4A
11. Middleton - 12 points (Coach Roger Myers) - 4A
12. St. Andrews - 10 points - 4A
13. Belton-Honea Path - 9 points (Coach Norman King) - 3A
13. Westminster - 9 points (Coach Steve White) - 2A
15. Union - 7 points (Coach Jim Barnes) - 4A
15. Seneca - 7 points (Coach Larry Duncan) - 3A
17. Keenan - 6 points - 4A
18. Buford - 5 points (Coach Donald Lindsay) - 1A
19. Wade Hampton - 4 points - 4A
20. Airport - 3 points (Coach Larry Langford) - 4A
Other wrestling teams with State Qualifiers:
A.C. Flora - 4A
Barnwell - 2A
Daniel - 3A
Gaffney - 4A
Greer - 4A
Moultrie - 4A
Westside - 3A
Woodruff - 3A
Individual State Champions
State Finals:
95 Tom Perry (Middleton) dec. Steve King (Spartanburg), 9-3
103 Rusty Bennett (Bishop England) defeated Mike Spalviero (Fort Johnson)
112 Brad Branham (Camden) defeated Wayne Rholetter (Westminster)
120 Richard Soubeyroux (Bishop England) defeated Steve Godfrey (J.L. Mann)
127 Raymond Brown (Brookland-Cayce) dec. Albert Spalviero (Fort Johnson), 10-5
133 John Keith (Spartanburg) defeated Bernard Moore (Summerville)
138 Brad Yates (James Island) pin Richard Anderson (Dreher)
145 Mike Veronee (James Island) defeated Gary Braddock (Fort Johnson)
154 Larry Craven (Fort Johnson) defeated Tommy Easterby (St. Andrews)
165 Ernest Grigsby (Brookland-Cayce) pin Terry McManus (Bishop England)
175 Jon Chardukian (Camden) dec. Ben Easton (Brookland-Cayce), 3-1
188 Steve Berry (Brookland-Cayce) dec. Rob Pendergrast (Fort Johnson), 6-2
UNL James Burkett (Dreher) dec. Mike Usowski (Bishop England), 6-3
State Consolation Finals:
95 Dan Johnson (Dreher) defeated Chuck Potts (Lower Richland)
103 Phil Alberson (Seneca) defeated Sandy Newell (Spartanburg)
112 Glenn Reid (Dreher) defeated Mike Epps (Belton-Honea Path)
120 Steve Vitali (Keenan) defeated Charles Howell (Dreher)
127 Tom Smith (Lower Richland) defeated Stephen Price (Spartanburg)
133 Steve Yonkers (Lower Richland) defeated James Sheerer (Bishop England)
138 Tony Patterson (Belton-Honea Path) defeated David Vaughn (J.L. Mann)
145 Wayne Conner (Lower Richland) Phillip Horne (Buford)
154 Zebe Swinton (Lower Richland) pin Philip Shull (Airport)
165 James Williams (Dreher) defeated Steve Vinson (Camden)
175 Darnell Brown (Lower Richland) defeated David Reich (Fort Johnson)
188 Fred Yarborough (Summerville) defeated Mike Harrill (Spartanburg)
UNL Robbin Bolick (Union) defeated Maxy Boyd (Brookland-Cayce)
Most Outstanding Wrestler Award
Brad Yates (Sr. 138 lbs.) - James Island 3A (Coach Jim Sullenberger)
State Tournament Location
Brookland Cayce H.S. February 19-20, 1971
State Qualifying Tournaments
Top 2 Wrestlers from Lower State Qualifier went to State and the
Top 3 Wrestlers from Upper and Central Qualifier went to State:
Lower State - at Summerville H.S. - February 12, 1971
Team Placement at Lower State:
1. Fort Johnson
2. Bishop England
3. Summerville
Upper State - at J.L. Mann H.S. - February 13, 1971
Team Placement at Upper State:
1. Spartanburg
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Central State - at AC Flora H.S. - February 13, 1971
Team Placement at Central State:
1. Brookland Cayce
2. Dreher
3. Lower Richland
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