1981 South Carolina 4A Wrestling State Champions SCMAT © 2018
Summerville High School
Team Placement at State Tournament
1. Summerville - 170 points (Coach Steve LaPrad)
2. Rock Hill - 132 points (Coach Jim Barnes)
3. Orangeburg Wilkinson - 74.5 points (Coach Ronald Protts)
4. Irmo - 67 points (Coach B.D. LaPrad)
5. Northwestern - 66 points (Coach Connie Grant)
6. Airport - 57.5 points (Coach John Payne)
6. Middleton - 57.5 points (Coach Bob Olson)
8. Sumter - 54.5 points (Coach Neil Collins)
9. Spartanburg - 48 points (Coach Jackie Queen)
10. Battery Creek - 43 points (Coach Doug Renfroe)
11. Lower Richland - 37.5 points (Coach Nate Evans)
12. Wando - 37 points (Coach Albert Spalviero)
13. Brookland Cayce - 32.5 points (Coach John Checkovich)
14. Laurens - 32 points (Coach Mike Bridges)
15. Dorman - 31.5 points (Coach George Foster)
16. Hartsville - 30.5 points (Coach Lewis Lineberger)
17. Goose Creek - 27.5 points (Coach Tom Borrelli)
18. Eastside - 23 points (Coach Malcolm Singleton)
18. Gaffney - 23 points (Coach A.L. Curtis)
20. Wade Hampton - 17.5 points (Coach Mike Hawkins)
21. Spring Valley - 15 points
22. Greenwood - 14 points (Coach Joel McCracken)
23. Union - 12 points (Coach Doug Lown)
24. Berkeley - 9 points (Coach Dennis Swygert)
Other wrestling teams with State Qualifiers, however team points or placement unknown:
Stall
Beaufort
Boiling Springs
Lancaster
Camden
Dreher
Richland Northeast
Individual State Champions
State Finals:
98 Robert Sinteff (Summerville) maj.dec. Russell Wilhelm (Northwestern), 11-3
105 T.Tom Salisbury (Summerville) dec. P.Y. Erby (Rock Hill), 6-5
112 Craig Harris (Summerville) dec. Eric Hutchison (Sumter), 4-0
119 Thomas Hutchinson (Northwestern) dec. Tom Cluchey (Summerville), 4-0
126 Pat Neely (Rock Hill) dec. Anthony Carson (Orangeburg-Wilkinson), 13-10
132 Charlie Thomas (Dorman) dec. Ralph Barksdale (Laurens), 6-4
138 Timmy Puckett (Summerville) dec. Chris Brock (Rock Hill), 4-1
145 Allen Wilson (Middleton) dec. Al McKinley (Sumter), 6-2
155 Thomas Jenkins (Wando) dec. Reid Banks (Summerville), 1-0
167 Randy Jeffers (Battery Creek) pin Robert Fortner (Brookland-Cayce)
175 Johnathan Hampton (Orangeburg-Wilkinson) maj.dec. Clement Fields (Middleton), 18-10
185 David Carter (Spartanburg) maj.dec. Sam Hope (Rock Hill). 11-2
UNL Chris Corley (Irmo) pin Rick Kelly (Airport)
State Consolation Finals:
98 Henry Jackson (Hartsville) pin Vince Berenyi (Union)
105 Herbert Lipscomb (Gaffney) dec. David Franklin (Middleton), 8-6 OT
112 Mike Rogers (Goose Creek) dec. Foster Burton (Laurens), 5-2 OT
119 Bruce Gault (Irmo) dec. Jay Green (Battery Creek), 6-2
126 Yardley Robinson (Sumter) dec. Mark Buford (Irmo), 1-0
132 Guber Strickland (Rock Hill) dec. Derek Aiken (Orangeburg-Wilkinson), 2-1
138 Kenny Gillings (Airport) dec. Nathan Day (Goose Creek), 2-1
145 Luther Richardson (Greenwood) forfeit Kelly Allen (Rock Hill)
155 Teddy Fitts (Airport) maj.dec. Clyde Mizzell (Berkeley), 14-1
167 David Seay (Eastside) dec. Jessie McCray (Sumter), 2-1
175 Terry Orner (Spartanburg) pin Willie Leak (Rock Hill)
185 Norman Harvin (Lower Richland) forfeit Andrew Howard (Wade Hampton)
UNL Ben Blanton (Summerville) pin Billy Gladden (Northwestern)
Most Outstanding Wrestler Award
Charlie Thomas (Sr. 132 lbs.) - Dorman (Coach George Foster)
State Tournament Location
Summerville H.S. February 20-21, 1981
State Qualifying Tournaments
Top 1 Wrestler from Region 5 Qualifier went to State and
Top 3 Wrestlers from the other Region Qualifiers went to State:
Region 1 - at Eastside H.S. - February 14, 1981
Team Placement at Region:
1. Eastside
2. Dorman
3. Laurens
Region 2 - at Rock Hill H.S. - February 14, 1981
Team Placement at Region:
1. Rock Hill
2. Northwestern
3. Spartanburg
Region 3 - at Airport H.S. - February 14, 1981
Team Placement at Region:
1. Irmo
Region 4 - at Lower Richland H.S. - February 13, 1981
Team Placement at Region:
1. Camden
2. Spring Valley
3. Lower Richland
Region 5 - at Sumter H.S. - February 14, 1981
Team Placement at Region:
1. Sumter
2. Hartsville
3. Conway
Region 6 - at Wando H.S. - February 14, 1981
Team Placement at Region:
1. Summerville
2. Wando
3. Middleton
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