1982 South Carolina 4A Wrestling State Champions
Rock Hill High School
images/1982 Rock Hill.jpg Team Placement at State Tournament 1. Rock Hill - 164 points (Coach Jim Barnes) 2. Summerville - 130.5 points (Coach Steve LaPrad) 3. Northwestern - 53 points (Coach Connie Grant) 3. Wando - 53 points (Coach Albert Spalviero) 5. Orangeburg Wilkinson - 49 points (Coach Ronald Protts) 6. Spartanburg - 47 points (Coach Wayne Anthony) 7. Eastside - 29 points (Coach Mike Hawkins) 8. Spring Valley - 25 points (Coach Jim Bonneville) 9. Union - 23 points (Coach Doug Lown) 10. Hartsville - 22 points (Coach Lewis Lineberger) 10. Middleton - 22 points (Coach Bob Olson) 12. Greenwood - 17.5 points (Coach Joel McCracken) 13. Laurens - 16 points (Coach Sam Betz) 14. Airport - 15 points (Coach John Payne) 15. Stall - 11.5 points (Coach Troy Bennage) 16. Brookland Cayce - 9 points (Coach John Checkovich) 17. Wade Hampton - 6 points (Coach Dwight Efird) 17. Irmo - 6 points (Coach B.D. LaPrad) Other wrestling teams with State Qualifiers, however team points or placement unknown: Sumter Camden Dreher Lower Richland Battery Creek Conway Richland Northeast Hillcrest Easley Eastside Individual State Champions State Finals: 98 Rodney Hinton (Rock Hill) tech.fall Steve Johnson (Orangeburg-Wilkinson), 16-1 105 Robert Sinteff (Summerville) dec. Henry Jackson (Hartsville), 9-2 112 Dean Bowens (Northwestern) dec. Marvin Johnson (Summerville), 8-8 OT criteria 119 T.Tom Salisbury (Summerville) pin David Franklin (Middleton) 126 Craig Harris (Summerville) pin Jon Ford (Rock Hill) 132 Pat Johnson (Rock Hill) pin Stafford Young (Summerville) 138 Guber Strickland (Rock Hill) pin OT Eric Bohrn (Summerville) 145 Brian Dunphy (Spring Valley) dec. Chris Brock (Rock Hill), 5-4 155 Kelly Allen (Rock Hill) dec. Mike Armstrong (Spartanburg), 11-4 167 Eric Boyd (Northwestern) pin Arnold Farr (Union) 175 Terry Orner (Spartanburg) dec. Tim Boozer (Rock Hill), 7-3 185 Robert Wyndam (Wando) dec. Sam Hope (Rock Hill), 10-8 UNL Randy Keitt (Orangeburg-Wilkinson) pin Mark James (Eastside) State Consolation Finals: 98 Steve Harrison (Airport) dec. Mark Christopher (Wando), 10-9 OT 105 Vince Berenyi (Union) dec. Joey Malasky (Wando), 2-0 112 Bo Wise (Brookland-Cayce) dec. Foster Burton (Laurens), 11-6 119 Russell Wilhelm (Northwestern) dec. Stan Smith (Rock Hill), 8-7 126 John Mosely (Wando) dec. Wayne Wicker (Spring Valley), 6-2 132 Barry Shuder (Northwestern) dec. Nathaniel Jenkins (Wando), 9-7 138 Anthony Carson (Orangeburg-Wilkinson) dec. Steve McElveen (Hartsville), 5-3 145 Luther Richardson (Greenwood) pin Albert Foust (Irmo) 155 Johnny LaFond (Summerville) pin Joey Field (Wade Hampton) 167 Tracy Dingle (Summerville) dec. Lawrence Brown (Rock Hill), 3-1 175 Craig Story (Stall) maj.dec. Dwayne Malone (Laurens), 17-6 185 Richard Brock (Eastside) pin Quincy Hall (Greenwood) UNL Jeff Gwyn (Spartanburg) forfeit Raymond Hallman (Airport) Most Outstanding Wrestler Award ? State Tournament Location Brookland Cayce H.S. February 27, 1982 State Qualifying Tournaments Top 4 Wrestlers from each State Qualifier went to State: Lower State - at Sumter H.S. - February 20, 1982 Team Placement at Lower State: 1. Summerville 2. 3. Upper State - at Spartanburg H.S. - February 20, 1982 Team Placement at Upper State: 1. Rock Hill 2. Orangeburg-Wilkinson 3. Northwestern Send any updates or feedback to scmat@hotmail.com