1983 South Carolina 4A Wrestling State Champions SCMAT © 2018
Rock Hill High School
Team Placement at State Tournament
1. Rock Hill - 151 points (Coach Jim Barnes)
2. James Island - 126.5 points (Coach Mark Agner)
3. Summerville - 124.5 points (Coach Steve LaPrad)
4. Irmo - 63 points (Coach B.D. LaPrad)
5. Brookland Cayce - 60.5 points (Coach John Checkovich)
6. Northwestern - 51.5 points (Coach Dan Hershberger)
7. Spartanburg - 36 points (Coach Wayne Anthony)
8. Hartsville - 24 points (Coach Lewis Lineberger)
9. Spring Valley - 23 points (Coach Jim Bonneville)
10. Orangeburg Wilkinson - 20 points (Coach Ronald Protts)
11. Easley - 16 points (Coach Bob Gordon)
11. Conway - 16 points
13. Airport - 11 points
14. Wade Hampton - 10.5 points
15. Camden - 10 points
16. Dorman - 8 points
16. Middleton - 8 points
Other wrestling teams with State Qualifiers, however team points or placement unknown:
Boiling Springs
Laurens
Eastside
Gaffney
Greenwood
Union
Mauldin
Berkeley
Socastee
Lancaster
Lower Richland
Wando
Sumter
Individual State Champions
State Finals:
98 Steve Johnson (Orangeburg-Wilkinson) dec. Pat McCarthy (Spring Valley), 7-2
105 Rodney Hinton (Rock Hill) dec. Tracy Gilliard (James Island), 5-5 - 5-2 OT
112 Henry Jackson (Hartsville) dec. Robert Sinteff (Summerville), 7-6
119 Todd Shillinglaw (Northwestern) dec. Brian Hopkins (Brookland-Cayce), 13-8
126 Stan Smith (Rock Hill) pin Steve Tuzo (Summerville)
132 Jon Ford (Rock Hill) dec. Henry Darby (Summerville), 3-1
138 T.Tom Salisbury (Summerville) pin Jon-Jon Scott (James Island)
145 Johnny LaFond (Summerville) pin Eric Richardson (James Island)
155 Bruce Ladson (James Island) dec. Kelly Allen (Rock Hill), 16-9
167 David Lassiter (James Island) dec. Jimmy Meetze (Irmo), 7-6
175 Eric Boyd (Northwestern) pin Dan Preston (Easley)
185 Sam Hope (Rock Hill) pin Ernst Zanders (Brookland-Cayce)
UNL Buster Mathus (James Island) Jeff Swyn (Spartanburg), 6-6 - 2-1 OT
State Consolation Finals:
98 Eddie Greer (Wade Hampton) dec. Shane Hutchinson (Northwestern), 11-8
105 David Maas (Irmo) dec. Todd Sutton (Spartanburg), 7-5
112 Joe Derajtys (Irmo) dec. Alex Jenkins (Middleton), 8-2
119 Charlie Warrne (Camden) dec. Tony Humphries (Rock Hill), 9-8
126 Junior Brown (Brookland-Cayce) dec. Roger Reynolds (Spring Valley), 6-4
132 Stanley Fludd (James Island) dec. Steve Trayham (Dorman), 14-7
138 Tommy Hutto (Brookland-Cayce) pin Robbie Boular (Rock Hill)
145 Chris Brock (Rock Hill) maj.dec. Perry McDonald (Conway), 22-10
155 John Strickland (Irmo) dec. Andy Reeves (Summerville), 3-3 - 1-0 OT
167 Tracy Dingle (Summerville) dec. Mike Armstrong (Spartanburg), 8-2
175 Tony Spearman (Summerville) dec. John Wilson (Conway), 3-2
185 Bubba Forte (James Island) pin Donnie Purvis (Hartsville)
UNL Jeff Medford (Rock Hill) defeated Clifford Golston (Airport)
Most Outstanding Wrestler Award
Bruce Ladson - (155 lbs.) - James Island (Coach Mark Agner)
State Tournament Location
Irmo H.S. February 25-26, 1983
State Qualifying Tournaments
Top 4 Wrestlers from each State Qualifier went to State:
Lower State - at Summerville H.S. - February 19, 1983
Team Placement at Lower State:
1. Summerville
2. James Island
3. Wando
Upper State - at Rock Hill H.S. - February 18-19, 1983
Team Placement at Upper State:
1. Rock Hill
2. Irmo
3. Brookland Cayce
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