1983 South Carolina 4A Wrestling State Champions
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 Tim Remaley) 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 (Coach Al Fanshaw) 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 Matthews (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 Send any updates or feedback to scmat@hotmail.comSCMAT © 2018