SCMAT Exclusive Wrestling Article 1-20-25
Top 10 SC Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time
Decade 5 - 2010-2019
Eastside wrestling
SCMAT continues our Exclusive series covering the Top 10 S.C. Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time.
Unique aspects of this Decade - 2010-2019
The South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) added the 5A classification in 2017.
In this decade, State Duals determined all Wrestling Team State Championships.
In this decade, the Recordbooks were constantly being updated with new leaders in every category ... the COVID-19 public health threat impacted the next decade, causing Recordbook entries to slow down due to a reduction in the number of matches for teams and individuals.
Coach B.D. LaPrad retired as head wrestling coach in 2015 after launching the River Bluff wrestling program when the school opened.
Coach Brad Porter (Cheraw) retired as head wrestling coach after winning 2A-1A State Duals in 2017.
In this decade, three coaches would reach a milestone by coaching team state champions at a second school (see below). Coach Jim Barnes and Coach B.D. LaPrad were the first two coaches to achieve this in prior decades. Derek Strobel would also accomplish this in the current decade (2020-2024).
Chris Strickland - Crescent (2A-1A) - 2006, Belton-Honea Path (3A) 2012, 2021
Chad Singleton - Woodruff (2A-1A) - 2001, Dorman (4A) - 2016
Evan Moxie - Lugoff-Elgin (3A) - 2010, River Bluff (5A) - 2017
In this decade, the first two SC wrestling coaches would be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association Hall Of Fame:
2015 Inductee - Jim Barnes - (Union County, Airport, Rock Hill)
2017 Inductee - B.D. LaPrad - (Bishop England, Irmo, Dutch Fork, Fort Dorchester, River Bluff)
Only two teams managed to have Undefeated Seasons in this decade (see below). This was the fewest teams with Undefeated Seasons in the three decades of State Duals up to this point, and showed the challenge of a perfect dual record.
2018 - West-Oak (3A) - 27-0
2011 - West-Oak (3A) - 36-0
Fifteen (15) teams in this decade would win State Duals, however NOT win the Traditional Championship with highest team points. This was the most of any decade (so far), and shows the difficulty in winning both team championships.
In this decade, Brittany Delgado and Brieana Delgado would have their collegiate wrestling success:
SCMAT Exclusive - Brittany Delgado and Brieana Delgado
In this decade, T.J. Dudley would became the most accomplished D1 wrestler out of SC:
SCMAT Exclusive - T.J. Dudley
In this decade, Clay Walker would become only the fifth wrestler in the nation to earn four NHSCA National Championships:
SCMAT Exclusive - Clay Walker
Let's take a look at this decade of SC high school wrestling
Decade 5 - 2010-2019 - State Champions
If you are reading this article from your cell phone (mobile), you may find the team comparison grid below will be better to read turning your phone sideways to wide format.
Trad Trad Year Class State Champion Coach Record Place Pts. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Placers ---- ---- -------------- --------------- ------ ----- ----- --- --- --- --- ----
2019 5A Hillcrest Robby Bell 32-8 5th 55.5 2 1 1 2 6 recap
2019 4A Eastside Jack Kosmicki 30-6 1st 202.0 6 1 3 1 11 recap
2019 3A Indian Land Leon Boulware 35-5 2nd 86.0 1 1 3 1 6 recap
2019 2A-1A Bamberg-Ehrhardt Mark Moody 24-5 1st 130.0 3 0 2 2 7 recap
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2018 5A Rock Hill Cain Beard 43-2 2nd 76.0 2 2 0 0 4 recap
2018 4A Eastside Jack Kosmicki 29-3 1st 137.0 4 2 0 2 8 recap
2018 3A West-Oak Greg Brewer 27-0 1st 190.0 6 1 2 1 10 recap
2018 2A-1A Bamberg-Ehrhardt Jake Stewart 42-9 1st 170.0 4 1 2 4 11 recap
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2017 5A River Bluff Evan Moxie 26-4 8th 47.0 1 1 0 1 3 recap
2017 4A Eastside Jack Kosmicki 38-11 1st 163.0 4 3 1 2 10 recap
2017 3A West-Oak Greg Brewer 25-1 1st 175.0 5 2 1 2 10 recap
2017 2A-1A Cheraw Brad Porter 37-4 2nd 84.0 0 1 4 1 6 recap
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2016 4A Dorman Chad Singleton 20-2 1st 81.0 1 2 2 1 6 recap
2016 3A Eastside Jack Kosmicki 26-2 2nd 88.5 2 0 2 2 6 recap
2016 2A-1A Marion Michael Steinbar 37-2 1st 139.0 1 4 3 2 10 recap
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2015 4A Rock Hill Cain Beard 48-1 7th 38.0 0 1 1 1 3 recap
2015 3A West-Oak Greg Brewer 29-5 1st 91.0 3 1 0 2 6 recap
2015 2A-1A Battery Creek Nathan Day 46-10 1st 93.5 1 2 1 3 7 recap
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2014 4A Rock Hill Cain Beard 43-2 8th 35.0 1 0 1 0 2 recap
2014 3A Eastside Jack Kosmicki 28-4 1st 116.0 3 3 0 0 6 recap
2014 2A-1A Battery Creek Nathan Day 43-11 5th 44.0 0 1 1 1 3 recap
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2013 4A Lexington Derek Strobel 28-2 1st 93.0 3 1 1 0 5 recap
2013 3A Eastside Jack Kosmicki 33-1 1st 128.0 4 2 1 0 7 recap
2013 2A-1A Bamberg-Ehrhardt Jake Stewart 25-9 1st 103.0 3 1 1 1 6 recap
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2012 4A Hillcrest Tommy Bell 21-2 5th 53.5 0 1 2 1 4 recap
2012 3A Belton-Honea Path Chris Strickland 32-2 6th 56.0 0 1 3 0 4 recap
2012 2A Hanahan Ray Adkins 21-7 4th 42.5 2 0 0 0 2 recap
2012 1A Bamberg-Ehrhardt Cody Slaughter 29-19 1st 97.5 2 3 0 1 6 recap
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2011 4A Hillcrest Tommy Bell 25-4 1st 97.5 0 4 2 2 8 recap
2011 3A West-Oak Jeffery Jordan 36-0 4th 56.0 1 0 2 1 4 recap
2011 2A Hanahan Ray Adkins 29-3 1st 86.0 2 1 2 0 5 recap
2011 1A Bamberg-Ehrhardt Cody Slaughter 26-18 2nd 75.5 2 1 1 0 4 recap
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2010 4A Fort Dorchester B.D. LaPrad 18-2 1st 129.5 3 4 0 0 7 recap
2010 3A Lugoff-Elgin Evan Moxie 21-3 1st 92.0 1 3 2 0 6 recap
2010 2A Loris Thomas Britt 40-7 2nd 62.5 1 1 1 1 4 recap
2010 1A Chesterfield Will Gainey 44-6 1st 117.5 4 1 0 1 6 recap
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Analysis of the Decade - 2010-2019
In this decade, six (6) different schools would win State Championships in the top classification, which superseded all prior decades:
Hillcrest - 3 titles
Rock Hill - 3 titles
Dorman - 1 title
Fort Dorchester - 1 title
Lexington - 1 title
River Bluff - 1 title
In this decade, Fort Dorchester would win the Traditional State Tournament four (4) times in the top classification - with three different coaches:
Andrew Young - 2017, 2018
Deral Brown - 2015
B.D. LaPrad - 2010
In 2013, Lexington would become the only S.C. wrestling team to win a VA Duals Championship (American H.S. Division):
Past champions & placement at the Virginia Duals
In this decade, three wrestlers from SC would win NCAA D2 National Titles:
2017 - DeAndre' Johnson - Limestone College (NCAA D2) - 1st, 157 lbs. and Most Outstanding Wrestler Award - (wrestled at Battery Creek)
2010 - J.J. Jackson - Anderson University (NCAA D2) - 1st, 157 lbs. - (wrestled at Lake City)
2010 - Bryant Blanton - Newberry Collge (NCAA D2) - 1st, 184 lbs. - (wrestled at Summerville)
Note, in addition to the above wrestlers, SC has had two additional wrestlers accomplish this feat in other decades:
2024 - David Hunsberger - Lander University (NCAA D2) - 1st, 165 lbs. - (wrestled at Byrnes)
2005 - Careef Robertson - Anderson College (NCAA D2) - 1st, 174 lbs. - (wrestled at Dutch Fork)
When SCMAT did an Exclusive series last year on the Greatest State Duals Finals ever, we ended up with 7 out of the 8 Finals being in the decade we are covering today.
Here was the criteria ... the State Duals Final had to:
"come down to the last weight class to determine the winner"
"be a come from behind win occurring in the last weight class of the match" or "a tiebreaker criteria win"
"the last weight class had to be wrestled (not forfeited)"
And here were the 7 State Duals Final matches that occurred in this decade (2010-2019):
Marion 2016 2A-1A State Champions
West-Oak 2011 3A State Champions
Loris 2010 2A State Champions
Belton-Honea Path 2012 3A State Champions
Chesterfield 2010 1A State Champions
Rock Hill 2018 5A State Champions
Hillcrest 2012 4A State Champions
Decade considerations for Top 10 S.C. Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time
SCMAT considers a number of teams in this decade as Top 10 considerations.
National Wrestling Hall of Fame (NWHOF) Inductees from the SC Chapter noted below (for NWHOF members on the teams being considered).
Coaches and fans will need to weight in on the peak year for each of these teams:
Eastside - 6 state titles - upcoming 2025 NWHOF Inductee Coach Jack Kosmicki
Bamberg-Ehrhardt - 5 state titles
West-Oak - 4 state titles
Hillcrest - 3 state titles
Rock Hill - 3 state titles
Battery Creek - 2 state titles - NWHOF Inductee Coach Nathan Day.
Hanahan - 2 state titles
Fort Dorchester - 1 state title - NWHOF Inductee Coach B.D. LaPrad
Lexington - 1 state title
Dorman - 1 state title
River Bluff - 1 state title
Cheraw - 1 state title - NWHOF Inductee Coach Brad Porter
Indian Land - 1 state title (also winning a back-to-back title in 2020)
Projected schedule for each decade in this Exclusive series:
December 2 - Decade 1 - 1969-1979 - Top 10 S.C. Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time
December 23 - Decade 2 - 1980-1989 - Top 10 S.C. Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time
December 30 - Decade 3 - 1990-1999 - Top 10 S.C. Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time
January 6 - Decade 4 - 2000-2009 - Top 10 S.C. Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time
January 20 - Decade 5 - 2010-2019 - Top 10 S.C. Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time
February 3 - Decade 6 - 2020-2024 - Top 10 S.C. Wrestling Seasons & Teams of All Time
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