| Sara Koenig, Editor |
Established 1994 |
2007-08 Superlatives
Look below for 4X state champions, 3x state champions, 2x state champions, 4x state placewinners, 3x state placewinners, top seniors, top juniors, top sophomores, top freshmen and top independents!
Three-Time State Champions
- Corey Mock (Jr, Chapel Hill, 125)
- Jacob Creed (Jr, Ragsdale, 130)
- Bobby Shanor (Sr, Morehead, 135)
- Nick Gregoris (Sr, Chapel Hill, 152)
- Anthony Clinton (Sr, Mount Tabor, 189)
Two-Time State Champions
- Justin Jones (103, North Surry, 2-1-1)
- Jose Sanchez (130, Mt. Pleasant, 2-1-1)
- Justin Koren (140, Cary, SQ-3-1-1)
- Jon Burns (145, Cardinal Gibbons, 3-DNQ-1-1)
- Marcus Blue (152, HP Andrews, SQ-SQ-1-1)
- Eloheim Palma (285, Cary, SQ-1-1)
Undefeated Seasons
- Timdarius Thurston (Jr, 103, TW Andrews, 55-0)
- Dominic Parisi (So, 112, JM Robinson, 57-0)
- Tyrone Eatmon (So, 119, Riverside, 58-0)
- Timothy Thurston (Sr, 119, TW Andrews, 52-0)
- Jacob Creed (Jr, 130, Ragsdale, 44-0)
- Justin Koren (Sr, 140, Cary, 54-0)
- Jon Burns (Sr, 145, Cardinal Gibbons, 61-0)
- Travis Puckett (Sr, 160, Butler, 35-0)
- Anthony Rogers (Sr, 171, Knightdale, 55-0)
- Anthony Clinton (Sr, 189, Mount Tabor, 34-0)
- Eloheim Palma (Jr, 285, Cary, 55-0)
Four-Time Placewinners
- Ian Coggin (Sr, 119, Chapel Hill/Southeast Guilford, 2-3-2-2)
Three-Time Placewinners
- Justin Jones (103, North Surry, 2-1-1)
- Chris Tesar (125, Eastern Wayne, 4-2-4-SQ)
- Corey Mock (125, Chapel Hill, 1-1-1)
- Jacob Creed (130, Ragsdale, 1-1-1)
- Luis Ramos (130, Parkland, 5-3-2)
- Jose Sanchez (130, Mt. Pleasant, 2-1-1)
- Joe Shively (130, Enka, 4-5-5)
- Demario Leathers (135, Northern Durham, SQ-4-4-3)
- Bobby Shanor (135, Morehead, 1-1-1)
- Justin Koren (140, Cary, SQ-3-1-1)
- Kyle Benson (140, Patton/East Burke, SQ-6-4-3)
- Brendon Parker-Risk (145, Cary, 4WA-3-1)
- Frank Hickman (145, Laney, 3-DNQ-5-3)
- Jon Burns (145, Cardinal Gibbons, 3-DNQ-1-1)
- Nick Gregoris (152, Chapel Hill/Cardinal Gibbons, 1-1-SQ-1)
- Greg Gainey (160, Parkland, 2-2-1)
- Anthony Clinton (189, Mount Tabor, 1-1-1)
note - this is a listing by grade of wrestlers who have placed at least once in their careers, even if prior to 2008. If I overlooked anyone, please let me know.
Top Seniors
- Ty Kinslow (103, Butler, 6-5)
- Bobby Baldwin (103, Parkland, 3-3)
- Austin Perrell (103, West Rowan, 5-5)
- Justin Jones (103, North Surry, 2-1-1)
- Josh Bradley (112, New Bern, 3)
- JJ Greenstein (112, Athens Drive, 5)
- Cameron Idol (112, Mt. Tabor, SQ-6)
- Juan Stimpson (112, Parkland, SQ-DNQ-1)
- Patrick Graham (112, Ragsdale, 1-4)
- Artez Crandell (112, DH Conley, SQ-DNQ-5)
- Weston Haney (112, Robbinsville, SQ-SQ-1)
- Johnny Lefevers (112, Hibriten, SQ-3)
- Ian Coggin (119, Chapel Hill, 2-3-2-2)
- Daniel Fisher (119, Rose, 4)
- DJ Miller (119, NW Guilford, SQ-5)
- Kevin Brown (119, Pinecrest, 2-SQ)
- Tim Thurston (119, HP Andrews, SQ-1)
- Jarren Cooper (119, Parkland, 2)
- Tee Lee (119, Bunker Hill, SQ-3)
- Anthony Shoffner (119, Southern Vance, 6)
- Daniel Pipkin (125, West Johnston, SQ-SQ-2)
- Travis Goforth (125, Davie Co, 5)
- Mikail Mannan (125, Green Hope, 6)
- Steven Bass (125, Webb, SQ-SQ-6)
- Erik Fowlie (125, Concord, SQ-6-SQ)
- Chris Tesar (125, Eastern Wayne, 4-2-4-SQ)
- Jonathan Langholtz (125, Jacksonville, 5-SQ-SQ)
- Antoine Brown (125, Shelby, SQ-SQ-1)
- Keith Hulin (125, South Davidson, SQ-SQ-2)
- Sammy Roundtree (125, South Brunswick, SQ-5)
- Malachi Honeycutt (125, Mitchell, SQ-6)
- Lawrence White (130, Cary, 4-1)
- JC Wagner (130, Laney, SQ-SQ-4-2)
- Marcelus Perry (130, Knightdale, SQ-3)
- Scott Norris (130, Green Hope, SQ-SQ-2-4)
- Rakeem Brewington (130, Richmond Co, SQ-5)
- Austin Martin (130, South Rowan, SQ-3)
- Adam Justice (130, Jacksonville, 6-SQ-SQ)
- Jose Sanchez (130, Mt. Pleasant, 2-1-1)
- Jonathan Hensley (130, Avery Co, 5-SQ-2)
- Daniel Murray (130, Alleghany, 3)
- John McCullum (130, Northside, 6)
- Casey Essenberg (130, Brevard, 4-4-SQ)
- Chris Townsend (135, South Caldwell, SQ-5-1)
- Jacop Earp (135, Watauga, SQ-1-INJ-2)
- Demario Leathers (135, Northern Durham, SQ-4-4-3)
- Ryan Heald (135, Butler, 6)
- Bobby Shanor (135, Morehead, 1-1-1)
- Luis Camacho (135, Parkland, 3-2)
- Phillip Tilley (135, South Rowan, SQ-DNQ-3)
- Chris Uy (135, R-S Central, SQ-SQ-5)
- Cody Sayers (135, Central Davidson, SQ-1)
- Steven Darnell (135, West Davidson, 3)
- George Conekin (135, Northside, 4-4)
- Alex Kubacki (135, Orange, 6)
- Justin Koren (140, Cary, SQ-3-1-1)
- Jamal Williams (140, Millbrook-6-2)
- Joel Barnett (140, Davie Co, 2-SQ)
- Lane Wilmoth (140, Parkland, 4-1)
- Michael Cresenzo (140, Morehead, 2)
- Jason Stephens (140, SW Randolph, SQ-4)
- Sam Monish (140, St. Stephens, SQ-SQ-5)
- Andrew Williams (140, Dudley, SQ-DNQ-6)
- John Anders (140, Trinity, 4-SQ)
- Chad Allen (140, Lejeune, 1)
- Kyle Benson (140, Patton, SQ-6-4-3)
- Nathan Walsh (140, West Wilkes, 6-SQ)
- Brendon Parker-Risk (145, Cary, 4WA-3-1)
- Savva Kostis (145, Watauga, SQ-2-2)
- Frank Hickman (145, Laney, 3-DNQ-5-3)
- Dustin Potter (145, South Caldwell, SQ-SQ-4-4)
- Patrick Stewart (145, Person, 5-SQ)
- Lanard Oglesby (145, Parkland, 1)
- Alex Winn (145, Morehead, SQ-DNQ-3-2)
- Tony Fernandez (145, Union Pines, SQ-SQ-5)
- Kyle Haney (145, South Point, 6)
- Tristain Bass (145, Southern Wayne, SQ-6-SQ-SQ)
- Jon Burns (145, Cardinal Gibbons, 3-DNQ-1-1)
- Josh Chen (145, Bishop McGuinness, SQ-3)
- Noel Mueller (145, Louisburg, SQ-6-SQ)
- Nick Gregoris (152, Chapel Hill, 1-1-SQ-1)
- Justin Hyatt (152, Watauga, 3)
- Marcus Blue (152, HP Andrews, SQ-SQ-1-1)
- Mike Williams (152, Southern Lee, 1-2)
- Justin Guthrie (152, Enka, SQ-3-3)
- Cody Rink (152, St. Stephens, SQ-6-6)
- Nick Walters (152, Orange, 6-1)
- Cory Love (152, Trask, SQ-4)
- Wyatt Edsel (152, Wilkes Central, 5)
- Bryan Gray (152, Starmount, SQ-6)
- Jesse Upchurch (152, Northwood, 2-SQ)
- Travis Puckett (160, Butler, SQ-INJ-3-1)
- Chad McElreath (160, Sanderson, 3)
- Jesse Nelson (160, South Caldwell, SQ-4)
- Miles Shaw (160, Green Hope, SQ-6)
- Greg Gainey (160, Parkland, 2-2-1)
- Victor Cresenzo (160, Morehead, SQ-3-2)
- Zac Hicks (160, Trinity, 5)
- Jordan Potter (160, North Gaston, 5-SQ)
- Nico McGorda (160, West Rowan, 4-3-SQ-SQ)
- Mike Poppiti (160, Concord, 6-SQ)
- Will Mowery (160, Salisbury, SQ-DNQ-3-1)
- Jamar Jackson (160, Orange, SQ-DNQ-2)
- Patrick Lawler (160, Bishop McGuiness, 3)
- Brent Truman (160, Dixon, SQ-5)
- Jeremy Perdue (160, East Surry, SQ-4-SQ-6)
- Justin Greer (160, West Wilkes, 6-SQ)
- Joseph Silvers (160, McMichael, 5-SQ)
- Anthony Rogers (171, Knightdale, 2-1)
- Alex Timmons (171, Riverside, 2)
- Blake Salyer (171, Alexander Central, SQ-SQ-3)
- John Leonard (171, Chapel Hill, 5) 4
- Teague Little (171, Parkland, SQ-5-INJ-1)
- Ben Lord (171, SW Guilford, 2)
- Demetrius Boswell (171, South Johnston, SQ-SQ-3)
- Neal Stultz (171, Morehead, 4)
- Quinton Godley (171, South Central, SQ-6-5)
- Christian Harris (171, Forbush, SQ-SQ-1)
- Jed Martin (171, Surry Central, SQ-2-2) 42
- Shawn Mulligan (171, Newton-Conover, 3)
- Raul Flores (171, Eastern Guilford, 4)
- Kenny Harris (171, McMichael, SQ-5)
- Anthony Clinton (189, Mount Tabor, 1-1-1)
- Denisen Paiva (189, East Mecklenberg, SQ-4-2)
- Nathan Scott (189, Athens Drive, SQ-3)
- Joe Gorman (189, 71st, 5)
- Darien Green (189, Harding, SQ-6)
- Cedric Carter (189, Riverside, SQ-5-SQ)
- Alex Skonieczy (189, NW Cabarrus, SQ-1)
- Nick Davila (189, Glenn, 2)
- Larry Barron (189, Parkland, 2-3)
- Daniel Patrick (189, NE Guilford, 6)
- Matt Dean (189, Eastern Alamance, 4-SQ)
- Corey Smith (189, Tarboro, SQ-2)
- Ryan Taylor (189, Shelby, 3)
- Andrew Luter (189, West Stokes, SQ-4)
- Aaron Brown (189, Chatham Central, SQ-SQ-5)
- Jacob Allen (189, Topsail, SQ-6-SQ-SQ)
- Martin Avery (189, Brevard, 6-2-SQ)
- James Dela Riva (215, Alexander Central, SQ-1)
- Nathan Stanford (215, Hopewell, SQ-2)
- John Schmittle (215, Leesville Road, SQ-3)
- Kyle Burke (215, Northern Durham, SQMD-SQ-4)
- Jared Seate (215, Olympic, SQ-2)
- Eric Sims (215, Parkland, 3)
- Jarrett Covar (215, CB Aycock, 6-5)
- Jacob McNeill (215, Lake Norman, SQ-6)
- Jesse McFarland (215, R-S Central, SQ-1-SQ)
- Andrew Reinhardt (215, Newton-Conover, SQ-4-1)
- Chandler Turpin (215, Robbinsville, SQ-2)
- Andrew Evans (215, Cardinal Gibbons, 4)
- Austin Young (215, Madison, 5)
- Glenn Cothren (215, Alleghany, SQ-6)
- Bobby Hysong (215, West Henderson, 5-SQ)
- Jonathan Cooper (285, Hoggard, 5-3)
- Daniel Spisak (285, Vance, SQ-4)
- Andrew Parsons (285, Richmond Co, 5)
- Micah Stanfield (285, Morehead, SQ-6-1)
- Josh Robinson (285, Southern Wayne, 4-SQ-3)
- Chase Gamble (285, North Gaston, SQ-4-5)
- Meko James (285, Parkland, 6)
- Khiry Reid (285, CB Aycock, 3-SQ)
- Jarin Spradley (285, Mt. Pleasant, SQ-5-1)
- Jacob Lewis (285, South Stokes, SQ-2)
- Jonathan Tyson (285, East Davidson, 4)
- Clay Heafner (285, West Lincoln, SQ-5)
Top Juniors
- David Tran (103, Sanderson, SQ-2)
- Ryan Renkey (103, NW Guilford, 1AZ-3)
- Timdarius Thurston (103r, HP Andrews, 4-1)
- Landon Lucas (103, SW Edgecombe, SQ-6)
- John Benton (103, Monroe, 2)
- Logan Nixon (103, Starmount, 6)
- Patrick Nelms (112, Piedmont, 3-2)
- Jacob Robinson (112, Nash Central, 6)
- Curtis Geyer (112, North Buncombe, 6-SQ)
- Eric Evanger (112, Brevard, SQ-SQ-2)
- Zach Hudson (112, West Davidson, 6)
- Brett Boston (119, Freedom, 3-3)
- Michiah Miller (119, Mallard Creek, 6)
- Justin Vaughn (119, Williams, SQ-SQ-3)
- Aaron Plyler (119, East Rowan, SQ-SQ-4)
- Aaron Smith (119, Lake Norman, SQOH-5)
- Dakota Holt (119, McMichael, SQ-1)
- Corey Mock (125, Chapel Hill, 1-1-1)
- Jeremy Althizer (125, New Bern, SQ-3)
- Brandon Hodges (125, Ragsdale, 3)
- Trey Weliver (125, Union Pines, SQ-4)
- Jack Stephens (125, R-S Central, 6-SQ)
- James Norman (125, Orange, 3)
- Jacob Creed (130, Ragsdale, 1-1-1)
- Luis Ramos (130, Parkland, 5-3-2)
- Brian Thompson (130, Carver, SQ-4)
- Joe Shively (130, Enka, 4-5-5)
- Morgan McDaniel (130, AL Brown, 6)
- Will Weekly (130, Ledford, 4)
- Mamour Camara (130, Louisburg, 5)
- Darrius Hannah (135, HP Andrews, SQ-4)
- Nick Albertson (135, Mt. Pleasant, 5-2)
- Michael Harper (140, NW Guilford, 3)
- Jason West (140, South View, SQ-4)
- Dalton Lipford (140, Richmond Co, 5)
- Daniel Hopper (140, McMichael, 5-2)
- Remmington Jarrett (140, Orange, 5-5)
- Scott McGee (145, Riverside, SQ-5)
- Byron Briggs (145, Pine Forest, SQ-6)
- Ethan Creek (145, Jack Britt, 4-2-SQ)
- Blair Fewell (145, Ragsdale, 4)
- Shawn Swing (145, West Davidson, 5-2)
- Jamie Weaver (145, Alleghany, 4)
- Zach Whitman (145, Rosman, SQ-5)
- Brad Owens (145, West Lincoln, 6)
- Gabe Brotzman (152, Cary, 6-SQ-2)
- Gray Gerald (152, Wakefield, SQ-DNQ-4)
- Daniel Paige (152, Mt. Tabor, 6)
- Jordan Stewart (152, Western Harnett, SQ-DNQ-5)
- William Graves (152, Southern Guilford, 4-2)
- Cody Matheney (152, Shelby, SQ-4-3)
- Evan Baker (160, Scotland Co, 6-2)
- Dallas Winters (160, Freedom, 6-5)
- Chris Hill (160, Mooresville, 3)
- Ethan Carter (160, Newton-Conover, SQ-4)
- Andy Takla (171, Northern Durham, 6)
- Jordan Ford (171, South Stokes, 6)
- Prath Bruton (189, Mooresville, 4)
- Vincent Beam (189, Wilkes Central, 1)
- Gilbert Rodriguez (189, Newton-Conover, 6)
- George Haddock (215, Myers Park, 5)
- Christian McLean (215, SW Guilford, SQ-1)
- Kenneth Lindsey (215, Southern Lee, 4)
- Eloheim Palma (285, Cary, SQ-1-1)
- Tyler Shatley (285, East Burke, 3-2)
- David Speas (285, Pine Forest, 6)
- Charlie Millea (285, Havelock, 5-2)
- Brock Durfee (285, Bandys, 3)
- Casey Collins (285, Swansboro, SQ-6)
Top Sophomores
- Joey DeAngelo (103, Southern Alamance, SQ-2)
- Shane Parrish (103, Northern Guilford, SQ-4)
- Eric Messick (103, Robbinsville, SQ-3)
- Cody Decamp (103, South Davidson, 4)
- Cody Smith (103, Alleghany, SQ-5)
- Dominic Parisi (112, Robinson, 3-1)
- Kyle Daniel (112, Jack Britt, SQGA-4)
- Kurt Stephens (112, St. Stephens, 2-3)
- Ryan Blackwell (112, Croatan, SQ-4)
- Dustin Champion (112, Orange, 5)
- Tyrone Eatmon (119, Riverside, 3-1)
- Cody Stephens (119, St. Stephens, SQ-6)
- Chris Johnson (119, Orange, 2-2)
- Brandon Harrison (119, West Henderson, SQ-4)
- Zane Excell (125, Pinecrest, 4)
- Daniel Owenby (125, Enka, SQ-2)
- Luke Dutch (125, NW Cabarrus, 5)
- Dustin Lassett (125, West Stokes, SQ-4)
- Zach Vernon (135, Davie Co, 4)
- Matt Colvard (135, Cary, 5)
- Nick Vetell (135, Trinity, 6)
- CC Wright (135, Croatan, SQ-5)
- Jake McKay (140, West Forsyth, 6) 50-15
- Eric Hogue (140, Charlotte Catholic, 4-3) 42-3
- Ryan Pippen (140, Pasquotank, SQ-6) 39-4
- Tylor Sigmon (145, Dudley, 3)
- Marciano Ali (152, Parkland, 4)
- Justin Moore (160, Washington, SQ-4)
- Roman Rodriguez (160, Gray's Creek, 6)
- Jonathan Hupp (171, Davie Co, 4)
- Jackie Green (215, 71st, 6) 46-16
- Zoi Ouellette (215, Hibriten, 3)
- Terrance Johnson (285, AL Brown, SQ-4)
Top Freshmen
- Ben Creed (103, Cary, 1)
- Zach Jarmillo (103, New Bern, 4)
- Michael Waters (103, Davie Co, 6)
- Tom Puckett (112, Butler, 2)
- Scottie Hardimen (119, Hibriten, 5)
- Dylan Cala (125, South Point, 1)
- Joe Morrison (130r, Panther Creek, 6)
- Jake Johnson (140, Central Davidson, 4)
- Matt Cusack (152, Davie Co, 5)
- Jared Barber (189, Davie Co, 4)
- Harrison Honeycutt (189, Lake Norman, 5)