Tournament scores
Jan. 24 Tournament results
Jan. 10 .... Jan. 3 .... Dec. 20 .... Dec. 13 .... Dec. 6 & Nov. 29
Jan. 24 Far West Tournament at Robbinsville (courtesy of Ron Rogers) 1- W. Henderson 140, 2- Robbinsville 133.3, 3- Avery 112.5, 4- N. Henderson 95, 5- E. Henderson 86.5, 6- Franklin 83, 7- Smoky Mtn 60, 8- Murphy 51.9, 9-Rosman 48.5, 10- Swain Co. 28.5, 11- Hendersonville 26.5, 12- Cherokee 25 most outstanding- Nick Gates (WH) individual- 103- Andy King (EH) d. Brandon Gates (WH) 112- Wayne Sawyer (Rob) d. Chris Mays (Ave) 119- Nick Gates (WH) p. Waylon Griffith (Ave) 125- Johnny Jaimez (SM) d. Ang Uy (WH) 130- Jordan Novgrod (SM) maj. d. Gregg Kinner (Ave) 135- Terry Varnadore (WH) d. Jon Guthrie (Fra) 140- Jesse Anders (NH) p. Derek Jones (Fra) 145- Les Swann (NH) d. Sterling Crisp (Rob) 152- Robbie Huntley (NH) d. Drew Hill (Rob) 160- Jeremiah Brinke (Mur) d. Isaac Carrion (Fra) 171- Greg Barlow (Rob) d. Brian Buchanan (Ave) 189- Josh Wilkinson (Mur) d. Jason Smith (Fra) 215- Ramie Williams (Rob) d. Justin Heatherly (EH) Hwt- Philip MacDonald (Swa) p. Chris Dozier (WH) Miller-Mott Invitational at Wake Forest-Rolesville (courtesy of Dave Barker & Carlos Landin)
1. Cary 236.5 2. Morehead 187 3. Havelock 115.5 4. Athens Drive 115 5. Wake Forest Rolesville 114 6. East Rowan 108.5 7. South View 73.5 8. Tarboro 66 9. Triton 59 10. Garner 54 11. Chapel Hill 42 12. MillBrook 37 13. South Johnston 33 103 Mike Robertson(Cary) pin Curt Johnston(AD) 1:49 Currie Pickard(More) d Tim Potter(WFR) 8-5 112 Randy Sudul(Have) d Jared Raymond(More) 6-4 Nick Royer(Cary) d Devoris Hinton(Tar) 7-1 119 JT Kellam(More) d Mansour Syed(SV) 3-0 Ryan Tingle(Gar) d Jaston Coasta(Mill) 6-4OT 125 Randy Dennis(Cary) d Justin Farmer(ER) 2-1 Kenny Craddock(More) pin Derek Penny(SJ) 4:02 130 Nikola Vouk(AD) d Jerome Benjamin(SV) 13-2 Anthony Dunbar(Cary) pin Jeremy Teague(ER) 2:37 135 Dennis Landin(Cary) d Steve Fox(ER) 14-4 Randy Newcomer(SV) d Jessie Kelley(More) 3-0 140 Peter Spencer(Cary) inj Andy Lefiles(Tar) Jake Reynolds(CH) d Adam Reagan(WFR) 11-1 145 Anthony Walton(Cary) pin Andrew Brown(AD) 4:22 Will Barnes(Gar) d Paul Holshouser(ER) 5-0 152 Steve Smith(Cary) d Mike Cotten(AD) 11-3 Josh Lee(Trit) d Matt Goeckerman(WFR) 5-5SD 160 Kendrick Knight(Have)d Kevin Stanley(WFR) 11-3 Cameron Register(More) pin Josh McConnell(Trit) 4:32 171 Chris Coone(More) d Andy Teague(ER) 13-7 Nate Hall(Tar) d Nathan Breitenbach(Cary) 9-0 189 Tra Wyatt(More) d Aaron George(Cary) 6-3 Ed Shisslak(Have) d Adam Jagow(CH) 1-0 215 Ryan Scott(More) d Chris Tobin(Cary) 10-5 Drew Wallace(AD) pin Evan Corey(CH) 2:37 HWT Zach Bishop(WFR) pin James Salig(Have) 1:38 Danny Misenheimer(ER)pin Chris Nieto(Mill) 1:38 Buncombe County Invitational (courtesy of Ron Rogers) 1- Erwin 181, 2- Asheville 179, 3- Enka 174.5, 4- Reynolds 147.5, 5- N. Buncombe 95.5, 6- Roberson 64.5, 7- Owen 34, 8- Christ School 7 note- This was Erwin's first Tournament win in the history of the school 103- Mitch Waldrup (Rey) p Tim Hixon (Enk) consolation- Juan Bravo (Ash) p Butch Marks (Rob) 112- Bear Ingle (Erw) d Robbie Robinson (Enk) con- Fabian Vazquez (Ash) p Jason Miskolczi (Rey) 119- Mike Wright (Enk) p Josh Adams (Ash) con- Josh Woody (Rey) p Josh McMinn (NB) 125- Carlos Vazquez (Ash) d Aaron Rymer (Erw) con- Ben Martin (Rey) p Brett Angel (Rob) 130- Dylan Stamey (Enk) p Tim Brigman (NB) con- Andrew Ross (Rey) p Josh Burton (Ash) 135- Ted Henderson (Rob) d Jesse Jones (Erw) con- Andy Crumb (Ash) p Paul Stelzer (Enk) 140- Will Bennett (Ash) p Pete Chernous (Erw) con- Todd Horton (Enk) p Aaron Aldridge (NB) 145- Jason Schwee (Rob) d Adam Greene (Ash) con- Frank Ryan (Erw) p Shannon Rogers (Rey) 152- Jon Davis (NB) d Kevin Rogers (Erw) con- Richard King (Owe) d Brian Carpenter (Enk) 160- Jamie Bohannon (Enk) d Chris Jordan (Erw) con- Dallas Draper (Rey) p Steven Head (NB) 171- Bryan Hadden (Erw) d David Byas (NB) con- Matt Droughn (Enk) p Josh Brown (Rey) 189- Kevin Blakely (Ash) p Brian Elder (Rey) con- Josh Shipman (Erw) p Kyle McCullock (Enk) 215- William Elder (Rey) p Matt Brookshire (Ash) con- Mike Sampson (Erw) p Adam Brown ((NB) Heavyweight- James Lewis (Owe) p Kenneth Moody (Rey) con- Burke Vest (Enk) p Jonathan Worley (Erw)Jan. 17
Watauga High participated in the "Battle of the South" tournament in Athens, AL on Jan 17. The tournament consisted of 15 teams from Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Louisiana in addition to Watauga, representing North Carolina.Top teams included Athens High, 5A state champion in Alabama for 7 of the past 8 years; Huntsville, AL, a perennial top team in Alabama; and Redemptorist, from Baton Rouge, defending state champions in Louisiana.
Watauga, wrestling without 3 of its starters (including Jeff Cooper), finished in 6th place with 170 points. The top 5 teams were: 1) Athens, AL, 310 points; 2) Hartselle, AL, 228 points; 3) Huntsville, AL 223 points; 4) Clay-Chalksville, AL, 196 points, and 5) Redemptorist, LA, 182 points.
Watauga had 4 individual champions, and 2 other placers, including:
Matt Atkinson, 130, 1st Place (defeated Jeff Louvier of Redemptorist, 3rd Place State finisher in LA).
Nick Puls, 145, 5th Place.
Mike Curry, 152, 1st Place (4 pins and 1 tech fall).
Graig Cooper, 171, 1st Place (5 pins; defeated Todd Landry of Redemptorist, 3rd Place State finisher in LA).
Ed Graham, 189, 1st Place (5 pins; defeated Terrell Townsend of Athens, 2nd Place State finisher in AL).
Dale Corder, 215, 6th Place.