Announcements 2001

Announcements 2001
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Seniors Adam Hoffman and Lance Greer finish their high school wrestling careers at St. Stephens.

Adam finished with a 47-13 season with a 136-53 career record. This places him third in all time career wins at SSHS. Adam finshed tied for 5th at this years state tournament. He was a three time state qualifier and three time All-Conference.

Lance finished with a 50-7 season with a147-39 career record. This places him second in all time career wins at SSHS. Lance finished in 4th place at this years state tournament. He was a two time state qualifier amd two time All-Conference.

Both Adam and Lance were four year starters for the Tribe. This two wrestlers were counted on heavily over the four years to keep the Tribe in a winning position as the core group of younger wrestlers developed their skills and became more competitive.

To their credit as wrestlers and young men, they have always presented St. Stephens Wrestling to the rest of the state with a respectable and sportsmanship like manner on the mat. In four years of high pressure wrestling they were never called for misconduct on the mat. .

They also competed in an era of growing scheduled matches in the wrestling community. They wrestled more career matches for St. Stephens than any previous wrestlers. Adam represented SSHS in 189 matches, Lance represented SSHS in 186 matches. Thats a lot of wrestling. They took their lumps and they gave them out. It only seems like yesterday that two skinny grinning freshman proudly slipped into the red & grey to battle experienced seniors. Now there is only great and proud memories of personal and team achievements.

Congratulations to both young men on a great career and thank you both for keeping SSHS Wrestling in a winning tradition.

Drew Forshey wins his second straight state title. He had a 55-0 season record and now holds the second longest win streak in the state at 105-0. Drew has moved up to 6th place in all time career wins at SSHS.

Josh Triplett finished the season 50-6 with a career record of 89-20. Josh finished tied for 5th in the state tournament. He moves up to the 14th place in all time career wins at SSHS.

Matt White finished his junior season 37-17 with a career record of 50-36. Matt finished tied for 8th in the state tournament.

After eight years of dedicated support to the SSHS Wrestling Team, Nancy Hoffman will be relinquishing her role as the unofficial, behind the scenes, Team Mom. This was not an appointed role, but a role she saw that was needed to help the team, the coaching staffs, and the team parents.

She supported the team through 5 coaching changes in 8 years, Darel Reese-4years, John Hardin-1 year, Maurice Atwood-4 weeks, Scott Edwards-1 year, and Billy Baker 2-years. She was instrumental in working with the SSHS Principal, at that time, by contacting and obtaining the services of Scott Edwards, a wrestling alumni of SSHS, when Maurice Atwood left the team and the school just before the wrestling season of 1999.

Note also that SSHS Wrestling will always be grateful for the school spirit of Scott Edwards for stepping in the coaching duties in 1999.

During these eight years, Nancy has provided motel reservation support at all overnight events for the Varsity and Junior Varsity, arranged and managed the food operations for fund raising activities at the Indian Classic, Little Indian, and St. Stephens Freestyle Open, and arranged and managed the registration of the Junior High State Championship Weigh In and Catawba Rasslin Tournaments at SSHS.

Through her efforts she has arranged free transportation for the delivery of the last four wrestling mats, all the new football lockers in the fieldhouse, and various weights for the weight room.

She also arranged the purchasing, payment, and delivery of the black & red striped singlets that Darel Reese wanted for the team in 1996.

While she will always be available to assist and offer experienced guidance, it is just time to move out of the mainsteam and have new parents enjoy the experience of supporting the team.

Just like a graduating senior, her efforts towards a successful season will be missed. Thanks Nancy for all the years of support and effort. Eight years, two sons, and a stressed out old husband was a tremendous contribution to the SSHS Wrestling Team. I never said "Thank You" enough times.

Sophomore Drew Foshey finishes #1 at 114 and stretches his career win steak to 101-0. This is his second appearance in the State Finals.

Senior Adam Hoffman finishes #4 @ 132 and runs his season record to 44-11. This will be his 3rd straight appearance in the State Finals.

Senior Lance Greer finishes #2 @ 137 and runs his season record to 46-5. This will be his 2nd appearance in the State Finals.

Junior Josh Triplett finishes #1 @ 191 and runs his season record to 47-4. This will be his 2nd appearance in the State Finals.

Junior Matt White finishes #4 @ 277 and runs his season record to 36-15. This will be his first appearance in the State Finals.

As as final note on the Mid West Regional. I never report on questionable officiating calls, but Brandon Sisk was victimized by horrible official judgement and reasoning.

Brandon Sisk was in the semifinal leading 7-5 over Nick Smith of East Lincoln with 54 seconds to go in 3rd. Smith has already stopped the match twice complaining of side muscle cramps. Sisk makes one more leg shot and winds up head down in the middle of the body, both arms extended to pull in both of the opponents thighs. Smith sprawls and pushes his lower belly into the to back of Sisk's head. Sisk hangs on and drives. Smith counter attacks by going underneath with a crossface that lands in the mouth area of Sisk which scrubs across Sisk's braces. Smith starts yelling "He bit me". Official DQs Sisk, out of tournament, out of the state meet, we lose all his points. An upward cross face to the mouth of a face down opponent severs no measure of leverage or counter attack, especially when a wrestler would be pulling directly into the downward pressure of his own stomach. The Official would not even look for sensibilty, did not see the physical act of a bite, only the two (three) scratches left from the braces. Two Medical Staff members certify to Coach Baker that there were no bite marks, only the scratches from the scrubbing on the exterior braces. There is a conflicting report as to what the Medical Staff said to the East Lincoln Coaching Staff. We only know what the SSHS Coach was directly told by the people that attended to the injury. The SSHS staff was not given the opportunity to view the injury first hand. The Official would not reverse his call. After that we lost steam, no way to catch Trinity when we were only 1/2 point out of first.

Since the match there has been a communication from NCHSAA. The NCHSAA tells officials that they are not to DQ a kid unless it is completely obvious that an intentional and malicious bite has taken place. Even though the rules don't state this, if an official does not see it, they are not to DQ a kid. Somehow, this message is not getting across to the sanctioned officials and not widely known by the high school coaches. I know from personal conversations with many highly respected and seasoned officials that they will not call a bite if they did not see the physical act. That is unless there are marks in areas that a wrestler can not inflect apon himself. At the same time, I have listened to novice officials explain that they don't have to see anything physical, only the resulting marks (very gullible assumption). That's a very large area of interpretation on a single rule.

Smith obviously did not self inflect any marks, it all came from an agressive forearm counter attack that landed in the mouth area of Sisk.

The Tournament Grievance Committee can never overturn an officials judgement call, it can only overturn an improper interpretation of a rule. Since the NCHSAA has not been able to educate the officials and coaches about their interpreation of what constitutes an ejection, the Grievance Committee was not aware that they could overturn the ejection from the tournament.

Brandon, you should be going to the State Finals. The Team knows it and every person in the gym that day knows it. All but the uninformed Official.

There is nothing that can be done with this travesity. I strongly urge all coaches, officials, and wrestlers to write to the NCHSAA and ask them for stonger intrepretations of this rule and for it to be clearly passed down to all booking agents, sanctioned officials, and coaches. You, the wrestler, or you the coach with a victimized wrestler will one day need this corrected.

St. Stephens Finishes Second in State Dual Team Competition The wrestlers of St. Stephens entered their final dual team match of the 2001 season in the State 3A Dual Team Finals. They entered and left the match with their heads held high. They lost to last year's defending State 3A Champions, Fuquay-Varina, by a score of 46-11. With 7 of the 14 matches completed the Tribe only trailed 13-11, but the experienced and power of Fuquay pulled them away at the end. Each wrestler put all he could into the match. The coaches knew it, the fans knew it, and Fuquay knew it. Everyone saw great matches that slipped through the grasp of the younger Indians. Fuquay-Varina is much like St. Stephens. An area of proud people that is surrounded by much larger towns. They were very hospitable and cordial to the visiting Indians.

While it was a disappointing loss, the Tribe took great pride in what they had accomplished in placing their mark in the history book of St. Stephens. The young men of St. Stephens may not appreciate it fully now, but when they are old men looking back at their life, they will swell with pride telling the grandkids they made it to the 3A finals in wrestling. A lot of other teams were sitting at home that night looking at the internet to check up on them.

St. Stephens' Brett Vondrehle (105) did all that could be asked from a first year freshman wrestler. He was physically dominated by the more experienced Chris Gaudet and lost a 10-1 major decision. But he did exactly what the Tribe needed from the novice, he avoided being pinned and only gave up 4 points for Fuquay.

Drew Forshey (114) took the mat for the Tribe and scored 13 takedowns for a technical fall 26-11 over Howard Walters. Forshey solidified his hold as the #1 ranked wrestler in the 3A 114 pound weight division and extended his undefeated career win streak to 97-0. He put the Indians ahead 5-4.

Chad Stephens (121) and Derek Crump (127) both lost tough close matches that was within their grasp up to the end of each match. Stephens was down 5-2 at the end of the second period, but could not turn a determined Ryan Dohrn for a closing score. Dohrn scored a reversal at the end of the match to pull away to a 7-2 decision. Crump had a volatile match with Adoni Colon that produced five takedowns, six escapes, and one reversal. There were seven points scored between the two wrestlers in the third period with Colon finishing with a 11-7 win. The score was now Fuquay 10 SSHS 5.

One of the only two seniors for St. Stephens, Adam Hoffman, took the mat in the 132 match against senior Dylan Prevette. Both were two time State Qualifiers, both were ranked wrestlers. Hoffman scored four takedowns and a reversal against three escapes for Prevette and finish the match with a 10-3. That closed the gap on Fuquay to 10-8. This win made the 130 career win for Hoffman and tied him at fouth with Josh Benfield for carrer wins.

This brought up the most anticipated match of the evening, between the Tribe's Lance Greer #3 ranked and Daniel Elliot #1 ranked in the 135 pound match. Greer, the only other senior on the Indians' team, had finished 3rd in the State Finals last year and Elliot had finished 2nd. Both wrestlers put on a great display of wrestling and determination. Greer, down 7-4 at the end of the second period, pulled within one point, 8-9, in the third. In the closing seconds of the match, Elliot obtained an escape and a takedown to seal the match at 12-8 and pushed Fuquay's lead to five points at 13-8.

Nathan Sefcik charged back for the Tribe in a 140 pound match with Andrew Moore. Both are sophomores and both were in the biggest match of their wrestling career. Sefcik controlled the match with a 12-6 finish, but Moore did what was needed to keep the match to a decision. Trailing 12-4 with seconds left, he hit a reversal that narrowed the score to 12-6, thus only giving 3 points to the Indians. This was a great match by two tough young wrestlers. The Indians now only trailed 13-11 with 7 of the 14 matches over.

The Tribe now had to face one the strongest line up of wrestlers in the state. Five of the next seven wrestlers were recognized state ranked wrestlers. Adam Hosterman went against #1 ranked Dusty Simpson at 147, and Matt Helton battled #3 ranked Justin Gulliver at 154. Hosterman, a sophomore, was tech falled by Simpson, but battled out of three nearfall pinning situations in the match. Helton battled out of one nearfall situation and lost by a 17-7 major decision. Fuquay pulled out to a 22-11 lead. The 160 pound match pitted two ranked wrestlers from both teams, sophomore Brandon Sisk for the Indians, and junior George Bouwer for Fuquay. It was a grinding low scoring match. With just seconds left in the third period, Bouwer leveraged a 2 point nearfall tilt to tie the score at 5-5 and put the match into overtime. Bouwer scored the takedown to win the match and put Fuquay ahead 28-11.

There was still hope left for the Tribe with four weigh classes to go, but a come back was not in the future for the Indians tonight. Fuquay's LaRocca Jones (173) caught Ben Godfrey in a throw and pinned in 0:24. Karlton Dixion (191), #1 in the state, battled the Indians' Josh Baumgarner. Baumgarner fought valiantly, but was pinned with 33 seconds left in the third period. The Indians bumped Josh Triplett up to 217 against Hannes Bouwer (217) in a effort to score more points, but Triplett was caught in a move early and was pinned in 1:31.

William Lee (277) won in a last second takedown of Matt White to finish the scoring at 46-11.

Fuquay-Varnia finishes with their second straight 3A Dual Team Championship with a 27-1 record.

The Tribe finished their historic season with a 28-7 dual team record and as the 2001 State Dual Team Runner Up. They are the 2001 Western Region 3A Dual Team Champions, Western Foothills Conference Season Champions, and Western Foothills Conference Tournament Champions, and Indian Classic Champions. They finished second at the West Lincoln Rebel Duals, the Cary News Invitational, and the Palmetto State Classic.

Team Name                                   T    N3    N2    R    E    P    1TD    N4   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Stephens High School               859   174   110   237   362   50     359       3
Opponets                                      540   128     85   187   515 73     230       1

LEVEL                        WON LOST       RESULT       FOR         AGAINST       RESULT            FOR    AGAINST
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V-Varsity                       379   135         Team Points     2333.50     866.00         Major Decisions    31          32
R-Ranked Varsity Match   24     88          Decisions         93                82         Forfeits                58          10
S-Out of State Match        27    20          Falls                233             112        Defaults                 1           1
                                                          Tech Falls           14                 6        Disqualify             0           0
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Season Match Record     430   243
T=Takedowns, N3= Nearfall 3 points, N2= Nearfall 2 points, R=Reversal, E=Escapes, P=Penalty Point, 1TD=First Takedown in match, N4=Nearfall 4 points.

First Round State Dual Team
St. Stephens 57 East Henderson 17
Tuscola 59 North Iredell 6

Second Round State Dual Team
St. Stephens 36 Tuscula 25

Third Round will be Thursday Night 2-8-2001 against Ashe County. Trinity will go against Ragsdale in the other bracket.

St. Stephens won the first and second matches of the 3A State Dual Team Playoffs with wins over East Henderson and Tuscola. Tuscola High School was the host site of the matches. In the first round matches of the evening St. Stephens handled East Henderson with a 57-17 win. North Iredell fell to Tuscola 56-9. This set the Indians against the annual powerhouse Tuscola to see who would move on to this Thursday night round of the state dual team playoff. It was alarming for the Tribe to watch how Tuscola handle North Iredell. The Tribe had beaten North Iredell by a score of 49-21 during the conference dual meets.

Tuscola was in charge of the match after the first four weight classes by a score of 9-7. Tuscola's Blake Magalhaes pinned the Indian's 105 freshman Brett Vondrehle, Drew Forshey 114 of the Tribe defeated Derek Mull 18-7 for a major decision. The Indian's Chad Stephens, trailing 10-0, made an outstanding come back late in the third period in the 121 lb. match to pull to a 12-5 loss. This was critical in that only 3 points were given up to Tuscola. Derek Crump at 127 pulled the Indians up to 7-9 when he decisioned Charles Bax 6-1.

With the Tribe trailing 9-7, it was up to Seniors Adam Hoffman and Lance Greer to put the Tribe back into the dual meet. Hoffman (132) pinned Gavin Brown in 40 seconds to gain back six points for the Indians and give them the first lead of the match at 13-9. Lance Greer responded as well with a first period pin over Blake Cade. The Indians would have gotten six for the match, but Greer was charged with a team point deduction when, in his enthusiasm, he went to the second mat in the gym and executed a front hand spring to a mid air back flip. The wrestling officials, not interested in giving style points for gymnastics, took the action as unsportsmanlike conduct and hit the Indians with a team point deduction. The team point deduction would hang over the head of the Indians all the way to the heavy weight match.

Tuscola then made their run at the Indians. One of the state's best wrestlers, Joel Schick, defeated Nathan Sefcik at 142 with a 5-0 decision. They followed up with Josh King (147) defeating Adam Hosterman 14-1. Josh Fields got a pin for Tuscola at (152). After the run, Tuscola had regained the lead at 22-18.

The Indians then made their own run with Brandon Sisk (162) collecting a 13-9 decision over Ben Earley. Ben Godfrey returned to the line up for the Indians at 171 after a two month injury delay. His return was timely as he was able to muscle a 11-4 decision away from Dennis Downey. Josh Triplett pinned Mark Shuford in 1:55 to run the Indians lead to eight points with a 30-22 score. With only an eight point lead and two matches to go, the crowd knew they were in for a intense conclusion to the dual meet.

The Indians 217 lb. Daniel Eckard stepped to the lead in the second period with an escape, but early the in the third period he was reversed and put to his back with over a minute remaining in the match. To his credit, Eckard was determined not to give up the six point pin that would put Tuscola to within two points of the Indians. He avoided the pin and lost the match by a score of 5-1. Tuscola now only trailed by five points going into heavy weight by a score of 30-25.

The one team point deduction suffered in the 135 match now became a critical issue. Tuscola can now win with a pin at heavy weight to go ahead and put the Indians out of the State Duals. Matt White took the mat for the Indians at heavy weight and Kevin Chaney stepped up for Tuscola. There was no score in the first period. White managed a reversal in the second period. White took neutral in the third period. At 4:34 in the match, White got the leverage for a takedown and took Chaney to his back for the closing pin. The Indians won 36-25.

The Indians will advance to the next round of the playoffs on this Thursday with the location to be named on Wednesday. The Tribe is now 26-6 in dual meets.

		1. ST.STEPHENS          180.5
		2. MOORESVILLE          159.0
		3. EAST LINCOLN         142.0
		4. NORTH IREDELL        127.5
		5. FRED T. FOARD        112.0
		6. SOUTH CALDWELL       77.5
		7. HICKORY              49.0
		8. SOUTH IREDELL        47.0

114 DREW FORSHEY #1
121 CHAD STEPHENS #3
127 DEREK CRUMP #4
132 ADAM HOFFMAN #3
137 LANCE GREER #1
142 NATHAN SEFCIK #1
152 MATT HELTON #4
162 BRANDON SISK #2
173 DERRICK CALLAHAN #3
191 JOSH TRIPLETT #1
277 MATT WHITE #2

St. Stephens closed out the 2001 Western Foothills Conference season with a 49-21 win over North Iredell. This gave the Tribe a second straight undefeated 7-0 conference crown. St. Stephens is now 24-6 in dual meet action for the season and will have the #1 Western Foothills seed in the State Dual Team Playoffs next week. North Iredell dropped to a 13-12 overall record with a 4-3 confernce record. North Iredell is in line for a #3 Western Foothills seed in the State Duals. They are tied with Fred T. Foard in conference record, but they defeated Foard in the head to head dual meet

It was Senior Night for the Indians as they honored the only three Seniors on the team, Lance Greer, Adam Hoffman, and Ben Wheeler.

Wheeler had wrestled 14 varsity matches for the Tribe during his two years with the varsity team.

Lance Greer and Adam Hoffman have been four year starters for the Indians. Greer has 134 career wins and Hoffman has 122. This places them 3rd and 5th respectively in all time career wins in the wrestling history of St. Stephens High School. They have been the corner stones for the Indians since the heavy graduation of seniors from the Western Regional Championship Team of 1997. Since they were freshmen in the 1998 season, these two were under the extra burden of " absolutely must win" in order for their team to have a chance to win. Greer is 34-4 in all time conference action and Hoffman is 32-4 against conference competition.

Hoffman is a two time conference champion at 119 and 135 and a two time third place finisher at the Midwest Regionals. He has placed 7th in both of his State Tournament appearance. Greer was last years Conference champion at 145, finish 3rd at the Regionals, and place 3rd at last years State Tournament.

St. Stephens won 10 of the 14 matches during the dual meet. North Iredell's 105 Bee Thao pinned freshman Brett Vondrehle in the first match of the evening. North Iredell also won at 127, 147, and 173. 127 Jesse Ledbetter's late third period pin of Derek Crump kept the Raiders ahead of St. Stephens 12-9. Joel Privett's decision at 147 and Seth Dufault' 173 pin over Derrick Callahan was gave North Iredell it 21 points for the night.

The Tribe put on a strong showing with pins from Drew Forshey 114, Lance Greer 137, Brandon Sisk 162, Josh Triplett 191, and Daniel Eckard 217. Chad Stephens 121, Adam Hofffman 132, and Nathan Sefcik 142 provided decisions, Matt Helton 154 major decisioned for the Tribe.



                                         ST. STEPHENS HIGH SCHOOL VERSUS NORTH IREDELL
                                                          01/30/2001
                                                        AT ST. STEPHENS


 105   BEE THAO (NIRED)             PIN     1:06     BRETT VONDREHLE (SS)
 114   DREW FORSHEY (SS)            PIN     0:44     JOSH MINNISH (NIRED)
 121   CHAD STEPHENS (SS)           DEC     8-5      ZACK SMITH (NIRED)
 127   JESSE LEDBETTER (NIRED)      PIN     5:44     DEREK CRUMP (SS)
 132   ADAM HOFFMAN (SS)            DEC     10-5     ADAM BLACKWELDER (NIRED)
 137   LANCE GREER (SS)             PIN     2:50     CODY JOHNSON (NIRED)
 142   NATHAN SEFCIK (SS)           DEC     4-2      RICHARD NEITZEL (NIRED)
 147   JOEL PRIVETT (NIRED)         DEC     0-5      ADAM HOSTERMAN (SS)
 154   MATT HELTON (SS)             MD      11-3     JOSH CRATER (NIRED)
 162   BRANDON SISK (SS)            PIN     3:05     BEN LOFTIS (NIRED)
 173   SETH DUFAULT (NIRED)         PIN     3:41     DERRICK CALLAHAN (SS)
 191   JOSH TRIPLETT (SS)           PIN     2:28     CALEB LAWS (NIRED)
 217   DANIEL ECKARD (SS)           PIN     1:05     BLAKE ENGLEBERT (NIRED)
 277   MATT WHITE (SS)              FOR     0-0      FORFEIT (NIRED)
                                  FINAL SCORE
       ST. STEPHENS HIGH SCHOOL         49.00
       NORTH IREDELL                    21.00

With only two matches left in the regular season schedule, St. Stephens is currently the only undefeated team in the Western Foothills Conference. South Caldwell fell to St. Stephens last night by a score of 60-16 and North Iredell knocked off undefeated Fred T. Foard 45-30.

South Caldwell has had injuries to their starting line up and forfeited four weigh classes in the match at 103, 135,140, 145. The Tribe's Drew Forshey pinned at (114), Chad Stephens (121) and Derek Crump (127) major decisioned, and Adam Hoffman (132) pinned to secured an early win. After Hoffman's pin and the forfeits, the match was secured at 44-0 for the fifth win in the conference season by the Indians. Brandon Sisk (162) major decisioned. Josh Triplett (191) and Matt White (277) closed out the Indians' scoring with pins.

There were impressive performances by South Caldwell with a major decision by Matt Curtis at 152 and Scott Beal's last second pin at 217. Michael Annas also scored for South Caldwell by an injury default. This was all the scoring that the young Spartans could do against St. Stephens.

The Indians are now 22-6 with a 5-0 conference record. They will travel to Fred T. Foard to take on the 11-10, 4-1 Tigers on Friday night. South Caldwell is now 8-12 overall with a 2-3 conference record. They will travel to second place Mooresville on Friday

Nathan Sefcik, a sophomore, has just broken into the Super 32 as the 15th ranked 145 wrestler in the 3A division. Nathan's current record is 27-10 overall with a 2-0 conference record. That makes seven SSHS Wrestlers that are recognized on a state level for their strong showing against state wide competition. Congratulations to Nathan.

Tribe Wrestlers Grab Big Win From Mooresville
St. Stephens High School 1-12-2001

It was a clash of archrivals in the Western Foothills Conference for the top spot in wrestling. The two teams had battled to a one-point victory for the Indians last season as they completed an undefeated conference season. This year had all the markings of another scrambling finally. Mooresville brought in a solid team with four state ranked wrestlers and a 12-6 overall and 1-0 conference record. The Tribe had its on ars enal of six wrestlers in the state rankings and an 18-6 overall, 1-0 conference record. Tonight's winner would certainly have the advantage to grab the conference title.

With the gym packed in the home stands and the War Chant rattling the rafters, the Ind ians, with its largest squad in 12 years entered the gym as a river of red and flooded the mat for final warm up drills. The gym was hot and the tension was too thick to breathe. There's only one shot at the opposition in wrestling and it was right here and right now.

Chevy Bryant provided the first score for Mooresville over freshman Brett Vondrehle. Vondrehle's inexperience showed, but he was not short of determination. Vondrehle fought off his back on three occasions to prevent the six-point pin by Bryant. Bryant was awarded a major decision with a 15-4 match that put the Blue Devils up only four points.

St. Stephens' 112 Drew Forshey, with an 83-0 consecutive win record, stepped on the mat for the Indians. Mooresville, which weighed in two wrestlers at 112, forfeited to Forshey.

This put the Indians up 6-4 in the match and gave Mooresville an opportunity to send their experienced 112 James Tonthat into the 119 match against the Tribe\rquote s Chad Stephens. Stephens was making his first appearance since his shoulder injury of last week. This was a pivotal match for the Indians. The match rolled back and forth with scoring flurries. Tonthat was ahead 6-4 in the first period. Stephens was ahead 10-8 in the second. With 15 seconds in the third, Tonthat scores with a reversal to tie the score 10-10 and Stevens battles to avoid back points. Stephens forces in on Tonthat in the sudden death overtime period and backs him to the outer third of the ring. Stephens shot a single and spun Tonthat down for the take down and over time victory. Indians up 9-4.

Mooresvilles' Travis Meadows, a state qualifier, pinned freshman Derek Crump at 125 in the second period, after leading the match 6-0. This edged Mooresville ahead with by one point going into the only match up of the night of state ranked wrestlers.

Josh Donaldson, Mooresville's #10 ranked 3A 130, was sent to the mat to face senior Adam Hoffman. Hoffman is ranked #6 in 3A 130 and is a two time conference champion. The match started with an aggressive attack by Donaldson , but was controlled by Hoffman for a 9-0 major decision.

Mooresville then forfeited to the Tribe's Lance Greer, a third place finisher at the state tournament, and sent their 135 pounder, Michael Osborne out to face sophomore Adam Hosterman. Osborne won 8-4 and cut the Indians lead down to six points.

The Tribe's Nathan Sefcik faced off with Adam Lawrence at 145 in a back yard brawl that ended in a 15-14 win for the Indians. Bear Bryant of Mooresville muscled a 9-3 win over Matt Helton at 152 and the Indians' 160 Brandon Sisk pinned to place the Indians ahead with a twelve point lead, 28-16, with only four weights to wrestle.

Mooresville's, #2 state ranked 171 pound, Patrick Marsh stepped onto the mat to cut the lead to six with a pin over freshman Derrick Calllahan.

This set the stage for one last piece of strategy by the Mooresville. They forfeited to the Indians' #2 ranked 189 pound Josh Triplett and sent their more experienced 189 Trey Brawley to battle 215 Daniel Eckard of St. Stephens.

This made the Indians up by 12 and Mooresville would have to pull out two pins in the last two matches to tie the dual meet. If they accomplished this, the dual score would be tied and Mooresville would win by criteria of the most pins.

Mooresville had beaten Eckard at last year's dual meet in 45 seconds by Michael Peters, #10 ranked 215 3A, their current 215 pound wrestler, to force the Indians into a "must win by pin" situation at heavy weight. Matt White, St. Stephens 275 wrestler, won the heavy weight match by pin to give the Indians the victory last year, but at this match, he was not at a 100% due to an ankle injury.

Both young men had to step up for their team in the 215 match. The score was tied 2-2 at the end of the first. Eckard pulled out to a lead at the end of the second 8-6. Both wrestled to near exhaustion in the third and Brawley battle back to 10-8. With one minute left on the clock Eckard got the take down to finish out the match to a 12-8 win. This was a great match between two young men that went to battle for their school. Brawley grappled a great match. The gut check win by Eckard redeemed himself from last year's late match loss and sealed this year's dual meet, and a possible conference championship, for St. Stephens.

The Tribe was now a head by 15 points with only one remaining match. Mooresville sent out Michael Peters at 275. With the match won and their heavy weight with an injury, St. Stephens did something they have rarely ever done. The Indians forfeited a match in which they had a weighed in wrestler. This was a little bit of shock to the celebrating home crowd that wanted more. The Indians win 37-28.

The Indians are now 18-6 overall and 2-0 in conference. They will travel to Hickory High next Tuesday for a 5:00 quad meet and a conference match with Hickory. Hickory is now 5-17 overall and 0-2 in conference. The Indians will also be wrestling West Lincoln at this meet.

Mooresville is now 12-7 overall and 1-1 in conference. Their next match will be next Tuesday at East Lincoln at 6:30. East Lincoln is 8-12 overall and 0-2 in conference.

St. Stephens Wrestlers took their first step in defending their Western Foothill Conference Championship with a decisive win over East Lincoln. The Tribe won 10 of the 14 matches, nine by pins.

The Mustangs scored first with a pin by Joe Hanks at 103 over Brett Vondrehle of the Indians. St. Stephens #1 state ranked Drew Forshey of the Indians tied the score and increased his undefeated streak to 83-0 with a first period pin over Aaron Melton.

Mustang junior Jojo Dellinger charged East Lincoln back into the lead with a pin over sophomore Brian Good. The Mustangs now lead the match 12-6.

In the next nine minutes of competition, the Indians went on a raid that all but sealed the outcome of the match . Led by seniors Adam Hoffman (28-6) and Lance Greer (30-3) the Indians ran off six straight pins. Hoffman, a two time conference champion, pinned Lowell Hall in 0:55 of the first period. Greer, last years conference champion and 3rd in the state, pinned Chris Smith in 1:01 of the first period. Indian freshman Derek Crump sealed his first ever conference match with a pin over Jon Monroe. Sophomores Adam Hosterman and Nathan Sefcik made their presence known to the conference by first period pins. Juni or Matt Helton, #10 in the state 3A rankings at 152, pinned his opponent Thomas Abernathy 1:50 of the first period. The Tribe now led 42-12.

The biggest head to head match up of the night can at the 160 pound division when the Indians sent out Brandon S isk to challenge the Mustangs #10th ranked 160 pound Nick Smith. Smith gradually pulled away, period by period, to capture a 10-1 major decision for the Mustangs.

The score was now 42-16 for the Tribe and one last win was need to definitely capture the first conference win for the Tribe. Indian freshman Derrick Callahan, competing in his first ever conference match, delivered the win for the Tribe with a 5-2 decision over Ryan Swengros at 171.

Josh Triplett won the next pin for the Indians at 189. Triplett ran his season record to 30-3 with the win. Junior Daniel Eckerd finished of the Indian scoring with scrambling pin at 0:55 of the first period.

Jon Hollifield responded for the Mustangs with their finally score of the night with a pin over Matt White. This made the final score 57-22.

The Indians are now 1-0 in conference with a 17-6 overall record. They will face Mooresville Friday night at 6:30 at St. Stephens. The match with Mooresville may be the deciding match for this years conference championship.

East Lincoln is now 0-1 in conference action with a 8-11 overall record. They will travel to South Caldwell on Friday.

Congratulations to Brandon Sisk, our 160 lb. wrestler, for being named on the NCMAT.com Super 32 for 3A 160lb wrestlers. He was given Honorable Mention Status for his second place finish at the Cary News Invitational.
The makes six of our varsity wrestlers that are recognized as some of the best wrestlers in their weight class in the state of North Carolina. The others include Drew Forshey 112, Adam Hoffman 130, Lance Greer 140, Matt Helton 152, Josh Triplett 189.
At the close of the non conference wrestling schedule, several milestones have been achieved by three SSHS wrestlers. Drew Forshey currently has a 32-0 season record with one of the longest undefeated win streaks in the state at 82-0. Lance Greer has reached 126 career wins and Adam Hoffman 116 career wins for the Indians. This places Greer 4th and Hoffman 5th in all time career wins by St. Stephens wrestlers.

St. Stephens 39 vs Watauga 36
1-2-2001
SSHS WRESTLERS REGROUP, SET MARKS, AND PREPARE OF CONFERENCE RUN

After a dismal performance at the East Gaston Warrior Team Duals, the St. Stephens wrestling team had to regroup their team efforts to take on another 4A Division powerhouse, Watauga. In front of the largest home crowd yet, filled with SSHS alumni wrestlers and wrestlers from other area schools, the Tribe pull out a thrilling 39-36 win over the Pioneers.

The Tribe was ahead 21-12 after the first six matches with wins from Drew Forshey 112, Derek Crump 125, Adam Hoffman 130, and Lance Greer 135. The next match at 140 was going to be one of three critical matches for the Tribe's victory.

The Indian's Adam Hosterman, a sophomore, went out to challenge the number one state ranked 4A wrestler, Garrett Atkinson. Atkinson's mat skill controlled the match to a 8-2 decision and pulled Watauga to within six points of the Indians. Watauga had more big guns coming up in four of the next seven matches. Although it was a lost, Hosterman's efforts to stay in a good defensive position resulted in only a three point decision for Watauga. Hosterman was disappointed that he lost the match, but the coaching staff was elated at his effort and result. A match, where a less experienced wrestler can keep a known dominate wrestler to only a three point win, can be the event that wins the dual meet. Hosterman's effort would come into play as the dual meet progressed into the later matches.

Watauga then made a surge winning three of the next four matches and moved ahead of the Tribe 27-30. Watauga's ranked wrestlers Mike Kinner and Toddy Lyons won their matches at 145 and 171. Chase from Watauga won a hotly contested match with the Tribe's Matt Helton with a pin at the third period buzzer. Indian Bandon Sisk, at 160 pounds, made up the six point swing by pinning Earp at the 4:32 mark in the third period.

With three matches to go, the Tribe was losing by three points. Watauga still had two dominating wrestlers left in their line up. Tommy Sofield, ranked #11 at 215, and senior Shane Greene, ranked #7 at 275.

St. Stephens' Coach Baker knew that without the possibility of the next two wins, there would be no chance at all in the heavy weight match to pull out the dual meet win. In a strategic move, Coach Baker called upon Josh Baumgarner to content for the 189 pound match. This coaching change would impact the next match at 215 pounds by matching the Tribes Josh Triplett, #2 state ranked 189 pounder against Watauga's #11th ranked 215 Tommy Sofield. This was Baumgarner's first varsity match of the season. Baumgarner has a determined hardcore wrestling style, but has not broken into the main line up ahead of teammate Triplett. Baumgarner faced Cianchetti and scored the first takedown of the match. Cianchetti made a series of excellent skill moves to gain an escape, a takedown, and a two point near fall. All seemed lost for the Tribe as Baumgarner battled off his back with only 1:45 off the clock in the first period, but Baumgarner had no intentions of letting this opportunity escape him. With one quick and decisive move, Baumgarner obtained a reversal and a pinning combination on Cianchetti. The crowd of alumni and supporters for the Indians exploded knowing what Baumgarner was about to accomplish coming of the bench. Baumgarner won the match with a pin at 1:52 mark of the first period and put the Indians back on top 33-30.

The Indians still needed a win. Josh Triplett, the Tribe's regular 189 pounder and ranked #2 in the 3A division, went out to face Watauga's 215 pounder, Sofield. Sofield, a muscularly built wrestler, made the first attack of the match with a lateral throw that landed out of pounds with a resounding boom. Triplett learned from the maneuver and began a series of low attacks that eventually put him up 10-4 in the second period. On the last takedown by Triplett, he caught Sofield in a pinning combination. The pin was called at 3:52 in the second period. The pin was a dual meet winning pin for the Indians as it put them ahead 39-30 going into the heavyweight match.

Watauga's #7 ranked 4A heavyweight Shane Greene pinned the Indian's Matt White to close out the scoring at 39-36 for the Indians.

The Indians' now take a 16-6 dual meet record into the Western Foothills Conference Season. They will face East Lincoln Tuesday night 1-9-2001 at 6:30 at St. Stephens.

St. Stephens introduced itself to the eastern part of North Carolina with a second place finish in the Cary News Invitational Tournament. It was held this weekend at Cary High School, Cary, NC.

Cary, the 4A powerhouse of the East, won the tournament. St. Stephens finished second ahead of Eastern Randolph. The Tribe stayed in the hunt up through the last rounds of the tournament.

Drew Froshey defeated the #1 ranked 4A Nick Mayhew of Cary 16-3 for first place at 112 pounds. Forshey was awarded the Most Outstanding Wrester of the tournament. Forshey made his way to the final match with two pins and a tech fall.

Adam Hoffman took second at 130 pounds, losing to #1 ranked 4A David Johnson. Hoffman had made his way to the final with two pins and a 3-1 decision over #10 rankded 3A Ryan Batts of C.B. Aycock.

Lance Greer took first at 140 pounds with a pin, a tech fall, and a pin in the finals against John Davie of Eastern Randolph.

Brandon Sisk took second at 160 pounds, losing in the final match to #6 ranked 4A Charles Blumell of Cary. Sisk had made his way to the final with two pins and a decision.

Josh Triplett took first 189 pounds with a decision over #8 ranked 4A Andrew Bost of Cary. Triplett had pinned all opponents in the earlier rounds of competition.

Matt White took third at 275 pounds with a pin in the consolation finals over Nick Parilla of Trition

Others placing for the Tribe was Matt Helton placed fourth at 152. Nathan Sefcik placed fifth at 145. Daniel Eckard placed fifth at 215. Derek Crump place sixth at 125.

St. Stephens Wrestling Team's undefeated streak has been stoppped at ten. The positive side to its' first loss was that it took the #1 ranked 2a Division Alleghany Trojans to do it in a sqeaker 35-30. The head to head matchups were even with each team taking 7 wins and 7 losses. The critial factor was that three of the Alleghany wins were pins while the Indians had only two pins.

The Indians advanced to the final match with wins over Lincolnton 59-12 and another barn burner with Kings Mountain that end with three straight pins for the Indians to win 39-37.

Alleghany advanced to the final match with wins over Southwest Guilford 53-14 and West Lincoln 38-27.

Kings Mountain won the consolations final with a 39-38 win over West Lincoln.

All SSHS wrestlers will go to this tournament. There will be a JV Tournament held, just as we did at the Indian Duals. Be at the School Saturday morning by 7:00, Bus leaves at 7:15

This is going to be another tough tournament for the Tribe. We will be the first match of the morning against Lincolnton at 10:00 AM

There are going to be loads, I mean LOADS, of Super 32 Wrestlers in this tournament, so there will be alot of great wrestling for school and personnal pride.

The Indians of St. Stephens traveled this past weekend to Columbia, SC to compete in the Palmetto State Classic Wrestling Championships. The tournament was held at Irmo High School. This was a multistate tournament with 18 high schools competing from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. The Tribe placed four wrestlers in the championship finals and finish 6th in team competition.

In the 112 division, Drew Forhsey, last year's NC State Champion at 103, defeated last years's Georgia State Champion, Corey Newsome from McEachern, Georgia with a 2-0 decision. Fosheys record now stands at 14-0. This is his second individual tournament title this year. The other tournament title is the Indian Classic which was held on December 2, 2000.

Adam Hoffman, a two time state qualifier from St. Stephens pinned Matt Moore from Fort Mill for the 135 division championship. His record is now 14-1. This is also his second straight individual tournament title along with winning the Indian Classic.

Lance Greer, in the 140 pound final, last years 3rd place State Finalist, took second in the 140 pound division with a 7-11 lost to Ralph Hunter from Hoggard. Greer is now 13-2. He also won his weight division at the Indian Classic.

Josh Triplett took second in the 189 pound division with a 0-6 lost to W. Freeman from Swansee SC. Triplett is now 14-1 for the season. He also won a championship title from the Indian Classic.

Another Indian that went deep into the consolation competion was Nathan Sefcik who tied for 5th. Nathan won the 145 pound division at the Indian Classic.

Matt Helton, a Junior at St. Stephens and a Wrestler in the 152 pound division has just been named as an Honorable Mention in his weight class for 3A Division 152 North Carolina Wrestlers. His placement, conducted by NCMAT.com, has him as the 15th ranked wrestler in the State. NCMAT will rank the top 10 to 12 wrestlers in the state and include up an coming wrestlers in a small selection of "Horonable Mention" category.

Matt has earned this attention by his current 10-0 record and his Championship finish in the Indian Classic which was held this past weekend.

This makes the fifth St. Stephens' wrestler to be named on the list. He joins Drew Forshey #1, Adam Hoffman #2, Lance Greer #4, and Josh Triplett #2 in there respective weight classes.

We are very proud to have such an outstanding student athlete like Matt on the wrestling team. He works hard in both his academics and athletics. There are countless occasions where Matt has worked hard in a match and then study on the bus ride home using a make shift light for reading. He embodies what the phrase Student Athlete really means.

With the second month of the wrestling season getting underway, four wrestlers from St. Stephens are still up in the polls. This poll is maintained by NCMAT.com, a web site dedicated to the sport of wrestling in North Carolina.

Indians Takedown Greyhounds 42-26
St. Stephens High School, Hickory, NC
12-05-2000

In a rematch of the top two teams from last week's Indian Duals, the St. Stephens Indians repeated their win over the Greyhounds of Statesville. This time the Tribe stayed with Statesville early on in the match and slow pulled away to seal the match.

The Indian's stronger showing in this match was due to improved wrestling from Freshman Derek Crump (125) and Sophomores Nathan Sefcik (145) and Ben Godfrey (171). All three weight divisions had lost in the earlier match up with Statesville in the Indian Duals.

Hard work and determination paid off as Derek Crump won a 8-3 decision over Chad Messick, Nathan Sefcik evened his head to head match up with Will Madison by winning a 6-2 decision, and Ben Godfrey won his first varsity match after breaking into the Indian line up. His critical 7-5 decision over Mike Gibson put the Tribe ahead 30-22 with only three weigh classes left to be contested. The Indians then took 2 out of the next 3 weight classes to finish the score at 42-26.

The Indians now have an 8-0 dual match record. They will travel to Columbia, South Carolina this weekend to compete in the Palmetto State Classic.

12-3-2000

After the last two weeks of competition, four St. Stephens wrestler have past milestones in career wins for St. Stephens. These records go back to 1980. Also like many other high schools sports, wrestling matches per year has risen steady since the start up in 1968. The wrestlers listed below are in the top 50 all time winners for St. Stephens High School.

Senior Lance Greer with 106 wins has moved to #4 in all time wins passing Doyle Spencer's mark of 100 wins set in 1990. He will need 24 more wins to move to #3 which is held by Josh Benfield set in 1997.

Senior Adam Hoffman with 99 wins has moved to #7 in all time wins passing Scott Kerns' mark of 97 wins set in 1991. His next win will tie him with Dole Spencer (1990) and Brandon Fisher (1992) on the career wins list at 5th place.

In only his Sophomore year, Drew Forshey with 59 wins has tied Kevin Carter (1987) and Shane Huffman (1992) for 33rd place. One more will tie the 32nd spot held by Eric Isenhour (1987) at 60 wins.

Junior Josh Triplett with 49 wins has moved to 42nd in all time wins passing Doug Yoder's (1988) mark of 48 wins. He will need five more wins to tie 41st place Brent Pless' (1983) mark of 54 wins.

The Career Wins Leader Board on our web site is only update once a year and at the conclusion of the State Individual Championship. You can view it by clicking on Historical Archives on our web site or go directly to the page at: http://www.abts.net/~catawbarasslin/win_c.htm

It's been more than a decade, but this year's St. Stephens Wrestlers overpowered the competition with 209 points. The second placed team was West Lincoln with 162 points and West Iredell 130 points placed third. The tournament was close up to the championship final with St. Stephens leading West Lincoln by only 16 points. The Indians had eight in the finals and the Rebels of West Lincoln had nine. Full details of the tournament can be viewd at on the internet at www.abts.net/~catawbarasslin/ic120200.htm.

The Tribe placed eleven wrestlers in the top four of their respective weight class. The Tribe's seven first place champions were Drew Forshey @ 112, Adam Hoffman @ 135, Lance Greer @ 140, Nathan Sefcik @ 145, Matt Helton @ 152, Brandon Sisk @ 160, Josh Triplett @ 189. Chad Stephens @ 119 place second in the tournament. Matt White @ 275 placed third. Derek Crump @ 125 and Joe Reardon @ 130 placed fourth.

Hoffman's first place finish at 135 made his fourth appearance as a top three finisher. He placed second as a sophomore and as a junior, and third as a freshman. Hoffman is currently ranked #4 at 135 lbs. in the 3A Division.

This was Greer's second first place finish and his third top three finish. He place fourth as a sophomore and third as a freshman. Greer is currently ranked #3 at 140 lbs. in the 3A Division.

Sophomore Drew Forshey won his second Indian Classic and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. Forshey defeated Jonathan Cline of West Lincoln 10-4 in the finals. Forshey is currently ranked #1 at 112 lbs. in the 3A Division and Cline is ranked #1 at 112 lbs. in the 2A Division.

Josh Triplett @ 189, a junior, won his first Indian Classic in his second attempt. He placed third in his sophomore year. He is currently ranked #2 at 189 lbs. in the 3A Division

Sophomores Nathan Sefcik @ 145 and Brandon Sisk @ 160 won their first championship in their second attempt. Both finished third as freshmen.

Juniors Chad Stephens, Matt Helton, and Matt White battle deep into the tournament for the Tribe. Chad Stephens @ 119 won his first Indian Classic medal with a second place finish. Matt Helton @ 152 won his first championship with two pins and a 10-3 decision in the finials. Matt White @ 275 won his first third place finish with a pin in the consolation finals.

Sophomore Joe Reardon @ 130 and Freshman Derek Crump @ 125 showed significant improvement in tough weigh classes. Both fourth in the tournament.

The Indians of St. Stephens moved their dual meet record to 7-0 with a strong showing at East Burke. The Tribe won 10 matches with six pins, 1 tech fall, and 3 decision. East Burke won 4 matches with two pins and two decisions.

East Burkes Willie Annas (#4,103,4A) started things off at the 103 lb. division for the Cavilers with pin over the Indians Brett Vondrehle. Adley Shufford also pinned for the Cavilers at 215 lb. Eddie Johnson (130) and J. Yoder (171) won two close decisions.

The Indians Chad Stevens (5-2), Adam Hoffman (7-0), Lance Greer (6-1), Brandon Sisk (6-1), Josh Triplett (7-0), and Matt White (7-0) pinned their opponents. Drew Forshey (7-0)scored a tech fall. Derek Crump (3-4), Nathan Sefcik (6-1), Matt Helton (6-0) all scored decisions in their matches for the Tribe.

The next event for the Indians is the 29th Annual Indian Classic held at the school this Saturday. Doors open at 9:00 to the public.

The Tribe gets off to a 6-0 start with impressive wins over Newton-Conover, East Meck., Chase, Stateville, South Caldwell, and Freedom.

The Tribe won the first ever Indian Duals Team Tournament held at the school on 11-22-2000. All the match results can be see on the Varsity Schedule Page. Just click on the "DATE" of the tournament and the results will pop up.

This has been the strongest and most intense turn out for the Varsity Wrestling Team in many years. The enthusiasm generated by Coach Baker and Coach Reese has rejuvenated our program not seen since the back to back Western Regional Championship Teams of 1996 & 1997. Many former wrestlers are again competing for a starting position as well as many freshmen from last years successful Junior Varsity Program. At this time there are four seniors, seven juniors, seventeen sophomores, and fourteen freshmen grappling there way toward the first wrestle off matches.

Capturing the Western Foothill Conference Championship last year and having Coach Baker named Coach of the Year for the WFC was a big boost to the program as well. There are twelve returning starters from the last years conference winning team and all want to claim a conference title for themselves and the team. Drew Forshey, Adam Hoffman, Lance Greer, and Josh Triplett will be battling to repeat as both conference regular season and tournament champions. Drew Forshey, sophomore, will not only be aiming for second conference title, but a return to the State Championship. Adam Hoffman, senior, will push for his third conference title having only two conference loses in his freshman year to a conference champion senior from Mooresville. Lance Greer, senior, will be shooting for his second conference title after an outstanding year of finishing 3rd in the State Championships. Josh Triplett, junior, is looking to keep on top of the 189 lb. classification and capture his second conference title on his way back to the State Championship

Other returning starters are Chad Stephens, T. J. Yoder, Adam Hosterman, Joe Reardon, Nathan Sefcik, Matt Helton, Daniel Eckard, and Matt White

We scrimmage Freedom on Friday. The season opener will be at Newton-Conover next Tuesday. Next Wednesday will be a 6 team round robin here at St. Stephens as we start our first annual Indian Duals.

Base on the polls of NCMAT.com, St. Stephens will start the season out with a #2 ranking for 3A division wrestling. http://super32.ncmat.com/

Born at 26 weeks at 2 lbs. He is at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte and is doing very well and breathing on his own.

St. Stephens Wrestling starts out the 2000-2001 Season with a couple of strong showings in pre-season competitions by Chad Stephens and Josh Triplett.

Due to Chad Stephens' strong showing at the Super 32 Challenge Tournament, he has been ranked as an Honorable Mention candidate on NCMAT.com Super 32 listing for weight class 119 3A.
Chad defeated a 9th ranked 4A wrestler from Orange HS on his way to a 4th place finish out of a 16 man entry field. Congratulations to Chad.

Josh Triplett Takes Gold at Holloween Havoc at Mt. Tabor
Josh competed at the 215 lb weight class with 10 wrestlers in the weight class.

As a consequence of Chad's ranking, St. Stephens High School is ranked 2nd in the 3A Division in NC from NCMAT.

The Elite 10 NC High School Team rankings from NCMAT is the result of an imaginary 16 man tournament with everyone finishing by their Super 32 rankings. All currently ranked wrestlers from ST. STEPHENS are:
Wt. - Wrestler - Super 32 State Ranking
112 - Drew Forshey - #1
119 - Chad Stephens - Honorable Mention (11th)
135 - Adam Hoffman - #4
140 - Lance Greer - #3
189 - Josh Triplett - #2