1975 South Carolina 4A-3A-2A-1A Wrestling State Champions SCMAT © 2018
Lower Richland High School
Team Placement at State Tournament
1. Lower Richland - 73 points (Coach Jim Fitzpatrick) - 4A
2. Airport - 57 points (Coach Jim Barnes) - 4A
3. Summerville - 56 points (Coach Jim Flowers) - 4A
4. Fort Johnson - 51 points (Coach Chester Willis) - 3A
5. Camden - 41 points (Coach Homer Carraway) - 4A
6. Greer - 36.5 points (Coach Steve Woodward) - 4A
7. Brookland Cayce - 31 points (Coach John Checkovich) - 4A
8. Goose Creek - 19 points (Coach Jim Bonneville) - 4A
9. Sumter - 18.5 points (Coach Bob Cherry) - 4A
10. A.C. Flora - 18 points (Coach James Thigpen) - 4A
11. Westside - 15 points (Coach Steve White) - 4A
12. Belton-Honea Path - 14 points (Coach Mike Story) - 3A
13. Eastside - 12.5 points - 4A
13. Bishop England - 12.5 points (Coach BD LaPrad) - 3A
13. Orangeburg Wilkinson - 12.5 points (Coach Roger Lowe) - 4A
16. Laurens - 12 points - 4A
16. Byrnes - 12 points (Coach Jim Corne) - 3A
18. Dreher - 8.5 points - 4A
19. Bonds-Wilson - 8 points (Caoch Jimmy Cox) - 3A
19. Union - 8 points - 4A
21. Seneca - 7 points (Coach Tim Bice) - 3A
22. Daniel - 6 points - 4A
22. Gaffney - 6 points - 4A
22. Wade Hampton - 6 points - 4A
25. Spartanburg - 5.5 points - 4A
26. Palmetto - 4.5 points - 2A
27. Garrett - 4 points - 3A
28. Andrew Jackson - 3 points - 3A
28. Irmo - 3 points - 4A
28. James Island - 3 points - 3A
28. Rock Hill - 3 points - 4A
28. Woodruff - 3 points - 2A
28. Wando - 3 points - 4A
34. York - 2 points - 3A
35. Greenwood - 1.5 points - 4A
35. Riverside - 1.5 points - 3A
35. Buford - 1.5 points - 2A
38. Mauldin - 1 points - 3A
39. North Charleston - 0 points - 3A
39. St. Andrews - 0 points - 4A
39. Charleston - 0 points
Individual State Champions
State Finals:
98 Leroy Demeary (Camden) pin David Bullock (Airport)
105 Ike Anderson (Lower Richland) dec. James Gillings (Airport), 6-4 OT
112 Mark Reeve (Greer) pin David Potts (Lower Richland)
119 Thomas Alexander (Lower Richland) maj.dec. Sam Tucker (Camden), 12-3
126 John Monroe (Lower Richland) dec. Johnny Glover (Brookland-Cayce), 1-0
132 Steve McCoy (Airport) dec. John Dodenhoff (A.C. Flora), 6-3 OT
138 Keith Shannon (Lower Richland) dec. Anthony Jivers (Brookland-Cayce), 4-2
145 Carl Van Sewell (Airport) dec. Norman Harrison (Summerville), 8-3
155 Matt Rutherford (Eastside) dec. Willie Coleman (Fort Johnson), 7-3
167 Roland Cromwell (Fort Johnson) default Tracy Truesdale (Airport)
185 Darryl Moses (Sumter) dec. Steve Latimer (Westside), 5-4
UNL Tony Turkett (Summerville) pin Tim Peters (Bishop England)
State Consolation Finals:
98 Tim Corley (Fort Johnson) dec. Johnny Stroble (Greer), 4-2
105 Steve Miller (Byrnes) dec. Archie Todd (Camden), 4-0
112 Tom Borrelli (Goose Creek) dec. Joseph Carson (Orangeburg-Wilkinson), 2-1
119 Thomas Champaign (Fort Johnson) dec. Glen Aiken (Orangeburg-Wilkinson), 2-0
126 Arthur Young (Summerville) dec. Ray Waddell (Byrnes), 1-0
132 Vic Dabney (Camden) dec. Mark Drost (Seneca), 9-2
138 Earl Tolliver (Dreher) dec. Mike Craven (Fort Johnson), 9-6
145 Walter Bristow (A.C. Flora) dec. Mike Ashley (Belton-Honea Path), 7-0
155 Esau Graham (Bonds-Wilson) dec. Richard Bailey (Summerville), 8-3
167 Tony Sapp (Summerville) dec. Ulysses Webber (Lower Richland), 3-1
185 Keith Hall (Goose Creek) dec. Gregg Shealy (Brookland-Cayce), 5-2
UNL Rocky Eledge (Greer) dec. John Thompson (Camden), 7-1
Most Outstanding Wrestler Award
Roland Cromwell (Jr. 167 lbs.) - Fort Johnson 3A (Coach Chester Willis)
Coach of the Year Award
Jim Barnes - Airport
State Tournament Location
Camden Arena February 14-15, 1975
State Qualifying Tournaments
Top 4 Wrestlers from each State Qualifier went to State:
Lower State - at Goose Creek H.S. - February 7-8, 1975
Team Placement at Lower State:
1. Summerville
2. Fort Johnson
3. Goode Creek
Northwest State - at Westside H.S. - February 7-8, 1975
Team Placement at Northwest State:
1. Belton-Honea Path
2. Westside
3. Daniel
Piedmont State - at Northwestern H.S. - February 8, 1975
Team Placement at Piedmont State:
1. Greer
2. Byrnes
3. Union
Mid-State - at Lower Richland - February 7-8, 1975
Team Placement at Mid-State:
1. Airport
2. Lower Richland
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