1977 South Carolina 4A-3A-2A-1A Wrestling State Champions
Airport High School
Team Placement at State Tournament 1. Airport - 122 points (Coach Jim Barnes) - 4A 2. Bonds-Wilson - 80 points (Coach Jimmy Cox) - 3A 3. Greer - 67.5 points (Coach Steve Woodward) - 3A 3. Summerville - 67.5 points (Coach Jim Flowers) - 4A 5. Fort Johnson - 59.5 points (Coach Chester Willis) - 3A 6. James Island - 53 points (Coach Albert Spalviero) - 3A 7. Brookland Cayce - 37 points (Coach John Checkovich) - 4A 8. Irmo - 36.5 points (Coach BD LaPrad) - 4A 9. Northwestern - 34 points (Coach Ken Humphries) - 4A 10. Bishop England - 31 points (Coach F. Soubeyroux) - 3A 11. Orangeburg-Wilkinson - 29 points - 4A 12. Rock Hill - 26.5 points - 4A 13. Laurens - 26 points - 4A 14. Goose Creek - 24.5 points - 4A 15. Byrnes - 24 points - 3A 16. Gaffney - 23.5 points - 4A 17. Keenan - 21 points - 3A 18. Wade Hampton - 20 points - 4A 19. Spartanburg - 19.5 points - 4A 20. Sumter - 14 points - 4A 21. Garrett - 12 points - 3A 22. Battery Creek - 8.5 points - 4A 22. Greenwood - 8.5 points - 4A 22. Woodruff - 8.5 points - 2A 25. Berkeley - 8 points - 4A 26. Middleton - 7 points - 4A 27. Daniel - 6.5 points - 3A 28. Berea - 6 points - 3A 29. Belton-Honea Path - 5.5 points (Coach John Abercrombie) - 3A 30. York - 5 points - 3A 31. J.L. Mann - 4.5 points - 3A 31. Wando - 4.5 points = 4A 33. Westside - 4 points (Coach Mike Story) - 4A 34. Dreher - 3 points - 4A 35. Swansea - 3 points - 2A 36. Chester - 2.5 points - 4A 37. Lower Richland - 2 points - 4A 37. Crescent - 2 points - 2A 37. Carolina - 2 points - 3A 40. Eastside - 1 points - 4A Other wrestling team with State Qualifiers, however team points and placement unknown: Dorman - 4A Individual State Champions State Finals: 98 Chuck Jones (Bonds-Wilson) dec. John Thomas (Dorman), 6-0 105 Paul Borrelli (Goose Creek) dec. David Bullock (Airport), 3-2 112 Keith O'Banner (James Island) dec. Dewey Davis (Northwestern), 5-0 119 James Gillings (Airport) dec. Sandy Quade (James Island), 6-1 126 Dana Opperman (Wade Hampton) dec. David Reeve (Greer), 1-0 132 Jackie McMillan (Bonds-Wilson) dec. Johnny Elliott (Gaffney), 6-4 138 Leroy Milam (Laurens) dec. Randy Pertl (Irmo), 1-1 OT 145 David Riley (Orangeburg-Wilkinson) dec. Dwayne Sapp (Summerville), 6-3 155 Carl Van Sewell (Airport) dec. Mike Craven (Fort Johnson), 4-3 167 Walt Fingar (Fort Johnson) dec. Esau Graham (Bonds-Wilson), 4-2 185 Willie Coleman (Fort Johnson) dec. Robin Howard (Greer), 6-3 UNL Jody Truesdale (Airport) dec. Kenneth Washington (Bonds-Wilson), 3-2 State Consolation Finals: 98 Freddie Gist (Northwestern) maj.dec. Bobby Baughman (Airport), 14-4 105 Robert Griffin (Keenan) dec. Chuck Miller (Byrnes), 3-0 112 Ernie Suber (Greer) dec. Robert Wolfe (Brookland-Cayce), 8-7 119 Bobby Brock (Rock Hill) dec. Chris Sinnett (Irmo), 5-0 126 Tommy Spearman (Summerville) dec. Dale Robinson (Byrnes), 6-1 132 Chris Whitten (Airport) pin Jack Blanchard (Bishop England) 138 Curtis Boleman (Summerville) dec. Roy Williams (Greer), 8-7 145 Chris Fowler (Greer) dec. Chris Stokes (Brookland-Cayce), 5-1 155 Tommy Sirisky (Bishop England) pin Donnie Newberry (Berkeley) 167 Chris McKenny (Sumter) dec. Bruce Strouble (Brookland-Cayce), 11-9 185 Rick Harward (Irmo) dec. John Mobley (Rock Hill), 5-2 UNL Steve Rice (Spartanburg) default Mike Wand (James Island) Most Outstanding Wrestler Award Paul Borrelli (Jr. 105 lbs.) - Goose Creek 4A (Coach Jim Bonneville) Coach of the Year Award James Cox - Bonds-Wilson State Tournament Location Irmo H.S. February 25-26, 1977 State Qualifying Tournaments Top 4 Wrestlers from each State Qualifier went to State: Lower State - at Summerville H.S. - February 18-19, 1977 Team Placement at Lower State: 1. Summerville 2. James Island 2. Bonds-Wilson Northwest State - at Westside H.S. - February 18-19, 1977 Team Placement at Northwest State: 1. 2. 3. Piedmont State - at Broome H.S. - February 18-19, 1977 Team Placement at Piedmont State: 1. Byrnes 2. Gaffney 3. Northwestern Mid-State - at Irmo H.S. - February 18-19, 1977 Team Placement at Mid-State: 1. Airport 2. Brookland Cayce 3. Irmo Send any updates or feedback to scmat@hotmail.comSCMAT © 2018