1986 South Carolina 4A Wrestling State Champions SCMAT © 2018
Rock Hill High School
Team Placement at State Tournament
1. Rock Hill - 157.5 points (Coach Jim Barnes)
2. Summerville - 104 points (Coach Steve LaPrad)
3. Irmo - 51 points (Coach B.D. LaPrad)
4. Dorman - 41 points (Coach Quay Farr)
5. Spartanburg - 38 points (Coach Tim Remaley)
6. Socastee - 37.5 points (Coach Jim Flowers)
7. James Island - 36 points (Coach Charlie Smith)
8. Brookland Cayce - 35 points (Coach John Checkovich)
9. Sumter - 30.5 points (Coach Mike Pope)
10. Northwestern - 28.5 points (Coach Dan Hershberger)
11. Conway - 24.5 points (Coach Nate Thompson)
12. Lower Richland - 24 points (Coach Nate Evans)
13. Eastside - 23 points (Coach Ed Coles)
14. Mauldin - 21 points (Coach Mike Frye)
15. Union - 18.5 points (Coach Greg Hutchinson)
16. Laurens - 16 points (Coach Bill Strickland)
16. Airport - 16 points (Coach Clarence Kuzma)
18. Chester - 14 points (Coach John Barrett)
18. Orangeburg Wilkinson - 14 points (Coach Raleigh Jackson)
20. Boiling Springs - 9 points (Coach Keith Tollison)
21. Spring Valley - 6 points (Coach Jim Bonneville)
22. Richland Northeast - 5 points (Coach Ken Davis)
22. Wade Hampton - 5 points (Coach Kurtis Fields)
24. Greenwood - 4 points
24. Wando - 4 points
26. Gaffney - 0 points
26. Goose Creek - 0 points
26. Hartsville - 0 points
26. Lancaster - 0 points
26. Pickens - 0 points
26. Stratford - 0 points
32. Lexington - -1 points
Individual State Champions
State Finals:
98 Howard Jones (Spartanburg) dec. Chris Burns (Summerville), 11-7
105 Kevin Nichols (Rock Hill) tech.fall Corey Farr (Brookland-Cayce), 18-2
112 Benjy LaFond (Summerville) dec. Rod Hallman (Rock Hill), 5-2
119 William Rice (Union) maj.dec. Darryl Dye (Chester), 11-1
126 Chris Byrd (Summerville) pin Scotty Sheets (Rock Hill)
132 Andy Lyda (Mauldin) maj.dec. Brad Norris (Irmo), 11-0
138 Mackie Moorer (James Island) dec. Joey Justice (Dorman), 6-0
145 Cephus Edge (Conway) pin Thomas Cathcart (Rock Hill)
155 Eddie Taylor (Irmo) dec. Johnny Lee (Sumter), 13-2
167 Keith Harris (Rock Hill) dec. Darryl Pinson (Laurens), 8-1 OT
175 Jimmy Mitchum (Summerville) dec. Darin Sutton (Socastee), 7-6
185 Dwight Sterling (Rock Hill) tech.fall Lee Davis (Lower Richland), 16-0
UNL Wes Thompson (Rock Hill) dec. Martin Williams (James Island), 13-9
State Consolation Finals:
98 Chris Dapolite (Northwestern) dec. Mark Williams (Spring Valley), 2-0
105 Russell Coleman (Summerville) dec. Matt Anderson (Socastee), 12-10
112 Kip Humphries (Northwestern) dec. Tommy Lyndon (Irmo), 2-0
119 Tripp Johnson (Spartanburg) dec. Jeff Campbell (Irmo), 8-4
126 Brian Armstrong (Socastee) dec. Joey Burrows (Richland Northeast), 8-2
132 Kenny Murray (Rock Hill) dec. Alex Pasados (Summerville), 8-7
138 John Bagwell (Spartanburg) dec. Scott Fowler (Wade Hampton), 3-2
145 Stacey Robinson (Sumter) dec. Keith Parris (Boiling Springs), 12-10
155 Eben Thomas (Airport) pin Chad McRorie (Rock Hill)
167 Herman Jones (Orangeburg-Wilkinson) dec. Walt Jackson (Dorman), 7-5
175 Tim Watson (Dorman) pin Mike Hersey (Brookland-Cayce)
185 Charles Matthews (Eastside) dec. Chris Roper (Brookland-Cayce), 9-6
UNL Rock Burch (Eastside) dec. David Davis (Lower Richland), 5-2
Most Outstanding Wrestler Award
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State Tournament Location
Summerville February 21-22, 1986
State Qualifying Tournaments
Top 4 Wrestlers from each State Qualifier went to State:
Lower State - at Socastee H.S. - February 15, 1986
Team Placement at Lower State:
1. Summerville
2. Socastee
3. Conway
Upper State - at H.S. - February 15, 1986
Team Placement at Upper State:
1. Rock Hill
2. Irmo
3. Spartanburg
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