2000 South Carolina 2A-1A Wrestling State Champions


Loris and Crescent High Schools







Team Placement at State Tournament

1. Loris - 83 points (Coach Mike Morris)
1. Crescent - 83 points (Coach Russell Blackston)
3. West-Oak - 81 points (Coach Mark Holliday)
4. Bishop England - 75.5 points (Coach Paul Spence)
5. Chapin - 75 points (Coach Bob Taylor)
6. Cheraw - 68.5 points (Coach Brad Porter)
7. Swansea - 59 points (Coach Quincy Riley)
8. Walhalla - 50 points (Coach Trey Gardner)
9. Christ Church - 48 points (Coach Bryan Stevens)
10. Bamberg-Ehrhardt - 44 points (Coach Randall Balch)
11. Chesterfield - 33.5 points (Coach Lance Abernathy)
12. Edisto - 28 points (Coach Kevin Knoerr)
13. Ninety-Six - 26 points (Coach Brian Neal)
14. Hanahan - 23 points (Coach Ric Raycroft)
15. Woodmont - 22 points (Coach Shannon Wham)
16. Woodruff - 19 points (Coach Chad Singleton)
17. Chapman - 18 points (Coach Brian Weaver)
18. Blue Ridge - 13 points (Coach Malcolm Singleton)
19. Indian Land - 11 points (Coach Don Barnhardt)
20. Buford - 7 points
21. Baptist Hill - 3 points


Individual State Champions

State Finals:
103 James Little (Cheraw) dec. Anthony Dela Rosa (Bishop England), 5-2
112 Chip Sandifer (West-Oak) pin Dallas Watson (Chesterfield) 
119 Chris Gilchrist (Loris) dec. Jess Galang (Bishop England), 11-9
125 Marquis Ratliff (Cheraw) maj.dec. Jon Gowan (Chapin), 11-0
130 Chuck Hemingway (Loris) dec.  Ben Gray (West-Oak), 8-6
135 Jeremy Moseley (Chapin) dec. Garnell Simpson (Crescent), 5-4
140 David Scealf (Walhalla) forfeit Matthew Parris (Ninety-Six) 
145 Rhyne Stowe (Swansea) dec. John Barker (West-Oak), 10-3
152 Ryan McNanamay (Walhalla) dec. Brandon Sifuentes (Chapman), 11-7
160 Tony Klutz (Christ Church) dec. Stephen White (Chapin), 12-6
171 William Freeman (Swansea) dec. Brandon Holmes (Woodruff), 6-1
189 Rodney Wallace (Bamberg-Ehrhardt) pin Jeremy Mabry (Cheraw) 
215 Jarrod Duncan (West-Oak) dec. Adam Parker (Crescent), 6-4
275 Ben Dunn (Crescent) dec. Rutledge Johnson (Christ Church), 4-2

State Consolation Finals:
103 Bert Murray (Woodmont) pin Carey Gambrell (Crescent) 
112 Scott Forrester (Bishop England) dec. Jarom Kubik (Chapin), 5-2
119 David Tucker (Cheraw) dec. Jack Lunsford (Crescent), 8-6
125 James Ratica (Blue Ridge) dec. Darren Aiken (Loris), 1-0
130 Richard Suggs (Bishop England) dec. Matt Gibson (Indian Land), 4-2
135 Trevon Fordham (Hanahan) dec. Maurice Darby (Edisto), 6-1
140 John Hollingsworth (Chapin) pin Chris Branham (Hanahan) 
145 Reese McElveen (Christ Church) maj.dec. Chris Weigel (Bishop England), 12-0
152 John Boykin (Bishop England) dec. Darius Caldwell (Swansea), 3-2
160 Brian Mellard (Edisto) pin Justin Smith (Walhalla) 
171 Andre Hancock (Chesterfield) maj.dec. Joseph Woods (Bamberg-Ehrhardt), 13-5
189 Benzell Vereen (Loris) dec. Jason McCollum (Crescent), 8-7
215 Daryl Swinton (Loris) dec. Marquis Ruff (Ninety-Six), 13-8
275 Matt Briggman (Swansea) dec. Tim Clifton (Loris), 6-2


Most Outstanding Wrestler Award

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State Tournament Location

Furman University - February 25-26, 2000


State Qualifying Tournaments

Top 4 Wrestlers from each State Qualifier went to State:

Lower State - at Edisto H.S. - February 18-19, 2000
Team Placement at Lower State:
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Upper State - at West-Oak H.S. - February 18-19, 2000
Team Placement at Upper State:
1. West-Oak
2. Crescent
3. Chapin



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