2000 South Carolina 3A Wrestling State Champions SCMAT © 2020
Eastside High School
State Duals Tournament
State Finals:
Eastside 31, Lugoff-Elgin 27
103 Doug Gainey (LE) dec. Cong Cap (E), 7-2
112 Terry Christmas (E) pin Larry Creel (LE)
119 Ryan McClester (LE) pin J.D. Causey (E)
125 Neil Flowers (LE) dec. Neal Merritt (E), 12-5
130 Jonathan Gaines (LE) dec. Demario Pendergrass (E), 4-1
135 Breut Poynter (E) maj.dec. Jonathan Baker (LE), 11-0
140 Jeff Courson (LE) pin Jake Etheridge (E)
145 Burnett Pendergrass (E) dec. Colby Bowers (LE), 9-2
152 Chris Ayers (E) dec. Derek Hall (LE), 11-5
160 Joe Bonivel (E) dec. Tony Garcia (LE), 12-10
171 Cliff Poynter (E) dec. Boykin Gaskins (LE), 6-4 OT
189 Brent McCorkle (E) pin Chris Marr (LE)
215 Dennis Rorie (E) dec. Jon Diller (LE), 7-2
275 Ben Connell (LE) forfeit
Coach Jack Kosmicki - Eastside
Coach Tim Wash - Lugoff-Elgin
At Lugoff-Elgin H.S. - February 12, 2000
Upper State Finals:
Eastside 38, Seneca 28
SCMAT still seeking boxscore
Coach Jack Kosmicki - Eastside
Coach Andy Smyth - Seneca
At Lugoff-Elgin H.S. - February 12, 2000
Lower State Finals:
Lugoff-Elgin 48, Lake City 21
SCMAT still seeking boxscore
Coach Tim Wash - Lugoff-Elgin
Coach Mark Tillotson - Lake City
At Lugoff-Elgin H.S. - February 12, 2000
State Duals Brackets:
2000 3A State Duals Bracket
Individual State Champions
State Finals:
103 Demetrius Land (Chester) dec. Doug Gainey (Lugoff-Elgin), 3-2
112 Jeff Anderson (Belton-Honea Path) dec. Mark McCalmont (Wade Hampton), 4-3 OT
119 Ryan McClester (Lugoff-Elgin) tech.fall Jason Mathews (Carolina Forest), 18-2
125 Nathan Gould (Fort Mill) dec. Neil Flowers (Lugoff-Elgin), 4-2
130 Ben Stoudenmire (Riverside) dec. Scott Campbell (Seneca), 4-1
135 Jonathan Baker (Lugoff-Elgin) dec. Micheal Blackburn (A.C. Flora), 4-2
140 Jeff Courson (Lugoff-Elgin) dec. Eric Heath (Seneca), 6-4
145 Burnett Pendergrass (Eastside) dec. Jack Rogers (Brookland-Cayce), 9-5
152 Matt Crain (Greer) dec. Chris Ayers (Eastside), 5-3
160 Andy Owens (Seneca) tech.fall Jason Capp (Myrtle Beach), 19-3
171 Cliff Poynter (Eastside) dec. Jarvis Moore (Camden), 13-11
189 Brent McCorkle (Eastside) maj.dec. Darren Wilson (Georgetown), 10-1
215 Zach Farley (Carolina Forest) pin Denis Rorie (Eastside)
275 Ben Connell (Lugoff-Elgin) pin Travis Jones (Southside)
State Consolation Finals:
103 Theo Meryanos (Carolina Forest) pin Bennie Isaac (Dreher)
112 Bryan McFadden (Lake City) dec. Stephen Sutusky (Dreher), 6-5
119 Derek Pinckney (Timberland) dec. Nick Gower (Riverside), 4-2
125 Michael Bieleki (Riverside) dec. Jerode McFadden (Lake City), 8-4
130 Watch Brockington (Lake City) maj.dec. Matt Bontameo (Carolina Forest), 9-0
135 Brent Poynter (Eastside) pin Frank Warren (Camden)
140 Jake Etheredge (Eastside) dec. Jonathan Ellison (Belton-Honea Path), 5-2
145 Colby Bowers (Lugoff-Elgin) maj.dec. Bobby Scott (Dreher), 10-2
152 Tom Glenn (Riverside) dec. Jason Garrett (Southside), 4-2
160 Joe Bonivel (Eastside) dec. Lance Burgess (Lake City), 5-3
171 Boykin Gaskins (Lugoff-Elgin) maj.dec. Maurice Crosby (Union), 8-0
189 Jeff Taylor (Belton-Honea Path) dec. Omar Middleton (Timberland), 7-2
215 Matt Raven (Riverside) dec. Jon Diller (Lugoff-Elgin), 8-2
275 Traseith Williams (Seneca) dec. Chris Darby (Belton-Honea Path), 3-2 OT
Team Placement at Individual State Tournament
No team points available
Coaches for each team with a State Placer:
A.C. Flora - Robert Hemingway
Belton-Honea Path - George Martin
Brookland-Cayce - John Checkovich
Camden - Joey Hendrix
Carolina Forest - Matt Anderson
Chester - Tony Lancaster
Dreher - Paul Watson
Eastside - Jack Kosmicki
Fort Mill - Darren Wilson
Georgetown - Tyrone Talbert
Greer - Quay Scott
Lake City - Mark Tillotson
Lugoff-Elgin - Tim Wash
Myrtle Beach - Charlie Clay
Riverside - Chris MacFarland
Seneca - Andy Smyth
Southside - Joe Windley
Timberland - Don Walton
Union - ?
Wade Hampton - Jeff Neal
Most Outstanding Wrestler Award
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Individual 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 Dreher H.S. - February 18-19, 2000
Team Placement at Lower State:
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Upper State - at Greenville H.S. - February 18-19, 2000
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