2011 Best Western North/South Wrestling All-Star ClassicPhoto of the 2010 North/South All-Stars
The South Carolina Wrestling Coaches Association would like to congratulate the following individuals who have been selected to participate in the 2011 Best Western Ocean Sands North/South All Star Classic in North Myrtle Beach, March 3-5. Parents/Fans - This is the hotel sponsoring the North/South Wrestling All-Star Classic and providing good rates: Best Western Ocean Sands 1525 South Ocean Blvd. North Mytle Beach 1-800-588-3570 The following is provided by the SCWCA: NEW NORTH/SOUTH FORMAT In order to create more interest and involve more team competition, the Best Western All Star Wrestling classic will undergo a new format. Teams have been created based on school classification as well as North or South. The 4A/1A North team will wrestle the 3A/2A South team on Friday night. The 4A/1A South team will wrestle the 3A/2A North team on Friday night also. Then the 2 winners will wrestle on Saturday and the 2 losing teams will wrestle on Saturday to give every team 2 matches. Each wrestler will wrestle in each scheduled dual, some will wrestle twice. We will still have 3/4 feature match ups. We have also created a Team SC select team that will in the future wrestle against a team from North Carolina. Here are the 2011 Best Western North South All Star Wrestling Classic Roster and Coaches. Congratulations are in order for each of these wrestlers. TEAM SC 103 Joey Sanford- WALHALLA 112 Patrick Vongxay- DORMAN 119 Stuart Hope- CHAPIN 125 Aaron Hansen- SUMMERVILLE 130 Weston Beck- ROCK HILL 135 Seth Beck- ROCK HILL 140 Blake Holt- MYRTLE BEACH 145 Nick Devita- HILLCREST 152 Jonathan Miskelly- FORT MILL 160 Brian Ettari- RIVERSIDE 171 Alex Moralas- LEXINGTON 189 Phillip Kern- WEST-OAK 215 Antonio Barren- LANDRUM 285 BJ Gibbs- MID-CAROLINA SOUTH COACHES 4A Bill Damude- Beaufort 3A Mike Newton- Hilton Head 2A/1A Rasheem Neloms- Military Magnet 4A/1A SOUTH 103 Jacques Glover- COLLETON COUNTY 125 Aaron Hansen- SUMMERVILLE 125 Eric Connell- CAROLINA FOREST 130 Emilio Uc-Tun- ASHLEY RIDGE 135 Warren Streety- WEST ASHLEY and Edward Johnson- BEAUFORT 140 Matt Devine- SUMTER 145 Hayden Raabe- SUMTER 152 Zack Dicus- WHITE KNOLL 160 Keenan Jackson- BEAUFORT and Trent Williams- WANDO 171 Alex Moralas- LEXINGTON 189 Phillip Austin- WHITE KNOLL and San Recinas- WANDO 215 Trevor Jahnke- SUMTER and Darian Sims- GOOSE CREEK 285 Nate Moten- BURKE 3A/2A SOUTH 112 Brandon Johnson- HILLCREST Nick Levy- HILTON HEAD 119 Stuart Hope- CHAPIN 125 Jamar Gore- LORIS 130 Campbell Miller- HILTON HEAD 135 Francis Boykin- HANAHAN and Nate Polly- CHAPIN 140 Cody Hancock- HANAHAN 140 Blake Holt- MYRTLE BEACH 145 James Allen- WADE HAMPTON 152 Jonathan Dykes- MARION and Quinton Thomas- LAKE CITY 171 Will Connell- LUGOFF ELGIN 189 Jared Michael- NORTH MYRTLE and Rannie Phillips- TIMBERLAND 215 Akali Sanders- MARION and Bear Childers- BATTERY CREEK 285 Nuji Holmes- ST. JAMES and Kendrick Butler- LORIS NORTH COACHES 4A Rob Sheffield- Laurens 3A Eddie Cook- South Pointe 2A/1A Daniel Westmoreland- Woodruff Assistant David Maholtz- Eastside 4A/1A NORTH 112 Patrick Vongxay- DORMAN 119 Brody Bertolini- NINETY-SIX 125 Sam Parkinson- WESTSIDE 130 Zach Hedrick- JL MANN 130 Weston Beck- ROCK HILL 135 Seth Beck- ROCK HILL 135 Johnny Sanchez- HILLCREST 140 Blaine Bryant- IRMO and Colin Studemeyer- DUTCH FORK 145 Christian Henson- DORMAN 145 Nick Devita- HILLCREST 152 Jacob Alexander- LAURENS 160 Brian Ettari- RIVERSIDE 171 Coleman Hellyer- SPARTANBURG and Mikey Clevenger- BOILING SPRINGS 189 Max Konzcal- BYRNES 215 Antonio Barren- LANDRUM 215 Theo Sheppard- LUGOFF-ELGIN 285 John Mudd- ABBEVILLE 3A/2A NORTH 103 Joey Sanford- WALHALLA 112 Trevor Clinkscales- BELTON-HONEA PATH 119 Marcus Pressley- BUFORD 125 Tyler Alley- CHESTERFIELD 130 Tre' Barber- SOUTH POINTE 135 Jonathan Cloud- SOUTH POINTE and Nick Bower- WEST-OAK 140 Nick Hughes- CHESTER 145 Beija Canova- EASTSIDE 152 Jonathan Miskelly- FORT MILL 152 Adam Frazier- PALMETTO 160 Ivan Korneychuk- CHAPMAN and Randy Warren- WEST-OAK 171 Thomas Dugas- GREENVILLE 189 Phillip Kern- WEST-OAK 189 Corey Ervin- CHESTER 215 Cullen Gallimore- EASTSIDE and Cody Cooper- LAKE CITY 285 BJ Gibbs- MID-CAROLINA Specifically the SCWCA would like to feature some of the chosen wrestlers: Aaron Hansen - Summerville Aaron has won 3 state titles leading into the state tournament this weekend where he tries to become only the 3rd wrestler in SC history to win 4 AAAA state titles. Weston Beck - Rock Hill Weston has won 2 state titles and has been in the state finals all 3 years leading to the state tournament this weekend. His only defeat in the finals came last year to Aaron Hansen from Summerville. Seth Beck - Rock Hill Like his twin brother, Weston, Seth is also a 3 time finalist entering this season. Last year Seth was able to win his first state title at 130 pounds. His only losses in the state finals have come to Hansen of Summerville. Stuart Hope - Chapin Stuart is a 2 time defending state champion entering this season. He won his titles at 112, and 103 pounds the last 2 seasons, He will compete at 119 pounds this weekend. Jamar Gore - Loris Jamar is a returning State Champion from Loris. He is the only returning senior state champion in the 1A/2A division. The following North South Wrestlers have won all state honors 3 times in their careers heading into the state tournament this weekend: Aaron Hansen- Summerville Weston Beck- Rock Hill Seth Beck- Rock Hill Nate Polly- Chapin Brody Bertolini- Ninety-Six The following North South Wrestlers have won all state honors 2 times in their careers heading into the state tournament this weekend: Jamar Gore- Loris Stuart Hope- Chapin Trey Alley- Chesterfield Antonio Barren- Landrum BJ Gibbs- Mid-Carolina Jonathan Miskelly- Fort Mill Brian Ettari- Riverside Phillip Kern- West-Oak Alex Moralas- Lexington Will Connell- Lugoff-Elgin Nick Bower - West-Oak Nuji Holmes - St. James SCMAT provides the following history of the annual South Carolina Wrestling Coaches Association - North/South All-Star Event: 1989 top 4 seniors, all classes, known as the All-Star Classic 1990 top 4 seniors, all classes, known as the All-Star Classic 1991 top 4 seniors, all classes, known as the All-Star Classic 1992 4A North 36, South 18 (format changed to a team concept with North [Upper State] versus South [Lower State]) 1992 3A-2A-1A South 29, North 26 1993 4A South 31, North 23 1993 3A-2A-1A South 31, North 27 1994 4A North 40, South 18 1994 3A-2A-1A South 38, North 18 1995 4A South 35, North 15 (validating if South had 32) 1995 3A-2A-1A South 21, North 15 1996 4A North 34, South 24 (validating if North had 31) 1996 3A-2A-1A North 38, South 23 1997 4A South 38, North 31 (validating if South had 39) 1997 3A-2A-1A South 62, North 18 (validating if South had 65 and North had 15) 1998 4A South 36, North 33 1998 3A-2A-1A North 43, South 32 1999 4A North 38, South 32 (Rulon Gardner speaks at the Banquet one year before winning Olympic Gold) 1999 3A North 34, South 24 1999 2A-1A North 32, South 24 2000 4A South 32, North 32 (South wins by criteria, most individual wins 9-8) 2000 3A North 51, South 21 2000 2A-1A South 30, North 21 2001 4A South 49, North 12 2001 3A South 55, North 10 2001 2A-1A North 31, South 23 2002 All Classes South 120, North 37 2003 All Classes North 97, South 82 (Feature Matches began in 2003) 2004 All Classes South 84, North 76 2005 All Classes South 87, North 69 2006 All Classes North 77, South 70 2007 All Classes South 81, North 68 2008 All Classes North 80, South 56 2009 All Classes South 53, North 46 2010 All Classes South 87, North 69 South (Lower State) leads the North (Upper State) in the all time series 19-13 Here are links to North/South All-Star results from the past years: 2010 North/South All-Star results 2009 North/South All-Star results 2008 North/South All-Star results 2007 North/South All-Star results 2006 North/South All-Star results 2005 North/South All-Star results 2004 North/South All-Star results