With the 2006 SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournament starting this week (2-4-06 actually!), SCMAT is here to give you a breakdown of the Brackets and provide our view of the eventual predicted winner. So, here we go with this year’s 2A-1A Dual State Title predictions!

Let’s start with some recognition of the Coaches that have brought their teams this far!

Coaches for the 29 teams in the 2006 SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournament

Abbeville Anthony Martin

Andrews ?

Aynor Christopher Boyle

Bamberg-Ehrhardt Derek Ayers

Bishop England Paul Spence

Broome Steven Carruth

Buford John Mahaffey

Burke Adam Schneider

Carvers Bay Nate Thompson

Cheraw Brad Porter

Chesterfield Lance Abernathy

Crescent Chris Strickland

Cross ?

Edisto Raleigh Jackson

Emerald Bo Smith

Gilbert Tracy Gooding

Hanahan Durham Ray Adkins

Indian Land Mike Kersey

Landrum Ray McAllister

Liberty Dale Burrell

Loris Thomas Britt

Ninety-Six Brian Neal

North Central David Branham

Stall Bill Parrish

Swansea Quincey Riley

Walhalla Rick Somerville

West Oak Jeremy Durham

Woodruff Chad Singleton

Whitmire Kyle Cannon

Now for some bracketology!!

Round 2 (2-6-06) Bracket Breakdowns

Upper State

UPPER STATE

The winner of #9 Landrum/#8 Ninety-Six at #1 Crescent

SCMAT Prediction – Crescent

#5 West Oak/#12 Emerald winner vs. #13 Abbeville/#4 Woodruff winner

SCMAT Prediction – West Oak

#3 Walhalla/#14 Buford winner vs. #11 Gilbert/#6 Liberty winner

SCMAT Prediction – Walhalla

#7 Indian Land/#10 Swansea winner vs. #15 Whitmire/#2 Broome winner

SCMAT Prediction – Broome

LOWER STATE

#9 Edisto/#8 Hanahan winner at #1 Chesterfield

SCMAT Prediction – Chesterfield

#5 Burke/#12 Carvers Bay winner vs. #13 Cross/#4 Bamberg-Ehrhardt winner

SCMAT Prediction – Bamberg-Ehrhardt

#3 Bishop England/#14 Andrews winner vs. #11 Stall/#6 Cheraw winner

SCMAT Prediction – Bishop England

#7 Aynor/#10 North Central winner at Loris

SCMAT Prediction – Loris

Round 3 (2-8-06) - SCMAT Projections

Upper State

West-Oak at Crescent

SCMAT Prediction – Crescent

Walhalla at Broome

SCMAT Prediction – Walhalla

Lower State

Bishop England at Loris

SCMAT Prediction – Bishop England

Bamberg-Ehrhardt at Chesterfield

SCMAT Prediction – Chesterfield

Round 4 (Saturday, 2-11-06 at 10:00 a.m.) - SCMAT Projections (Semi-Finals)

at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School

Upper State Finals – Crescent vs. Walhalla

SCMAT Prediction – Crescent

Lower State Finals – Chesterfield vs. Bishop England

SCMAT Prediction – Chesterfield

Round 5 (Saturday, 2-11-06 at 2:00 p.m.) - SCMAT Projections (State Finals)

at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School

State Finals – Crescent vs. Chesterfield

SCMAT Prediction – Chesterfield

Brackets for the last five SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournaments ---

2005 SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournament results –

http://www.schsl.org/2004%20brackets/wr%20aa.htm

2004 SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournament results –

http://www.schsl.org/2003%20Brackets/wr%20aa.htm

2003 SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournament results –

http://www.schsl.org/2002%20Brackets/02WR2.htm

2002 SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournament results –

http://www.schsl.org/brackets/01WR2.htm

2001 SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournament results –

http://www.schsl.org/2000/00wr2a.htm

A History of the SC 2A-1A State Wrestling Tournament

AA-A State Title determined by Duals Championship -

2006 - TBD 2-11-06

2005 Chesterfield 57, Broome 22 (Lance Abernathy, Steve Carruth)

2004 Chesterfield 34, Crescent 30 (Lance Abernathy, Chris Strickland)

2003 Cheraw 62, West-Oak 15 (Brad Porter, ?)

2002 Swansea 43, Walhalla 22 (Chad Meredith, Trey Gardner)

2001 Woodruff 44, Swansea 26 (Chad Singleton, Quincy Riley)

AA-A State Title determined by Team Points Championship -

2000 Tie - Loris Mike Morris 83 - 83 Crescent Russell Blackston

1999 Loris Michael Morris 91.5 - 89 Bishop England Paul Spence

1998 Chapin Bob Taylor 153.5 – 99 Edisto

1997 Chapin Bob Taylor 105.5 - 95 Woodruff Scott Adkins

1996 Chapin Bob Taylor 104½-99½ Walhalla Kurt Kruzberger

1995 Swansea Quincey Riley 117-116 West-Oak Sammy Grant

1994 West-Oak Sammy Grant 129½ -114 Chapin Bob Taylor

1993 Chapin Bob Taylor 130-110 Swansea Quincey Riley

1992 Swansea Quincey Riley 143½-130½ Blue Ridge Malcom Singleton

AA-A combined with class AAA

1991 Battery Creek Nathan Day 98 - 80 Swansea Jeff Slagle

1990 Swansea Jeff Slagle 114½ -81½ Lugoff-Elgin Eddie Whitt

1989 Swansea Jeff Slagle 119½ - 119 Dreher Joe Soltish

1988 Dreher Joe Soltish 111½ -78½ Belton-Honea Path John Abercrombie

1987 Belton-Honea Path John Abercrombie 80 - 76 Hanahan Randy Learn

1986 Swansea Jeff Slagle 93 - 78 Camden John Thompson

1985 Swansea Jeff Slagle 91½ - 81½ Belton-Honea Path John Abercrombie

1984 St. Andrews Ed Coles 139½ - 35 J. F. Byrnes Roy Turner

AA-A

1983 Woodruff Danny Holland 158 - 122½ St. John's (JI) R. L. Lail, Jr.

1982 Woodruff Danny Holland 135½ - 131 Swansea Tom Williams

1981 Swansea Phil Williams 188 - 167 Woodruff Danny Holland

1980 Swansea Phil Williams 202½ - 122 Chapin Paul Lareau

1979 Swansea Phil Williams 199 - 21 Woodruff Danny Holland

1978 Woodruff Danny Holland 187½ -167 Swansea Frank Shealy

(All Classifications 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A together)

1977 Airport Jim Barnes 122 - 80 Bonds-Wilson James E. Cox

1976 Airport Jim Barnes 75 ½ - 68 Fort Johnson Chester Willis

1975 Lower Richland Rudolph Cooper 73 - 57 Airport Jim Barnes

1974 Lower Richland Rudolph Cooper 55 - 41 ½ Summerville Jim Flowers

1973 Lower Richland Rudolph Cooper 65 ½ - 35 Union Jim Barnes

1972 Lower Richland William Tourek 48 - 41 ½ Bishop England Jack Cantey

1971 Fort Johnson M. Leroy Jackson 56 - 53 Brookland Cayce John Checkovich

1970 St. Andrews Rusty Hamilton 113 - 61 James Island Edward Hertwig

1969 St. Andrews Rusty Hamilton 130 - 93 James Island Edward Hertwig

Best wishes to all 29 teams that are competing in this year’s 2A-1A State Wrestling Duals Tournament!

Article by Mark Buford

Wrestling USA Magazine’s SC State Editor