1999 South Carolina 2A-1A Wrestling State Champions SCMAT © 2020
Loris High School
Team Placement at State Tournament
1. Loris - 91.5 points (Coach Michael Morris)
2. Bishop England - 89 points (Coach Paul Spence)
3. West-Oak - 88 points (Coach Mark Holliday)
4. Swansea - 83.5 points (Coach Quincy Riley)
5. Walhalla - 77 points (Coach Trey Gardner)
6. Crescent - 64.5 points (Coach Russell Blackston)
7. Cheraw - 61 points (Coach Brad Porter)
8. Christ Church - 39 points (Coach Bryan Stevens)
9. Chapin - 37.5 points (Coach Bob Taylor)
10. Ninety-Six - 32 points (Coach Brian Neal)
10. Bamberg-Ehrhardt - 32 points (Coach Randall Balch)
12. Buford - 31 points (Coach John Mahaffey)
13. Liberty - 27 points (Coach Rick Somerville)
13. Edisto - 27 points (Coach Kevin Knoerr)
15. Chesterfield - 23 points (Coach Lance Abernathy)
16. Baptist Hill - 20 points (Coach John Locke)
17. Woodmont - 19 points (Coach George Gardner)
18. North Central - 17 points (Coach Ron Blackmon)
19. Chapman - 14 points (Coach Brian Weaver)
20. Blue Ridge - 7 points (Coach Malcolm Singleton)
21. Woodruff - 3 points
21. Indian Land - 3 points
23. Calhoun County - 2 points
24. Academic Magnet - 0 points
24. Aynor - 0 points
24. Garrett - 0 points
24. Hanahan - 0 points
Individual State Champions
State Finals:
103 Tim Cobb (Crescent) dec. Bert Murray (Woodmont), 12-11
112 Chip Sandifer (West-Oak) dec. Randy Martinez (Walhalla), 2-1
119 Marquis Ratliff (Cheraw) dec. Ray Robinson (North Central), 6-2
125 Kenny James (Swansea) dec. Garnell Simpson (Crescent), 11-9 OT
130 Brad Croft (Bishop England) dec. Chuck Hemingway (Loris), 9-4
135 Dan Phillips (Loris) dec. Ray Greer (West-Oak), 10-9
140 David Scealf (Walhalla) pin Alden Shallcross (Christ Church), 0:29 in 1st
145 Rhyne Stowe (Swansea) maj.dec. John Boykin (Bishop England), 9-0
152 Tony Klutz (Christ Church) dec. Brandon Sifuentes (Chapman), 6-5
160 Robert McCall (West-Oak) dec. Andre Hancock (Chesterfield), 6-4
171 Rodney Wallace (Bamberg-Ehrhardt) dec. Robert Freeman (Swansea), 8-7
189 Katrell Heyward (Baptist Hill) dec. Jacob Holliday (Walhalla), 13-8
215 Daryl Swinton (Loris) dec. Steve Dixon (Ninety-Six), 6-4
275 Ryan Sherrer (Bishop England) pin Brad Pitman (Cheraw), 0:39 in 3rd
State Consolation Finals:
103 Lucas Holcombe (Liberty) dec. Ithiel Sanchez (Walhalla), 12-6
112 Jess Galang (Bishop England) dec. Raul Mota (Swansea), 9-7
119 Chris Gilchrist (Loris) maj.dec. James Ratica (Blue Ridge), 14-6
125 Fred Grissett (Loris) pin Richard Suggs (Bishop England), 0:57 in 2nd
130 Cole Phillips (Crescent) pin Maurice Darby (Edisto), 1:36 in 2nd
135 Clint Yon (Swansea) maj.dec. Reese McElveen (Christ Church), 13-4
140 John Barker (West-Oak) forfeit Maxton Mejia (Chapin)
145 Triwan Powe (Cheraw) dec. Chris Selby (Walhalla), 1-0
152 Luke Bugenske (Chapin) dec. Jason Duty (Bishop England), 15-8
160 Brian Mellard (Edisto) pin Jacob Crawford (Chapin), 0:31 in 1st
171 Robert Sweetman (Liberty) dec. Jeremy Mabry (Cheraw), 7-3
189 Benzell Vereen (Loris) pin Ben Able (Ninety-Six), 1:04 in 2nd
215 Adam Reen (Buford) pin Randon Berry (Bamberg-Ehrhardt), 0:56 in 3rd
275 Mike Langley (Buford) pin Ben Dunn (Crescent), 0:40 in 1st
Most Outstanding Wrestler Award
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State Tournament Location
Furman University February 26-27, 1999
State Qualifying Tournaments
Top 4 Wrestlers from each State Qualifier went to State:
Lower State - at Hanahan H.S. - February 19-20, 1999
Team Placement at Lower State:
1. Cheraw
2. Bishop England
3. Loris
Upper State - at Chapin H.S. - February 19-20, 1999
Team Placement at Upper State:
1. West-Oak
2. Chapin
3. Crescent
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