SCMAT Exclusive Wrestling Article 12-11-07
Which schools lead the all-time list with
number of individual state champions?
Pat McCarthy had a state title while at Spring Valley,
helping to put his alma mater in the Top 30. Now, as an
Official he gets to see many teams add to their totals.
His involvement in wrestling, well after graduation, is a
great example of the many top wrestlers that continually
invest time in making the sport better in SC.
Several weeks ago we looked at the statistic that showed 1,207 wrestlers have achieved
State Champion status in the first 39 years of SC wrestling.
We promised to rank all schools to see who leads the all-time list with number of
individual state champions. Rock Hill has 84 and Summerville has 80 ...
they are the top 2 in our state's 39 years. Swansea, Eastside and
Lugoff-Elgin round out the top 5.
Here are the teams that make up our list of 104, they are:
SC
State
Champs Team [Number of team titles in brackets]
------ -------------------------------------------
84 Rock Hill [15]
80 Summerville [11]
68 Swansea [10]
43 Eastside [6]
40 Lugoff-Elgin [5]
36 Greer [1]
33 James Island [1]
31 Woodruff [4]
29 Battery Creek [4]
29 Belton-Honea Path [3]
28 Irmo [1]
27 Chapin [4]
27 Dutch Fork [1]
27 St. Andrews [4]
22 Byrnes [1]
22 West-Oak [1]
20 Chesterfield [3]
19 Bishop England
19 Northwestern
18 Camden
18 Crescent [2]
17 Fort Johnson [2]
16 Dreher [1]
15 Airport [3]
15 Blue Ridge
15 Loris [3]
15 Lower Richland [4]
15 Walhalla
14 Hilton Head
13 Spring Valley
12 Cheraw [1]
12 Hanahan
12 Orangeburg-Wilkinson
12 Seneca
10 Brookland-Cayce
10 Buford
10 Fort Dorchester [1]
10 Hillcrest
10 Lexington
10 Mauldin
9 Bonds-Wilson [1]
9 Fort Mill
8 Aynor
8 Beaufort
8 Christ Church
8 Spartanburg
7 Chester
7 Daniel
7 Goose Creek
7 Lake City
7 North Myrtle Beach
7 Stratford
7 Wade Hampton
6 Bamberg-Ehrhardt
6 Greenville
6 Riverside
5 Carolina Forest
5 Liberty
5 Middleton
5 St. John's
5 Sumter
5 Wando
4 A.C. Flora
4 Berea
4 Conway
4 McCracken
4 SCSDB
4 T.L. Hanna
3 Broome
3 Edisto
3 Gaffney
3 Georgetown
3 Green Sea-Floyds
3 Hartsville
3 Indian Land
3 Myrtle Beach
3 North Central
3 North Charleston
3 Union
3 York
2 Baptist Hill
2 Berkeley
2 Dorman
2 Garrett
2 Greenwood
2 Laurens
2 Newberry
2 Ninety-Six
2 Palmetto
2 Socastee
2 Westminster
2 Westside
2 White Knoll
1 C.A. Johnson
1 Chicora
1 Emerald
1 Lancaster
1 Landrum
1 Marion
1 Pendleton
1 Ridge View
1 South Pointe
1 Stall
1 Woodmont
Interesting Trivia Fact #1 --- Curious to know which team set the season record for most
State Champions in a single year? St. Andrews High School! 1970 with 8 State Champions.
Here are all the teams that achieved at least 6 state champions in a single season:
6 state champs - Rock Hill 1990
6 state champs - Eastside 2007
6 state champs - Summerville 1987
6 state champs - Summerville 2004
7 state champs - Swansea 1980
7 state champs - Eastside 2005
7 state champs - St. Andrews 1969
8 state champs - St. Andrews 1970
Interesting Trivia Fact #2 --- In 15 different seasons we have had a team
with 5 State Champions (just short of our exclusive list above). Here they are:
Rock Hill has accomplished this 5 times
Swansea has accomplished this 2 times
Eastside has accomplished this 2 times
James Island has accomplished this 1 time
Battery Creek has accomplished this 1 time
Blue Ridge has accomplished this 1 time
Summerville has accomplished this 1 time
Woodruff has accomplished this 1 time
Greer has accomplished this 1 time
Interesting Trivia Fact #3 --- Often second place, wishing to be the Champ?
Which teams have had the most State Runner-ups? Pretty much the same teams
that produced State Champions. But, adding up the numbers Summerville has
had the most wrestlers in the State Finals with 140 to Rock Hill's 133.
30 - Lugoff-Elgin # of State Runner-ups
31 - James Island # of State Runner-ups
33 - Chapin # of State Runner-ups
33 - Crescent # of State Runner-ups
34 - Eastside # of State Runner-ups
35 - Woodruff # of State Runner-ups
36 - Irmo # of State Runner-ups
43 - Swansea # of State Runner-ups
49 - Rock Hill # of State Runner-ups
60 - Summerville # of State Runner-ups
Interesting Trivia Fact #4 --- As of last season's list of schools with wrestling teams,
which programs have never had a state chmapion? This certainly is not to be negative,
the list below hopefully creates a motivation for these schools and current wrestlers to
achieve a first ... much like 3 schools that experienced first time success last season
by winning their first Individual State title - South Pointe (Jacob Mitchell),
Emerald (Zane Newton) and Pendleton (Tripp Williams) ... congratulations to
these three teams and wrestlers for achieving a first in school history!
Teams seeking their first State Champion are:
Abbeville
Academic Magnet
Andrews
Bluffton
Blythewood
Boiling Springs
Burke
C. E. Murray
Chapman
Clover
Colleton County
Columbia
Crestwood
Cross
Darlington
Easley
Eau Claire
Fairfield Central
Gilbert
Governor's School
Hunter-Kinard-Tyler
J.L. Mann
Marlboro County
Military Magnet
Pickens
Richland Northeast
Southside
St. James
Timberland
Travelers Rest
West Ashley
Whitmire
Wren
Hopefully in this SCMAT exclusive article for 2007-2008 the history of SC wrestling is defining itself as
an exciting past with a future awaiting more greatness.
These historical articles at SCMAT will hopefully provide accurate facts though we may always have missed
some data at some point. If you notice a correction, addition or just want to comment please send a reply
to scmat@hotmail.com
thanks,
Mark Buford