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2008-09 Wrestlers of the Year

• Overall Wrestler of the Year:
  1. Eloheim Palma, Cary
  2. Corey Mock, Chapel Hill
  3. Jacob Creed, Ragsdale
   
• Senior of the Year:
  1. Eloheim Palma, Cary
  2. Corey Mock, Chapel Hill
  3. Jacob Creed, Ragsdale
   
• Junior of the Year:
  1. Dominic Parisi, JM Robinson
  2. Kyle Narburgh, Jack Britt
  3. Tyrone Eatmon, Riverside
   
• Sophomore of the Year:
  1. Ray Farnsworth, St Stephens
  2. Ben Creed, Cary
  3. Harrison Honeycutt, Lake Norman
   
• Freshman of the Year:
  1. Garrison White, JM Robinson
  2. Matt Williams, Cardinal Gibbons
  3. CJ Jablonski, Currituck
  
  

  As voted on by 63 coaches & media. Voting was open to coaches and media only, and each vote was required to list 3 wrestlers in each of the 5 categories. Scoring was 5-3-1.

  
  

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I'll be plodding away over the next few days trying to catch up on these long overdue updates.

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End of the Year Stats & Records Updates: There is some information that I need people to send in, and some that I can collect myself. Please read the information below:

• Single Season Wins & Most Freshman wins - These are now updated based on the state tourney brackets. The only wrestlers that should send this info in are those that did not qualify for States yet still qualify for these records pages. (Thanks to Bob Prinz for his help with the Freshman Wins)
• Career Wins - if you are a senior, please send in your final career record, including both wins & losses.
• Academic Excellence - if you were a state qualifier and have a cumulative GPA of 3.75+, send in your name, weight class, grade in school, and team.
• Multiple time State Champs and Placers - I will update this page myself. You do not need to send in any info.
• Coach wins - I need updated records to be sent in. Please make sure to include years and schools.
• College signings - if you are a senior and have signed to wrestle in college, send in your name, high school, and college. This must come from a coach, the wrestler himself, or a parent of the wrestler.
• Please note that it takes a lot of time to update all these records so please be patient, I will get to them all as soon as I can.
   
   
• If you are hosting a tournament this offseason, please send a flyer to be put on the Events Calendar.
   
• Coaches can also send in info for the Openings page for next season.
   
• The Coaching Vacancies/Coaches Looking for Jobs page has been updated for the 09-10 season
   

 

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS COVERAGE Final Brackets:  1A/2A -- 3A -- 4A Results by Round (including final team scores) Super 32 - State Championships Edition. Elite 10 - State Championships Edition First Round Matches to Watch General Tournament Information (schedule, format, etc) Number of State Qualifiers by team Returning State Champions Wrestlers with Undefeated Seasons Already looking ahead to next year? Check out the 2009-13 NCHSAA realignment to see what teams will be in each classification, and the DRAFT of what the new regions may look like. (Note that these are for all sports, so obviously not all the teams listed have wrestling, and 1A/2A will be combined.) Congratulations to the NC/USAW National Team Members that qualified for States!   State Championship Articles available on the Articles Page

 

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS COVERAGE Results: 1A/2A:  EAST -- MIDEAST -- MIDWEST -- WEST 3A:  EAST -- MIDEAST -- MIDWEST -- WEST 4A:  EAST -- MIDEAST -- MIDWEST -- WEST Regional Articles available on the Articles Page

DUAL PLAYOFFS COVERAGE Brackets: 1A - 2A - 3A - 4A Championship Finals: 1A: Topsail 44, West Wilkes 28        MOW: Stuart Nadeau 2A: Orange 33, Newton-Conover 27 (Box Score)        MOW: Nick Shriner 3A: Parkland 46, Dudley 18 (Box Score)        MOW: Luis Ramos 4A: Cary 43, Butler 18 (Box Score)        MOW: Gabe Brotzman & Eloheim Palma Final Elite 10 Dual Team Coaches Poll Results Dual Playoffs Articles available on the Articles Page Pod Pod Revolution, Founded 2008: initiated by Mark Harris, promoted by Sara Koenig, perpetuated by wrestling folks all 'round the state. Thank you for your support.

 

• Congratulations to Eloheim Palma of Cary on being selected to represent Team USA in the Dapper Dan Classic. This is quite an honor as only one senior is selected per weight class from the country to compete in an all-star match against Pennsylvania's top seniors. (Dapper Dan website). Palma is the 5th North Carolina wrestler to be selected. Others were Seth Richards (Jordan, 1990), Mike Kendall (Albemarle, 1991), JohnMark Bentley (Avery County, 1997), and Ty Reynolds (High Point Central, 1999).
   
• Please send in Conference Coach & Wrestler of the Year Awards results. A couple of things to keep in mind (1) the Wrestler of the Year is not the same thing as the Conference Tournament MOW. (2) I am not asking for nominations. NC Mat has no input in these awards, they are selected by each conference.
     Conference Awards