Lee Carroll Award winners Timothy & Christian Decatur-Luker
Timothy and Christian Decatur-Luker presented the Lee Carroll Awards
State Champions Timothy and Christian Decatur-Luker of Rosewood High School were presented the 19th & 20th Lee Carroll Award for excellence in athletics, academics and sportsmanship in northeastern North Carolina last season. The TakeDown Report Editor, Martin Fleming and Lee Carroll presented the awards during a pause between innings of the last home baseball game. The home crowd enthusiastically cheered on the two state champions placers.
Junior Timothy Decatur-Luker was a state champion as a freshman with a (58-4) record at 106 lbs., He placed 3rd at States as a sophomore (61-2) at 120 lbs. This year he earned his second State Champion medal with 58 wins and just 2 losses at the same weight class. His career record is 177wins and 8 losses.
Sophomore Christian Decatur-Luker was a state runner-up as a freshman with a (56-9) record at 106 lbs. This year he completed the season with the most wins and most pins of all high school wrestlers in the state with a 62 wins and 1 loss record still at 106 lbs. His career record is now (118-10).
Both wrestlers take advantage of many opportunities to compete in folkstyle, freestyle and Greco-Roman form of wrestling styles year round in local, state and national tournaments. The pre-season Super-32, Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota and the NHSCA National Dual tournaments are some of the events that these champions have tested their skills as they seek to become the best. In addition to the Lee Carroll Award both wrestlers earned a TDR Top 12 engraved wooden plaques as the top wrestler at his weight class in eastern North Carolina. Lee Carroll started wrestling his sophomore year when Tarboro High School re-started the sport in 1992 with Butch Sadler as his coach. Lee won 112 matches in just 3 years with the Vikings. Lee was state runner-up his junior year before becoming a record setting undefeated state champion in 1995 with a (50-0) record. Lee went on to start four years at North Carolina State qualifying for the Nationals 3 times. Lee is an adjunct professor teaching engineering graphics at N.C. State and has his own interactive design agency, Forged Media, in Raleigh. He was recently recognized and inducted into the Tarboro High Athletic Hall of Fame.
The TakeDown Report has promoted amateur wrestling for over 20 years in eastern North Carolina reporting wrestling results and encouraging media coverage of the sport. Fleming noted, “We desire to encourage wrestlers and teams in this area to realize the hard work, determination and discipline it takes to be a top notch wrestler,” he added. The TakeDown Report sponsors the Award. Contact the TDR at martinkfleming@gmail.com 
Hidlay, Macchiavello Win Gold at U23 World Team Trials
TDR Editor Notes; The Wolfpack wrestlers ventured north to Akron, Ohio which was once called “The “Rubber Capitol of the World” to compete for a spot on the USA World Championships team. Read all the details in the Wolfpack web site linked below.
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Five from @PackWrestle Earn All-American Honors
AKRON, OHIO – Two members of the Wolfpack Wrestling Club claimed top honors in their weight class this weekend at the U23 World Team Trials in Akron, Ohio. Rising redshirt-sophomore Hayden Hidlay won the Gold at 70 kg, while recently graduated Michael Macchiavello won the 92 kg weight class. With their wins, both Hidlay and Macchiavello advance to the U23 World Championships which will take place in Romania in November.
Rest of the story at http://gopack.com/news/2018/6/3/wrestling-hidlay-macchiavello-win-gold-at-u23-world-team-trials.aspx?mc_cid=e9b639445f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
Big Bend CC to Revive Men’s Wrestling Program; Adding Women’s Team
TDR Editor Notes’; More good news of a college that will re-start their men’s team in the fall and will add a women’s team. The school is on the other end of the country but as more schools start wrestling it can encourage more schools to take the jump.
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BIG BEND OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
The Big Bend Community College athletics department is expanding its offerings with the return of men’s collegiate wrestling to its sports roster and the addition of women’s wrestling. The last time anyone wore a Viking’s wrestling singlet, was during the 1994-95 season. The decision to return wrestling to Big Bend was multi-layered and included local interest in the sport as well as the college’s legacy of helping student-athletes achieve success inside and outside of the classroom. “For the last five years, Big Bend athletes have had either the best or second-best GPAs in the state of Washington for schools our size,” said Athletic Director Mark Poth. “That level of success in the classroom is proof that our coaches recruit not only good athletes, but good people with great character. “We feel as an athletic department that we can continue to grow that success with the expansion of our athletic offerings and with the extreme interest in both men’s and women’s wrestling in our service area it feels like a win-win situation.” Rest of the story at https://news.theopenmat.com/blog/2018/06/02/big-bend-cc-to-revive-mens-wrestling-program-adding-womens-team-for-2018-19/?mc_cid=71a880fdbf&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
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After 20 seasons of publicizing wrestling The TakeDown Report’s (TDR) focus has changed to the collecting of college coaching records from North America since 1903. We will continue to recognize and reward successful wrestlers in eastern North Carolina (east of Raleigh & Fayetteville), assist with schools in starting or re-starting a team and this blog. Join us on our FaceBook Page – “The TakeDown Report” for photos and news. Please send results, stories, links and news to pass along. E-mail us at takedownreport@gmail.com
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