NC State’s Michael Macchiavello Voted ACC Wrestler of the Year
TDR Editor’s Notes; Yes we are late in sharing this but it is still can be pointed out again the great season this wrestler had and the awards he earned.
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Virginia Tech’s Hunter Bolen tabbed ACC Freshman of the Year; NC State’s Pat Popolizio voted ACC Wrestling Coach of the Year
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com)—NC State senior Michael Macchiavello, Virginia Tech freshman Hunter Bolen and NC State head coach Pat Popolizio were named the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestler, Freshman and Coach of the Year, the league announced Wednesday. All three awards were determined by a vote of the ACC’s six wrestling head coaches. Macchiavello, a fifth year senior from Monroe, North Carolina, capped an outstanding senior season by winning the national championship at 197 pounds. Macchiavello finished the year with a 22-3 record, including 11-2 in duals. He defeated Virginia Tech’s Jared Haught, 3-1, in the NCAA Championship finals to claim the title. Macchiavello, the NCAA fourth seed in the championship, and Haught, who was seeded third, became the first pair of ACC wrestlers to meet in the NCAA finals. Macchiavello’s national title was the 18th by an ACC wrestler and the first since former NC State standout Nick Gwiazdowski won the heavyweight crown in 2015. “We are very proud of what Michael has accomplished, both on the mat and in the classroom,” said Popolizio. “He exemplifies the mentality, work ethic, and lifestyle needed to be successful and has reaped the benefits of trusting the process. Rest of the story at http://theacc.com/news/2018/3/28/wrestling-nc-states-michael-macchiavello-voted-acc-wrestler-of-the-year.aspx?mc_cid=dc77a98054&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b
All-American Justin Oliver Transfers to NC State
TDR Editor’s Note; Great to see another quality wrestler to come to North Carolina.
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Oliver was a three-time NCAA Qualifier with a 92-23 record at Central Michigan
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State wrestling head coach Pat Popolizio has announced the transfer of All-American Justin Oliver to the Wolfpack. A graduate transfer from Central Michigan, Oliver will have one season of eligibility remaining.
Oliver was a three-time NCAA Qualifier at 149 pounds for Central Michigan, and earned All-American honors in his redshirt-freshman season in 2016. He was seeded ninth or better in the last three NCAA Championships, falling one win short of All-American honors each of the last two seasons. For his career, he is 10-6 at the NCAAs.
“This is an exciting time for NC State Wrestling,” said Popolizio. “Justin’s experiences as a student-athlete, coupled with his already decorated wrestling resume, will have an immediate impact for Wolfpack Wrestling this upcoming season. Justin’s style mirrors our mentality, and he will be fun and exciting for Wolfpack Nation to watch.”
A Davidson, Michigan native, Oliver went a combined 92-23 at Central Michigan the last three seasons, and finished the 2017-18 campaign ranked #11 nationally in the final FloWrestling rankings.
Oliver went 28-7 this past season, and was ranked as high as #3 for six straight polls by FloWrestling. He entered the 2018 NCAA Championships as the No. 6 seed, and went 3-2. Also this past season, he won the Cliff Keen Invite and was second at the Midlands Championships.
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TDR Top 12 Wrestlers of Eastern North Carolina at 145 & 152 Lbs.
TDR Editor’s Notes; We welcome input and opinions on these tentative final rankings. E-mail us within the next 30 days to point out what should be considered. We will continue posting two weight classes each day when possible. The rest of the TDR Top 12 wooden plaques will be mailed out by Wednesday.
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TDR TOP 12 – Best of Eastern North Carolina – 2017-2018
Rnk Wght. Name Team Gr. W. L. Pct. Dist. Dist. State
1 145 King, Sincere North Pitt 12 47 5 0.904 2A-E 1st 3rd
2 145 James, Deondra Clayton 12 28 5 0.848 3A-E 3rd 3rd
3 145 Tittle, Zain South Brunswick 11 41 4 0.911 3A-E 2nd 4th
4 145 Bancroft, Aaron Fike 10 49 5 0.907 3A-E 1st w1
5 145 Jolin, Justin Croatan 11 33 8 0.805 2A-E 2nd w2
6 145 Grierson, Andrew Gray’s Creek 12 24 6 0.800 3A-ME 2nd w2
7 145 Ingram, Austin West Craven 12 33 6 0.846 2A-E 3rd w1
8 145 Tran, Thong Pasquotank 11 32 8 0.800 2A-E 4th L2
10 145 Smith, Tanner Rosewood 12 36 16 0.692 1A-E 4th w1
11 145 Smith, Shane West Brunswick 12 19 9 0.679 3A-E 4th L2
12 145 Tharrington, Harrison Franklinton 12 30 9 0.769 2A-ME dnw
12 145 Hamilton, Bradley North Brunswick 12 25 8 0.758 3A-E w3
1 152 Kinsey, Kristian Havelock 12 52 4 0.929 3A-E 1st 3rd
2 152 Finney, Seth Rosewood 12 38 9 0.809 1A-E 2nd 2nd
3 152 Glover, Jamon Northern Vance 12 31 8 0.795 2A-ME 3rd 5th
4 152 Proffitt, Tyler Southwest Onslow 10 27 3 0.900 2A-E 1st w2
5 152 King, Patrick Beddingfield 12 22 5 0.815 2A-E 2nd 4th
6 152 Jones, Jayden Clayton 12 19 4 0.826 3A-E 2nd w1
7 152 Rudiak, Elijah Wakefield 9 28 10 0.737 4A-E 2nd w1
8 152 Thome, Hunter New Bern 12 42 15 0.737 4A-E 3rd w1
9 152 O’Connell, Sean Croatan 12 28 13 0.683 2A-E 3rd w1
10 152 Daily, Jeremiah West Brunswick 12 32 9 0.780 3A-E 3rd w1
11 152 Spencer, Chandler Cleveland 12 35 9 0.795 3A-E 4th L2
12 152 Roman, Anthony Richlands 12 39 12 0.765 2A-E 4th L2
12 152 Styons, Carter Corinth Holders 12 28 13 0.683 4A-E 4th L2
TDR Top 12 Wrestlers of Eastern N.C. at 132 & 138 Lbs.
TDR Editor’s Notes; The next two weight classes in the Top 12 Rankings. These are the tentative final rankings. We welcome input in the next 30 days.
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TDR TOP 12 – Best of Eastern North Carolina – 2017-2018
Rnk Wght. Name Team Gr. W. L. Pct. Dist. Dist. State
1 132 Patel, Ayush Wake Forest 12 38 4 0.905 4A-E 1st 3rd
2 132 Amodeo, Reid Rosewood 12 49 6 0.891 1A-E 3rd 2nd
3 132 Basnight, Javiaughn Pasquotank 12 41 4 0.911 2A-E 1st w2
4 132 Medina-Mack, Jahbreeze Southwest Onslow 12 22 9 0.710 2A-E 3rd 6th
5 132 Ozimek, Phifer JH Rose 11 35 5 0.875 3A-E 1st w1
6 132 Johnson, Yakemiean Lumberton 11 29 6 0.829 4A-ME 2nd w1
7 132 Williams, Keyonte Rocky Mount 12 35 8 0.814 3A-E 2nd w1
8 132 Clark, Eric Farmville Central 12 38 12 0.760 2A-E 4th w1
9 132 Burkett, Jakob Swansboro 12 28 10 0.737 3A-E 3rd L2
10 132 Sanders, Clay Croatan 12 22 10 0.688 2A-E 2nd L2
11 132 Peters, Gage South Granville 9 25 7 0.781 2A-ME 4th L2
12 132 Doss, Andrew Corinth Holders 9 13 7 0.650 4A-E 2nd w1
12 132 Schroer, Ryan West Johnston 11 24 12 0.667 3A-E 4th L2
1 138 Todd, Jordan Rosewood 11 50 4 0.926 1A-E 1st 2nd
2 138 Locke, Tony Northside (Jacks.) 12 49 3 0.942 3A-E 3rd 2nd
3 138 Mondragon, Marcus Laney 12 45 12 0.789 4A-E 3rd 3rd
4 138 Ward, Jonathan Northeastern 11 35 12 0.745 2A-E 1st 6th
5 138 Esterly, Andrew Gray’s Creek 12 33 7 0.825 3A-ME 2nd w1
6 138 Marker, Joey Dixon 12 43 10 0.811 2A-E 2nd w1
7 138 Vasquez, Nick Jacksonville 12 34 8 0.810 3A-E 1st w2
8 138 Russo, Michael Heritage 12 44 11 0.800 4A-E 4th L2
9 138 Jennings, Henry Washington 11 42 11 0.792 2A-E 3rd w2
10 138 Holmes, Linton Fike 12 46 9 0.836 3A-E 4th L2
11 138 Reisen, Brandon West Brunswick 12 28 8 0.778 3A-E 2nd w1
12 138 Sullivan, Colton Croatan 9 25 17 0.595 2A-E 4th w1
TDR Top 12 Wrestlers of Eastern N.C. at 120 & 126 lbs.
TDR Editor’s Notes; Please send input, opinions and data if there is a question about the rankings. Actual match results and tournament placings are much more persuasive than opinions that “This guy is really tough” and such.
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TDR TOP 12 – Best of Eastern North Carolina – 2017-2018
Rnk Wght. Name Team Gr. W. L. Pct. Dist. Dist. State
1 120 Decatur Timothy Rosewood 11 54 2 0.964 1A-E 1st 1st
2 120 Lawrence, Rahsun Rocky Mount 12 47 7 0.870 3A-E 3rd 4th
3 120 Campbell, Hunter North Brunswick 9 32 4 0.889 3A-E 1st 5th
4 120 Smith, Corey Dixon 12 47 5 0.904 2A-E 1st L2
5 120 Lawrence, Jakel Bunn 12 29 7 0.806 2A-E 2nd w2
6 120 Nguyen, Alex First Flight 12 35 8 0.814 2A-E 3rd w1
7 120 McKendrick, Gavin West Johnston 10 34 8 0.810 3A-E 2nd w1
8 120 Rivenbark, Ethan Topsail 11 33 12 0.733 3A-E 4th w2
9 120 Akers, Darrin New Bern 12 39 12 0.765 4A-E 1st w1
10 120 Thomas, Seth Laney 10 32 12 0.727 4A-E 2nd w1
11 120 Soousa, Tre Gray’s Creek 11 29 7 0.806 3A-ME 3rd L2
12 120 Desaulniers, Jackson Cleveland 10 27 8 0.771 3A-E w3 ——
12 120 Frie, Anthony Rolesville 12 28 11 0.718 4A-E 3rd L2
12 120 Marazoff, Scott Northeastern 12 27 17 0.614 2A-E 4th w1
1 126 Derby, Jeremiah First Flight 12 41 0 1.000 2A-E 1st 1st
2 126 Padilla, Jason Jacksonville 12 31 3 0.912 3A-E 1st w1
3 126 Asby, Carson Washington 12 49 3 0.942 2A-E 2nd 3rd
4 126 Sisk, Drew JH Rose 10 39 6 0.867 3A-E 2nd 6th
5 126 Johnson, Conner Laney 10 36 11 0.766 4A-E 1st w1
6 126 Gerena, Devin Dixon 12 45 14 0.763 2A-E 3rd 4th
7 126 Ward, Jon West Craven 10 35 10 0.778 2A-E 4th 6th
8 126 Hill, Chris Rosewood 11 29 7 0.806 1A-E 2nd w1
9 126 Kent, Tyler West Carteret 11 43 13 0.768 3A-E 3rd L2
10 126 Stewart, Jake Ashley 10 23 8 0.742 4A-E 2nd L2
11 126 Willis, Nevaeh Cape Hatteras 10 23 6 0.793 1A-E 4th L2
12 126 Kagarise, Sam Bunn 10 24 4 0.857 2A-E w2 dnq
12 126 Law, Savion North Brunswick 11 19 10 0.655 3A-E 4th L2
Hall of Fame Banquet May 20th
TDR Editor’s Note; As we posted on here earlier the North Carolina Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. Tickets are still available. Take a look at some of last year’s banquet. At the beginning Rex Wells, the President of the group reads a list of all the inductees year by year. That can give one a sense of the history of the event.
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Last year’s Banquet was filmed and can be seen on the link below
Rest of the story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9p-agogwLc&t=8s
TDR Top 12 Wrestlers of Eastern N.C. 106 & 113
TDR Editor’s Notes; Well, the top underclassmen Awards have been announced (Heverly & Carroll Awards) and the presentations have been scheduled. The TDR Top 12 All Star team with the Top 40 wrestlers in Eastern North Carolina has been announced. The engraved wooden plaques have arrived and we are starting to mail them to the coaches at the schools. Now the following is the first two weight classes with the complete top 12 at that weight ranked in order. This is a tentative list as we welcome input over the next 30 days before a final listing is announced. No awards are at stake but we desire to be accurate. Therefore look it over and let us know what you think and offer input. The Michael Stokes Award will be announced soon. We are sincere in that. The final Award announcement will be for the James Johnson Award for the top Senior in eastern N.C. Yes that is an intentional cliff hanger.
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TDR TOP 12 – Best of Eastern North Carolina – 2017-2018
Rnk Wght. Name Team Gr. W. L. Pct. Dist. Dist. State
1 106 Decatur, Christian Rosewood 10 58 1 0.983 1A-E 1st 1st d. Edwards (2x), Dudley
2 106 Johns, Noah Clayton 11 41 10 0.804 3A-E 3rd 3rd d. Edwards (2x), Jacob, Smith
3 106 Dudley, Wil New Bern 12 51 6 0.895 4A-E 1st 4th d. Bolman, Buglisli, Sam Johnson
4 106 Jacob, David Rocky Mount 11 43 10 0.811 3A-E 1st 5th d. Edwards
5 106 Smith, Matthew West Brunswick 10 28 10 0.737 3A-E 4th w2 d. Johns
6 106 Stocks, Landon Ayden-Grifton 10 43 9 0.827 2A-E 1st w2
7 106 Desaulniers, Jaydon Cleveland 10 29 6 0.829 3A-E 2nd w1
8 106 Johnson, Sincere Lumberton 11 41 11 0.788 4A-ME 3rd w2
9 106 Bolman, Keagan Dixon 9 38 13 0.745 2A-E 2nd w1
10 106 Ocampo, Andrew Pender 11 19 6 0.760 1A-E 3rd w1
11 106 Buglisli, Max Croatan 10 23 19 0.548 2A-E 3rd L2
12 106 Leon, Eddie South Lenoir 11 36 13 0.735 2A-E 4th L2
12 106 Edwards, Blake Fike 12 33 5 0.868 3A-E dnw 2nd at Conference Meet, d. Decatur
1 113 Leigh, Arien First Flight 12 31 2 0.939 2A-E 1st 2nd Lost to 2 state champs
2 113 Taylor, Noah Lumberton 12 25 4 0.862 4A-ME 1st 6th
3 113 Cox, Antonio Ayden-Grifton 12 38 10 0.792 2A-E 4th w2
4 113 Lance, Ben Wake Forest 9 16 3 0.842 4A-E 2nd w1 d. Bray
5 113 Maldonado, Devin C.B. Aycock 11 37 10 0.787 3A-E 1st L2 d. Johns, Bray
6 113 Bray, Nathan Topsail 11 40 4 0.909 3A-E 3rd w1
7 113 Garrett, Matt Farmville Central 12 36 6 0.857 2A-E 3rd L2
8 113 Cunningham, Kyle Gray’s Creek 12 33 7 0.825 3A-ME 3rd w1
9 113 Barajas, Carlos North Pitt 12 38 13 0.745 2A-E 2nd w1
10 113 Hopkins, Raquavius Tarboro 12 12 6 0.667 1A-E 2nd 4th
11 113 Mayfield, Nate West Johnston 10 25 10 0.714 3A-E 2nd L2
12 113 Frady, Tyler Cleveland 11 35 8 0.814 3A-E w3 dnw Lost Havelock & Topsail
12 113 Linger, Kyle Northside (Jacks.) 12 31 10 0.756 2A-E w3 dnw
12 113 Johnson, Sam West Carteret 11 38 15 0.717 3A-E 4th L2
Tickets Available for Hall of Fame Banquet May 20th – Order by May 12th
TDR Editor’s Notes;
In this posting are the details about the upcoming Hall of Fame Banquet next month. Tickets must be ordered within the next two weeks in order to attend.
Decaturs Named Lee Carroll Award winners
TDR Editor’s Notes; We are hoping to award these state champion brothers at Rosewood the Lee Carroll Award this Thursday at a home baseball game. That is the tentative plan for now yet if that does not work out it shall be presented at a home football game in the fall.
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Junior Timothy Decatur: As a Freshman-(58-4) State Champion @ 106, as Sophomore- (61-2) 3rd Place @ 120, Junior-(58-2) State Champion @ 120. Career 177-8 so far Rankwrestlers.com All-American over 99% Power index
Sophomore Christian Decatur: Freshman-(56-9) State Runner-up @ 106, Sophomore-(62-1) State Champion @ 106. Career: (118-10) so far. Christian had the most wins and most pins of anyone in the State in any division.
Both young men compete in Folkstyle, Free Style and Greco year round in national tournaments from Super-32 to Fargo and National Dual tournaments.
Hall of Fame Coach Bill Edmundson proudly stated “There are not too many more deserving people in the country. Christian and Timothy Decatur wrestle year round. They go to huge tournaments every weekend. They wrestle Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco. Timothy is the technician. He is a machine. He’s ranked in his class and has been contacted by many college and universities about wrestling at the next level. Christian is a Sophomore and is pound for pound one of the best athletes I’ve seen in decades.” He added that he “is confident and unafraid under any situation.” As an example of their dedication Timothy and Christian have their own wrestling club in Goldsboro called the Tank Warehouse. These guys are competitive, yet love each other and are glad to be sharing in this award.
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