National Wrestling Hall of Fame
The North Carolina Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma had this year’s induction on Sunday May 17th at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. Seven new members were included to bring the total to 70 for the North Carolina chapter. This was the 13th Annual event. The first was in 1997 and the second was not until 2004 and they have been held every year since then. This year the following were recognized.
Dennis Barbour, long time coach at Grimsley H.S. and official. First became involved in wrestling in a class at ECU taught by Hall of Famer John Welborn (class of 2004). First Mat News Coach of the Year.
David Culbreth who was a state champion wrestler and then state champion coach at 71st in Fayetteville. He has been an official at the state tournament
for past 15 years.
Bobby House – long time East Davidson coach, wrestled at Catawba for Meyer.
Jay Lineberry – long time coach at Central Davidson, wrestled at Elon and UNC.
Frank “Dutch” Meyer (1924-2008) – started wrestling programs, coached at Appalachian State and Catawba College (1969-1983)
Cecil Mock – long time state tournament official, coached at Eastern Randolph and Asheboro.
Ricky “Rick” Stack – coached at Charlotte Catholic, Charlotte Country Day, winner of many awards including having the new wrestling room at his school named after him.
Bob Mauldin (HOF class of 2004) — was also recognized in Memoriam. He made a big impact on all and was often mentioned. He passed away in March.
Frank Rader (HOF class of 2004) — attended and appeared in good health yet as has been noted in other news services he passed away at home before the next morning.
TDR Top 12 Team at 138 Lbs. Award Plaques
The top 3 wrestlers ranked at this weight class earned TDR Top 12 plaques as being one of the best 42 wrestlers. With 14 weight classes that averages to 3 per weight yet the best 42 overall are selected.
State Runner-ups Champion Ernest Sutton of Northeastern (2A) and Jacob Butler of Swansboro (3A) and third place finisher Samuel Drew of Rosewood (1A) have been named to the TDR Top 12 team and have been awarded plaques.
TDR Top 12 Team at 138 Lbs.
The ranking of all the wrestlers at 138 lbs. in the TDR Top 12.
| 1 | Sutton, Ernest | Northeastern | 138 | 2A | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0.968 | 1 | 2nd |
| 2 | Butler, Jacob | Swansboro | 138 | 3A | 12 | 46 | 6 | 0.885 | 4 | 2nd |
| 3 | Drew, Samuel | Rosewood | 138 | 1A | 12 | 35 | 6 | 0.854 | 2 | 3rd |
| 4 | Alspaugh, Campbell | West Brunswick | 138 | 3A | 12 | 34 | 5 | 0.872 | 1 | 6th |
| 5 | Young, Hunter | Triton | 138 | 3A | 12 | 37 | 5 | 0.881 | 2 | w2 |
| 6 | Miller, Jonathan | Laney | 138 | 4A | 12 | 40 | 6 | 0.870 | 1 | w2 |
| 7 | Bulla, Douglas | Northside (Jacksonville) | 138 | 2A | 12 | 45 | 7 | 0.865 | 3 | w2 |
| 8 | Royster, Joseph | Franklinton | 138 | 2A | 12 | 26 | 7 | 0.788 | 3 | w2 |
| 9 | Meaney, Austin | Croatan | 138 | 2A | 12 | 42 | 15 | 0.737 | 2 | w1 |
| 10 | Cooke, Cody | West Craven | 138 | 3A | 12 | 32 | 11 | 0.744 | 3 | w1 |
| 11 | Hawkins, Josh | New Bern | 138 | 4A | 11 | 37 | 7 | 0.841 | 4 | w1 |
| 12 | Bayles, Martin | Princeton | 138 | 1A | 12 | 37 | 15 | 0.712 | 4 | L2 |
TDR Top 12 Team at 132 Lbs. Award Plaques
The top 3 wrestlers ranked at this weight class earned TDR Top 12 plaques as being one of the best 42 wrestlers. With 14 weight classes that averages to 3 per weight yet the best 42 overall are selected.
State Champion Joe Mondragon, State Runner-Up Mathew Cruz-Cruz and District Champion Josh Dixon Have been named to the TDR Top 12 team and have been awarded plaques.
Matthew Cruz-Cruz of Cleveland
Joe Mondragon of Ashley H.S.
Josh Thomas of Dixon
TDR Top 12 Team at 132 Lbs.
The ranking of all the wrestlers at 132 lbs. in the TDR Top 12.
| 1 | Mondragon, Joe | Ashley | 132 | 4A | 12 | 45 | 2 | 0.957 | 2 | 1st |
| 2 | Cruz-Cruz, Mathews | Cleveland | 132 | 3A | 11 | 42 | 1 | 0.977 | 1 | 2nd |
| 3 | Thomas, Josh | Dixon | 132 | 2A | 11 | 45 | 3 | 0.938 | 1 | w2 |
| 4 | Daughtry, Michael | Princeton | 132 | 1A | 11 | 36 | 7 | 0.837 | 1 | 4th |
| 5 | Blash, Damonte | Southern Vance | 132 | 2A | 11 | 30 | 13 | 0.698 | 1 | 4th |
| 6 | Howard, Zack | CB Aycock | 132 | 3A | 12 | 44 | 8 | 0.846 | 2 | 6th |
| 7 | Lowry, Alex | Franklinton | 132 | 2A | 11 | 40 | 9 | 0.816 | 2 | w1 |
| 8 | Penny, Wayne | North Lenoir | 132 | 2A | 11 | 30 | 10 | 0.750 | 2 | w1 |
| 9 | Smith, Dustin | West Carteret | 132 | 3A | 12 | 38 | 9 | 0.809 | 3 | w1 |
| 10 | Guthrie, Drew | Croatan | 132 | 2A | 12 | 38 | 21 | 0.644 | 3 | w1 |
| 11 | Settles, Rae`sae | Fike | 132 | 3A | 10 | 43 | 7 | 0.860 | 4 | L2 |
| 12 | Hernandez, Alexie | South Granville | 132 | 2A | 11 | 35 | 12 | 0.745 | 4 | L2 |
TDR Top 12 Team at 126 Lbs.
The top 5 wrestlers ranked at this weight class earned TDR Top 12 plaques as being one of the best 42 wrestlers. With 14 weight classes that averages to 3 per weight yet the best 42 overall are selected.
Wilson Smith of Rocky Mount H.S.
Anthony Brito of Heritage H.S.
Austin Pamler of Corinth-Holders
Marlon MacIntyre of Pamlico Co.
Zach Kahl of Dixon
TDR Top 12 Team at 126 Lbs.
The ranking of all the wrestlers at 126 in the TDR Top 12.
| 1 | Smith, Wilson | Rocky Mount | 126 | 3A | 10 | 53 | 3 | 0.946 | 1 | 1st |
| 2 | Palmer, Austin | Corinth Holders | 126 | 3A | 12 | 37 | 6 | 0.860 | 2 | 3rd |
| 3 | Brito, Anthony | Heritage | 126 | 4A | 10 | 51 | 5 | 0.911 | 2 | 5th |
| 4 | Kahl, Zach | Dixon | 126 | 2A | 12 | 46 | 5 | 0.902 | 1 | 5th |
| 5 | MacIntyre, Marlon | Pamlico | 126 | 1A | 11 | 31 | 10 | 0.756 | 1 | 2nd |
| 6 | Burns, Jacob | Currituck | 126 | 2A | 12 | 29 | 6 | 0.829 | 3 | w2 |
| 7 | Childs, Dustin | Swansboro | 126 | 3A | 10 | 48 | 8 | 0.857 | 3 | w1 |
| 8 | Dotson, David | Rosewood | 126 | 1A | 12 | 27 | 10 | 0.730 | 2 | w1 |
| 9 | Caceras, Sikem | Southern Vance | 126 | 2A | 11 | 33 | 17 | 0.660 | 2 | w1 |
| 10 | Winstead, Alex | South Granville | 126 | 2A | 12 | 41 | 12 | 0.774 | 4 | w1 |
| 11 | Locke, Tony | Northside (Jacksonville) | 126 | 2A | 9 | 29 | 15 | 0.659 | 2 | w1 |
| 12 | Johnson, Tanner | Havelock | 126 | 3A | 11 | 47 | 14 | 0.770 | 4 | w1 |
| 13 | Sisk, Jackson | JH Rose | 126 | 4A | 10 | 35 | 8 | 0.814 | 4 | L2 |
| 13 | Mondragon, Terrell | Ashley | 126 | 4A | 11 | 30 | 11 | 0.732 | 3 | L2 |
TDR Top 12 Team at 126 Lbs.
State Champion in 3A Wilson Smith of Rocky Mount is the top wrestler at 126 Lbs in Eastern North Carolina. Austin Palmer is the 2nd ranked wrestler as he took 3rd in the 3A State Championships.
TDR Top 12 Team at 120 Lbs.
State Champion in 3A Blaine Mainz of Jacksonville and 3rd Place in 4A Nick Mutio of Wake Forest are tied as the top wrestler at 120 Lbs in Eastern North Carolina. The rest of the wrestlers ranked in that weight are listed below the plaques.
| 1 | Mainz, Blaine | Jacksonville | 120 | 3A | 10 | 44 | 3 | 0.936 | 1 | 1st |
| 1 | Mutio, Nick | Wake Forest | 120 | 4A | 11 | 41 | 1 | 0.976 | 1 | 3rd |
| 3 | Hill, Kasey | Swansboro | 120 | 3A | 11 | 43 | 9 | 0.827 | 4 | 5th |
| 4 | Boyd, Malique | Rosewood | 120 | 1A | 12 | 49 | 7 | 0.875 | 1 | w1 |
| 5 | Fowlkes, Kolin | Dixon | 120 | 2A | 11 | 36 | 11 | 0.766 | 1 | w2 |
| 6 | Pope, Simeon | Washington | 120 | 2A | 10 | 37 | 9 | 0.804 | 2 | L2 |
| 7 | Dickenson, Jacob | CB Aycock | 120 | 3A | 12 | 42 | 11 | 0.792 | 3 | w1 |
| 8 | Tolbert, Jamonie | Ayden-Grifton | 120 | 2A | 12 | 45 | 12 | 0.789 | 3 | w1 |
| 9 | Crawford, Mason | Garner | 120 | 4A | 11 | 39 | 12 | 0.765 | 4 | L2 |
| 10 | Hamm, Cameron | Currituck | 120 | 2A | 10 | 23 | 14 | 0.622 | 4 | w1 |
TDR Top 12 Rankings at 106 & 113
For the 18th Annual edition of the TDR Top 12 Rankings of wrestlers in eastern North Carolina (all schools east of Raleigh and Fayetteville) at the first two weight classes we have the following wrestlers.
| Name | Team | Wght. | Div. | Gr. | W. | L. | Pct. | Dist. | State | |
| 1 | Saravia, Kevin | Laney | 106 | 4A | 10 | 37 | 5 | 0.881 | 1 | 2nd |
| 2 | White, Dalton | Franklinton | 106 | 2A | 10 | 45 | 9 | 0.833 | 2 | 4th |
| 3 | Barrow, Alpha | Pender | 106 | 1A | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0.773 | 2 | 3rd |
| 4 | Derby, Jeremiah | First Flight | 106 | 2A | 9 | 27 | 7 | 0.794 | 1 | 6th |
| 5 | Hannum, Joey | Wake Forest | 106 | 4A | 10 | 40 | 7 | 0.851 | 1 | w2 |
| 6 | Butler, Nick | Swansboro | 106 | 3A | 10 | 45 | 6 | 0.882 | 1 | w1 |
| 7 | Smith, Jacob | Washington | 106 | 2A | 10 | 40 | 9 | 0.816 | 2 | L2 |
| 8 | Russell, Alec | Topsail | 106 | 3A | 11 | 42 | 9 | 0.824 | 4 | L2 |
| 9 | Bird, Tyler | West Craven | 106 | 3A | 10 | 37 | 11 | 0.771 | 3 | L2 |
| 10 | Combs, Ty | South Lenoir | 106 | 2A | 10 | 34 | 11 | 0.756 | 3 | L2 |
| 1 | Castillo, Nathean | South Granville | 113 | 2A | 11 | 46 | 2 | 0.958 | 1 | 3rd |
| 2 | Allen, Jamarcus | White Oak | 113 | 3A | 12 | 29 | 3 | 0.906 | 1 | 3rd |
| 3 | Asby, Carson | North Pitt | 113 | 2A | 9 | 40 | 15 | 0.727 | 3 | 4th |
| 4 | Bostian, David | Laney | 113 | 4A | 11 | 38 | 7 | 0.844 | 2 | w1 |
| 5 | Anderson, Aaron | Farmville Central | 113 | 2A | 10 | 39 | 8 | 0.830 | 1 | w1 |
| 6 | Layne, Zaire | West Craven | 113 | 3A | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0.781 | 2 | w2 |
| 7 | Bryant, Noah | Currituck | 113 | 2A | 10 | 27 | 6 | 0.818 | 2 | w1 |
| 8 | Thomas, Zach | JH Rose | 113 | 4A | 11 | 42 | 8 | 0.840 | 3 | L2 |
| 9 | Smith, Shane | West Brunswick | 113 | 3A | 9 | 29 | 8 | 0.784 | 3 | w1 |
| 10 | Esterly, Andrew | Gray`s Creek | 113 | 3A | 9 | 27 | 10 | 0.730 | 3 | L2 |
| 11 | Basnight, Javiaughn | Northeastern | 113 | 2A | 9 | 24 | 10 | 0.706 | 4 | L2 |
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