David Hunsberger
NCAA D2 Champion

SCMAT South Carolina Wrestling

David Hunsberger won the NCAA D2 National Championship at 165 lbs! Hunsberger wrestled at Byrnes during high school. Juan Edmond-Holmes was the NCAA D2 National Runner-up at 285 lbs! Edmond-Holmes wrestled at Goose Creek during high school. Lander University would also finish National Runner-up as a team. Congratulations to Coach R.C. LaHaye and Lander wrestling!


Central Michigan's Tom Borrelli Took Unconventional Coaching Path


June Welch (Woodruff) just signed and will wrestle for North Central College (Naperville, IL). NCC won the 2023 Women’s Wrestling National Championship. North Central Women is No. 1 in the latest NCAA Women’s Coaches Poll, heading into Nationals. Congratulations June!

North/South All-Star Classic results from March 1-2 (boxscores under March Scoreboard as well as the link below):
4A/3A North 41, 5A/2A North 40 (1st Place)
5A/2A South 48, 4A/3A South 27 (3rd Place)
5A/2A North 45, 4A/3A South 34 (Friday)
4A/3A North 54, 5A/2A South 28 (Friday)

SCWCA North/South All-Star Classic results:
2024 SCWCA North/South All-Star Classic


The South Carolina Wrestling Coaches Association is pleased to announce the Annual Awards for Senior Wrestlers of the Year, presented at the SCWCA North/South All-Star Wrestling Classic.

S.C. Senior Wrestler of the Year - J.J. Peace - Cane Bay (Coach Aaron Hynick)
5A Senior Wrestler of the Year - Owen Hendricks - Dorman (Coach Zack Clary)
4A Senior Wrestler of the Year - Jack Wyland - Eastside (Coach Jack Kosmicki)
3A Senior Wrestler of the Year - JoJo Morris - Belton-Honea Path (Coach Chris Strickland)
2A-1A Senior Wrestler of the Year - Sam Cherichello - Bishop England (Coach Paul Spence)


The South Carolina Wrestling Coaches Association is pleased to announce the following nominees for the South Carolina Wrestler of the Year. These are all great candidates that are all terrific wrestlers, leaders and student athletes. Best of luck to each one. The winners will be announced on Friday, March 2nd at the Best Western North South All Star Wrestling Banquet.

Landon Allen- West-Oak, Coach Derek Strobel
Pat Baer- Dixie, Coach Anthony Martin
Sam Cherichello- Bishop England, Coach Paul Spence
Gunner Degrout- Battery Creek, Coach Alex Rutherford
Hampton Higdon- Byrnes, Coach Kane Pruitt
Owen Hendricks- Dorman, Coach Zack Clary
Rylan Madison- Blythwood, Coach Paul Watson
Lorenzo Andre McFadden Pressley- Lake City, Coach Lorenzo McFadden, Sr
Joseph Morris- BHP, Coach Chris Strickland
Jermaine Peace- Cane Bay, Coach Aaron Hynick
Alex Rush- Timberland, Coach Ryan Rhodes
Chandler Sewell- Greer, Coach Seth Goff
Cooper Strickland- BHP, Coach Chris Strickland
Charlie Spires- Pelion, Coach Brian Hedgecock
Teague Strobel- West-Oak, Coach Derek Strobel
Frank Taylor- Ninety Six, Coach Roy Lemmons
Qwentin Welborn- Daniel, Coach Andrew Akers
Jack Wyland- Eastside, Coach Jack Kosmicki


Team placement recaps from the 2024 season:
5A Team State Tournament Placements and History
4A Team State Tournament Placements and History
3A Team State Tournament Placements and History
2A-1A Team State Tournament Placements and History
Girls Team State Tournament Placements and History
SCISA Team State Tournament Placements and History

North/South All-Star Announcement from SCWCA

State Championships on Trackwrestling (Browse Tournaments and Search for "SCHSL State Championships")


The South Carolina Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2024 has been selected and approved for induction by the National Board. They are inducted for Lifetime Achievement to Wrestling:
Ike Anderson
Bill and Elizabeth Bell
Chris Brock
Tony Caterisano
Ron Donlick
Jim McGovern
Ralph Urbanic
Ken Wilson

Congratulations to all these Inductees on their selection into the 2024 Class of the South Carolina Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame!

Information regarding the April 14, 2024 induction ceremony and how to purchase Admission will be available in the next few weeks. The banquet and ceremony will be held at the USC Alumni Center in Columbia.


All State bracket projections are below.
If you see any corrections, please let me know at scmat@hotmail.com

5A State Individual projected brackets
4A State Individual projected brackets
3A State Individual projected brackets
2A-1A State Individual projected brackets
Girls State Individual projected brackets

2024 SC State Wrestling Championships at Anderson Civic Center - information being sent to Coaches


5A Upper State on Flowrestling
5A Lower State on Trackwrestling (Browse Tournaments and Search for "2024 SCHSL AAAAA LOWER STATE")

4A Lower State on Flowrestling
4A Upper State on Trackwrestling (Browse Tournaments and Search for "SCHSL 4A Upperstate Qualifier")

3A Upper State on Flowrestling
3A Lower State on Trackwrestling (Browse Tournaments and Search for "2024 AAA SCHSL LOWER STATE")

2A-1A Upper State on Flowrestling
2A-1A Lower State on Flowrestling


SCISA State Individual brackets Live to Flowrestling (Saturday)

State Duals Finals on Saturday at Dreher H.S. (SCMAT Ranking and season record included)
5A - #1 Summerville (27-2) vs. #3 Fort Mill (26-2)
4A - #1 Eastside (36-0) vs. #5 Lugoff-Elgin (39-9)
3A - #1 West-Oak (25-4) vs. #18 Gilbert (23-10)
2A-1A - #1 Chesnee (25-3) vs. #7 Buford ()


NCAA Div. II Super Regionals hosted by Lander University – Saturday March 1st


5A State Duals bracket at SCHSL
4A State Duals bracket at SCHSL
3A State Duals bracket at SCHSL
2A-1A State Duals bracket at SCHSL
SCISA Dual Championships bracket

SCMAT Exclusive - Part 1, Intro Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Part 2, #8 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Part 3, #7 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Part 4, #6 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Part 5, #5 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Bonus 1 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Part 6, #4 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Part 7, #3 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Bonus 2 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Part 8, #2 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Part 9, #1 Greatest State Duals Finals
SCMAT Exclusive - Bonus 3, The Undefeated

Greg Brewer sent all Coaches the following announcement today: Coaches - Please see the tournament letters for the Girls High School individual state qualifiers. Please direct Upper State questions to Evan Moxie at evan.moxie@spart2.org and Lower State questions to Cody Slaughter at cslaughter@fsd1.org
2024 Girls Upper State Tournament Letter
2024 Girls Lower State Tournament Letter

Coaches, North/South All-Star nominations were emailed to coaches on Monday, January 9th. If you did not receive it, please contact Tommy Bell at thomasbell@anderson5.net


We have a new winningest coach in S.C. wrestling history!

Coach Jack Kosmicki - Eastside

At the Knockout Sportswear Wildcat Duals, Eastside defeated Lexington 61-12 to move Coach Kosmicki into the Career wins leader, passing legendary Coach B.D. LaPrad. As of mid-week, Eastside was 20-0 on the season and Coach Kosmicki's career record was 683-153-2.

With 18 State Titles, Coach Kosmicki also has the most career wrestling State Championships. We share a vintage photo from 2006 after his fifth State Title.

Congratulations Coach Koz!


SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions concludes with:

Jack Wyland - Eastside

2x State Champion:
2023 3A - (Jr. 152 lbs.)
2021 3A - (Fr. 132 lbs.)



SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions continues with:

June Welch - Woodruff

3x State Champion:
2022 3A SCHSL - (So. 106 lbs.)
2022 Girls - (So. 107 lbs.)
2021 Girls - (Fr. 104 lbs.)


SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions continues with:

Jayden Morris - Belton-Honea Path

2x State Champion:
2023 3A - (So. 126 lbs.)
2022 3A - (Fr. 120 lbs.)



SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions continues with:

Richard Springs - Fort Dorchester

2x State Champion:
2023 5A - (So. 113 lbs.)
2022 5A - (Fr. 106 lbs.)



SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions continues with:

Teague Strobel - West-Oak

2x State Champion, (119-4):
2023 3A - (Jr. 113 lbs.)
2022 3A - (So. 113 lbs.)



SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions continues with:

George Maholtz - Eastside

2x State Champion, (106-14):
2023 3A - (So. 145 lbs.)
2022 3A - (Fr. 126 lbs.)



SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions continues with:

Cason Howle - Greenwood

2x State Champion, (101-1):
2023 4A - (So. 182 lbs.)
2022 4A - (Fr. 170 lbs.)



SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions continues with:

Annalise Maralit - Ashley Ridge Girls

2x State Champion:
2023 Girls - (Jr. Lower 106 lbs.)
2022 Girls - (So. 104 lbs.)



SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions continues with:

JoJo Morris - Belton-Honea Path

3x State Champion, (131-2):
2023 3A - (Jr. 138 lbs.)
2022 3A - (So. 132 lbs.)
2021 3A - (Fr. 126 lbs.)


SCMAT's recognition of SC's returning 2x and 3x State Champions starts with:

J.J. Peace - Cane Bay

3x undefeated State Champion, (87-0):
2023 5A - (Jr. 120 lbs.)
2022 5A - (So. 113 lbs.)
2021 5A - (Fr. 106 lbs.)


SCMAT finished adding all the years of history at the "SC State Champions" link below for every State Champion in the 55 years of SC high school wrestling.


If there are errors or information that is missing that you can help complete, let us know via email at scmat@hotmail.com




See the 55 year history compiled from 1969-2023 at the link below, and the link is also under our High School Recordbook section:

SC State Champions





South Carolina Wrestling

SCMAT is still in progress expanding the website with content from the last 55 years.

Send any updates or feedback to scmat@hotmail.com