SCMAT Exclusive Articles


Over the years, SCMAT has captured wrestling history in South Carolina and written a few articles along the way. Here are most of the articles in chronological order. NOTE - dated articles will have information for that time period and may not be current now.

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

SCMAT Exclusive - June Welch (1st female SCHSL Wrestling Champion)

SCMAT Exclusive - A.J. Dickerson (4x State Champion)

SCMAT Exclusive - David Hunsberger (4x State Champion)

SCMAT Exclusive - Fifteen Minutes ... after the aughts

SCMAT Exclusive - Wrestling USA Magazine - a photo gallery of 103 High School Senior All-Americans from SC

SCMAT Exclusive - The "roll" that halted history

SCMAT Exclusive - The Santa Rally

SCMAT Exclusive - Remember him? "He will be great"

SCMAT Exclusive - Part 3, 2000 2A-1A Wrestling State Tournament

SCMAT Exclusive - Part 2, 1999 2A-1A Wrestling State Tournament

SCMAT Exclusive - Part 1, 1999 2A-1A Wrestling State Tournament

SCMAT Exclusive Tribute - Coach Nathan Day

SCMAT Exclusive - Zao Estrada S.C. wrestling History

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 1 - Dan Wirnsberger

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 2 - Shelton Benjamin

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 3 - Lamar Thompson

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 4 - Ben Connell

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 5 - Sammie Henson

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 6 - Tom Borrelli

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 7 - Brittany Delgado and Brieana Delgado

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 8 - Ike Anderson

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 9 - Clay Walker

SCMAT Exclusive - Day 10 - T.J. Dudley

SCMAT Exclusive - SC wrestlers that went on to the NFL

SCMAT Exclusive - 30th S.C. North/South All-Star Wrestling Classic

SCMAT Exclusive - 29th S.C. North/South All-Star Wrestling Classic

College influences on S.C. high school wrestling ... Part 2 ... Furman University

College influences on S.C. high school wrestling ... Part 1

South Carolina high school wrestling ... in the beginning

SCMAT Exclusive - Matt Kim - the last Clemson HWT

2010 National Wrestling Hall of Fame SC Chapter Banquet/Inductees

SCMAT Exclusive - S.C. State Duals Recordbook - updated 2-23-10

SCMAT Exclusive Article 1-17-10 - Ian Harper of Chesterfield ties all time South Carolina career victory mark at 232!

2009 National Wrestling Hall of Fame SC Chapter Banquet/Inductees

SCMAT Exclusive - History of the S.C. State Duals - updated 2-8-09

2008 National Wrestling Hall of Fame SC Chapter Banquet/Inductees

2008 S.C. North-South All Star Match TT Prayther vs Jared Williams

SCMAT Exclusive Article 2-5-08 - The Greatest Father-Son wrestling combinations out of South Carolina, a record about to be broken!

SCMAT Exclusive Article 1-18-08 - Flashback - South Carolina stuns college wrestling!

SCMAT Exclusive Article 1-10-08 - Speaking of brothers, let's spotlight the Borrelli's

SCMAT Exclusive Article 1-3-08 - Oh Brothers, the toughest brothers ever in South Carolina wrestling!

SCMAT Exclusive Article 12-24-07 - I want to be like Ike ... GOLD in Baku, Azerbaijan!

SCMAT Exclusive Article 12-14-07 - The first 23 SC teams ... and how it grew to 65+ team in 5 years and 125+ teams today.

SCMAT Exclusive Article 12-11-07 - Which schools lead the all-time list with number of individual state champions?

SCMAT Exclusive Article 12-6-07 - Greatest Top 4 placers in a weight class ever? Check these two out!

SCMAT Exclusive Article 12-4-07 - The chase for 211 ... T.T. Prayther could make it a classic season

2007 National Wrestling Hall of Fame SC Chapter Banquet/Inductees

SCMAT Exclusive Article 11-27-07 - 40th anniversary year of sanctioned wrestling in SC

SCMAT Exclusive Article 11-22-07 - 4x4 pinnacle ... the magnitude in perspective.

SCMAT Exclusive Article 11-20-07 - The Top 250 ... and counting!

SCMAT Exclusive Article 11-15-07 - How many Freshman State Champs hit an off-year?

SCMAT Exclusive Article 11-13-07 - Do you need to be a State Champ to achieve coaching success?

SCMAT Exclusive Article 11-8-07 - The Heavyweight Champion of the World!

Saturday - October 22, 2005 - Where are they Now? - Ben Connell

Thursday - October 20, 2005 - Where are they Now? - David Patten

Wednesday - October 19, 2005 - Where are they Now? - Shelton Benjamin

Tuesday - October 18, 2005 - Where are they Now? - Ike Anderson

Monday - October 17, 2005 - Nine stars on the brink of history

Thursday - October 13, 2005 - Where are they Now? - Tom Borrelli

Wednesday - October 12, 2005 - How many National Titles can we count?

Tuesday - October 11, 2005 - Where are they Now? - Dan Wirnsberger

Monday - October 10, 2005 - Best Senior Class of SC wrestlers ever?

SCMAT Exclusive Article 2-5-05 - David Patten - New England Patriots - Saturday - February 5, 2005