| NC wrestler wins All-American honors |
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| Written by Ronnie Sigmon (Top Prospect Editor) |
| Sunday, 27 July 2008 17:00 |
 The 38th annual USA cadet and junior Greco-Roman and Freestyle national wrestling tournament was held in Fargo, North Dakota July 18-26. This tournament is the largest and most prestigious wrestling tournament for high school wrestlers in the country. The event is held in the Fargo Dome, North Dakota State University’s indoor football stadium. Each state can only send one team to compete in the tournament. Team members are selected from qualifying tournaments held during the spring. In early July team members go to a one week national team training camp to prepare for the up coming tournament. While at Fargo the national teams compete in both the international styles of Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling. The teams also have nine or more team practice sessions through out the tournament. This year the North Carolina National Team sent thirty-one wrestlers to this event. Of these one North Carolina wrestler won the honor of double All-American. Harrison Honeycutt (189lbs) placed sixth in the cadet Greco-Roman event on July 21st. He finished the Greco-Roman event with a 5-3 record losing a (3-0),(2-0) decision to Dustin Williams of Missouri for 5th place . On July 25th Honeycutt wrestled himself to a 5th place finish in Freestyle becoming North Carolina's twelfth double All-American in the 38 year history of the tournament. In the match for fifth place Honeycutt defeated Mike McRaft of New York by a (0-1),(1-1),(2-1) decision. He finished the Freestyle tournament with a 6-3 record. Honeycutt is a student at Lake Norman high school where he will be a sophomore in the fall.
Cadet team members (15-16 years old): Wt Name School G/R Freestyle 98/105lbs Dontarious Mills, Salisbury - (1-2),(0-2) 98/105lbs Kyle Tart, Triton - (1-2),(0-2) 105lbs Ben Creed, Cary - (1-2),(0-2) 112lbs Ryan Blackwell, Croatan - (0-2),(1-2) 125lbs Scotty Hardiman, Hibriten - (2-2),(3-2) 125/130lbs Allen Bice, West Henderson - (0-2),(0-2) 130lbs Joseph Figureron, Salisbury - (2-2), Inj 145lbs Matt Hayes, Triton - (0-2,(0-2) 145lbs Phillip Anson, Carson - (0-2),(0-2) 152lbs Brenden Lietz, Greenville Rose - (0-2),(1-2) 152lbs Collins Creech, Smithfield-Selma - (0-2),(0-2) 160lbs Eric Pimental, Smithfield-Selma - (0-2) inj 171lbs Hunter Dowles, Lake Norman - (0-2),(0-2) 189/171lbs Nick Watson, Hopewell - (0-2),(1-2) 189lbs Harrison Honeycutt, Lake Norman - (5-3),(6-3) 189lbs Brach Walker, McMichael - (1-2),(2-2) 189lbs Cody Wesson, Bandys - (1-2),(1-2) 215lbs Jordan Owenby, Enka - (1-2),(1-2) Junior team members (17-19 years old): Wt Name School G/R Freestyle 112lbs Ryan Anderson, Swansboro - (1-2),(0-2) 119/125lbs Chris Durand, Smithfield/Selma - (0-2),(1-2 inj) 119/125lbs Brett Kostren, Sanderson - (2-2),(0-2) 125/130lbs Daniel Owenby, Enka - (1-2),(1-2) 135lbs Dennis Clark, SW Onslow - (1-2),(0-2) 135lbs Jacob Earp, Watauga - ---(2-2) 145lbs Matt Colvard, Cary - (0-2),(2-2) 145lbs Johnny Watson, Forsyth County Day - (2-2),(0-2) 152lbs Gabe Brotzman, Cary - (1-2),(2-2) 160lbs George Bancroft IV, Wilson - (3-2), --- 160lbs Chris Foy, South Central - (0-2),(0-2) 160lbs Danny Jones, Lake Norman - (0-2),(0-2) 171lbs Hunter Scott, Erwin - (0-2,(1-2) Team Leader: Danny Hoy Head Coach: Ronnie Sigmon Asst. Coaches: Jason Loukides, PJ Smith and Erik Wince Volunteer Coaches: Norm Olsteen and George Bancroft III Photographers: Mike Creed and Rebecca Bancroft ************************************************** Note: Photo 4121 - Honeycutt works a gut wrench to trun his California opponent. Photo 4158 - Coach Ronnie Sigmon, Harrison Honeycutt and Coach Morgan Fore |
