Sports

East Rowan High School Wrestling

East
Rowan will be 3A this year. We are very excited about our upper
classmen that are coming back as well as the wrestlers from Erwin
Middle school that are rising freshman.

Team Record 2011-2012

16-2

Conference Record

2-0

returning wrestlers

11-12 East Rowan Wrestling Team

Adams, Drake 0-3

Almeida, Mark 29-5

Robert Barringer 8-7

Blume, Wyatt 21-7

Jake Boltz 0-5

Spencer Bost 1-3

Campbell, Jacob  5-7
Cornacchione, Nick  2-0

Sam Cornacchione 2-0
Crawford, Morgan 22-7

Deutsch, Jason 24-7

Logan Haas 21-10

Grant Hoffner 0-0

Jacobs, William 8-9

Caleb Johnson 0-2

Corey Livengood 1-4

Lloyd, Tyler 2-0

Nelson, Griffin 5-7

Patterson, Joseph 9-14

Kevin Phillips 8-15

Rattz, Jeffrey 0-0

Shiheem Saunders 15-10

Santangelo. Orion 2-3

Schlessman, Donald 19-11

Justis Smith 13-10

Darrell Taylor 2-2

Raykwon Torrence 8-14

2011-2012 Schedule

***conference matches

11-21

East vs Northwest Cabarrus

won

52-24

1-0

11-22

ER vs GLENN

WON

42-28

2-0

11-30 Tri meet

ER vs Salisbury

won 49-27

3-0

ER vs Albemarle

won 64-15

4-0

12-6 Tri Meet

ER vs Providence Day

won

54-22

5-0

ER vs North Meck

won

72-10

6-0

12-15

ER vs Central Davidson

lost

36-37

6-1

12-20 Tri Meet

ER vs Concord

won

52-27

7-1

ER vs Central Cabarrus

won

51-24

8-1

12-29 Tri Meet

ER vs Richmond

won 39-31

9-1

ER vs Chesterfield SC

won

46-30

10-1

12-30 6 team dual tourn at North Meck

ER vs Southlake Christian

won

39-36

11-1

ER vs West Meck

won

48-31

12-1

ER vs ST Marks MA

won

78-0

13-1

ER vs AC Reynolds

won

60-18

14-1

ER vs East Forsyth

lost

30-43

14-2

1-4-12 Conference

***ER vs South Rowan

won

60-12

winners were Jason Deutsch, Darrell Taylor, Mark Almeida, Morgan Crawford, Wyatt Blume, Kevin Phillips, Raykwon Torrence, Shiheem Saunders, Justin Smith, Donald Schlesselman, and Griffin Nelson

15-2 overall

1-0 NPC

***1-6-12 Conference

ER vs Statesville

16-2

2-0 NPC

winners were Sam Cornacchione, Logan Haas, Jason Deutsch, Mark Almeida, Morgan Crawford, Wyatt Blume, Tyler Lloyd, Shiheem Saunders

***1-20-12 Conference and Quad

ER vs Carson

ER vs North Davidson

ER vs Northwest Cabarrus

***1-24-12 Conference

ER vs West Iredell

***1-27-12 Conference

ER vs West Rowan

***1-31-12 Conference

ER vs North Iredell

***2-4-12 Conference Tournament at SR

2-7 1st/2nd round dual teal

2-9 3rd/4th round dual team

2-11 Dual Finals

2-17,2-18 3A Regionals at Ledford

2-23,2-24,2-25 3A States Greensboro

• East Rowan High School

•The last 22 years East Rowan has placed thirty-two wrestlers in the states with eight first places, eight second places, seven third places, sixfourths, two fifth and 1 sixth place.

1990 Scotty Wagoner 4th 152

1992 Jonathan Brown 1st & Bobby Hedenskog 1st, Lonnie Hinceman 2nd
1993 Jonathan Brown 3rd & Gary Eller 3rd
1994 Jeremy Cauble 3rd & Jonathan Brown ranked #1 in the state Injured during the 1st round of states.
1995 Travis Lindsay 2nd
1996 Travis Lindsay 1st, Renny Smith 4th
1997 Greg Fox 2nd, Justin Farmer 3rd,
Steve Fox 4th
1998 Steve Fox 1st, Justin Farmer 2nd,
Danny Misenheimer 3rd
1999 Gavin Proctor 1st & Danny Misenheimer 2nd
Steve Fox 3rd & Jeremy Teague 2nd
2000 Steve Fox 1st & Danny Misenheimer 1st
2001 Jeremy Teague 2nd & Hunter Land 2nd
2002 Hunter Land 1st
2007 Josh Patch 5th place

2008 Aaron Plyler 4th place

2009 Chase Thompson 4th place &

Aaron Plyler  6th place

2010 Chris Demitraszek Hwt 4th place

2011 Nick Cornacchione 5th place &  Kory Shaffer 3rd place

•All State placers contact Coach Justus so you can be added on the web site.

Dutch Meyers Award winners
(best wrestlers in Rowan County)
Bobby Hedenskog-1992
Jonathan Brown-1994
Travis Lindsay-1996
Greg Fox-1997
Steve Fox-1998
Gavin Proctor-1999
Danny Misenheimer-2000
Hunter Land-2002

Kory Shaffer-2011
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• All Dutch Meyer award winners contact Coach Justus

State Placers

**All of the wrestlers listed below placed in states because of hard work, intensity to their craft, and a distaste to losing.
JonathanBrown-1992 State 3A Champion 103, 1993 State 3A 3rd place 112, 1994ranked #1 in the state 119 suffered season ended injury statetournament.

•Jeremy Cauble- 93-1994 State 3A 3rd place heavyweight. Another great East Rowan heavyweight.

NickCornacchione-Junior 2011 103 pound 5th place lost semis by 1 andconsolation semis by 1 then defeated his opponent handily for 5th/6thplace.  Has worked extremely hard wrestles year round.

_ChrisDemitraszek 2010 3A State Championships 4th place the smallestheavyweight in the tournament made it to the semifinals. Another greatEast Rowan Heavyweight

•Gary Eller-1993 130 3A State 3rd place, 1993 149 N.C. State Freestyle Champion.

•Justin Farmer-1997 112 3A State 3rd place, 1998 125 State 3A runnerup 2nd place

•SteveFox-East Rowans 1st two time state champion 1998 & 2000, 4 timestate placer. 9th-4th 130 1997, 10th-1st 135 1998, 11th-3rd 140 1999,12th-1st 152 2000
Overall Record- North Carolina 166-15, H.S.. Career 7th-12th 210-35 includes New York.

•GregFox-placed 1997 3A State Runner-up 140 12th grade year. Moved from NewYork at the start of his senior year. Record his senior year NorthCarolina 45-2.
Overall H.S. Record- 8th -12th 167-25 IncludesH.S.. in New York.2002-2003 Assistant Wrestling Coach East Rowan HighSchool, 2003-2004 Head Wrestling Coach East Rowan High School.

•Bobby Hedenskog-1992 State 3A Champion 135 pounds-State qualifier 3 years.

•Lonnie Hinceman- 1992 State 3A Runnerup Heavyweight. Lonnie only wrestled 1 1/2. Simply Amazing.

•HunterLand-State 2002 3A State Champion 171, State 2001 3A State Runner-up160 11th grade. Senior year 36-3. Dutch Meyers Award winner.

•Travis Lindsay- 1996 145 3A State Champion, 1995 140 3A State Runnerup


•DannyMisenheimer-2000 State 3A Champion HWT his senior year. Placed instates 3 years in a row. 1998 10th-3rd, 1999 11th-2nd, 2000 12th-1st.Best overall record in the state of North Carolina his senior year.1998 National Cadet Champion Pontiac, Michigan. 2000 Wrestler of theyear State of North Carolina. Overall Record 173-13.

•JoshPatch 2007 4A 215 pound 5th place state championships. Pinned opponentfrom Mt. Tabor that he had lost to four straight times, never give up!!Josh has a scholarship at Wingate for football. Good Luck!!

*AaronPlyler 2009 3A 130 pound 6th place; 2008 3A 119 pound 4th place state3A;- State qualifier Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior year. MostOustanding wrestler for East Rowan HS all 4 years.

•Gavin Proctor-1999 3A State Champ 160 11th East Rowan H.S. 1998 State3A runner-up 152 10th grade AL Brown H.S.. 1998 10th 2nd, 1999 11th1st. Ranked top 10 in the nation 12th grade year. National Triple CrownAward Winner.
Overall record 130-7.

KoryShaffer- 2011 135 pound 3rd place dramatic come from behind win in the3rd round consolations, down 3-0 with 16 seconds left to beat hisopponent 5-3, then defeated two #1 seeds to take 3rd place.  A terrificjob to a terrific young man. Mighty Mouse.2011 Dutch Meyer Award Winner.

•Renny Smith-1996 3A State 119 pound 4th place 10th grade, 1997 ranked #1 State Mat News

•Jeremy Teague 1999 135 3A State Runnerup 10th grade, 2001 3A State Runnerup 145 12th grade. 1999 10th 2nd, 2001 12th 2nd .
Overall record-114-34

-Chase Thompson 2009 119 pound 3A 4th place

•ScottyWagoner (AKA Taz Mania Devil) one of the most intimidating wrestlersfrom East Rowan to wear a singlet, placed 4th 152 his Junior Year.

• All state placers contact Coach Justus

College Wrestlers

Gary Eller-scholarship Gardner Webb starter 134 1993- 1997. Photographer Nascar.

•Justin Farmer- Appalachian State University weight class 141, ranked in the world cage fighting

•GregFox-scholarship Gardner Webb 1997-1999, ranked nationally Division 2transferred with scholarship to UNC-Greensboro 1999-2001, starter all 4years. 2002 employed Rowan- Salisbury schools Rockwell Elementary 5thgrade assistant football Erwin Middle, assistant wrestling East RowanHigh School. 2003-2004 & 2004-2005 Head Wrestling Coach East RowanHigh School.

•Steve Fox-scholarship to Appalachian State University, 2001 starter at 149, 2002 starter at 157, 2000-current

•Hunter Land- 2002-2003 wrestling at
North Carolina State University

•Logan Johnson- state qualifier at East, 2002-2003 Catawba College club wrestling qualified for club nationals went 1-2.

•DannyMisenheimer-scholarship to Appalachian State University- 2000 - regularseason conference champ, 2nd Conference Tournament HWT, 2000- current.2002 injured could not participate.2002-2003 Catawba College clubwrestling

•Gavin Proctor-scholarship to Pembroke University.

•JordanShinn-state qualifier East Rowan, 2002-2003 Catawba College ClubWrestling,2002-2003 Catawba College club National Qualifier 2-2, 09-10East Rowan HS Assistant wrestling Coach 

•Jeremy Teague- North Carolina State University-2002- 2003 club wrestling Catawba College

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• All collegiate wrestlers contact Coach Justus

East Rowan H.S.. Dual Team Records

89-90 12-8
90-91 10-9-1
91-92 13-3
92-93 19-3
93-94 14-3
94-95 14-7-1
95-96 10-2
96-97 23-1
97-98 13-1
98-99 12-2
99-00 12-12
00-01 16-11
01-02 13-6
02-03 8-11
03-04 retired to coach at Erwin
04-05 4-14
05-06 14 10
06-07 25-8

07-08 19-6

08-09 20-9

09-10 19-7

10-11 15-12

Total 305-145-2