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 2008-2009 20-9

Conference Record 4-5

returning wrestlers

         08-09 East Rowan Wrestling Team 1-12-09
Almeida, Mark 9-14          
Arey, Hunter 30-7          
Barrett, Stehr 23-15          
Bell, Frankie 2-8      
Boone, Coleton 33-3                
Byrd, Jacob 2-5          
Byrd, Josh 0-3      
Collins, Tom 0-0          
Cook, Phillip (injured) 0-1        
Cornacchione, Nick 8-25    
Crawford, Morgan 1-4          
Demitraszek, Chris 25-5
Ewing, AJ 5-29        
Feriante, Cameron 5-13          
Fowler, Buxton  0-0        
Greer, Josh   1-4          
Hurst, Josiah 25-10    
Johnson, Jacob 4-8          
Jones, Isaac  1-19            
Lawson, Alex 27-13        
    McHone, Bryson  0-0        
    Meilinger, Michael 0-1        
Merritt, Colton 26-15      
   Morgan, Kendall  4-6        
         Nelson, Griffin  0-0              
  Plyler, Aaron 42-9        
Rattz, Jeff    0-0      
      Ritchie, Jay     (injured)0-1
      Santiago, Edwin 0-3        
            Shaffer, Kory 14-9

Smoot, Donovan 21-21               Thompson, Chase 29-11

Ward, Jacob 0-0    
  Wright, Franklin 13-23    
Wright, Thor 0-7

***conference matches

*Oct 28th start body fat / hydration checks meet in the library, physicals are needed, 1st day of practice

*Nov 5th away scrimmage 7-9pm at Davie County with Mt. Pleasant

*Nov 13th

North Rowan

win

1-0

East Rowan 48 North Rowan 27

*Nov 15th JM Robinson 16 team dual team

tourn

3 wins 2 losses

East Rowan 33 Bandys 44

East Rowan 27 JM Robinson 54

East Rowan 42 Harding 33

East Rowan 66 Hickory Ridge 12

East Rowan 48 Central Cabarrus 31

overall 4-2 record

*Nov 18th

Concord HS

win

45-33

5-2

*Nov 22 Glenn HS Tourn

6th place 92 points

Coleton Boone 1st

Aaron Plyler 2nd

Hunter Arey 3rd

Donovan Smoot 4th

Nick Cornicchione 5th

Barrett Stehr 5th

*Nov 24th at Central Cabarrus

*Quad meet

Central Cab

win

63-15

6-2

Charlotte Catholic

loss

34-40

6-3

Ashbrook

loss

30-48

6-4

**Dec 3rd Mooresville away

6-5 overall-conference 0-1

loss

9-63

*Dec 6th Ledford HS Tourn

8th place 62 points

1st Josiah Hurst

2nd Hunter Arey

4th Donovan Smoot

4th Alex Lawson

*Dec 9th West Iredell away

6-6 overall 0-2 conference

lost

36-36

winning by forfeit

Kory Shaffer

Chase THompson

Kendal Morgan

winning by pin

Aaron Plyler

Franklin Wright

Alex Lawson

*Dec 13th Trinity HS Tourn

5th

1st Aaron Plyler

3rd Mark Almedia

3rd Kory Shaffer

4th Colton Merritt

4th Kendal Morgan

5th AJ Ewing

5th Cameron Feriante

5th Josiah Hurst

*Dec 16th Carson HS Home

7-6 overall 1-2NPC

won 52-25

winners
were Mark Almedia, Kory Shaffer, Chase Thompson,Aaron Plyler,Colton
Merritt,Hunter Arey, Colton Boone, Josiah Hurst, Chris Demitraszek

*Dec 20th Rowan County Tourn at Salisbury HS

East Rowan 3-peat Rowan County Champions

Match 1 East Rowan 54 West Rowan 27

Match 2 East Rowan 43 Carson 34

Match 3 East Rowan 64 Salisbury 15

Match 4 East Rowan 57 North Rowan 18

Match 5 East Rowan 51 South Rowan 21

5 Individual County Champions

119 Chase THompson

135 Aaron Plyler

152 Hunter Arey

160 Coleton Boone

215 Alex Lawson

*Dec 22/23 King of the Mat North DavidsonHS

130 Aaron Plyler 2nd

119 Chase THompson 6th

189 Barrett Stehr 9th

*Dec 29th 30th Mt. Pleasant Tourn

160 Coleton Boone 1st

171 Josiah Hurst 1st

130 Aaron Plyler 2nd

Hwt Chris Demitraszek 3rd

215 Alex Lawson 4th

Jan 2nd open

*Jan 6th Lake Norman away

Lost 25-46

Overall 12-7 !-3 NPC

winners were Nick Cornacchione, Chase Thompson, Aaron Plyler, Coleton Boone, Josiah Hurst, Chris Demitraszek

*Jan 9th South Rowan home

won 39-31

overall 13-7 NPC 2-3

**Jan 16th West Rowan away

55-24

14-7 overall

3-3 NPC

winners
were Nick Cornaccione, Donovan Smoot, Chase Thompson, Aaron Plyler,
Hunter Arey, Coleton Boone, Josiah Hurst, Barrett Stehr, Alex Lawson,
and Chris Demitraszek

*Jan 17th Berry HS dual team tourn

East Rowan Tournament Champions

Mallard Creek 2nd

Lake Norman 3rd

North Buncombe 4th

Round 1 ER 58 South Point 24

15-7

Round 2 ER 42 North Buncombe 33

16-7

Round 3 ER 40 Hopewell 31

17-7

Round 4 ER 78 Vance 0

18-7

Finals Round 5

19-7

ER 38 Mallard Creek 35

5-0 undefeated for the day

152 Hunter Arey

160 Coleton Boone

HWT Chris Demitraszek

215 Alex Lawson

125 Colton Merritt

135 Aaron Plyler

4-1 for the day

119 Chase Thompson

3-2 for the day

171 Josiah Hurst

112 Donovan Smoot

2-2 for the day

189 Barrett Stehr

Great Job everybody!!!!!!!!!!!

*Jan 21st North Iredell Home

overall 19-8

3-4 NPC

lost 24-51

winners were Coleton Boone, Chris Demitraszek, Josiah Hurst, and Aaron Plyler.

*Jan 23rd Northwest Cab. away

overall 19-9

3-5 NPC

lost 25-41

winners were Hunter Arey, Coleton Boone, Chris Demitraszek, Josiah Hurst, Alex Lawson, and Chase Thompson

*Jan 27th Statesville Home

won 46-18

overall 20-9

NPC 4-5

winners
were Mark Almedia, Chase Thompson, Colton Merritt, Aaron Plyler, Hunter
Arey, Coleton Boone, Josiah Hurst, Barrett Stehr, Alex Lawson, and
Chris Demitraszek

*Jan 31st NPC Conference Tourn at North Iredell HS

119 Chase Thompson champion

160 Coleton Boone 2nd

171 Josiah Hurst 2nd

Hwt Chris Demitraszek champion

*Feb 3,5 7 Dual Team Championships

Did not qualify

*Feb 13/14 Regional Championships St, Stephens HS

4 regional qualifiers

114 15th seed Donovan Smoot placed 2nd

121 Chase Thompson 6th seed placed 2nd

130 Aaron Plyler 4th seed placed 4th

Hwt Chris Demitraszek seeded 4th placed 2nd

*Feb 20/21 3A State Championships Lawrence Joel Arena Winston Salem

119 Chase Thompson 4th place

130 Aaron Plyler 6th place

Wrestling
89-08

• East Rowan High School

•The
last 20 years East Rowan has placed twenty-nine wrestlers in the states
with eight first places, eight second places, six third places, five
fourths, one 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

•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
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• All Dutch Meyer award winners contact Coach Justus

State Placers

Jonathan
Brown-1992 State 3A Champion 103, 1993 State 3A 3rd place 112, 1994
ranked #1 in the state 119 suffered season ended injury state
tournament.

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

•Steve
Fox-East Rowans 1st two time state champion 1998 & 2000, 4 time
state 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.

•Greg
Fox-placed 1997 3A State Runner-up 140 12th grade year. Moved from New
York at the start of his senior year. Record his senior year North
Carolina 45-2.
Overall H.S. Record- 8th -12th 167-25 Includes
H.S.. in New York.2002-2003 Assistant Wrestling Coach East Rowan High
School, 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.

•Hunter
Land-State 2002 3A State Champion 171, State 2001 3A State Runner-up
160 11th grade. Senior year 36-3. Dutch Meyers Award winner.

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


•Danny
Misenheimer-2000 State 3A Champion HWT his senior year. Placed in
states 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 the
year State of North Carolina. Overall Record 173-13.

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

*Aaron
Plyler 2009 3A 130 pound 6th place; 2008 3A 119 pound 4th place state
3A;- State qualifier Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior year. Most
Oustanding wrestler for East Rowan HS all 3 years.

•
Gavin Proctor-1999 3A State Champ 160 11th East Rowan H.S. 1998 State
3A runner-up 152 10th grade AL Brown H.S.. 1998 10th 2nd, 1999 11th
1st. Ranked top 10 in the nation 12th grade year. National Triple Crown
Award Winner.
Overall record 130-7.

•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

•Scotty
Wagoner (AKA Taz Mania Devil) one of the most intimidating wrestlers
from 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

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

•Danny
Misenheimer-scholarship to Appalachian State University- 2000 - regular
season conference champ, 2nd Conference Tournament HWT, 2000- current.
2002 injured could not participate.2002-2003 Catawba College club
wrestling

•Gavin Proctor-scholarship to Pembroke University.

•Jordan Shinn-state qualifier East Rowan, 2002-2003 Catawba College Club Wrestling

•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
Total 271-126-2