It’s been 16 years since Clover has had a wrestling State Champion….and now we are coming home with 2!! KC Gardner and Brandon Lantos win State Titles!!!
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HISTORY. MADE. Yannis Charles upsets the number 1 seed at 120lbs by FALL to make the Upper State Finals and become Clover’s first ever Freshman State Qualifier!!
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Not the outcome we would have liked, but congratulations to Hillcrest on advancing to the Upper State Championship match. Thank you to everyone for your support at each of our matches, you made this dual season special! On to the individual portion of the season!
Congrats to the baddest bus driver this side of the Mason Dixon on reaching 100 career wins! Proud of you and thank you for all that you have done for this program!
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The
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crowned 🖐️ individual Region Champions last week (the most in school history!), including our first freshman Region Champ since 2008! Congrats to FR Yannis Charles 120, SO Amir Muhammad 138, JR TJ Stacey 170, SR Matt Courtwright 195, and JR Graysen Latham 220!
The love and support we have received the past few days have been AMAZING!! We are blessed to be part of
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and each and every one of these athletes went out and wrestled for their teammates and it showed. They EARNED this!
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In case you haven’t heard, Yannis will be wrestling for 7th place at 16U Nationals in FARGO, one of the largest and toughest tournaments in the country! By wrestling in the placement rounds, he is an All-American! Amazing accomplishment for this
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State. Tomorrow. 8 wrestlers in each weight class enter, only 1 emerges as a State Champion! Good luck to these three as they look to cap off their season atop the podium! If you see Yannis Charles, Graysen Latham or Zach Blanchard, wish them the best!
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Congrats to these two for signing to wrestle at the next level! Graysen is headed to Lander and Amber is going up to North Central in Illinois!! Proud of these leaders and how they represent what it means to be a
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sneak one out from Dorman 39-36 in honor of Manager Payge Yaple’s birthday!! 6-point wins from J. Charles, Au. Turner, Muhammad, Y. Charles, Grice, and Walton and a decision by Enix led to the win!! Way to
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These 10
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head to LD55HS to compete at the Upper State Tournament. Top 4 from each weigh class 👊 their 🎟️ to the SCHSL 5A State Tournament in Anderson next weekend! The only thing we can control is ourselves, so let's get it! We
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We win matches 3 and 4 over Lugoff and Travelers Rest!! TR beat Byrnes and due to the margin of victory, we finish in 1st place at the Rebel Duals! Proud of these
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Winning by fall in 30 seconds, your 126lb
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Girl’s Champion….KC Gardner!! KC won by pin in all of her matches but one!
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Congratulations to these two seniors for being selected as North/South All-Stars! Proud of all that they have accomplished and all that they will in the future! Much deserved!!
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We qualified 5
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ś to the 5A State Tournament next week in Anderson! Jaden Charles 🥇 Carson Enix 🥈 Yannis Charles 🥈 Enoch along 🥉 Wilton Grice 🥉. 4 other
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ś lost in the 🩸 Round, just missing out on qualifying
6am and back on the mat!! The
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got after it today, looking forward to the rest of the week! These young men and women are learning what it takes to
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Couldn’t have asked for a better surprise! Our parents are a big reason we had as much success this year as we did. Thank you to everyone that supported us this year, we appreciate all that you do!!!
Kalliscya loses a heartbreaker in overtime to finish 2nd at State, Jaden Charles finishes 4th and Jaden Sikorski ends his senior season with a win and 3rd place finish
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It was a fight to the very end but we dropped a tough 1 point loss to
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tonight. Thank you to everyone that came out and made it a loud atmosphere and home send-off for our seniors. We pick back up with non-region action this weekend.
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Proud of what this team has accomplished this year! Obviously not the result we wanted, but glad we had the opportunity to toe the line with the best in the state. Best of luck to
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Let’s keep that state title in the Upper State!!
Blue Eagles fall short tonight on the road at Hillcrest…final score 50-18…Blue Eagles end season advancing farther than any team in school history!
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Ryan Jones drops his consolation semi final match to end his tournament. Ryan finishes as one of only 3 CHS 3x State Qualifiers and 3rd in career wins. Great career from an even better kid
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finish 3rd as a team at the Ram with Jaden Charles finishing 🥉 Jaden Sikorski placing 🥈 and Yannis Charles taking home 🥇 and Most Outstanding Wrestler!
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medalists from the Carolina Open! KC Gardner 3rd, Wyatt Hicks 2nd, Preston Satter 2nd, and Christopher Brimlow is your 132lb Champion!! Oh…and Brimlow won the Hank Hammond Most Outstanding Wrestler Award!!
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finish the day with a 52-18 win over Chapin and a 45-30 win over 4A
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Lugoff Elgin!! Team goes 4-0 on the day! Loved the 🔥 we brought!!
More history made! For the first time ever, the JV
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have won the Carolina Invitational team title!! A great team effort with every wrestler getting points towards the team race! We set this goal at the beginning of the year and it feels great to make good on it!!
Congrats to our Carolina Open medal winners! Dorian Brown and Wilton Grice are JV Champs 🥇 !! Amber Turner was a Runner Up 🥈 and Amir Muhammad and JD Therell finishes 3rd 🥉!!
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It’s been a long two days but the
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finished the weekend at Holy Angels with what looks like a top 20 finish (in a field of 84 teams). We left a few matches out there on the mat but placed Matt Courtwright 7th at 195 and Graysen Lathem 5th at 220!
Went 3 for 3 tonight, beating N. Gaston, Marvin Ridge and York! Learned a lot about where we need to improve so that’s our focus for tomorrow! Big weekend ahead as we are sending the
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That’s a wrap here in Lexington! The JV
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finished 3rd overall in the state! We had championship performances from Jaden Sikorski and Kaevon Gardner! Patrick Keiser finished 3rd and JK Thompson and Isaiah Plummer finished one match from placing.
Another Blue Eagle Hammer picked up their first collegiate wins! Shoutout to Asa Walton for grabbing a pair of wins at the Wolfpack Open wrestling unattached for Newberry!
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We will be in two places tomorrow! The ladies will be at the Clover Girls Open and the Varsity will be at Fort Mill for the 5A Region 3 Tournament! Let’s get it done!!
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We kick of the 21-22 season hosting a Quad against York, North Gaston, and Marvin Ridge. The senior class is also recognizing teachers that have impacted them over the years. Come on out to the New Gym tomorrow at 5:30!! Get your tickets online at
It was a long day yesterday, but the
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came home with a 3rd place finish at the Mike Kersey Duals! We defeated River Bluff and Andrew Jackson, but dropped matches to Lugoff Elgin and Indian Land. Matt Courtwright, Graysen Lathem and Zach Blanchard went undefeated
Hope to see you all out in the Old Gym tonight for our last regular season home match. We will be honoring our seniors, so lets show them our support!
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We travel to Hillcrest tonight to compete for the Upper State Title! Whistle start at 7pm! Tickets must be purchased online at
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take out
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Nation Ford to start off region action 1-0!! Definition of grit and perseverance by a lot of freshmen/sophomores in a high stakes match!!
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