Foard Wrestling
-Our History-
Year 4: 2011-2012
'11-'12 Foard High School Wrestling Team
Hayden Albert, Sr., 160/170
Charlie Bailey, Fr., 132/138
Tate Blanton, Fr., 138
Lane Bonds, So., 106
Caleb Bumgarner, So., 170
Dylan Cassidy, So.,113
Ryan Christoper, Fr., 220/285
Trevor Cook, So., 152/160
Dylan Curtis, Fr., 220/285
Zack Edwards, Sr., 195
Chris Finley, Sr., 170
Tanner Flemming, Sr., 285
Tate Flemming, Fr. 132
Jeremey Fredell, Sr., 145/152
Austin Gilbert, Fr., 106
Caleb Griffin, Sr., 120/126
James Hart, So., 132
Brian Hefner, So.,132
Austin Hughes, Fr. 113
Ben Hughes, Jr. 138
Spencer Jarrett, Fr., 126
Brandon Johnson, So., 138
Tyler Kinnetz, So., 145
Cameron Lauterbach, Fr., 126
Alex Leatherman, Fr., 132
Jordan Loggins, So., 170
Caleb Mull, Fr., 113
Christian Ohmer, So., 182
Ben Pitts, Jr.,132
Deonte Powell, Fr., 138
Nick Rotenberry, Jr., 220
Nick Russell, Fr., 138
Jimmy Santolli, So., 120/126
Grisha Smirnov, Fr., 145
Dylan Soles, So., 145
Ryan Stasiak, So., 138
Patrick Swink, Jr., 145
Josh Underwood, Fr., 106
Michael Vincent, Jr., 120
Zach Whitfield, Fr., 138
Chase Wilson, So., 138
Mat Girls:
Chandler Albert
Jordan Bumgarner
Caroline Durham
Nicola Kay
Jordan Rayfield
Rebecca Scott
Blaithe Tarley
'11-'12 Results:
Defeated Patton HS (1-0), Defeated West Caldwell HS (2-0), Defeated Bandys HS (3-0), Lost to Parkland HS (3-1), Defeated North Wilkes (4-1), Defeated Bunker Hill (5-1), Won the Jamie Tuttle for second year in a row with 254.5 pts., Defeated North Buncombe (6-1), Defeated Freedom (7-1), Defeated North Lincoln (8-1), Defeated West Rowan (9-1), Defeated Thomasville (10-1), Defeated East Lincoln (11-1), Defeated Forestview (12-1), Defeated Mallard Creek (13-1), Defeated Mooresville (14-1), Won the Tiger Land for the 3rd year in a row iwth 231.5 pts., Defeated Mitchell (15-1), Defeated Burns (16-1), Won the Greyhound Classic with 203 pts., Defeated East Burke (17-1), Defeated Lincolnton (18-1), Defeated South Lake Christian (19-1), Defeated North Lincoln (20-1), Defeated St. Stephens (21-1), Defeated Queens Grant (22-1), Defeated Hickory (23-1), Defeated Watauga (24-1), Defeated Alexander Central (25-1), Defeated South Caldwell (26-1), Defeated Hibriten (27-1, 6-0 in conference), Defeated South Lake Christian (28-1), Won Northwestern 3A/4A Conference Tournament, Defeated Enka (29-1), Defeated West Iredell (30-1)
-Clinched the Northwestern 3A/4A Conference Title with 6-0 record. The 3rd title in a row. All Conference: Caleb Griffin (champ), Ben Pitts, Ben Hughes, Jeremy Fredell (champ), Trevor Cook (champ), Big Z (champ), Tanner Fleming (champ)
-Hayden Albert was named the Northwestern 3A/4A Conference Wrestler of the Year.
-Won the Northwestern 3A/4A Conference Tournament for the 2nd year in a row.
-Some years we decide to have team captains, and some years we don't, this year we did, and the team captains are: Hayden Albert, sr.; Zack Edwards, sr.; Jeremy Fredell, sr.; Caleb Griffin, sr.; and Ben Pitts, jr.
Newspaper Links:
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2012/feb/08/foard-wins-twice-stays-alive-3a-bracket-ar-1904704/
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/n-c-foard-advance-playoffs-indians-trojans-fall
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2012/feb/05/foard-repeats-conference-champion-wrestling-ar-1893859/
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/cvac-nwc-wrestling-titles-line-saturday
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/red-devils-tigers-indians-rank-top-five
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2012/jan/11/tigers-indians-battle-final-match-wrestling-ar-1802169/
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/tigers-earn-impressive-sweep-cavs-wolves
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/county-wrestling-teams-support-paralyzed-wrestler
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/vincents-pin-helps-tigers-top-rival-indians
http://www2.statesville.com/sports/2011/dec/22/tigers-take-classic-ar-1743512/
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/foard-wins-tiger-land-bandys-comes-third
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2011/dec/18/fred-t-foard-wins-its-own-tigerland-classic-tourne-ar-1727685/
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/four-prep-wrestling-teams-receive-votes-latest-poll
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/tigers-sweep-north-lincoln-duals
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/tigers-sweep-tri-match-mat
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/already-5-1-foard-seeks-2010-repeat
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/tigers-earn-sweep-bears-top-north-wilkes
Year 3:
Twenty Ten- Twenty Eleven
Click this link to watch video of the season: The 2010-2011 Foard Wrestling Season
In 3 short years, we took a bunch of kids that nobody thought could win, and turned them into state champs!
Team Wins: 29, a school record!
West Wilkes (1-0), East Lincoln (2-0), Patton (3-0), West Iredell (4-0), West Caldwell (5-0), East Burke (6-0), 1rst place at Jamie Tuttle Tournament (213.5 points), Freedom (7-0), South Lake Christian (8-0), Wilkes Central (9-0), Forestview (10-0), South Point (11-0), East Lincoln (12-0), 1rst place at Tiger Land Classic Tournament (215 points), Burns (13-0), Crest (14-0), Bandys (15-0), North Lincoln (16-0), South Caldwell (17-0, 1-0 in conf.), Queens Grant (18-0), Davie County (19-1), Alexander Central (20-1, 2-0 in conf.), Hickory, (21-1, 3-0), West Caldwell (22-1), Maiden (23-1), Hibriten (24-1, 4-0), St. Stephens (25-1, 5-0), Watauga (26-1, 6-0), Northwestern 3A/4A Conference Tournament Champions (206 points), A.L. Brown (27-1), Southwestern Randolph (28-1), West Henderson (29-1), 3A West Regional Championship (172.5 points), 3A North Carolina State Tournament Championship (90 points)
Team Leaders in Wins:
1. Jacob Harper, sr., 44
2. Hayden Albert, jr., 42
3. Dillon Johnson, sr, 42
4. Cole Schanilec, sr., 41
5. Caleb Griffin, jr., 40
6. Caleb McRorie, sr., 36
7. Zack Edwards, jr., 35
8. Shawn Stevens, sr., 31
9. Jeremy Fredell, jr., 28
10. Ben Pitts, so., 28
News:
On Febuary 26, 2011, the team won the NORTH CAROLINA 3A STATE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP! The team scored 90 points, 2 points more then runner-up Union Pines. This was the first time in school history any men's team won a state title in any sport. Hayden Albert was the runner up losing a heartbreaker in overtime. Caleb Griffin took 3rd place, while Jacob Harper took 4th. Dillon Johnson and Cole Schanilec took 5th. Zack Edwards and Jeremy Fredell went 1-2 as State Qualifiers.
-The team had 7 state qualifiers. Regional Champs: Hayden Albert, 160; Dillon Johnson 171. Reginal Runners-up: Caleb Griffin, 112; Jacob Harper, 145; Zack Edwards, 215; Cole Shanilec. 3rd place: Jeremey Fredell, 135. This allowed the team to win the 3A West Regional Championship. 4 other wrestlers made it to the "match to go" match: Dylan Cassidy and Ben Pitts both lost in overtime, and Caleb McRorie, and Tyler Stasiak came up just short of being state qualifiers.
-The team finished as dual team western regional runners-up for the first time ever (the final 4 in the state, and a final record of 29-2).
-All 14 wrestlers qualified for the 3A West Regionals.
-Northwestern 3A/4A All Conference Team: Caleb Griffin 112, Shawn Stevens, 130, Caleb McRorie 140 Champ, Jacob Harper, 145 Champ, Hayden Albert 160 Champ, Dillon Johnson 171, Zack Edwards 215, Cole Schanilec 285 Champ. These individuals made it to the conference tournament finals earning the right to be named all-conference.
-The team wins the dual team conference championship for the 2nd time with a perfect 6-0 record.
-The team wins the Northwestern 3A/4A Tournament championship for the 1rst time in school history.
-Coach Carey won Coach of the Year in the Northwestern 3A/4A conference.
-Coach Carey was selected by Mat News as the North Carolina 3A Coach of the Year. Coach Carey was also 2nd in the voting for North Carolina H.S. Coach of the Year. N.C. head coaches were the only people allowed to vote in this poll done on Retro Rankings. He received 17% of the vote in this pole.
-Coach Elmore became a faculty member at Foard HS and full time coach for the Tigers.
-The team won the Jamie Tuttle Individual Tournament for the first time ever.
-The team won the North Lincoln Dual Tournament for the first time ever.
-The team won the Tiger Land (back-to-back) for the 2nd time ever.
-The team won every individual tournament they entered (5-0).
STATE CHAMPS: http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2011/feb/27/tigers-win-it-all-greensboro-ar-817091/
State champs: http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/tigers-claim-first-boys%E2%80%99-state-title
NC STATE CHAMPS: http://www.nchsaa.org/newsletter.php?mode=displayHTML&archiveID=1484
Coach of the Year: http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/tigers%E2%80%99-mike-carey-named-3a-coach-year
Getting ready for the states: http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/comeback-kids-foard-wrestlers-try-make-history-week-rewrite-program%E2%80%99s-record-books
Tigers on Top: http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2011/jan/29/tigers-top-ar-736208/
Regionals: http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2011/feb/19/foard-clips-st-stephens-3a-west-title-ar-798561/
Tourny Champs: http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2011/feb/06/tigers-add-conference-tournament-title-their-resum-ar-759929/
Tuttle: http://www2.morganton.com/sports/2010/dec/06/hs-wrestling-roundup-two-patriots-crowned-champs-h-ar-595173/
TigerLand champs: http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2010/dec/18/team-effort-foard-dominates-tigerland-classic-ar-629442/
Pre-season: http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/foard-wrestling-making-progress
Swagger: http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2011/jan/27/better-mindset-ar-732652/
State Dual Prep: http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/mat-quest-five-area-teams-begin-hunt-state-title-tonight
2010-2011 State Championship Wrestling Team
Hayden Albert, 160, Junior
Caleb Bumgarner, 160, Freshman
Dylan Cassidy, 103, Freshman
Trevor Cook, 145, Freshman
Zack Edwards, 215, Junior
Chris Finley, 189, Junior
Tanner Flemming, 285, Junior
Jeremy Fredell, 145, Junior
Caleb Griffin, 112/119, Junior
Jacob Harper, 140/145, Senior
James Hart, 125, Freshman
Brian Hefner, 125, Freshman
Ben Hughes, 145/152, Sophmore
Brandon Johnson, 135/140, Freshman
Dillon Johnson, 171, Senior
Tyler Kinnetz, 125, Freshman
Alex Lusk, 171/189, Freshman
Caleb McRorie, 135, Senior
Christian Ohmer, 189, Freshman
Josh Ohmer, 189, Senior
Ben Pitts, 125, Sophmore
Nick Rotenberry, 215/285, Sophmore
Jimmy Santolli, 103, Freshman
Cole Schanilec, 285, Senior
Dylan Soles, 135, Freshman
Ryan Stasiak, 135, Freshman
Tyler Stasiak, 152, Senior
Shawn Stevens, 130, Senior
Patrick Swink, 140/145, Sophmore
Andrew Tarley, 152, Senior
Michael Vincent, 112/119, Sophmore
Chase Wilson, 112/119, Freshman
Mat Girls
Chandler Albert
Casandra Cook
Caroline Durham
Blaithe Tarley
1...TEAM.
2...TOUGH.
3...WIN.
We Are...Foard Wrestling.
Year 2 with Coach Carey :
2009-2010 Season
26 wins, 7 losses
5-1 in Northwestern 3A/4A conference, Conference Tri-Champs
Team Wins: 27 wins, a school record!
-Won 74-0 over Draughn H.S. ,3rd place finish out of 16 teams at Bear Classic Individual Tournament, Bunker Hill, Won 60-12 over West Iredell H.S., Won 47-25 over West Wilkes H.S. ( 1A State Champs), Won 62-12 over West Caldwell H.S., Won 84-0 over Challenger H.S., Won 50-18 over East Burke H.S., 3rd place finish out of 16 teams at Jamie Tuttle Individual Tournament, Hibriten, Won 36-27 over Alexander Central H.S., Won 50-24 over South Rowan H.S., Won 66-14 over Ashe County H.S., Won 54-16 over West Iredell H.S., Won 52-15 over Statesville H.S., Won 40-33 over Bandys H.S., Won 66-9 over Patton H.S., Won 57-11 over Charlotte Country Day H.S., Won 80-0 over Queens Grant H.S., Won 66-6 over Bunker Hill H.S., Won 53-16 over South Caldwell H.S., Won 66-15 over Northside Christian Academy, Won 43-25 over Hibriten H.S., Won 50-16 over Lincolnton H.S., Won 71-12 over North Lincoln H.S., Won 36-29 over Alexander Central H.S., Won 79-0 over Hickory H.S., Won 71-6 over East Lincoln H.S., Won 57-12 over Watauga H.S., Won 39-26 over West Henderson H.S. in State Duals.
Team Leaders in Wins:
1. Caleb Griffin, sophmore, 112/119, 38 wins
1. Jacob Harper, junior, 140/145, 38 wins
3. Dillon Johnson, junior, 171, 35 wins
4. Hayden Albert, sophmore, 152/160, 33 wins
4. Jeff Buchanan, senior, 103, 33 wins
6. John Arney, senior, 189/215, 29 wins
7. Cole Schanilec, junior, 285, 28 wins
8. Ben Hughes, freshman, 130/135, 27 wins
9. Caleb McRorie, junior, 135, 23 wins
9. Shawn Stevens, junior, 125, 23 wins
News:
-The Foard Wrestling team won it's first conference championship in school history. The Northwestern 3A/4A tri-champs!!!
-The Foard wrestling team was the ONLY team in the 3A western region to qualify all 14 wrestlers.
-The Foard wrestling team made the state duals for only the second time in school history, and advance to the round of 16.
-3 Foard Wrestlers became state qualifiers: Jeff Buchanan 103, Jacob Harper 140 and took 5th in the state, and Cole Schanilec 285. Foard finished 4th in the 3A West region.
-The Tiger Land Classic Tournament was cancelled due to weather.
-The Northwestern 3A/4A Conference Tournament was cancelled due to weather.
-All Conference: Jeff Buchanan, Caleb Griffin, Mike Vincent, Jacob Harper, Zach Pitts, Hayden Albert, and Dillon Johnson.
-The team got caught in the snow storm coming back from a cancelled match from St. Stephens. A ride that should have taken 25 minutes, took over 4 hours with Ms. McRorie driving a bus!
-Coach Josh Speagle joined the FTF wrestling staff after graduating 3 years ago.
-Coach Zeb Elmore joined the FTF wrestling staff while doing his student-teaching at Foard.
Newspaper Links:
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/feb/05/3-teams-share-northwestern-championship/
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/feb/09/ready-roar-griffin-continues-turnaround/
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/feb/21/6-indians-make-states/news/
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/jan/23/tigers-stand-tall/
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/view/134831/34/
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/feb/09/bears-home-2a-match/
2009-2010 Foard H.S. Wrestling Team
Northwestern 3A/4A Conference Wrestling Champions
Hayden Albert, 152/160, sophmore
John Arney, 189, senior
Billy Barger, 171, freshman
Jeff Buchanan, 103, senior
Bryant Butler, 135, sophmore
Wesley Cope, 135, sophmore
Zack Edwards, 285, sophmore
Jeremy Fredell, 140, sophmore
Triston Gladden, 119, freshman
Caleb Griffin, 112/119, sophmore
Jacob Harper, 140/145, junior
Thomas Hopkins, 215, senior
Ben Hughes, 130/135, freshman
Dillon Johnson, 171, junior
Caleb McRorie, 130/135, junior
Joshua Ohmer, 189, junior
Baker Phillips, 215, junior
Ben Pitts, 125, freshman
Zach Pitts, 140/145, senior
Kenan Ruffner, 119, freshman
Cole Schanilec, 285, junior
Sam Schneider, 160, senior
Tyler Stasiak, 152/160, junior
Shawn Stevens, 125, junior
Patrick Swink, 135, freshman
Andrew Tarley, 152, junior
Michael Vincent, 112/119, freshman
Mat Girls:
Casandra Cook, junior
Chelsea Midgett, junior
Coaches:
Michael Carey
Kyle Kanupp
Josh Speagle
Zeb Elmore
David Shook
Aquavius Hunter
YEAR 1:
2008-2009
17-13 Overall
6-3 in CVAC
Team Leaders in Wins:
1. Jeremy Griffin, senior, 125/130, 40 wins
2. Hayden Albert, freshman, 145/152, 32 wins
3. Jeffery Buchanan, junior, 103, 30 wins
4. Dillon Johnson, sophmore, 171, 28 wins
5. Jacob Harper, sophmore, 135/140, 25 wins
News:
-Coach Carey took over the Foard Wrestling Program.
-Won 2008 Tiger Land Tournament for the first time in school history.
-Jeremy Griffin ( senior,125lbs.) became a state qualifier going 1-2 at the State Tourn.
-The team went 6-3 in the last year of the CVAC.
-Coach Carey won CVAC Coach of the Year in his first year at Foard HS.
-Coach Crawford was an asst. coach/student-teacher at Foard HS.
-Coach Kanupp became an asst. coach at JFMS & Foard HS after graduating from Foard HS in '08.
-Coach Aquavius Hunter was an assistant coach for the start of the season before going over to Iraq in the Army.
-Coach David Shook took over the JFMS program as head coach.
-The Foard Tiger Youth League was started for 3rd-6th grade students.
-Jeremy Griffin and Hayden Albert were all CVAC.
-The Eye of the Tiger Wrestling Club was started.
-Team membership more then tripled from previous year to 28 members.
-Team dual wins more then doubled from previous year to 17 wins.
Team Wins: 17 wins.
South Iredell, East Lincoln, Watauga, East Meck., West Iredell, Statesville, Carson, Starmount, West Iredell, Tiger Land Tournament, Hopewell, Bunker Hill, Maiden, Hibriten, A.C. Reynolds, Hickory, Patton, West Caldwell.
Season Newspaper Links:
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/feb/01/indians-cruise-title/
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/29/tigers-star-has-paid-price/
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/21/Solidshowing/
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/view/58505/34/
http://www.observernewsonline.com/content/view/88052/34/
2008-2009 Foard H.S. Wrestling Team
"I was brave enough to try out, and tough enough to last."
Hayden Albert, freshman, 145
Jon Arney, junior, 189/215
Zack Blevins, freshman, 145/152
Jefferey Buchanan, junior, 103
Bryant Butler, freshman, 130
Wesley Cope, freshman, 135
Zack Edwards, freshman, 285
Jeremey Freedell, freshman, 145/152
Caleb Griffin, freshman, 112
Jeremy Griffin, senior, 130
Jacob Harper, sophomore, 135/140
Thomas Hopkins, junior, 215
Dillon Johnson, sophomore, 171
David Kwasnick, senior, 171/189
Boe McArn, junior, 152/160
Caleb McRorie, sophomore, 119/125
Ronnie Miller, junior, 189
Baker Phillips, sophomore, 215
Zach Pitts, junior, 135/140
Josh Plymale, senior, 189
Sam Schneider, junior, 152/160
Tyler Stasiak, sophomore, 145/152
Shawn Stevens, sophomore, 119/125
Andrew Tarley, sophomore, 140/145
Frankie Testagrossa, freshman, 152
Mat Girls:
Ana Drummond, sophomore
Amanda Toney, sophomore
Dallas Wilson, sophomore
Coaches:
Michael Carey
Benjamin Crawford
Kyle Kanupp
Year 1: This was a team that may have been a little short on talent, but not on heart. It believed the new coach when he talked about building a dynasty, and they bought in. In 3 short years, we took a bunch of kids that nobody thought could win, and turned them into state champs!
