Mat Talk On-Line/Intermat's Top Virginia Wrestlers
Elite Wrestlers: Rank Name School 99-00 Weight Comments 1. Kevin Collier North Stafford 171 2x State Champion 2. Nick Cardone Northampton 160 2x State Champion 3. Chris Stith Cox 145 State Champion 4. Jason Cox Amherst County 189 State Champion 5. Jon Sioredas Great Bridge 140 State Champion 6. John Cresswell Great Bridge 130 State Champion 7. Steve Keleher Lake Braddock 135 3x State Champion 8. Ryan Bishop Stonewall Jackson 160 State Champion 9. Chris Bulley James Wood HWT State Champion 10. Dalton Head Ocean Lakes 125 State Champion 11. Bobby Ingram Cox 125 State Runner-up (3x Champion) 12. Shaun Herring Thomas Edison 215 State Champion 13. Travis Ferguson Ocean Lakes 215 3rd State (State Champion '99) 14. Chris Davis Hickory 215 State Runner-up 15. Eric Bardey Potomac Falls 130 State Champion 16. Ronnie Crist Christiansburg 145 State Champion 17. Danny Martin Tabb 152 State Champion 18. Jason Alldredge Riverheads 130 2x State Champion
Top Wrestlers: Name School 99-00 Weight Comments Blake Frost Christiansburg 112 2x State Champion Teante Gray Denbigh 112 State Runner-up Geoff Head Ocean Lakes 119 3rd State (State Runner-up '99) John Starkes Oscar Smith 119 State Runner-up Chance Craft James River-Buchanan 125 3x State Champion Gary Gillis Salem- Va. Beach 125 3rd State Nathaniel Shank Turner Ashby 130 State Runner-up Will Carroll Wash. & Lee 140 State Runner-up Mike Basham Hickory 140 3rd State Dustin Staton Fort Definace 145 State Runner-up P.J. Neumann Great Bridge 145 3rd State John Buddles Cox 152 State Runner-up Paul Bjorlo South Lakes 152 3rd State (State Champion '99) Stuart Crockford Hickory 152 4th State J.C. Cuffee Great Bridge 152 State Champion Ryan Farmer Patrick Henry 152 State Champion Carl Holmquist Cox 160 State Runner-up Dean Breedlove Atlee 160 3rd State (State Runner-up '98) Parker Crockford Hickory 160 4th State (State Runner-up '99) Ryan Hulver Broadway 160 3rd State Nate Owen Cox 171 State Runner-up R.C. Simmons John Handley 171 State Runner-up (State Champion '99) Scott Mania Cox 189 State Champion Greg Gill Oscar Smith 189 State Runner-up Nathan Schnieder Atlee 215 4th State L.J. Matthews Monticello 215 State Champion Chris Ward Fairfax HWT State Runner-up E.G. McDaniel Christiansburg HWT State Runner-up Mark Panchura Potomac Falls HWT 3rd State
Special Mention: Name School 99-00 Weight Comments Stephen Barksdale James Madison 103 6th State Abraham Solis Arcadia 103 State Runner-up Ed Tan Salem 112 4th State Deleon Joseph Lake Taylor 125 5th State Kia Kianersi Fairfax 130 3rd State Brian Whitehurst Hickory 135 4th State Steve Levesque Tabb 135 3rd State Rodney Andrews Christiansburg 135 State Runner-up E.T. Coley Marion 140 3rd State Jeb Wright Christiansburg 140 4th State George Webb Madison County 145 State Champion Erik Croushorn Brentsville District 145 State Runner-up (State Champion '99) Brett Jenkins Manassas Park 160 2x State Champion Joey Solt R.E. Lee-Staunton 171 3rd State Chris Ashinhurst North Stafford 189 3rd State Will Clark Northwood 189 State Champion John Trissell Spotswood 215 State Runner-up
Elite Wrestlers: Rank Name School 99-00 Weight Comments1. Matt Magerko Northumberland 215 State Champion 2. Justin Gabbard Tallwood 145 State Runner-up 3. Patrick Shuler Brookville 140 State Champion 4. Floyd Wright Hayfield HWT 3rd State; Greco-Roman All-American 5. Reed Carpenter Bishop O'Connell 140 National Prep Runner-up, State Champion 6. Matt Perry Poquoson 145 3rd State 7. Patrick Louka Mills Godwin 119 4th State 8. Canaan Prater Grundy 171 State Champion 9. Brandon Harcum Hickory 103 3rd State 10. Eric Hawes Warren County 112 State Runner-up 11. Tomas Ovalle Hayfield 171 3rd State 12. Garrett Bradley Lee-Davis 103 4th State 13. Sean Pennington Matoaca 140 State Runner-up 14. Wes Hawkins Liberty-Bealton 152 State Runner-up 15. Justin Capone John Handley 160 State Runner-up 16. Ranardo Whitaker Essex HWT State Champion Top Wrestlers: Name School 99-00 Weight Comments Tony Parada Broad Run 112 4th State Mike Harms Manassas Park 112 State Champion Chris Buckner Deep Creek 119 5th State Pat Holzworth Chancellor 125 State Runner-up David Gillis Salem- Va. Beach 130 4th State Alvin Sheppard Christiansburg 130 4th State Scott Hubbard Northampton 140 5th State John Adams Deep Creek 145 5th State Nathan Anderson Salem-Salem HWT 4th State Special Mention: Name School 99-00 Weight Comments David Friedman George Marshall 119 6th State John Burton Yorktown 135 5th State Chris Hardy Western Branch 135 6th State Adam Purcell Turner Ashby 135 State Champion Matt Smith Northumberland 160 State Runner-up Josh Hoffman Woodside 171 6th State
Elite Wrestlers: Rank Name School 99-00 Weight Comments1. Michael Martin Great Bridge 119 2x State Champion 2. Christian Staylor Great Bridge 112 State Champion 3. Brian Stith Cox 135 State Runner-up; Freestyle All-American 4. Tyde Prater Grundy 119 State Champion 5. Jake Stacy Grundy 125 State Champion 6. Kyle Graham Colonial Forge 112 3rd State (State Runner-up '99) 7. David Atkins Lee-Davis 135 3rd State 8. David Clarke Christiansburg 215 3rd State; Greco All-American 9. Brian Kibler Strasburg 103 State Champion 10. Brian House Brentsville District 119 State Champion 11. Kyle Vansice Clarke County 125 State Runner-up 12. Dwight Taylor Princess Anne 215 5th State 13. Brian Lyttle Christiansburg 119 3rd State (State Runner-up '99) 14. Sam Baldwin Grundy 189 State Runner-up Top Wrestlers: Name School 99-00 Weight Comments Michael Jordan Northumberland 112 State Runner-up Joel Vera Lake Taylor 119 3rd State '99 Matt Horton St. Stephens/St. Agnes 125 State Champion Richie Pariseault Turner Ashby 125 4th State Bruce Ross Osbourn Park 125 2x State Qualifier Cory Ryan Christiansburg 125 3rd State Alex Kattan Tabb 130 5th State Anthony Viers Grundy 135 2x State Qualifier (Regional Champion) Coty Stiltner Grundy 140 2x State Qualifier (Regional Champion) Luke Dales Grundy 160 4th State '99; Freestyle All-American Chris Pogue Deep Creek 160 State Qualifier (Regional Runner-up) A.J. Fales Colonial Forge 215 State Qualifier
Super Frosh: Rank Name School 99-00 Weight Comments1. Daniel Friskhorn Great Bridge 103 State Champion 2. Brandon Hardy Western Branch 103 State Runner-up 3. Christian Smith Western Branch 103 Freestlye National Runner-up; 3rd Greco 4. Albert Childress Grundy HWT State Champion 5. Brad Argabright William Byrd 103 State Champion 6. Patrick Justus Grundy 152 3rd State 7. Jason Huff Christiansburg 152 4th State 8. Preston Hall Christiansburg 103 State Runner-up 9. J.T. Pruitt Grundy 130 3rd State 10. Aaron Young Grundy 145 4th State 11. Ryan Broughman Lord Botetourt 103 3rd State 12. Donnie Ooten Atlee 125 State Qualifier (Regional Champion) 13. Dustin Chaney Denbigh 125 District Champion 14. Brian Foley Brooke Point 130 State Qualifier 15. Michael Vachon Robinson 140 State Qualifier 16. Jason Patton Culpeper 171 State Qualifier