Stratford High School Wrestling: My Site News
Stratford 41 Beaufort 24
Stratford 41 Beaufort 24
103 Young WBF
112 forfeit loss
119 Vazquez WBF
125 Johnson W Dec
130 Culp W Tech fall
135 Smith W Dec
140 Steen W Dec
145 Grinsteiner W Dec
152 Hyman LBF
160 Legette LBF
171 Koile WBF
189 Roberts LBF
215 Sontagg W Dec
HWT Bone W Dec
Saturday, February 2
Coach Nearhood's season by season records
99-00 14-9
00-01 17-14
01-02 18-5 REGION CHAMPIONS (Region 7-AAAA Coach of the Year)
02-03 14-5 REGION CHAMPIONS (Region 7-AAAA Coach of the Year)
03-04 26-5 REGION CHAMPIONS (Coach of the Year & N/S Allstar C.)
04-05 16-11 REGION CHAMPIONS (Region 7-AAAA Coach of the Year)
05-06 18-10
06-07 23-8
07-08 20-5 REGION CHAMPIONS (Region 7-AAAA Coach of the Year)
08-09 25-10 REGION CHAMPIONS (Region 7-AAAA Coach of the Year)
Career Record 191-82
Wednesday, January 28
2008-2009 Region 7-AAAA Wrestling Champions
Stratford defeated Wando 33-27 to win their 6th region championship!
Tuesday, February 5
2008 Region Champions
130 Trey Blevins
160 Alex Tozzolino
215 Jeffrey Walker
Sunday, March 16
CROWFIELD TAKEDOWN CLUB STATE RESULTS
| Dalton Brooks | 40 | Bantam | STATE CHAMPION |
| Drew Parker | 55 | Bantam | STATE CHAMPION |
| Billy Ackerman | 65 | Novice | STATE CHAMPION |
| T. J. Deveaux | 100 | Novice | STATE CHAMPION |
| Thomas Newell | 140 | Novice | STATE CHAMPION |
| Tyler Limehouse | HWT | School Boy | STATE CHAMPION |
| Josh Driggers | 45 | Tot | STATE RUNNER-UP |
| Brock Corsey | 60 | Bantam | STATE RUNNER-UP |
| Michael Stickney | 65 | Midget | STATE RUNNER-UP |
| Nicholas Young | 75 | Novice | STATE RUNNER-UP |
| Christian Rubin | 80 | Midget | STATE RUNNER-UP |
| Arthur Young | 152 | Cadet | STATE RUNNER-UP |
| Jonathan Parker | 60 | Bantam | 3RD |
| Jonathan Driggers | 85 | Midget | 3RD |
| Justin Sonntag | HWT | School Boy | 3rd |
| Ronald Shepherd | 45 | Tot | 4TH |
| Kolten Cumbee | 80 | Novice | 4TH |
| Issac Greer | 95 | Novice | 4TH |
| Alex Matthews | 145 | Cadet | 4th |
Sunday, October 12
Check your minimum wt. certification
Get your username and passcode from Coach Nearhood to access your wt. certification information. Trident Sportsmedicine will be coming back to Stratford to certify any who could not make it here for the first test and those who did not pass the hydration test. Be sure to drink plenty of water several days before the test day. I'll have another meeting to get out retest information.
Monday, March 13
Crowfield Takedown Club -- AAU State Tournamennt Results
Tots Division
35 Dalton Brooks-- State Champion
45 Jacob D'Ambrosio --3rd
50 Drew Parker --State Champion
55 Jonathan Parker --State Champion
Bantam Division
60 Michael Stickney -- State Runner-up
70 Jonathan Driggers-- State Runner-up
80 Christian Rubin-- 3rd
Midget Division
55 Van Harvey -- 4th
60 Billy Ackerman -- State Runner-up
65 Billy Ackerman -- 4th
70 Kolten Cumbee-- 4th
90 TJ Deveaux -- State Runner-up
95 TJ Deveaux -- State Champion
95 Issac Greer -- State Runner-up
95 Jamison Mobbs -- 3rd
120 Austin Dees -- State Runner-up
Novice/Junior Division
70 Nicholas Young-- State Runner-up
Schoolboy Division
125 Dion White -- State Runner-up
Cadet Division
145 Arthur Young --State Champion
215 Russell Spaulding --4th
TEAM PALMETTO QUALIFIERS ELEMENTARY TEAM
(Held in Kingsport Tennessee April 7-9th)
Billy Ackerman
Nicholas Young
TJ Deveaux
TEAM PALMETTO QUALIFIERS Middle SCHOOL TEAM
3rd Place FInish
Russell Spaulding
Tyler Limehouse
Friday, March 7
THE PIN
Patrick Hazel pin's JJ Davis in the State Finals!!
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Thursday, February 8
Stratford Wrestler wrestling at the next level
Dominic Moore is wrestling at Limestone College.
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Knights Qualify 11 to Lower State
2006-2007 Lower State Qualifiers
103 Ridge Williams 3rd
112 Chase Grant 4th
119 Christian Savarese REGION CHAMPIOJN
125 Trey Blevins 2nd
130 Michael Young 4th
135 Cody Gathers 4th
152 Arthur Young REGION CHAMPION
160 James Thomason 3rd
171 Alex Tozzolino 3rd
189 CJ Missick 3rd
215 Jeffrey Walker REGION CHAMPION
Thursday, January 25
JV State Qualifiers
2006-2007 Jv State Qualifiers
Green & Gold Placers
Nicholas Smith 2nd (SUM)
Thomas Smith 1st (SUM)
Bryon Simmons 2nd (SUM)
James Gause 2nd (SUM)
Dalton Advincula 2nd (SUM)
Alex Tozzolino 2nd (SUM)
Keenen Robinson 3rd (SUM)
Tyler Limehouse 1st (SUM)
Justin Sonntag 2nd (SUM)
Austin Koile 3rd (SUM)
Marc Soria 2nd (LUG-E)
Nakeem Jenkins 2nd (LUG-E)
Sunday, February 26
2005-2006 State Results
125 Corey Gathers 4th place
140 Arthur Young 4th place
Knights qualify 11 for Lower State
103 Thomas Smith
112 Trey Blevins
119 Peter Savarese
125 Corey Gathers
130 Ramon Calderone
140 Arthur Young
145 Josh Davis
152 Alex Tozzolino
160 James Thomason
171 CJ Missick
215 Jeffrey Walker
Monday, January 30
2005-2006 JV State Results
Middle School
Christian Savarese State Champion
Tyler Limehouse State Runner-up
Michael Young 3rd Place
High School
Dante Smythe State Runner-up
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Daniel Sarmiento: Stratford's Seventh State Champion!! 2005
Daniel Sarmiento defeated T.J. Thatcher of Goose Creek 10-7 in the State Finals Match to win his first State Championship.
Congratulations Daniel!!!!
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2004-2005 State Qualifiers
103 Daniel Sarmiento
130 Shawn Fitchko
171 Travis Brown
Saturday, February 5
Knights Qualify 13 for Lower State
103 Sarmiento 3rd
119 Gathers 1st
125 Ellis 3rd
130 Fitchko 1st
135 Young 3rd
140 Patterson 2nd
145 Totolo 2nd
152 Simmons 3rd
160 Carter 3rd
171 Brown 2nd
189 Blevins 2nd
215 Zealy 2nd
HWT Rose 2nd
STRATFORD WINS REGION AGAIN 2005-2006
4 TIME UNDEFEATED REGION 7-AAAA CHAMPIONS
TRADITION NEVER GRADUATES !!
2003-2004 STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Patrick Hazel STATE CHAMPION 152 Lbs.
Caleb Capocciama STATE RUNNER-UP 160 Lbs.
Jonathan Breaux STATE RUNNER-UP HWT
Chris Simmons 3rd place 145 Lbs.
Daniel Sarmiento 4th place 103 Lbs
Michael Boyd 4th place 130 Lbs.
State Qualifiers & North / South Allstars
2003-2004 STATE QUALIFIERS
Daniel Sarmiento
Steven Petersen
Michael Boyd
Chris Simmons
Patrick Hazel
Caleb Capocciama
Jonathan Breaux
NORTH / SOUTH ALLSTARS 2003-2004
Steven Petersen
Michael Boyd
Patrick Hazel
Caleb Capocciama
Jonathan Breaux
JV STATE RESULTS
Congratulations to the following place winners at JV State!
CJ Missick Middle School State Champion
James Ellis 3rd Place Middle School
Richard Zealy Runner-up High School
Ryan Totolo Runner-up High School
Chris Glavich 3rd Place High School
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Place winners:
1st: 103 Daniel Sarmiento, 119 Steven Petersen, 130 Michael Boyd, 160Patrick Hazel, 152 Caleb Capocciama
2nd: 140 David Carter
3rd: HWT James Rose
4th: 135 Alphonso Patterson, 145 Chris Simmons
We beat the second best team by 100 Points!! GREAT JOB
Beaufort Placers
1st: Patrick Hazel 152, Caleb Capocciama 160
2nd: Daniel Sarmiento 103, Steven Petersen 119
4th: Alpoonso Patterson 135
Patrick Hazel voted Most outstanding wrestler!!
Parents,
Thank you for your help during our tournament. I would also like to thank all of you who brought a food dish for the hospitality room.
You helped make the tournament a success, and your help and dedication to the program is greatly appreciated.
Yours in Wrestling,
Willie Nearhood
2003 Individual Season Records
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Sarmiento 30-16 State Qualifier
Petersen 38-8 ...
Friday, March 28
FREE ATHLETIC PHYSICALS
STATE TOURNAMENT
152 CALEB CAPOCCIAMA STATE CHAMPION
130 MICHAEL BOYD 3rd
171 PATRICK HAZEL 3rd
HWT JON BREAUX 3rd
COACH NEARHOOD 2002-2003
REGION 7-AAAA COACH OF THE YEAR
Sunday, February 23
Stratford Qualifies 7 Wrestlers to State
2002-2003 State Qualifiers
103 Daniel Sarmiento FR
112 Steve Petersen JR
130 Michael Boyd ...
BACK TO BACK UNDEFEATED REGION CHAMPIONS
2 Year Region 7-AAAA Record 10-0
2 Year Overall Record 32-10
01-02 REGION 5-0 ...
Monday, December 16
STRATFORD SWEEPS OSMO NORTH MYRTLE BEACH INVITATIONAL
TEAM SCORES
1. STRATFORD 186.5
2. Hilton Head 181.5
3. Cheraw 157.5
4. Broome 142.4
5. ...
2002-2003 schedule & match results
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Stratford wrestlers place at State 2002
James Breaux (215) 2nd place
Jack Bean (171) 2nd place
Jeremy Stevens (189) 3rd place
Caleb Capocciama gets a national ranking as a Sophomore
Sophomore Caleb Capocciama is Nationally ranked #25 at the 160 pound weight class (Wrestling USA Magazine).
Player & coach are recognized for achievements
Coach Nearhood was named Region 7 4-AAAA Coach of the Year
Caleb Capocciama was named Region 7 4-AAAA Wrestler of the Year
2001/2002 Region Champions
130 Michael Boyd
145 Patrick Hazel
152 Caleb Capocciama
171 Jack Bean
189 Jeremy Stevens
215 James Breaux
Friday, April 12
Stratford wrestlers compete in Nationals
James Breaux (215) and Jeremy Stevens (189) both competed in the High School National Senior Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio over Spring Break.
Stratford's 2001/2002 State Qualifiers
130 Michael Boyd Soph
145 Patrick Hazel Soph
152 Caleb Capocciama Soph
171 Jack Bean Sr
189 Jeremy Stevens Sr
215 James Breaux Sr



