The prep wrestling notebook …
The fact that the Salisbury wrestling team is contending for a Central Carolina Conference playoff spot shouldn’t come as a surprise.
The fact they it is in such a position with such a young team is.
The Hornets (10-7, 3-2 CCC), who have been to the playoffs the last three seasons, could possibly get in again with wins against Lexington tonight and Ledford on Monday.
Coach Durwood Bynum has his team in the hunt even though he has nine freshmen.
“Considering we have so many freshmen, you usually replace seniors with upperclassmen,” Bynum said. “But we did it with freshmen, so that would be a very big surprise.”
Leading the way for the Hornets are James Hobson (24-0), Joseph Walker (26-1), Bobby Rhoades (12-0), Josh Seastedt (15-7) and Jemar Hoke (18-6).
North Rowan
Senior Aaron Rimer is approaching 100 career wins for the Cavaliers.
Rimer, who wrestles at 152 pounds, could reach the century mark with a win tonight.
“It’s like scoring 1,000 points in basketball,” North coach Tim Burns said.
Rimer has won approximately 80 percent of his matches during his North Rowan career.
Rimer started somewhat slow as a freshman, but he matured and attended wrestling camp before his sophomore season.
“He didn’t do that great for us, but when we got to conference, he figured out what he needed to do,”Burns said of Rimer’s freshman season. “He went to wrestling camp and saw then that he had potential.”
NPC
West Rowan has suffered through some hard luck losses recently in the North Piedmont Conference.
The Falcons lost by one point to East Rowan, then lost again by a single point to North Iredell.
West is 2-4 in the conference but could just as easily sit at 4-2.
“No one is loaded. Everyone has a chance,” coach R.L.Lail said of the NPCrace.“No one really is that much stronger than the other. On any given night, anything can happen.”
West won eight of the 14 matches against East but won two matches by only seven points. Had those matches been decided by eight points, the Falcons would have earned two extra team points and defeated the Mustangs.
East Rowan is 13-4 overall and 4-0 in the NPC.
Caleb Kittrell (24-8), Trenton Freeman (21-5), Hunter Land (24-1) and T.J. Long (20-8) are all enjoying fine seasons for the Mustangs.
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Contact Bret Strelow at 704-797-4258 or bstrelow@salisburypost.com
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