John Grigg joins Summit Team

John Grigg's second win at the WRAL moved him into a select group of Warriors. The Summit Team which is wrestlers with 150 or more wins. Other Warriors include:
Jared Hogan ('03) 150,  Charles Mauldin ('03) 169, Joe Pacheco ('03) 189, Tripp Rogers ('03) 199, Chris Wittekind ('05) 164, Jesse Grigg ('10) 152.

Choice Match Ups Help EG Roll Over Berry

In the conference opener the Warriors made a few line up adjustments and rolled over Berry 56 to 18 in the conference opener. The only points East allowed were the three forfeits at the top of their line up. Rhett Odom started things off for the second time this year with a quick pin and Eric Harvey got a forfeit. Jared Bassett got back into action after two weeks with a fall. Michael Bedard and Jacob Grigg picked up forfeits. Tyler McCurdy won a tough decison and Alex Ledford scored a pin. John Grigg wrestled up at 145 against Berry's captain. John scored first, but his opponent was an athlete and made John work for his major decision. Cody Moore pinned, Mark Bedard received a forfeit and Alex Furr finished off the evening with a 1st period pin.

Congratulations to Michael Bedard Wrestler of the Week

Michael Bedard was selected as the Wrestler of the Week after back to back tournament titles. Michael was 5th in the state last year and his addition has helped to make East's already tough light weight line up a buzz saw similar to the 2004 team which produced 4 state champions.

Warriors have finish 5th with five placers in the 2011 Beef O’ Brady

East Gaston placed five out of seven wrestlers in the Beef O’ Brady at Fort Mill High School on Friday and Saturday, December 10-11. Michael Bedard and John Grigg both won Championships. The tournament is a unique format that pair wrestlers in pools first and the top two wrestlers out of each pool match up for place matches. It gives all wrestlers 4-5 matches and placers could get seven.

Medalist and their places:

120     Michael Bedard (Jr.)   CHAMPION

126     Jacob Grigg (So.)        3^rd

132     John Grigg (Sr.)           CHAMPION

138     Alex Ledford (Jr.)         2^nd

145     Cody Moore (Sr.)         2^nd

Team Scores

  1.  Lexington 206.5

  2.  Eastside 200

  3.  Fort Mill 193

  4.  Mooresville 174

  5.  East Gaston 142.5

  6.  North Gaston 130.5

  7.  Nations Ford 113.5

  8.  South Pointe 113

  9.  Harrison (GA) 73

 10.  Northwestern 38

 11.  Byrnes 26

Jim B. Hayes tough as always

The Jim B. Hayes which has been held at East Meck high school for the last 44 years, but this year due to space restraints in was moved to Rocky River HS. The new venue didn't weaken the competition. East Gaston had back to back champions at 120 and 126 and runners up at 132 and 138. Cody Moore battled back after an early round loss to capture a bronze medal. Only eight Warriors competed but the team was still able to finish 3rd. One of the most anticipated matches of the finals was between John Grigg and 2X state champion Garrison White of JM Robinson. It didn't disappoint. John scored first with a dominate double leg, but fell behind by 2 points going into the 3rd period and managed to score a reversal with 10 seconds left to force an overtime. John gave up a take down in overtime, but it was a great match. 

Medalist and their places: 

120  Michael Bedard (Jr.)  CHAMPION 

126  Jacob Grigg (So.)     CHAMPION 

132  John Grigg (Sr.)        2nd  

138  Alex Ledford (Jr.)     2nd 

145  Cody Moore (Sr.)     3rd 

Team Scores 

1.  Jay M. Robinson  169.50 

2.  AL Brown  144.50 

3.  East Gaston  130.00 

4.  Hough  121.50 

5.  Independence  118.50 

6.  North Gaston  116.00 

7.  Charlotte Catholic  109.50 

8.  Ardrey Kell  104.00 

9.  Cuthbertson  101.00 

10.  Myers Park   92.00 

11.  Butler   69.00 

12.  Mallard Creek   62.00 

13.  Providence   52.00 

14t. Hopewell   49.00 

14t. Rocky River   49.00 

16.  East Mecklenburg   44.00 

17.  Berry Academy   38.50 

18.  Marvin Ridge   32.00   

Next Action:  East Gaston will host West Lincoln Tuesday night at 7pm and they will travel to Ft. Mill this Friday and Saturday to compete in the Beef O' Brady tournament.  

Warriors Pin Their Way to the Viking Title

East Gaston placed seven out of nine wrestlers to win the 21^st Annual Viking Invitational Tournament held at North Mecklenburg HS on Saturday, November 26. The Warrior's got 21 pins out of 31 total matches to capture the tournament title, including a pin in the finals by freshman Eric Harvey in the only head to head finals match against runner up Kings Mountain.

 

Medalist and their places:

106       Eric Harvey (Fr.)            CHAMPION

113       Jared Bassett (So.)        CHAMPION

120       Michael Bedard (Jr.)      2^nd

126        Jacob Grigg (So.)           2^nd

132        John Grigg (Sr.)              CHAMPION

138        Alex Ledford (Jr.)           2^nd

145        Cody Moore (Sr.)           CHAMPION

Team Scores

 

  1.  East Gaston  174.00

  2.  Kings Mountain  171.00

  3.  North Gaston  153.00

  4.  Hunter Huss   92.00

  5.  Hickory Ridge   83.00

  6.  Starmount   73.00

  7.  Forestview   72.00

  8.  Berry Academy   71.50

  9.  West Charlotte   68.00

 10.  Middle Creek   64.00

 11.  Riverside   52.00

 12.  North Mecklenburg   27.00

 

 

 

Next Action:  East Gaston will compete in the Jim B. Hayes Invitational at Rocky River High School on Friday and Saturday December 2-3.