55
SC boys in the brackets
3
wins over seeded opponents
Super 32 is the best yardstick there is. Once a year the country's best high school wrestlers come to one tournament in Greensboro, and every state gets to see where it stands: against the rest of the country, and against itself a year ago.
For South Carolina, the middle of the lineup took a real step. Nine SC boys left Greensboro with winning records, the most in the three years measured, and South Carolina won more matches than in either of the last two years with a smaller group. Three SC boys beat national seeds, led by Sy Strobel's 10-6 win over the reigning NHSCA sophomore national champion, and Rollins Dixon won five matches, including one over a wrestler ranked #11 in the country.
The next step is the medal rounds. No SC boy placed this year, and the deepest runs, by Dixon and Strobel, ended one round short of the blood round. The year comparison below shows where South Carolina has grown and where it hasn't yet.
Three years of progress
Wins over top-15 seeds
+1 vs 2025Wrestlers in brackets
-11 vs 2025
How the grades work
Performance grades for this tournament, not rankings of the wrestlers. Each grade has one rule; a wrestler gets the highest one he meets.
A+Top-four finish on the podium · none this year
ABeat two or more top-15 seeds, reached the blood round or better · none this year
A-Beat a seeded wrestler · 3
B+Beat a nationally ranked wrestler, or won five with every loss to a seed · none this year
BWinning record with a win over a state champion or placer · 6
B-2-2 with a win over a state champion or runner-up · 4
The full method
These are performance grades for one weekend, not rankings of who is the better wrestler. A grade measures what a wrestler did in Greensboro: who he beat, how far he went and who beat him. A win over a national seed carries the most weight, because most SC boys were unseeded and every seed they beat was a result the bracket didn't expect. The rules are the same ones used for every state.
Each grade has one rule, printed beside it above, and a wrestler gets the highest grade whose rule he meets. An A+ takes a top-four finish on the podium; no South Carolina boy reached it this year.
Only contested bouts count toward a grade's wins over seeds; a forfeit counts in the record, never in the grade. Every grade above follows its rule; none was set by hand. Within each grade, wrestlers are not listed in rank order. Wrestlers below that line are named in Honorable Mention or in The Rest of South Carolina.
A-Grade A-
Beat a seeded wrestler
A-165 lbs · St James · Class of 2027 5-2UnseededBeat #10
The 2026 SC 5A runner-up won five matches. He opened with a decision over Chaney Lewis Jr. of Pennsylvania, a Fargo 16U Greco placer, then lost 4-2 to #4 Thunder Page of Kansas, who finished 5th. In the consolations he beat Missouri's Reed Wilson, #11 nationally (Flo), 5-4, pinned Virginia 4A runner-up Rocco Zagorites, and beat #10 seed Manny Gusfa of New Jersey, an NHSCA placer, 11-4. His run ended against #16 Grayson Debevoise of Ohio. Both of his losses came to seeds.
Every match
- W
Chaney Lewis Jr. (PA)
Round of 128 · Dec 8-4
2026 Fargo 16U Greco 6th
- L
BGrade B
Winning record with a win over a state champion or placer
B113 lbs · Hillcrest · Class of 2028 3-2Unseeded
A two-time SC 5A champion, Strickland won three straight in the consolations, technical falls over West Virginia's state runner-up and Georgia's 6A 3rd-place finisher, then a fall. Both of his losses came to seeds: #6 Connor Maddox of Indiana, who finished 6th, and #26 Lucas Layne of Florida.
Every match
- L
Connor Maddox (IN)#6 seedPlaced 6th here
Round of 128 · Dec 7-4
#9 nationally (MatScouts) · #13 nationally (SI) · #13 nationally (Flo) · 2026 IN state champion · 2025 Super 32 8th · 2025 Fargo 16U freestyle 7th
- W
B-Grade B-
2-2 with a win over a state champion or runner-up
B-120 lbs · Goose Creek · Class of 2027 2-2Unseeded
A three-time SC 5A champion, Royal opened against #1 Cameron Sontz of New Jersey, the eventual champion. He answered with wins over Florida's 1A 3rd-place finisher and South Carolina's 2A/1A champion.
Every match
- L
Cameron Sontz (NJ)#1 seedPlaced 1st here
Round of 256 · Tech fall 17-1 2:25
#2 nationally (MatScouts) · #4 nationally (SI) · #4 nationally (Flo) · #17 2027 Big Board (MatScouts) · 2026 NJ state champion · 2025 Fargo Junior freestyle runner-up
- W
Honorable mention
Andrew Lawson · 120 · Bluffton · Class of 2029 · 1-2, beat Illinois's 2A state runner-upEfrain Rivera · 132 · West-Oak · Class of 2027 · 1-2, beat Missouri's Class 4 state champion; lost 14-11 to the #27 seedWalker Garcia · 132 · 1-2, beat South Carolina's 3A state championMark Evans · 175 · Hillcrest · Class of 2028 · 1-2, beat Georgia's 3A state champion The Rest of South Carolina
Thirty-eight more South Carolina boys stepped on the mat in Greensboro, and every one of them chose the hardest test in high school wrestling.
The Bigger Picture
Super 32 is one of the toughest tests in high school wrestling, and a chance to measure South Carolina against the best competition in the country. This year's results give the state real reasons to be encouraged: nine winning records, more wins than in either of the last two years, three wins over national seeds, one of them over the reigning NHSCA sophomore national champion, and the NHSCA freshman national champion beaten in the consolations.
The next step is the podium. That's the standard every state is chasing, and Super 32 gives South Carolina a clear benchmark to build on next year.
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