2022-23 Cary High Wrestling Media Guide

WRESTLING

Enrollment 2,071 students

Founded 1896 Mascot Imp Colors Kelly Green and White Motto Cognitio Vincit District Wake County Public School System Conference 4A East Conference 29 Address 638 Walnut St, Cary, NC 27511

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Thank you for your support of Cary High School Athletics. We are proud of our coaches, players, cheerleaders, and marching band. They represent the Cary High School tradition of excellence in competitive spirit and sportsmanship. Valuable lessons are learned through participation in extracurricular activities. Dedication, cooperation, hard work, and commitment help students develop important skills and attitudes that go far beyond the playing field and last longer than the current sports season. Their experiences will enable them to meet future opportunities and challenges with confidence and perseverance.

As we enter into our 102nd year of athletics at Cary High School, we are extremely thankful for the history of support we have received from our school family. Whether you have supported us from the stands, on the field, or behind the scenes, you have played an essential role in helping further Cary Athletics. We appreciate your continued support of our student athletes and the financial needs of our programs. Thank you for all that you do for Cary High School.

Go Imps!

Nolan Bryant Principal

I am proud to be beginning my second year as the Athletic Director at Cary High School. As a Cary Alum, I am very fortunate to be a member of the Cary High community, with it’s tradition, proud history and dedication that surrounds the oldest public high school in the state of North Carolina. It is a true honor to welcome you to an environment that cultivates academic and athletic accomplishment while embracing Excellence, Discipline and Sportsmanship.

Cary High School is a proud member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), and South Western Athletic Conference (SWAC) that fields boys and girls athletic programs in 40 Varsity and Junior Varsity sports. We have close to 800 students participating in our athletic program each year. Our goal is to provide each student with the necessary skills to lead healthy productive and faithful lives. We strive to educate our students through a multifaceted approach that emphasizes academics but incorporates a number of extracurricular opportunities that cater to students’ individual interests and skill levels. We feel that it is important to provide a well-rounded educational experience for our student-athletes that will produce leaders and role models within our school community and beyond. We strongly believe that such lessons are fundamental to building athletic ability as well as character.

Our Principal, Administrators, Faculty and Staff are committed to get the most out of our STUDENT-athletes. I work with a winning team in the athletics department, from the office to the field. We have passionate coaches who care and have the expertise to coach. Our coaches, athletic department staff members, and I are always happy to talk with you about our programs and answer any questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact myself and coaches.

We invite students and parents alike to become active participants in the Cary Athletic Program.  For information regarding eligibility, schedules, coaching opportunities and more please feel free to check out our website goimps.com and/or reach out to me with any questions that you may have.

Go Imps!

Ryan Rodgers

Athletic Director

“The” Cary High School

Greetings from the Home of the Imps, and welcome to another exciting year of Cary High Athletics!

Jeremy H. Barefoot Assistant Principal of Athletics

• 6 years at Cary HS

• 20 years in education (10 as a teacher/head wrestling coach at Sanderson High School where we were 5X team conference champions and regional runner-up; numerous individual state placers and two state finalists)

• Participated in Club Wrestling and multiple Intramural sports (volleyball, swimming, soccer, softball, flag football) at NC State University

• Was on the Wrestling team at Cardinal Gibbons HS (the team won the state championship in 1999)

• 3X Cap VIII Conference Wrestling Coach of the Year, Sanderson High School

• Cary native

All-Sports Passes and Tickets

Name Jerry WInterton Mat Mendenhall Court in Charles H. Adams Gymnasium Nickname The Imp Dome Year Opened 1961

DATE TIME

Nov 15 Quad (C. Ridge Athens NWG) 5:00 19 @ Raider Invitational All Day 22 @ Uwharrie (Quad) 6:00 23 @ Hoke Duals All Day 30 @ Green Level (w/ Person) 5:00 Dec 2-3 @ Orange Invitational All Day 3 @ JV Green Hope Grapple All Day 8 @ Apex 6:00 9 @ USAF-Eagle Invitational JV/Girls TBD 10 @ Sgt. Baldridge Memorial Duals All Day 14 vs Holly Springs (w Louisburg) 6:00 16-17 @ Great Smokey Mountain Grapple All Day 20 vs Green Hope (w Louisburg) 6:00 22-23 Mark Adams Holiday Classic All Day 23 Anthony Dunbar JV Tourney All Day 28 @ RJR JV Tournament All Day 29 @ Newton Conover Duals All Day Jan 4 @ Apex Friendship 6:00 6-7 @ PinDown SuperDuals 4:30 Fri 7 @ Purnell Swett JV Invitational All Day 11 @ Panther Creek 6:00 14 @ Eastern Randolf Duals All Day 18 Middle Creek 6:00 20 @ Davie County (Ragsdale/Ind) 6:00 21 @ Middle Creek JV Invitational All Day 25 E. Randolph - E. Rowan - Seaforth 5:30 28 NCHSAA State Dual Tourn TBD Feb 10-11 NCHSAA Mideast Region TBD 16-18 NCHSAA State Tournament @ Greensboro,(NCHSAA 4A States) TBD

CHS WRESTLING PROGRAM HISTORY

NCHSAA 4A Wrestling State Tournament Champions

1977, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

4A Wrestling State Dual Meet Champions

1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018

Regional Champions

1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018

Cary High School TEAM State Champions

12 State Individual Champions 77, 87, 88, 89, 97, 00, 03, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09

9 State Dual Meet Champions 93, 96, 97, 98, 05, 07, 08, 09, 18

8 State Tournament: Runner-ups 94, 96, 98, 99, 04, 10, 18, 19

7 State Dual Team Runner-ups 91, 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 10 *33 years, 1987-2019 35 times either first or second in State State Champions over the Decades

77, 87, 97, 07 88, 98, 08, 18

Cary High School INDIVIDUAL State Champions

Three State Champions 1988 (Five in Finals)

Four State Champions four separate years: 98, 00, 07, 09

Five State Champions in 2008 (Six in Finals)

Seven in Finals in 2003

Most Cary State Qualifiers

12-1998, 2006 11-1997, 2005, 2007, 2010 10-1987, 1988, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2018

Two Dream Team Members as #1 Ranking in USA

2007-Joey Farnsworth 106 2009-Eloheim Palma 285

Three National Champions, One Runner-up 1998-Mike Robertson 103, Runner-up 2006-Joey Farnsworth 106

2009-Eloheim Palma (also Dapper Dan Champion) 2015-Will Clark 135

55 State Champions, 40 All-Americans

Sports Medicine Staff

Head Athletic Trainer Eric Hall Athletic Trainer Abby Bennett

Orthopedic Dr. Doug Martini

Team MD Dr. Jennifer Stromberg PA Kevin Morrison

Student Aids

Makenna Drain

Teanya Holmes

Tevana Holmes Elizabeth Kalland Ashe Leroux

Daniella Rodrigues-Correia Ayona Walters Maggie Zimmerman

Eric Hall

• In 17th year as Head Athletic Trainer at Cary HS

• Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT)

• 2022 NCADA Athletic Trainer of The Year

• Awarded and recognized for helping save the life of Robert Gresham Sr, a grandfather attending his granddaughter’s cheer competition

• 2016 CHS Hall of Fame Member

• 2013 NCATA Athletic Trainer of the Year

• 2012 NC Shrine Bowl trainer

• NCATA 4 time Life Saver Award Recipient

• American Red Cross CPR & AED Instructor

• Head Athletic Trainer at Southeast Raleigh for 6 years

• Graduated from East Carolina

• CHS Alum, participated in track and field, swimming and cross country and was a student athletic trainer during football season

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Tradition runs high at CHS and we are proud of our school and its athletic program. Most fans don’t realize all of the work that goes into running an athletics program. The school receives less than $1,000 each year to fund the whole athletics program (not per sport!). As you can imagine, this doesn’t even scratch the surface for what is needed to operate.

The Imp Club, Cary High’s sports booster club, steps in to help the school and Athletic Director with needs for our sports program. We raise money by attracting outside sponsors, developing fundraisers, and selling concessions, spirit wear, memberships, and All-Sports passes. Our funds go to support all of our teams. We also manage the bank accounts for each of the individual teams. This all requires a lot of work.

We are so thankful to have some amazing volunteers on the Imp Club board but we can always use more. Our monthly meetings are lighthearted and fun. We meet at Bond Brothers on the second Sunday of each month at 7pm (unless there is a holiday or conflict). We would love for you to come join us and share your ideas on how to make the sports program better. Both men and women participate on our board and you will make some fast friends.

Above all, we are trying to make our students have the very best four years at Cary High. It is hard to compete with the facilities that all of these brand-new schools around us get from Day 1 but they don’t have the heart and tradition that Cary High has. As an alumni of Cary High myself, they won’t remember the facilities - just the amazing times that they had with their friends as an athlete or having fun with their friends in the stands.

Cindy Hunt, Imp Club President

BECOME A SPONSOR

Our home football games normally average 3,000 spectators per game, one of the largest attendance averages in Wake County. We typically host around 100 home events at our school each year. Your business name will not only be seen and heard by our enthusiastic student section but also their parents, grandparents, neighbors, and friends, as well as the fans from our rival schools. We offer advertising in our seasonal athletic programs, as well opportunities for several event-based sponsorship programs.

Contact impclubsponsors@gmail.com

VISIT THE CONCESSION STAND

AN EASY WAY TO SUPPORT CARY HIGH ATHLETICS

LINK YOUR HARRIS TEETER VIC CARD

Link your VIC card and a percentage of your grocery purchases are donated to our club. Any customer with a VIC card can link their card. The more people that connect, the higher the earning potential for the Imp Club. Link online, at your Harris Teeter checkout or we can link for you.

Media Guide produced by Susan Martin Madcap Hijinks Design

All athlete photographs courtesy Jessica Wolfram Photography