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Greensboro Continues to Pin Down Wrestling Tradition

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Jan 06, 2023

The Greensboro Coliseum has a tremendous history in hosting holiday wrestling events dating back to 1961 with historic names such as Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, Blackjack Mulligan, the Undertaker, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. On Wednesday night, the Greensboro Coliseum continued that tradition by hosting the WWE Live Holiday Tour but Thursday morning a new holiday wrestling tradition began with the Holy Angels Invitational high school wrestling tournament kicking off in the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center.

 

The Holy Angels Invitational Wrestling Tournament will feature 115 of the top teams from 8 states. The Holy Angels Invitational started in 2010 at Charlotte Catholic High School and moved to the Bojangles Coliseum from 2013-2021. In October, it was announced that the tournament would be moving to the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center for the next five years. In moving to Greensboro, the tournament has almost doubled in size from 68 teams in 2021 to 115 this year. The tournament will also feature one of the nation’s emerging sports with a girl’s invitational division. The NCHSAA announced earlier this year that girls wrestling will be a sanctioned sport beginning in the 2023-24 school year but will host the NCHSAA Girls Invitational at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex on Saturday, February 4, 2023. The NCHSAA Individual Wrestling State Championships have been held in the Greensboro Coliseum since 2010 and will be held February 16-18, 2023.

 

Total Participants- 1450 boys (Varsity and JV) and 252 girls for a total of 1702

Live results- https://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1672348763463&pageName=%2Fopentournaments%2FTournamentHub.jsp&twSessionId=kucoxgbtkq

 

The tournament will host four defending state champions:

North Carolina- Laney – NCHSAA 4A

Virginia- Great Bridge- AAAA

South Carolina- Ashley Ridge – 5A

Georgia- Buford- 6A

 

25 of the top 40 2022 NCHSAA Top 10 Finishers will compete in the tournament with at least 3 classifications represented

 

Place

1-A (6)

2-A (3)

3-A (7)

4-A (9)

1

 

 

 

Laney

2

Robbinsville

 

Central Academy

Lake Norman

3

Uwharrie Charter

 

Cape Fear

Pinecrest

4

Swain County

 

Stuart Cramer

Cardinal Gibbons

5

Alleghany

 

Central Cabarrus

NW Guilford

6

Mount Airy

Surry Central

Parkwood

Mooresville

7

 

R-S Central

Enka

Hough

8

 

 

 

 

9

 

Trinity

 

Cox Mill

10

Starmount

 

Union Pines

Hickory Ridge

 

 

Local Schools Participating

Asheboro

Bishop McGuinness

Northern Guilford

Northwest Guilford

Page

Ragsdale

Reidsville

Southeast Guilford

Southern Guilford

Starmount

Trinity

West Forsyth

 

Teams From Outside of North Carolina

 

State

School

Classification

2022 Finish

GA

Buford

6

1

GA

Jefferson

4

2

GA

Flowery Branch

4

11

GA

Central Carroll

4

13

GA

Greenbrier

5

14

GA

Cherokee Bluff

3

17

GA

Sprayberry

6

21

GA

Lakeside

6

 

 

 

 

 

OH

Western Brown

  

 

 

 

 

SC

Ashley Ridge

5

1

SC

Indian Land

4

4

SC

Chapin

5

13

SC

Aiken

4

14

SC

South Florence

4

15

SC

Mauldin

5

21

SC

Travelers Rest

4

24

 

 

 

 

TN

Summit

2

6

TN

Nolensville

2

13

TN

Riverdale

  

 

 

 

 

VA

Great Bridge

4

1

VA

Riverbend

5

2

VA

Staunton River

3

3

VA

Grassfield

6

3

VA

Nansemond River

5

4

VA

Paul VI Catholic

VISAA

4

VA

Peninsula Catholic

VISAA

10

VA

Lafayette

3

14

VA

Oakton

6

15

VA

Deep Creek

4

20

VA

Patrick Henry

5

26

Wi

Wrightstown

D2

33

WV

Spring Valley

3

20

 

Tournament Schedule

 

Thursday, December 29- 9:30 am -Wrestling begins (all boys varsity matches assume a 128 man bracket)

  • Session 1 - 15 mats at first, converting to 20 mats once JV weigh ins are complete
    • Boys Round of 128
    • Boys Round of 64
    • Boys Consolation Round 1
  • Session 2
    • Boys Round of 32
    • Boys Consolation Round 2
    • Boys Consolation Round 3
  • Session 3
    • Boys Round of 16
    • Girls Round of 32
    • JV Round of 16

 

  • Session 4
    • Boys Consolation Round 4
    • Girls Round of 16
    • Girls Consolation Round 1
    • JV Quarterfinals
    • JV Consolation First Round
  • Session 5
    • Boys Consolation Round 5
    • Girls Quarterfinals
    • Girls Consolation Round 2
    • JV Consolation Round 2
  • Session 6
    • Boys Consolation Round 6
    • Girls Consolation Round 3

 

 

9:30 am                        Friday, December 30- 9:30 am -Wrestling begins

  • Session 1
    • Quarterfinals
    • Boys Consolation Round 7
    • Girls Consolation Round 4
    • Second Chance Round of 16
  • Session 2
    • Boys Consolation Round 8
    • Girls Semifinals
    • Girls Consolation Quarterfinals
    • JV Semifinals
    • JV Consolation Quarterfinals
    • Second Chance Quarterfinals
  • Session 3
    • Boys Semifinals
    • Boys Consolation Quarterfinals
    • Girls Consolation Semifinals
    • JV Consolation Semifinals
    • Second Chance Consolation Quarterfinals
  • Session 4
    • Girls Placement Matches
    • JV Placement matches
    • Second Chance Semifinals
    • Second Chance Consolation Semifinals
  • Session 5
    • Boys Consolation Semifinals
    • Second Chance Placement Matches
    •  

6:30 pm                             Session 6 - Boys 7th,5th, 3rd place matches, Championship Finals

 

Greensboro Upcoming Wrestling

NCHSAA Dual Team Championships- Saturday, February 4, 2023- Novant Health Fieldhouse

NCHSAA Girls Invitational Championships- Saturday, February 4, 2023- Novant Health Fieldhouse

NCHSAA Individual Wrestling State Championships- February 16-18, 2023- Greensboro Coliseum

 

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