May 21, 2010: Last Sunday night Coach Shriner was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Ok. Orange Wrestling was well represented at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill to see Coach Shriner receives the green jacket. Congratulations & Thanks go to Coach Shrine for all he does for the Orange High School Wrestling program & the Orange Wrestling Family.

May 06, 2010:

FCA TEAM Camp-Gainsville, Ga

June 16-19

Orange Camp-Orange High School

June 21-25

Appalachian State-ASU

July 15-18

TNT Kutztown, Pa

July 25-29

See article section for more information

Apr 27, 2010: Orange Wresling Camp weill be held June 21st-25th. Come out & learn, re-learn, & refine your wrestling skills. Learn from the coaches that have made Orange Wrestling successful. Information & forms are located in the articles section on the right side of the site. Don't miss the chance to improve for next season & become a CONTENDER!!!!!!

Apr 14, 2010: Wrestling Team’s Spring and Summer Workouts There’s No Substitution for Hard Work After school Weight Lifting and Running- Monday-Thursday @ 3:45 Team Orange Wrestling Club Monday & Wednesday @ Orange 3:45-5:30 Saturday Wrestling- Tournaments; Free-style/Folk-style Camps- Orange: June 21st- June 25th(Free for OHS Wrestlers) FCA: TBA Appalachian State: July 15th-July 18th (Cost $295) TNT Kutztown, PA. July 25th – July 29th (Cost $325) (You must attend Appalachian to be able to go.) Pig Pickin’- Sunday April 25th at 2:30 PM at the Shriner Homestead

Mar 29, 2010:

Three of Orange's finest headed to the High School Wrestling Tournament in Virginia Beach, Va for the High School National. Here Chris Johnson, Chris Intehar & Tyrone Mason had a chance to compete against some of the best wrestlers in the country. They had a good showing & made Orange PROUD. Congratulations.

Mar 26, 2010: Jermaine Hodges took 1st place in the Armed Forces Championships in both Greck-Roman & Freestyle. See the article at http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=21770 GREAT job Jermaine.

Mar 07, 2010: This year the previous Orange Career Win record of 172 fell. Both Dustin Champion & Chris Johnson surpassed the record. Chris Johnson moved into 2nd place with 184 & Dustin Champion is the new leader with 185 wins. Congratulations to Chris & Dustin & THANKS for the Memories.

Feb 28, 2010: Tonight our Orange Panthers fought a tough battle & took 2nd place at the State Tournament in Greensboro. The Panthers took 4 into the finals and fought hard with 2 State Champs. What an exciting tournament for the wrestlers, coaches & fans. The turnout to support our Orange Panthers was great. This years place winners were: 1st 130lbs Chris Johnson (2x) 1st 189lbs Chris Intehar 2nd 145lbs Tyrone Mason 2nd 152lbs Taylor Cash 4th 171lbs Nick Shriner 6th 125lbs Dustin Champion The Panthers had a superb season & left it all on the mat. Congratulations Panthers.

Feb 27, 2010: Nich Shriner just won an exciting Ultimate Overtime (7 periods) match !!

With a scoreless tie through 6 periods, Nich outlasted his opponent to win!


We have 4 wrestlers in the finals and 2 in consolations !

Finalists:

Chris Johnson
Tyrone Mason
Taylor Cash
Chris Intehar

Consolations:

Dustin Champion
Nich Shriner

GO Panthers!!!!

Feb 27, 2010: Team Orange had an awesome day at the states!

After two rounds of Championship competition and one round of Concies, we still have 9 of our 10 wrestlers active!  We had a slight scare today when Troy Jones
took a hard hit to the head and had to injury default out.  Here is where our guys are after the end of wrestling tonight:

Wrestling in Championship Semi's for Saturday: Chris Johnson, Tyrone Mason, Taylor Cash & Chris Intehar.

Consie Quarter Finals:  Luke Mincey, Dustin Champion, James Farthing, Nich
Shriner & Thomas Harrington.

Good luck Panthers!

OHS Takedown Club

Feb 21, 2010:

This weekend our Orange Panthers traveled to Morehead HS in Eden, NC for the 3A Mideast Regional. The Panthers had an up hill battle competing in a new region since moving up to 3A. When the dust settled, our Panthers scored 243.5 pts to outscored Union Pines to win the Regions. Fighting tough battles & adding points to the team score were 103lbs Will Riley, 112lbs Jordan Baker, 160lbs Justin Barbee, & 285lbs Wesley Dawson.  
Placing at the Regions were:
1st  130lbs  Chris Johnson
1st  140lbs  Troy Jones
1st  145lbs  Tyrone Mason
1st  152lbs  Taylor Cash
1st  189lbs  Chris Intehar
2nd  119lbs  Luke Mincey
2nd  125lbs  Dustin Champion
2nd  135lbs  James Farthing
2nd  171lbs  Nicholas Shriner
4th  215lbs  Thomas Harrington

MOW for the tournament was Chris Johnson.

Brackets & team scores can be found @ www.ncmat.com 

Next up the State Finals @ Greensboro on Friday & Saturday. Come out & see our Panthers battle for not only the indivdual titles but for the Team Championship.

Feb 21, 2010:

Our Panthers fought hard and came so close to winning their 3^rd consecutive State Dual Team Championship, losing only in the final match by 1 point. They did great and we are very proud of their efforts all season long.

The Durham Herald Sun did a good article on the match. Link provided. http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story_sports/6365808/article-Robinson-pulls-down-Panthers?instance=main_article

Feb 12, 2010: With all the action that has taken place this week a milestone for Chris Johnson was not mentioned. This week he surpassed the 172 win mark and moved into 2nd on the All Time Career Orange Win list, now with 175 wins. Congratulations Chris. Dustin Champion continues to raise the Orange All Time Win mark with ach win now at 179 wins. Great feat & accomplishment by these two Seniors.  This years Senior Class has amassed an amazing record of 701 career wins for a total winning % of 73.17%. Congratulations Seniors. Go PANTHERS!!!!!!!!!

Feb 11, 2010:

What a night of wrestling. Our Panthers traveled to Northern nsh High School to compete in Rd 3 of the State Dual Team Championship. They met a tough Union Pines team ranked #1 in the State. The Panthers wrestled very well as a team. They kept the fans busy cheering in every match. The Panthers managed to take an insurmountable lead @ 189 lbs & forfeited out 215 & 285 to win 36-30. The win advanced the Panthers to Rd 4 vs Havelock. The Panthers had just wrestled Havelock in a tough dual 3 weeks ago where they were edged out 28-26. The Panthers new this as going to be a tough match & welcomed the cance to avenge he eariler loss. The Panthers fell behind early on a pin & decision win by Havelock. The Panthers answered back with a decision & major decision @ 125 & 130 lbs. The Panthers struggled at 135, 140 & 145 now railing 23-7. At 152 a tech fall cut the deficit to 23-12. At 160 a tough battle was fought only giving up a major decision to fall behind 27-12. A line up bump turned the tide for the Panthers scoring a pin @ 171, major decision @ 189, a pin @ 215 lb & a crucial 1-0 decision @ 285 left the Panthers with1 match left leading 31-27. At 103 a very tough battle insued & when the dust settled the Panthrs lost the match 106 but only gave up 3 team points giving our Panthers the Eastern Region victory & the chance to compete @ Orange for the State Chamionship on Saturday. Whsa a night of wrestling.  The fans & parents left the gym jubulint & exhausted. Thaks to ALL wh came to support our Panthers, especially our traveing trainier Coach Jim King as well as the Orange Wrestling Alumni. The box score can be found in the article section.

Let's really support our Panthers this Saturday by bringing the whole Orange Wrestling Nation to the match Congratulation Panthers, a job well done with a chapter to go. See you Saturday.

Feb 09, 2010:

Our Orange Panthers wrstled tough tonight as they beat Western Harnett 46-27 in the 1st Rd & beat Eastern Guilford 42-25 in the 2nd Rd. The fans were in attendance tonight cheering on our victorious Panthers. Box scores in the atricle section. Next up Thursday night, opponent, time, & place TBD. Great job Panthers!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feb 05, 2010: Last night, our Panthers wrestled Chapel Hill for the conference championship. First up was the honoring of the Panthers Seniors who have worked so hard over he years. Some played backup support roles but were integral to the success of the Panther Wrestling program. Congratulations SENIORS. Next up was the match. The Panthers managed to tame the Tigers from Chapel Hill in a 56-8 victory. Box score in the article section. Next up the Carolina 3A Conference Tournament on Saturday @ 10:00 am. Come out & support the Panthers. Remember the State Team Dual Championship starts Tuesday night. The opponent & place to be determined this weekend.

Jan 28, 2010: Last night as our Panthers beat Cardinal Gibbons 78-3, Dustin Champion won his 173rd match. He broke the old record of 172. Congratulations to Orange Wrestling & Dustin Champion.

Jan 24, 2010:

What a weekend of wrestling. Our Panthers traveled to Havelock this weekend for the Havelock Duals. It was a long ride followed by a short workout thanks to Croatan Coach David Perry for making the wrestling room available to workout. The team started off the morning wrestling Havelock. We knew the match would be a tough test for the Panthers & we were not disappointed. The Panthers went out to the early lead starting @ 130 lbs but by the  112 lbs Havelock came back to take the lead . The match went down to the wire & the Panthers came up short.  It was a great match to watch & a good one for the Panthers to learn what they need to work on as Havelock will be one of the teams in the State Duals from the East in a few weeks. The remaining matches also presented challenges for some of the Panther wrestlers where they could hone in their skills & performance. Chris Intehar got banged up but is doing  fine after the 9 stitches. In the last match Dustin Champion won his 172nd match matching career wins with Tyrone Hodge & Remington Jarrett. Overall the team looked good & had the opportunity to learn from the competition. A SPECIAL THANKS to ALL the Orange fans who made the journey to Havelock. The box scores of the matches can be found in the articles section.

The team is now 25-3 overall for the year & 2-0 in conference with 3 conference matches between Wednesday & next Wednesday. Come out & support our Panthers in their quest of repeating as conference champs for the 7th consecutive time. See you on Wednesday.

Jan 19, 2010:

Monday 10 of our Orange wrestlers competed in the 9th/10th grade States. The results were:

1st   119   Jack Twomey-Kozak (4-0)

2nd   130   Matthew Dail (3-1)

3rd    130   Anderson Pope (5-1)

wrestlers who did not place were:

125 Nick Taylor (0-2)

130   Thomas Hallman (2-2)

135   Nate Greenhill (3-2)

140   Chris Byrd (2-2)

140   Christopher Kelly (2-2)

145   Logan Joseph (2-2)

285   Taylor Harris (1-2)

Congratulations 9th/10th graders.

Jan 18, 2010:

This weekend our JV PAnthers traveled to Cedar Ridge for the Cedar Ridge JV Super Duals. Orange entered an 'A team & 'B' team. The 'B' did not have a full squad but did well considering. In the 'A' team final match vs Cary the Panthers scored 42 to Cary's 24 for the victory. The 'A' team results were:

135   James Farthing won by pin

140   Bryan Allen won by decision

145   Cole McLelland won by pin

152   Logan Joseph won by decision

160   James Flowers lost by decision

171   Brock Wilson lost by pin

189   Austin Muench lost by decision

215 Aubrey won by decision

285   Orange forfeited to Cary

103   Orange forfeited to Cary

112   Lucas Hall won by forfeit

119   Jack Twomey-Kozak won by decision

125   Nick Taylor won by forfeit

130   Thomas Hallman won by pin

Great Job Coach Schnee & Coach Woods & JV teams. Thanks go to the fan support which is vital for our wrestlers.

Jan 17, 2010:

Our Panthers traveled to TW Andrews in High Point Saturday. The Panthers went into the semifinals with 10 wrestlers and only punched 3 through. This opened the window for Southwest Randolph to take a considerable lead. With 8 wrestlers headed to the consolation quarters our Panthers needed to win. ALL 8 wrestlers moved to the consolation finals adding 46 team points to keep within a reach of 1st. With 3rd place finishes, 1 2nd, & 2 1st place finishes, our Panthers re-gained 1st place by 6.5 points to win the tournament.  Our Panthers took the tournament. GREAT Team effort finding a way to win. Congratulations PANTHERS!!! Tournament results

1st   125   Dustin Champion

1st   130   Chris Champion

2nd   160   Justin Barbee

3rd   119   David Kubacki

3rd   171   Nicholas Shriner

3rd   189   Chris Intehar

4th   103   Will Riley

4th   135   Zach Rimmer

4th   140   Troy Jones

4th   152   Taylor Cash

4th   215   Thomas Harrington

Next up: Havelock Duals Saturday @ 9:00 am.

See you there

Jan 09, 2010: Today the Panthers hosted the Orange Winter Duals. The first match was quite a battle with Davie County. The match ended going to the last bout with the Panthers leading 30-29. Unfortunately Davie County managed to win the last bout & take the match. It was a very exciting match with the wrestlers & fans cheering on the Panthers the whole match. The Panthers went on to defeat Southeast Guilford, DSA & East Wake to move to 21-2. Next up the TW Andrews tourny on Saturday Jan 16th in High Point. The match results are in the articles section. See you in High Point on Saturday 

Jan 06, 2010: The Panthers traveled to Northern Vance for their second conference match. Final score was 80 - 0.

Next up:  Orange Winter Duals come out and support the Panthers!

Jan 03, 2010:

This weekend the Panthers started the 2nd half of the season & traveled to Knightdale. Friday night in the preliminary round the Panthers won 3 matches to qualify for Division 1 of the Tournament.

Orange 63  Ravens Croft 15

Orange 55   Southern Durham 15

Orange 66 Jacksonville 17

Saturday in the Division 1 competition the Panthers faced tough competition. The Panthers battled to a 4-1 record for 2nd Place.

Orange 5  Colonial Forge, Va 57

Orange 43  Matoca, Va 33

Orange 34  White Knoll, SC 25

Orange 55  Nash Central 18

Orange 51  Woodbridge, Va 15

Next up conference match in Henderson vs Northern Vance. Go Panthers!!!!!

Dec 23, 2009: The Panthers traveled to Chapel Hill for the annual Tiger Holiday Classic and took 5th Place in team points.

Individual results:

2nd  130  Chris Johnson
2nd  171  Nich Shriner
3rd  189  Chris Intehar
5th  125  Dustin Champion
6th  145  Tyrone Mason
5th  160  Taylor Cash

Next up the Knightdale Duals starting New Year's Day ! See you there!

Dec 23, 2009: The Panthers traveled to Southern Vance HS for  the first conference dual team match and were victorious with a score of 75 to 3.

Dec 12, 2009:

This weekend the Panthers traveled to Eden for the Eden Holiday Tournament. Our Panthers fought hard, placed 10 wrestlers & took 2nd place. Place winners were:

1st   140   Tyrone Mason

2nd   119 Luke Mincey

2nd   130 Chris Johnson

2nd   140   Trey Clayton

3rd   125   Dustin Champion

3rd   152   Taylor Cash

3rd   171   Nicholas Shriner

3rd   189   Chris Intehar 

5th   112 David Kubacki

6th   160   Justin Barbee

See articles section for final match results & team scores. Next up @ Southern Vance for a conference match. Go Panthers

Dec 09, 2009: Tonight the Panthers traveled across town to Cedar Ridge. The match started @ 160 lbs & the Panthers built up a lead before forfeiting @ 285 lbs to Cedar Ridge. The Panthers won the remainder of the matches to finish wh a 67-6 victory. The individual matches are listed in the article section. Next Varsity goes to Eden & the JV travel south to Southern Pines. Go Panthers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dec 06, 2009:

This weekend the Panthers hosted the Jim King Orange Invitational Tournament. The Panthers placed a strong 2nd with 234.5 points. The Panthers placed 12 wrestlers on the podium. The Most Valuable Wrester of the tournament was Orange's own 125 lbs Dustin Champion.

Place winners

1st   125   Dustin Champion

         145   Tyrone Mason

         189   Chris Intehar

2nd  130   Chris Johnson

3rd   135   Zach Rimmer

         160   Justin Barbee

         171   Nicholas Shriner

4th   119   David Kubacki

5th   112   Jordan Baker

         140   Trey Clayton

         152    Drew Barbour

6th   215   Austin Muench

Congratulations Panthers. Now onward to Eden for the next challenge. Good Luck Panthers.

Nov 24, 2009:

Our Panthers wrestled 3 matches tonight winning all three. Quite a few exciting matches that keep the fan on the edge of the seats. VS Northern Durham 48-17, VS Southern Alamance 42-28 & VS Cedar Ridge 72-17. The Panthers will now get a well deserved rest over Thanksgiving The DSA match as been canceled & the next wrestling competition will be on Friday Dec 4-5@ the Jim King/Orange Invitational. Come out & support our Panthers. Go Go Panthers!!!!!!!!!!!

Nov 21, 2009: Orange went 5-0 in the November Orange Duals. Defeating East Forsyth 55-12, East Chapel Hill 58-16, Fuquay Varina 69-12, Northeast Guilford 63-16, & DSA 63-12. The Panthers came in force & used depth to gain experience & team victories. Next up for the Panther is the Orange Thanksgiving Duals home on Tuesday. Go Panthers.

Nov 04, 2009: The first practice was held on Monday. Good turnout considering X-country, football & soccer seasons are still active. The practice schedule is now listed in the articles section & the lastest 2009-2010 season schedule has been posted in the schedule tab on the right. Go Panthers!!!!!

Oct 04, 2009:

The 4th Annual Sgt Mark Adams 'Make a Difference' wrestling clinic was held October 3rd. Approximately 70 wrestlers attended & benefited from Coach Connell, guest speakers Matt Arnold, Ronnie Winterton, Coach Shriner, Coach Winterton & the Adams Family. The turnout was great & a good time was had by ALL.

Apr 17, 2009:

Jermaine Hodge the Orange High 2x State Champ 119 lbs in 1999 & 125 bs in 2000. He competed in the National Greco-Roman championship & WON. Hear his comments @

http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234906-2009-us-open/169314-jermaine-hodge-didnt-know-if-i-won

Congratulations Jermaine.

Mar 07, 2009:

The Panthers took 9 Regional placers to Winston-Salem this weekend for the State Tournament. It was a close battle thru the rounds losing some heart breakers as well as winning some tough close matches. The Panthers  had 3 wrestlers in the finals @ 125 Chris Johnson met Mitch Overton from West Stokes. The first period was scoreless in a cat & mouse period. In the 2nd period, Chris took bottom, scored an escape & the a takedown to lead 3-0 to end the 2nd. In the 3rd period, Chris was on top & held Mitch down for ~ 1:00. Mitch escaped & the tension elevated. Chris could not get a takedown but blocked all of Mitch's shots. A stalling call at the end of the match left Chris winning the battle with 3-2 decision & a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. James Norman was up against Joseph Figueroa of Salisbury. After a scoreless 1st, James attacked first & scored to lead 6-0 going into the 3rd. He continued to dominate to a 12-5 decision.  James made it Orange's 2nd STATE CHAMPION. Remington faced Joshua Holmes from Rosewood. He wasted no time in getting a takedown & a 2pt nearfall. Rem continued to work for a pin & at the 1:25 the match was over & Remington had become the 3rd Orange STATE CHAMPION of the night.  Dustin Champion placed 4th & James Rodgers finished 6th. When all the dust settled the Panthers won their 2nd State Championship with 98 points.

What a tournament!! What a season!!! Orange repeats as both STATE Dual Team & Individual Champions. Coach Shriner was awarded the Coach of the Year by Mat News. 

Congratulations to the Orange Panthers.

Feb 09, 2009:

Tonight the 2A State Dual Team Championship was held at Orange. The match started @ 119 lbs. Dustin Champion jumped out to  5-0 in the first period on his way to a 11-1 major decision to start to give the Panthers a 4-0 lead.

Chris Johnson, 125 lbs, used 1:17 to pin his opponent & increase the Panther lead to 10-0.

James Norman, 130 lbs, used a takedown & nearfall-3 to lead 5-0. He went on to a major decision adding to the Panther lead 14-0.

James Rodgers, 135 lbs, had a tough match that kept stopping due to blood. He remained focused to win by decision 9-6. Score now Panthers 17, Red Devils 0.

Tyrone Mason met a very tall & strong opponent. Despite his efforts, Tyrone lost by a decision of 3-0. Newton Conover had their first points.

Remington Jarrett, 145 lbs, tried numerous times to turn his opponent on his back for the pin but ended up just short winning by decision 11-4 but increasing the Panther lead to 20-3.

Taylor Cash wasted no time working a takedown to take the lead 2-0. The rest of the match remained scoreless despite attempts by both wrestlers to score. Taylor gave up a penalty point late in the match but held on for the 2-1 decision increasing the Panther lead to 23-3.

Durbin Nunez, 160 lbs, faced a strong opponent. Despite fighting off his back numerous times, Durbin was pinned at the 4:33 mark. Newton Conover was inching their way back trailing 23-9.

Nicholas Shriner, 171 lbs, faced a tough & strong opponent. Nicholas used a craddle to score points in the 2nd after a scoreless 1st. Leading 6-0 going into the 3rd, he gave up 2 escapes & a takedown while scoring on a takedown to win by decision 8-4, increasing the Panther lead to 26-6. Time was running out for Newton Conover & the Panther crowd could sense that victory was only a few matches away.

Chris Intehar, 189 lbs, wasted no time to start the scoring. He scored a takedown in the 1st to lead 2-0. In the second Chris was reversed but the reversed his opponent to finish the 2nd period leading 4-2. In the 3rd, Chris used an escape, takedown & nearfall-3 to score a major decision & push the Panthers lead a little further out at 30-9.

Eric Confer, 215 lbs, used 2 takedowns & control to win by decision of 4-0 & clinching the Panther victory.

The Panthers forfeited out & the final score was 33-27. Panthers capture their 2nd State Dual Team Championship. Nicholas Shriner was the Most Valuable Wrestler with the excellent performance.

What a season by the Panthers & what a team effort. CONGRATULATIONS PANTHERS. The Coaching staff also deserves a lot of kudos for the work they did in getting the team prepared this season.

There was one additional milestone hit tonight. With the win tonight, Coach Shriner has reached the 400 win plateau. Congratulations to Coach Shriner.

Next up the Regional Tournament in Ledford on Friday & Saturday. Keep posted for additional information. See article section for finals box score.

Sep 12, 2008:

At 55Kg., SPC Jermaine Hodge won the bronze medal by defeating Song Buer, China, 0-2, 4-2, 3-0. Hodge lost his opening bout to Gyu-Jin Choi, Korea, 1-3, 0-3. Choi, the gold medalist in the competition, pulled Hodge into the Repechage bout for the bronze against Buer, who lost to Choi in the semi-final bout.
Against Buer, the first minute of each period was scoreless. Hodge lost the draw in each of the three periods but seemed undaunted in the down position. Buer gained an exposure with a gut wrench and went on to win the first period. In the second period, Hodge lost two points when he was unable to execute the start, but quickly gained them back by turning Buer for two, and then hitting a high gut wrench for the margin.
The final period belonged to Hodge who was placed down first, and then kept Choi from scoring. Hodge picked up two more points when Buer was penalized for the start.

Aug 27, 2007:

National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum

North Carolina Chapter-Class of 2007

"Lifetime Service in Wrestling"

Jim King, was born in Melbourne, Florida. He attend Applachian State University 1968-1972, wrestled and earned All-American status at the National NAIA Tournament in 1971. Served as Head Wrestling Coach at Prattville High, Ala. 1973. Head Wrestling coach at Orange High from 1974-1990 with a record of 125-28. He coached two individual state champions when state had only one classification. His team won State Sectional tournaments in 1978 and 1982. He served as Athletic Director at Orange High 1979-2003. Named the North Carolina 1999 Westling USA State Man of the Year: directed the Orange High/Jim King Invitational Tournament 1975-2006. Coach King spent months planning and putting all the pieces in place when he began serving as Director for the North Carolina High Tournament when all three classifications came together under one roof in 1994. He directed the State meets through 2003. Named Regional NC Athletic Director of the Year 1999. Coach King was named NC Alliance of Athletics, Health, Phy. Ed, Recreation, and Dance Athletic Director of the Year 2001. He has been a wrestler, a coach, and an Athletic Director who has continued to be involved in the sport of wrstling. He was retired but now works as the Orange Trainer, working and teaching the student trainiers. He resides in Hillsborough with his wife Andrea. They have two children Jamie and Robin.