Past champions
| Year | Team | Coach | Most Outstanding Wrestler |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Jefferson (GA) | Doug Thurmond | Nick Kee (Scotland County) |
| 2010 | Parkland | Maurice Atwood | Garrison White (Robinson) |
| 2009 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | Parkland | Maurice Atwood | Tyrone Eatmon (Riverside) |
| 2007 | Parkland | Maurice Atwood | Jon Burns (Cardinal Gibbons) |
| 2006 | Parkland | Maurice Atwood | Colton Palmer (Riverside) |
| 2005 | Cary | Jerry Winterton | Colton Palmer (Riverside) |
| 2004 | Summerville (SC) | Kenny Waller | Mike Jusino (Cary) |
| 2003 | Colonial Forge (VA) | Bill Swink | Andrew Young (Southern Vance) |
| 2002 | East Fairmont (WV) | John Geary | Raymond Jordan (New Bern) |
| 2001 | Nitro (WV) | Steve White | Matt Easter (Nitro, WV) |
| 2000 | Summerville (SC) | Kenny Waller | Matt Easter (Nitro, WV) |
| 1999 | Summerville (SC) | Kenny Waller | Chris Johnson (Nitro, WV) |
| 1998 | Cary | Jerry Winterton | Matt Atkinson (Watauga) |
| 1997 | Jesuit (LA) | Sam Harnsongkram | Ronnie Dunbar (Broughton) |
| 1996 | Rock Hill (SC) | Jim Barnes | Ronnie Dunbar (Broughton) |
| 1995 | Duth Fork (SC) | BD LaPrad | Terrancy Jeffries (Cathedral Prep, PA) |
| 1994 | Anson County | Steve Emroy | Joe Guzzio (Grimsley) |
| 1993 | Jesuit (LA) | Sam Harnsongkram | Scott Spry |
| 1992 | Summerville (SC) | BD LaPrad | JR Davison (Summerville, SC) |
| 1991 | East Gaston | Brian Lingerfelt | David Reynolds |
| 1990 | East Gaston | Doug Smith | Corey Dye (Rock Hill, SC) |
| 1989 | Rock Hill (SC) | Jim Barnes | Corey Dye (Rock Hill, SC) |
| 1988 | Rock Hill (SC) | Jim Barnes | Stan Banks (East Mecklenburg) |
| 1987 | Cary | Jerry Winterton | Jeff Mitchell (Sanderson) |
| 1986 | Cary | Jerry Winterton | Keith Harris (Rock Hill, SC) |
| 1985 | Cary | Jerry Winterton | Rick Strausbaugh (Pine Forest) |
| 1984 | Cary | Jerry Winterton | Chris Zwilling (Sanderson) |
| 1983 | Cape Fear | M Stainbridge | Donnie Brooks (J.F. Webb) |
| 1982 | Cary | Jerry Winterton | Mike Martin (Sanderson) |
| 1981 | Beddingfield | M Braswell | Jeff Farwell (Cary) |
| 1980 | Seventy-First | P Armfield | Jeff McCracken (Cary) |
| 1979 | Cary | J Sanderson | Larry Douger (Cary) |
| 1978 | Cary | J Sanderson | Johnny Rogers (Douglas Byrd) |
| 1977 | J.H. Rose | Ron Williams | John Brown (Sanderson) |
| 1976 | Cary | J Sanderson | Dave Cooks (Sanderson) |
| 1975 | Cary | J Sanderson | Barry Armstrong (Cary) |
| 1974 | Cary | J Sanderson | Curtis Sinclair (Reid Ross) |
| 1973 | Sanderson | Chuck Lehning | Randy Utley (Cary) |
| 1972 | Broughton | Rufus Owen | Jimmy Jones (Broughton) |
| 2012 | Parkland | M Atwood | Adrian Soto-Perez (Scotland County) |
| 2013 | Alexander Central | J Williamson | George Nathaniel (West Johnston) |
Record holders
Pin Record
Jerel Paule (Salem, VA) recorded a 4-second pin in the 103-pound weight class in 2003.
Three-time WRAL Champions
There have been 532 champions during the 42-year run of the WRAL Wrestling Tournament. Nine of those wrestlers won three years running. They are:
Russell Wilson (Enloe, 1972,73,74);
Rusty Quate (Garner, 1973,74,75);
Barry Armstrong (Cary, 1974,75,76);
Johnny Autry (Cape Fear, 1983,84,85);
James Jones (Rock Hill SC, 1988,89,90);
Robbie Ripley (Nitro WV, 1999,2000,2001);
Raymond Jordan (New Bern, 2001,02,03);
Byron Sigmon (Bandys, 2003,04,05)
Four-time Champ
The only 4-time WRAL champion is Colton Palmer (Durham Riverside) who won in 2003,04,05,06 and twice OSW.
Colton’s high school record was 284-6, and he went 91-0 as a senior, both national records. Colton wrestled at NC State and returned to the WRAL Wrestling Tournament in 2013 to announce the tournament finals.
All-Time appearances
| Team | Appearances | State |
|---|---|---|
| A.L. Brown | 1 | NC |
| Albemarle | 2 | NC |
| Alexander Central | 3 | NC |
| Alleghany | 2 | NC |
| Anson County | 4 | NC |
| Apex | 15 | NC |
| Ashbrook | 3 | NC |
| Athens Drive | 34 | NC |
| Avery County | 1 | NC |
| Bandys | 11 | NC |
| Beddingfield | 2 | NC |
| Bishop McGuinness | 1 | NC |
| Brevard | 1 | NC |
| Broughton | 18 | NC |
| Bunker Hill | 1 | NC |
| C.B. Aycock | 4 | NC |
| Cape Fear | 14 | NC |
| Cardinal Gibbons | 8 | NC |
| Cary | 20 | NC |
| Cathedral Prep | 1 | PA |
| Cedar Ridge | 4 | NC |
| Chatham Central | 1 | NC |
| Chesterfield | 6 | SC |
| Christianburg | 1 | VA |
| Clayton | 4 | NC |
| Cleveland | 1 | NC |
| Corinth Holders | 1 | NC |
| Croatan | 10 | NC |
| Currituck | 2 | NC |
| D.H. Conley | 7 | NC |
| Davie County | 9 | NC |
| Deep Creek | 8 | VA |
| Dixon | 1 | NC |
| Douglas Byrd | 3 | NC |
| Dudley | 1 | NC |
| Durham | 2 | NC |
| Duth Fork | 2 | SC |
| E.E. Smith | 2 | NC |
| East Burke | 1 | NC |
| East Fairmont | 2 | WV |
| East Gaston | 8 | NC |
| East Mecklenburg | 6 | NC |
| East Wake | 11 | NC |
| Eastern Wayne | 2 | NC |
| Enka | 9 | NC |
| Enloe | 10 | NC |
| Fike | 1 | NC |
| First Flight | 1 | NC |
| Forsyth Country Day | 2 | NC |
| Garner | 9 | NC |
| Glenn | 1 | NC |
| Gov. Morehead | 1 | NC |
| Gray's Creek | 1 | NC |
| Green Hope | 6 | NC |
| Grimsley | 3 | NC |
| Grundy | 2 | VA |
| Hanover | 4 | VA |
| Harding | 1 | NC |
| Havelock | 13 | NC |
| Henrico | 1 | VA |
| High Point Central | 3 | NC |
| Hoggard | 3 | NC |
| Hopewell | 1 | NC |
| Hough | 2 | NC |
| Hunt | 4 | NC |
| Independence | 2 | NC |
| Irmo | 1 | SC |
| J.F. Webb | 2 | NC |
| J.H. Rose | 1 | NC |
| Jack Britt | 11 | NC |
| Jacksonville | 2 | NC |
| James Madison | 1 | VA |
| James Wood | 1 | VA |
| Jefferson | 1 | GA |
| Jesuit | 2 | LA |
| Jordan | 2 | NC |
| Jupiter | 1 | FL |
| Kempsville | 2 | VA |
| Knightdale | 1 | NC |
| Laney | 9 | NC |
| Leesville Road | 13 | NC |
| Lexington | 1 | SC |
| Lumberton | 2 | NC |
| Mallard Creek | 1 | NC |
| Middle Creek | 1 | NC |
| Millbrook | 21 | NC |
| Mitchell | 1 | NC |
| Mooresville | 1 | NC |
| Mt. Pleasant | 1 | NC |
| Mt. Tabor | 2 | NC |
| Myers Park | 1 | NC |
| Nash Central | 2 | NC |
| New Bern | 15 | NC |
| New Kent | 1 | VA |
| Newton-Conover | 4 | NC |
| Nitro | 5 | WV |
| Norfolk Catholic | 1 | VA |
| North Forstyh | 1 | NC |
| North Gaston | 1 | NC |
| North Rowan | 1 | NC |
| Northeastern | 1 | NC |
| Northern Nash | 3 | NC |
| Northwest Cabarrus | 8 | NC |
| Nothern Durham | 7 | NC |
| Ocean Lakes | 2 | VA |
| Orange | 3 | NC |
| Orangeburg | 1 | SC |
| Panther Creek | 3 | NC |
| Parkland | 9 | NC |
| Parkview | 1 | GA |
| Pasquotank | 2 | NC |
| Peachtree Ridge | 1 | GA |
| Person | 3 | NC |
| Piedmont | 1 | NC |
| Pine Forest | 4 | NC |
| Pinecrest | 4 | NC |
| Reedsville | 1 | WI |
| Reid Ross | 2 | NC |
| Richmond County | 3 | NC |
| Riverbend | 1 | VA |
| Riverside (Durham) | 11 | NC |
| Robinson | 3 | NC |
| Rock Hill | 7 | SC |
| Rocky Mount | 3 | NC |
| R-S Central | 1 | NC |
| Salem | 5 | VA |
| Sanderson | 24 | NC |
| Sanford Central | 1 | NC |
| Scotland County | 5 | NC |
| Seventy-First | 11 | NC |
| Sherando | 1 | VA |
| South County | 1 | VA |
| South Granville | 2 | NC |
| South Johnston | 1 | NC |
| South View | 1 | NC |
| Southeast Raleigh | 2 | NC |
| Southern Durham | 2 | NC |
| Southern Nash | 2 | NC |
| Southern Vance | 8 | NC |
| Spring Valley | 4 | SC |
| St. Stephens | 1 | NC |
| Statesville | 1 | NC |
| Summersville | 6 | SC |
| Sumter | 1 | SC |
| Tarboro | 1 | NC |
| Terry Sanford | 1 | NC |
| Topsail | 1 | NC |
| Triton | 3 | NC |
| Tuscola | 5 | NC |
| Union Pines | 3 | NC |
| Voorhees | 2 | NJ |
| Wake Forest-Rolesville | 12 | NC |
| Wakefield | 6 | NC |
| Watauga | 3 | NC |
| West Carteret | 12 | NC |
| West Johnston | 2 | NC |
| Western Harnett | 4 | NC |
| Westover | 6 | NC |
| White Oak | 6 | NC |
| Whitewater | 1 | GA |
| Williams | 1 | NC |
Results by year
2014 WRAL Invitational Wrestling Tournament results
2013 WRAL Invitational Wrestling Tournament results
2012 WRAL Invitational Wrestling Tournament results
2011 WRAL Invitational Wrestling Tournament results
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