January 27, 2010 | Story by: Lindsey Chester | Categories: Green Hope, Sports
Joey Baird Senior Captain, 36-3 weight class 140.
Photo by Carrie Baird
Cary, N.C. – That’s right, a rumble right here in Cary. For the second year, Crescent State Bank is the sponsor of Green Hope High School’s wrestling Team “Scramble” meet to be held this year on Saturday, January 30th. The Crescent State Scramble’s format is a 16 man double elimination individual tournament.
AWARDS
Teams are awarded gold, silver and bronze medals to the top three placers.
Trophies are given to the 1st and 2nd overall team scores by combining the individual performance points of the team members. In addition, coaches vote and a trophy is awarded to the ” Most Outstanding Wrestler” of the day. A trophy is also awarded to the wrestler who has the most pins in the least amount of time.
THEY COME FROM FAR AND WIDE
As many as 15 high schools from across the state come participate in this all day wrestling match which begins at 9am.
This year’s line up includes the following high schools: Apex, East Chapel Hill, East Wake, Eastern Alamance, Garner, Green Hope, Holly Springs, Jordan, Knightdale, Lee County, Leesville, Marion, Va., Millbrook, Northern Durham, and South West Randolph.
HISTORY OF THE SCRAMBLE
Green Hope’s Coach Chip Bunn created the first Scramble in 1997. It was originally named the Jackson Griffin Memorial Tournament as a memorial for one of his wrestlers who died in Hurricane Fran. At that time Bunn was a coach at Broughton High School.
When Coach Bunn came to Green Hope in 1999, the tournament moved with him and was named The Capital City Classic. Green Hope has been the tournament champions for the past 5 years. This tournament is the major fund raiser used to purchase necessary wrestling equipment.
CRESCENT STATE BANK GOES TO THE MAT FOR CARY
Crescent State Bank was founded and is headquartered in Cary, NC. Last year, when Crescent State Bank was asked to sponsor the event, the school decided to rename the tournament for their sponsor.
The bank’s branches sponsor events and programs in the community and take active rolls in many of them. There are two branches here in Cary.
