Welcome to Triangle South Wrestling Club
My name is Butch Sadler. I was born in southern NJ and moved to Garner, NC in the 5th grade. I had wrestled 2 years in the Southern Regional Rams kids’ program prior to moving south. I struggled to find a consistent, local area youth wrestling program throughout my school years, but was lucky to attend NCSU camps and learn a great deal from past coaches, the late Jerry Daniels and Bob Guzzo. I was a state runner-up my senior year at Garner Sr. High and went on to compete at Pembroke State. Unfortunately, knee injuries cut my competitive career short, but did not dent my passion for the sport.
After graduating college, I began my coaching career- reviving the Tarboro HS program, and helping create their middle school program, as well. The Tar River WC, established with the late Lorenzo Carmen (ASU 83), still operates today. I moved back to Wake County to take over the program at Wake Forest-Rolesville HS and then Fuquay-Varina HS.
I was out of the sport for around a decade, but I have collected a great staff to help your young wrestler learn, grow, and achieve. I have personally coached and known every club coach for years and am excited to start training with you!
See more about the coaches below.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you on the mats!
Butch Sadler
- NCHSAA State runner-up: Garner HS (1985), 2X SQ; 3X NC State FS Champion; SE Region GR 4th
- Pembroke State (now UNC-P) 2 varsity letters (wrestling)
- HS Head Wrestling Coach 14yrs (Tarboro 92-95/Wake Forest-Rolesville 95-03/Fuquay-Varina 03-07)
- Volunteer Assistant Coach 3 yrs. (Garner 91/Fuquay-Varina 17,24)
- 48 NCHSAA state qualifiers, 18 Top 5 place earners, 3 state runners-up, 3 state champions
- USA Wrestling Bronze certified coach
- NC/USA Wrestling National Teams coach (1993-2002); TeamNC Cadet GR Head Coach (1998)
- NC/USA Wrestling Board of Directors (1996-99); NC/USA Wrestling Person-of- the-Year (1998)
- Tournament Director/Host- NC/USA Wrestling State Championships (2002); Miller/Mott Invitational (13 years, ranked by USA Wrestling magazine as one of NC’s toughest HS tournaments); numerous dual events and clinics
- Instructor/Clinician- Pembroke State Wrestling Camp, Appalachian State University Mountaineer Wrestling Camps, Ken Chertow’s Gold Medal Camp, NC/USAW Developmental Camps
- Founder- Tar River WC (Edgecombe Co.), Coby’s WC (Wake Co.), Triangle South WC (Wake Co.); Assistant Club Coach (Cardiac Kids WC- Wake, Orange, Durham Co.)
TSWC staff coaches
Lee Carroll
- NCHSAA 3A State Champion (1995), runner-up (1994) Tarboro HS
- NC/USA 3x Greco-Roman state champion, 2x FS state champion
- Tarboro High Athletic Hall of Fame
- Wrestled for NC State University (1995-2000) at 118, 125 and 133 lbs.
- Wrestling team Co-Captain - NCSU (1997-2000)
- 3x NCAA National qualifier
- All ACC
- Training partner for Kendall Cross, Olympic Gold Medalist (1996)
- Namesake presenter of the "Lee Carroll Award" for excellence in athletics, academics and sportsmanship in northeastern North Carolina sponsored by The Takedown Report.
Matt Colvard
- Over 25 years of AAU & USA to D-1 experience.
- NC Greco-Roman state champ (13x), NC Freestyle state champ (12x), SE regional champ
- NCHSAA 4A state champ (Cary HS)
- NCHSCA All American
- NC/USA Team member with competitive experience at Fargo and the AAU Disney Duals
- Lock Haven University team member (2010-2012)
Drew Wentz
- NC/USA FS runner-up 275 lbs (2000)
- NCHSAA 4A State runner-up 275 lbs, Wake Forest-Rolesville HS (2001)
- NC State University wrestling – 285 lbs. (2001-2002)
- Volunteer Assistant Coach – Bozeman High, MT (2004-2006)
- CPR/First Aid Certified