Head varsity wrestling coach Timothy Stoudenmire and his brothers, Jim and Ken Stoudenmire will host a wrestling match. The proceeds will go to the Northeast Georgia Cancer Foundation as a gift in memory of their dad. “We all decided that this would be a good way to give back. Our family was helped an awful lot when our dad was sick with cancer. And the Northeast Georgia Cancer Foundation, they were a great resource for our family,” Timothy said.
By JOHANNA HALL – Staff Writer
Clarke Central High School will host East Hall and Winder Barrow High Schools on Dec. 16 in the Stoudenmire Bowl, a tri-meet between three wrestling teams each coached by a Stoudenmire brother.
Head varsity wrestling coach Timothy Stoudenmire and his brothers, Jim and Ken Stoudenmire, have found a way to give back to a community that helped them years ago.
“On Dec. 16, we are hosting a home wrestling match and we’re going to call it the Stoudenmire Bowl,” Timothy said. “Every dollar that we make that night, concessions, hospitality, the gate, everything, we’re going to donate it to the Northeast Georgia Cancer Foundation as a gift in memory of our dad.”
All three brothers coach high school wrestling teams. Jim coaches at Winder Barrow High School and Ken coaches at East Hall High School. The brothers hope that the event will connect the three schools’ teams.
“They thought it would be a neat opportunity to bring all (of) these teams together and wrestle in remembrance of their father, Jim Stoudenmire, who was a very successful football coach,” athletic director Jon Ward said.
The tournament will be held at CCHS and is aimed to be an event in which the community can come together and support a cause.
“We all decided that this would be a good way to give back. Our family was helped an awful lot when our dad was sick with cancer. And the Northeast Georgia Cancer Foundation, they were a great resource for our family,” Timothy said.
James Douglas Stoudenmire Sr., the father of the brothers, was a head football coach and an athletic director at multiple high schools throughout Northeast Georgia. Timothy says that he is inspired by his father, who recognized the value of wrestling.
“We got together last year and decided that we wanted to do something in memory and in honor of our dad,” Timothy said. “Our dad was a head coach for thirty something years, a very successful head coach, and he passed away at a young age because of cancer.”
Timothy says that, although the competition is for a charitable cause, he hopes to win.
CCHS Head varsity wrestling coach Timothy Stoudenmire introduces his brothers, Jim and Ken Stoudenmire at the first Stoudenmire Bowl.
“On the night that we all three are in the same gym, it’s pretty bad. Our mom may have to come break us up. We’re doing it for fun, but we all want to beat each other,” Timothy said. “Everybody can come over and watch the three Stoudenmire brothers try to kill each other, because that’s what it’s going to be.”
Many CCHS varsity wrestlers are looking forward to the match as well.
“It’s going to be kind of weird going against all the brothers,” varsity wrestler and senior Bryce McCallister said. “We are excited we want to get Coach Stoud that win.”
Timothy thinks that this competition, a joint effort between the brothers, is a perfect way to honor his father while supporting a good cause.
“We got together last year and decided that we wanted to do something in memory and in honor of our dad,” Timothy said. “We just saw this as an opportunity to do something fun and make some money and give back and that’s our hope.”
