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Dylan's Dad, I'm glad you replied. I wanted to reply but wasnt willing to take the bait. There were 20 wrestlers on the team. I may be mistaken and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe 5 of the 20 attend McCallie right now and one will next year. At most, there are/were 6 kids on that team who attend McC. That leaves 14 other team members who have ZERO affiliation with McC (outside of maybe some friends) who represented our state to the best of their ability and wrestled their butts off that weekend. That weekend was a first for Tennessee and obviously a small step in the right direction for us as a state. Congratulations TEAM TN BLACK!

IMO, Nolensville most likely wins their sectional and will take either Brentwood or Summit's spot at the state duals. You could make the argument they were the best (not by much) of the 3 this season but didnt wrestle well at a couple weights in their district duals.

Agree 100%!!! Not sure how long the reign will last but last season was the year to beat them. I've said this numerous times on here and in person to many of my fellow wrestling friends, parents and coaches. Some listen but many refuse to believe the facts and writing on the wall. A private school may beat them but it will be SEVERAL years before any public school in TN can match what they already have and what is coming up in the pipeline. The thing that separates the Cleveland room is their Cleveland coaching staff. They have AT LEAST 5 coaches (and this is just the guys that I know or know of) that are in the room every day and who are all better than 90-95% of the public school coaches in the state. There very well could be a couple more that I dont know of too! If a public school team has just 1 very knowledgeable coach in the room every day, the kids in the room benefit greatly. When you have a handful (or more) of experienced and knowledgeable coaches who help kids be the best version of themselves paired with kids willing to work hard and exceptional parental/community support, you get what they have going right now!

Match that got voted best match was Rubio and Yazdani. Absolutely correct!

Arash's opponent in semis controlled the match until he gassed. When his opponent gassed, Arash hit his takedowns at will. He could've easily had a couple or few more if he didnt waste so much time trying to turn him.

I agree that 150 should be a good match as well. Hunley is a tough kid and strong as an ox. Winner of that match will know hes been in a battle and will have earned it Best match 106 or 175 MOW is either Logan Fowler or Landon Desselle. We'll see if the finals outcomes change my thoughts.

Cleveland has 7. 106, 113, 126, 157, 165, 190 and HWT.

Supposed to be Wilson in 6th at 138, not Little. Not sure how I didnt catch that mistake. Guess I was in a hurry

Didnt have time to go thru entire brackets and probably not gonna have time to enter brackets on the site so here goes my best guess. 106- Cordero, Workman, Dietrick, Moore, Barton, Sessions 113- Walker, Colson, Loeffel, Lippincott, Connaster, Masi 120- Jakob, Smalling, Baltz, Maughon, Corbin, Nielsen 126- Bosken, Heflin, Creque, Corbin, Simpson, Winseman 132- Little, Beasley, Nadaeu, Halcomb, Donelson, Sexton 138- Yazdani, Pullen, Posey, Rubio, Robinson, Little 144- Desselle, Romano, Landrum, Geiser, Brown, Bautista 150- Leach, Hunley, Barlow, Vaughn, Pattee, Hogg 157- Fowler, Meeks, Little, Melzoni, Whaley, Anderson 165- Fowler, Mayes, Fritz, Corbin, Osburn, McKinney 175- McTorry, Stacey, Keel, Thompson, Harrold, Williams 190- Symborski, Kon, Jenkins, Dempsey, Whaley, Hatley 215- Crowder, McBee, Whisenant, Elmore, Moore, Sentell 285- Russel, Myers, Sumler, Savarino, Ard, Timothy Finals matches most likely to flip are 106 and 175 (depending on Stacey's health).

Carl, you make a few valid points and probably worded it better than I did while making the same point. First, you cant compare podium placement with bracket placement in a non-seeded tournament. The argument about seed to placement "domination" only holds water if the tournament was truly and properly seeded. Secondly, with the East division having a slightly disproportionate number of better teams and wrestlers, it stands to reason that more east division wrestlers would "out-perform" their placement (sometimes mistakingly referred to as seed) in the bracket at the state tournament. The opposite would be true of west divison teams and wrestlers. Hare wrestled to his "seed" or better, while he did not wrestle to his placement on the bracket that was not seeded. The ENTIRE McCallie lineup wrestled their butts off this past weekend and the total team points reflect this fact. The fact that y'all had half the number of champions that Baylor or Ryan had show the importance of having a complete team, even in an individual tournament. Total team points should be the metric being used, NOT seed to placement differential in a non-seeded tournament.

Just curious abt this. So, in the 113 lb bracket, are you calling Axel the 6 seed and Hare the 1 seed?? If so, yes Axel exceeded his seed to place differential by 3 and if Hare was "your 1 seed", he receives a -3. This would be true if brackets were seeded properly, instead of placed. However, it doesnt make seed to place true when they're not. If your being realistic about the brackets, both kids should probably recieve a ZERO in expected outcomes bc neither placed higher or lower than most reasonably expected when brackets were revealed. Same with Big Gentle and I'm sure there are probably others as well, he's NOT the 2 seed even if he's "placed" in the traditional 2 seed slot of a non- seeded tournament, therefore he shouldn't merit a +1. Make sense?

Just got back from watching the D-2 championships and was impressed with the McCallie 8th graders. Those kids helped their team to both the dual and individual championships. However, after being around AAU for several years and thinking about Cleveland's incoming freshman, I think the Blue Raiders 8th graders may give the EBE incoming freshman a run for their money. Thoughts? McCallie 8th graders - Jaxon Lane, Cainan Williams, Dylan Villers, Cooper Ledbetter Cleveland 8th graders Boone Maughon, Dominic Cordero, Kellen Sanders, Mattox High, Rock Shurette

Looks like ol Carl was right, McCallie gonna win it on the backside. Brought 13 outta 14 and all 13 placed. FR and especially Baylor have a more thoughbreds at this time but McCallie had a few of their own and plenty of pack mules to carry the load. Congrats McCallie parents and wrestlers on a great season! Yes it is. Several semis match gonna be big as far as team points go. Of the 3 teams that can win, FR has fewest with 8 in semis but a very realistic shot at putting AT LEAST 7 in the finals while Baylor has 10 and McCallie has 11 in the semis.

Yes it is. Several semis match gonna be big as far as team points go. Of the 3 teams that can win, FR has fewest with 8 in semis but a very realistic shot at putting AT LEAST 7 in the finals while Baylor has 10 and McCallie has 11 in the semis.

Bump, what's your "challonge" site link to create our accounts if we dont have one?