That is what happens when you put a softball coach in charge of wrestling for the GHSA. Not allowed to wrestle during "school hours" not allowed to attend an out of state tournament that isn't approved by the GHSA even if it's approved by the national federation. And of course worst of all the before mentioned 8th grader rule.
Instead of a Top 100 in Nashville they have the Music City Nationals to try to draw in out of state kids. From what I have notice it tends to draw a little more than Gatlinburg or Cleveland Top 100. In my opinion AAU in the state of Tennessee is a giant money scheme. I am not talking about the clubs I am talking about the people in charge of the tournaments. If your kid gets good enough they earn the right to wrestle the same exact kids at every tournament. And if they don't get good people just make new profiles so they can keep putting them in the "beginner" tournaments.
While technically yes it was an excuse, but if it didn't happen Wilson wouldn't have won. Just like it will take a similar "excuse" for Summit to beat Cleveland tomorrow.
You mean when Soddy had to send 3 of there wrestlers home before the duals for smoking weed in the hotel? Among those three was Turbo. So yes if the Fowler brothers and Cordero get caught in a similar situation Summit can pull off that upset.
The only way Halls and DB wrestle at sectionals is if somebody gets upset which I don't see happening. Should be
Halls vs. Mo West/ ScienceHill winner
DB vs. Maryville
Halls and DB both make it to state duals and could wrestle each other somewhere in the consolation rounds.
I think when pigeon forge has their whole team in the same place they have enough to beat seymour and Gibbs which puts them wrestling Tennessee high or Greeneville to go to state duals. The winner of Seymour and Gibbs gets Davey Crockett who will beat either in my opinion.
https://unapproved website/teamtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1702213206523&pageName=%2Fteamtournaments%2FViewerInformation.jsp&twSessionId=mgfauuhcaf
Tennessee teams listed are:
Clinton
Franklin
Gibbs
Halls
Pigeon forge
Seymour
Smyrna
The first interception was on a obvious pass interference... but outside of that all the turnovers were on Heritage. The refs certainly were not the causation of the loss tonight. The fact that Heritage was in the game at all was a miracle.