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Where are you sending Hamm these updates?? I will gladly screenshot my emails here to show because I do NOT recall getting ANYTHING about 138lbers in my email. It was not until THIS WEEK that I was told from someone directly related to the Cleveland program about 138:145, and I have not had the moment to do the update. Actual statements like these are NOT in my email. Lastly, I ask what rankings are actually valid? In every sport, highly ranked teams or individuals are beaten by individuals or teams that are ranked lower. A LOT of time and effort are put into these that only a few know because they have personally tried. As I grew up in Tennessee, we had rankings for wrestling my entire high school career. I always appreciated them. At the end of the ‘99 season, the person who did them decided to step down. I stepped in and decided to take them over. I did so because if not, they would no longer exist. Other rankings have also come and gone, but my rankings have always existed. Now I will not tell ANYONE they are valid. I believe the only true ranking that holds validity, would be the placements at the end of the state tournament. If you are willing to help, the way you have here, send updates and results to hammrankings@gmail.com. I do not check coach t regularly, but I do check my email regularly.

I'm beginning to question the validity of these rankings. 138 has had two kids ranked from Summit for a while now. Are they that good that they get two ranked kids? 1381. Cody Matthews (Cleveland)2. Daniel Bradford (Blackman)3. Nathan Porter (Summit)4. Job Dooley (Franklin)5. Luke Story (Science Hill)6. Cole Klingensmith (Summit) Brown is not at 138 for Halls. Its Ian Morgan who has beaten #6 Frye. Burns is at 138 not 132. Wysong at 132 is not eligible this season. Matthews #1 at 138? HA! Horst #1 and Borders #6 even with Borders win over Horst? Mann hasn't been at 113, hes wrestling 126 Harter hasn't been at 152 all season, hes 160/170 Whiteside #4 at 145? Based on? Wilson #1 at 160?

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Merry Christmas!

It did get quiet in here.

Merry Christmas to all on here. Please take a couple of minutes to remember all our troops all over the world defending our freedom and allowing us to enjoy all High School sports. Looking forward to next week when the Clone gets here with his Wife and the Grandchildren.

KG, I approach rankings the same way. This is not a knock on Coach Hamm, but one has to approach it like a job in order to really do rankings the right way. To anyone holding down a day job this takes an inordinate amount of time and attention. In high school where so many wrestlers like Mann often wrestle up until the end of the season it becomes an even more difficult task. It's not realistic to expect one person to keep accurate track of all the wrestlers at all the weights all the time in all three divisions. It's just not a one man job. Despite that I think the Pin-TN rankings are great because they are generally on target, and they spur discussion and debate amongst fans. They also serve to motivate those wrestlers who just missed making the list. So I too take them with a grain of salt but I appreciate the job Coach Hamm does. I don't get hung up on the order. For instance, I thought Austin Antcliffe was one of the better wrestlers at 182 this year (even though he is wrestling up a weight much like Mann). I was wondering if he would be recognized at some point and sure enough he has popped up at #6 in the last version put out. Mission accomplished.