Question for the old timers on this forum.
Is this the best 2 year run in Chattonooga Area School history?
Class of ‘21 has 7 D1 wrestlers
Mccallie
Cagle – Virginia
Taylor – Pitt
Whitworth – Harvard
Cleveland
Bradford - Citadel
McDaniel - West Point
Signal Mountain
Uhrochuck - West Point
Muschel – Campbell
Class of 22 has 4 D1 Commits from Chattonooga area schools so far:
Baylor
Corday – West Point
Dendy – Wyoming
Harper – Wyoming
Cleveland
Chittum – Minnesota (he has reclassified for class of ‘22)
Even without the 4 potential kids in the Chattonooga area Schools in ‘22 class who might wrestle D1, that’s 11 D1 wrestlers coming out of the Chattonooga area Schools over the 2 classes.
Has anything close to this ever happened before?
I would also guess also that this is the best 2 year run in TN State high School history too.
Statewide Class of 21 has 12 D1 Wrestlers with the Addition of:
Beech
Bates – Central Michigan
Christian Brothers
Dalrymple - UTC
Dobyns-Bennet
Watkins – Campbell
Hurst - UTC
Committed for Class of ‘22
Lakeway
Roller – Virginia
I count another 6 kids Statewide in ’22 that probably will end up wrestling D1. TN has the potential to produce 22 D1 wrestlers in these two classes.
IMO, it's great that the wrestlers have decided to leave the comforts of home to become student athletes in other parts of the country. When we are discussing the kids going to one of the military academies, IVY League schools, BIG 10 schools, etc... it just goes to prove that academics play a major role in the recruiting process. When a student athlete has excellent grades along with test scores it provides them with life changing opportunities.
This gives Baylor 3 D1 commits in next years class as Nick Corday has already committed to West Point. Baylor also has 2 more rising Seniors Bond and Gunner that are D1 prospects.
Baylor’s 22 class could end up being one of the best classes any school has ever had in TN history if all 5 end up wrestling D1.
Yeah I think everyone is ready to see it done. Its been a long process. I knew they had ran into problems about a month or month and a half ago with the field being wetter than they originally thought it would be. It is no doubt going to take every bit of time to get it finished before football season.
It will be interesting to see what the final price tag will be for the field with the extra work that had to be done. I don't really keep up with the news that much but i haven't heard anything from the school board or the county commision if extra funds are going to be needed for the project.
I’m curious about why he went from HC at Sweetwater to Assistant Coach/Strength & Conditioning Coach? Why take the step down after 2018? Or did I read the article wrong?