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This didn't age well....

We are playing with confidence right now. I like the way we are playing right now. Proud of our girls.

Yep and Barr, the other senior, knocked down two big free throws and had a big block as well under a minute to go

Lol, no it didn’t. From the looks of it he wrestled his tail off the last 1/3 of the season, especially sections and at state. Very impressive and much respect to him for getting it done!

Westview is a different team without Harrison…

Ugly we ain’t got no alibi it’s was ugly - win and advance

Great win by Summertown. A ton of heart shown by both teams all game. Summertown didn't shoot or play anything like they're capable of, but found a way to win!

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I think a few of the guys on the forum are die hard Cleveland fans, probably with kids in the program, and they want to believe they are "hated" or at least "disliked". I've run into this personality type before and they feed off of that perceived disrespect. Problem is it doesn't exist in the wrestling population at large. The vast majority of wrestlers and their parents are not on championship caliber teams and are part timers in the sport. They wrestle in season, perhaps a bit out of season, and in the end just want their kid to have a good time in a team environment, learn some life lessons, rack up a handful of wins, and stay out of trouble. Wrestling provides all that. Participants learn that Cleveland and a handful of others win because of time spent and sacrifices made. You learn that individuals who spend the most time practicing generally win titles. Doesn't take long for that correlation to be made, even for kids (if they are honest with themselves). These guys on the forum really believe that coaches and parents sit around talking about Cleveland's program (for more than 30 seconds). By and large they don't. Some do for sure and they are the other programs in the hunt for a state title. What is going on here is the classic "the man is holding me down". When you ask who the man is, well, nobody can ever tell you exactly who that man or group of men are. In this case however, this particular set of forum members have decided the coaches have conspired (or perhaps came to this conclusion all individually) and said, welp, you all win to much and therefore your kids can't have this. The coaches are "the man". Now that is a possibility and cannot be discounted but I'm not having it because that is no different than saying the kid that won didn't deserve it. This same argument was made last year when Chittum didn't win it. I laid a bunch of statistics out in the thread showing how much more dominant Trae was over the course of the tournament. Trae spent 50% less time on the mat, 50%, that is huge. I said go and watch the matches and just let your eye be the judge. Trae laid waste. Chittum was hurt, which nobody knew, and didn't lay waste. One individual didn't even want to hear that. Just said to heck with your facts and Chittum should have won it. Everybody I talk to (for the most part) is very proud of Cody and his many achievements, god that young man works. What didn't people like? He turned 19 after his sophomore year. You read that right. He turned 19 after his Sophomore year. How do I know that you ask? His birthdate was listed on the Pan Am junior games (in which I was 100% rooting for Cody). When people get wind of that type of thing you bet that is going to ruffle some feathers, particularly when everyone is proclaiming an 8th grader won a college tournament. So then you might think well Mr. Oceansize you hate Cleveland. I just created a different thread the other day laying out some stuff I enjoyed and front and center was how good Cleveland really is as a program. What I dislike is this OW didn't deserve it stuff or deserved it less. It is at the coaches discretion. Sammy won and he earned it.

Win and advance baby - got to learn to like 2 point win as much as a 20 point win now - successful tournament coach know how and when to slow it down and what adjustments need to be done during the game ( got to make FT at end of game ) As Pat Summit said defense and rebounding wins championships all easier said than done

Lol y’all fellas have a good afternoon, I’m done

Hard to believe no one on the current staff was qualified for that position, guess this will lead to more qualified alumni teachers and coaches to leave home...so sad....

My prediction is Haywood/Ripley round 4 in the Regional Final

Thanks very excited about this hire. We will see you this fall at the swamp

OMG IS THAT DEREK RANG'S MUSIC??????????

No doubt about that. Well done.

You guys are literally discussing how there is a conspiracy against Cleveland, ergo, the kids didn't deserve it and further you two know precisely which Cleveland kid deserved it more. Saying you know which kid deserves it more, is no different than saying the winner didn't deserve it.

Man those kids are fun too watch, the hate is about to get more real

That never was a realistic possibility for several reasons.

No worries Fooseball there are about to be some years in the not to distant future that it will be darn near impossible to keep the award away.The group of middle schoolers coming up are going to be the best ever to walk through the doors at Cleveland.If you think the legacy that the Laxton’s, McDaniel, Bradford, Whiteside, Ellison, Boyd, Davis, left was awesome just wait. We got Tulsa placers, Preseason Nationals placers, absolute monsters on deck. They didn’t lose a match two years ago at kid state duals. Not a single match. That’s against the rest of the state.

I think Eason on a good leg would compete for the Top spot.

Leave it to Cleveland to cry about not winning enough.

I like the sound of that. King's gym

It looked like the big. Girl from Greenfield was the only one that got off the bus to play in the 1st half. Give Gleason & Stephenson credit!

What a tournament Arlington is having. They only qualified 5 guys but all five are in the placing matches (3 finalists, 2 going for 3rd) and they are 4th in the team race going into the final day. Both Blackman and Wilson Central have more wrestlers still alive, but just to be in the hunt for 3rd place with only 5 guys is pretty awesome. Coach Simpson has them peaking at the perfect time.

My point is nobody from cleveland has never won OW. It is what it is, we will stick to the trophies that matter and let the middle Tennessee boys win the popularity contests.