Bluebelly

Citihi & Jack:

Thanks for the memories. I got all misty eavsedropping on your little chat. By the way, do your spouses know that youy carry on like that? LOL

Conrats to Jay...& regards to Lily and Rosemary

Dan Waddell (Fr 140 Baylor) defeated Tate (Sr MBA) in the quarters and Meyers (Sr F. Ryan) in the semis. Watch out for this young man.

Walkenvol, in my opinion, is:

1. Smart enough to stay away from this thread.

2. Most likely, not responsive to being "...told to talk about this move".

Speaking of Reverend Waddell, just in case you missed it, Daniel (Fr, Baylor, 140) defeated Tate of MBA in the duals. Great match Dan!

Claytor, Coleman and Fletcher Thompson (Baylor)

Clarksville High School and their coaches and booster did an outstanding job at the duals this year. The improvements implemented and the completion of their construction project made for a very well run tournament. I believe that this year's was the best run state duals tournament that I've been to.

On another note: the professional development of referees is an admirable endeavor. Attempting to “balance” the representation from the various regions is commendable. Awarding referees for outstanding performance during the season by selecting them for duty at the state tournaments is a good idea.

Mr. Carter, I believe that you or members of your staff did participants and fans of this years state duals a disservice in the selection of several officials. In what I assume is an effort to develop, balance, or award officials, unfortunately, several officials that were selected were not ready for the challenge. I believe that they may, at some point, be ready for the rigors and pressure of a state tournament. However, it is not fair to these officials to throw them “into the fire”.

Officials at the Super Bowl, the Final Four, the World Series, and the Nationals have to EARN the right to be there. To Tennessee wrestling fans, this past weekend and two weeks away is our Super Bowl. To have officials that are not ready is unfair to all involved. To have some of the best officials in the state sitting in the stands is WRONG.

I will not point my finger at anyone official. You were there. If you didn’t see anything that would corroborate my assertions, talk to some D II coaches whose judgment you trust. I say D II because I didn’t see many of the D I matches.

Please work hard to get the best officials that TN has to offer at the state tournament. The kids deserve it.

Hamilton County schools are cancelled today due to flash flooding. This includes Soddy. Don't know about Bradley County Schools. Notre Dame is closed. Baylor is open, don't know about McCallie; I assume that McCallie is open.

Are any other schools that are in the duals closed today? What about Bradley?

In the past, when schools are closed due to weather, the school superintendents or principals would not allow teams to travel.

Does anyone know, yet, what the impact on the duals will be?

Tyler22, Roeyster was at 119 and he was pinned in the 1st period.

LOL.....you guys are cracking me up!

What about it, Bamagrappler. Any thoughts on the subject?

I don't see many Red Bank guys ranked. What's happening over there? Are there any potential match-ups of interest? Does Red Bank have a full team? Some of the Red Bank guys were pretty vocal early in the season.

It is likely that Dunning and Manson will pin their way into the finals. Then...a great finals match.

Rawn:

Why don't you change your password?

Walkenvol

I think that your observations are all credible. I'm not sure that your final score is. I'm very impressed with all of the observations on the Baylor McCallie thread. I've yet to read a post that seems "way off". It is particularly impressive, as it appears that some of the posts are from the west and mid-state areas.

I think that this upcoming dual meet is definately "too close to call". That's what should make it very interesting. And, why I will start loosing sleep early next week.

Baylor's 171 lb is Doug Vaughan.

Walkenvol, how about copying your post to the Baylor McCallie thread where it will get more looks.

I think that your observations are all credible. I'm not sure that your final score is. I'm very impressed with all of the observations on the Baylor McCallie thread. I've yet to read a post that seems "way off". It is particularly impressive, as it appears that some of the posts are from the west and mid-state areas.

I think that this upcoming dual meet is definately "too close to call". That's what should make it very interesting. And, why I will start loosing sleep early next week.

My guess is Bradley wins, and it won't be as close as the Baylor / Parkview match. Is this match at Bradley?

Snobhater...I'm with you on Danny - Gilbert, that is. Also, Mike Craft and "Tater" Vinyard do an outstanding job. Mara, on the other hand, has seen better days.

Seems like we're usually out of there around 9:00. Long way to Chatt. after 12 hours in the gym...

My schedule says semis at 6:00, finals at 7:30. They have 2 1/2 hours scheduled for each pool. I shouldn't take that long. Maybe we can get them to push the schedule a little.

Subway is better than McDonalds.

Bradley, Father Ryan and McCallie...I guess

From The Chattanoogan.com...

Baylor Wrestlers Are 13-1 After Win At Ringgold

posted January 9, 2004

The Baylor wrestling team ran its record to 13-1 Thursday with a 49-12

victory at Ringgold.

Individual results: 103 lbs.- Ben Johnson ( won

by forfeit; 112 lbs.- Corey Manson ( dec. Garrison Goins ® 4-3; 119

lbs.- Jake Geismar ( pinned Tyler Slaughter ® 1:11; 125 lbs.- Jay

Carson ( dec. Jerrod Fielder ® 10-8; 130 lbs.- Jordan Leen ( pinned

Allen Lee ® 3:52; 135 lbs.- Will Murray ( pinned Greg Willis ® 1:48; 140 lbs.- Tim Manson ( dec. Greg Hopkins ® 10-5; 145 lbs.- Cross

Doster ( dec. Blake Walker ® 7-0; 152 lbs.- Timothy Moore ( maj.

dec. Sean McDevin ® 12-3; 160 lbs.- Philip Spitalny ( dec. Adam Walker

® 6-1; 171 lbs.- Doug Vaughan ( dec. Rob Baker ® 8-5; 189 lbs.-

Derek Walker ( dec. Kevin Lecroy ® 4-0; 215 lbs.- Barry McGee ®

pinned Houston Holt ( 5:15; 275 lbs.- Andrew Crawford ® pinned Brandon Hufstetler ( 2:51.

Baylor travels to the Greenveville Invitational on Saturday.

I doubt it.

I disagree, I'm not sure that Baylor could have wrestled any better.

Thursday, Baylor 48 Ringgold 12. It was closer than the score would indicate. Many close matches. Great re-match between Corey Manson and Garrison Goins. Manson won 4-2. Goins wrestled a very smart match, and kept it close.