CoachBray

Changing the forfeit rule will not grow our sport. "Coaches will work harder to fill their teams?" Trust me, coaches do all they can to fill their teams.

Gentlemen,

Send me your rosters with scratch weight and ranking to ronniebray@hotmail.com

Just a reminder that I need rosters and rankings by 9am on Thursday morning.

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Boro,

We run everything on 4 mats and the time is already crammed as is.  It would be hard to add anything.

No sir

PAST PARTICIPATING

SCHOOLS:     Blackman, Beech, Brentwood, Buckhorn AL, Centennial, Coffee County, Eagleville, Forrest, Franklin, Hendersonville, Hillsboro, Independence, Lawrence County, Lebanon, McGavock, Oakland, Ravenwood, Riverdale, Smyrna, St. Andrews, Shelbyville, Stewarts Creek, Summit, Sycamore, Tullahoma, Warren County, Wilson Central, and others

MATS:            4 mats will be used in the Main gym

WEIGH-IN:    Weigh-Ins will be conducted at YOUR site Wednesday, Nov 16.  Scratch weights should be taken right after your practice. Whatever the wrestler’s weight is at the end of practice is the scratch weight.

                        *Because this is an early season scrimmage, we don’t want to focus on making weight.  Hence, the reason for scratch weigh-ins.  This also allows for teams to arrive later, for us to start earlier, and to speed up the event.  We expect weigh-ins to be conducted properly and wrestlers to try maintaining their scratch weight rather than trying to gain advantage by putting on weight.

Line-ups must be Emailed ASAP, latest Thursday, 11/17/16 by 9:00 am

To Ronnie Bray at ronniebray@hotmail.com

Please indicate skill level 1-4 (Elite-1, Good-2, Fair-3, Beginner-4)

BRACKETS:  Round Robins will be used for bracketing. Wrestlers will be grouped as best as possible according to skill level.  Please be as close/honest as possible when rating and weighing your wrestlers.

                        All matches will be three 1 minute periods.

COACHES     We will hold a coaches meeting Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. 

MEETING:     Hospitality room for Coaches and Referees ONLY!

WRESTLING 11:00 a.m.- 1^st Round. Wrestling will continue throughout the day.

SESSIONS:

ADMISSION: Tickets may be purchased at the door. Adults: $8.00               Students: $5.00

ENTRY FEE:             There will be an $8 entry fee per wrestler, payable upon arrival.  Coaches are responsible for ALL names that are sent in.  3 coaches per team, each additional coach is $10.

            Make checks payable to:         Blackman Wrestling

WEIGHT CERTIFICATION/HYDRATION TESTING SITE

            Blackman HS will serve as a mass testing site for Hydration and Weight Certification.  Start time will be 9:30am.  Contact Wade Bartlett at 931-334-9944 or wadeb@starpt.org for more information.

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Would anyone like to join Blackman and Ravenwood on Dec 6 at Blackman?  Weigh in at 5 and wrestle at 6.

Get signed up!

That's what Jonathan Simpson told me.  Communicate with him and he may back up the time.

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Make sure you sign up for all 3 styles when you register!  Price is still $30 if you wrestle 1 style or all 3.  

Register soon and find satellite weigh in.  There will be no weigh ins on the day of the tournament.

Satellite locations have been updated!

The Tennessee Ironman will be at Blackman HS on April 30.  3 tournaments in 1!  We will wrestle freestyle, greco, and folkstyle tournaments, in that order.  Look for sign ups on track wrestling soon!  Weigh ins will be Friday, April 29 in various satellite locations.  Wrestling will start at 9am central time at Blackman HS on April 30.

Blackman HS (4pm-6pm)

Cleveland Jones Center (5-6:30)

Clarksville HS (5:30-7:30) 

Arlington HS (3pm-5pm)

Beech HS (4pm-6pm)

Seymour HS (6-7:30)

7 Schools in the house last night.  Every Tuesday at 6PM!!!!!

I'm sure he's talking about the wrestle off between the Father Ryan kid and the Blackman kid. John Kramer is in charge of the west side and was supposed to have a wrestle off between the two. The Blackman kid went to Wilson Central on the prior Monday but the Father Ryan didn't come due to miscommunication between Kramer and Father Ryan kid. Kramer texted me and asked if the two could wrestle off on Thursday at Blackman. I said yes. The only weigh in I was told of was that the kids had to make +5 of the Sunday of the duals. Coach Hamm from Wilson Central reffed the wrestle off. I did not make the kids weigh in, I only provided a room for the wrestle off to happen.

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To accommodate teams that are coming from out of the county, Blackman will be hosting Fight Night on Tuesdays at 6PM!  These are held in the Blackman Wrestling Building, which is at the back of Blackman Middle School.  Address is 3945 Blaze Dr, M'Boro TN 37128.

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Also, Justin Lester shirts will be available for $15.

Blackman always hosts the Ironman.  Don't know why location says TBD.