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As someone who wrestled in Virginia and now coaches in Tennessee I fully support the A/AA state individual tournament. Virginia currently has three divisions within the state A, AA, and AAA. The sport has grown dramatically within the state and the competition level has grown dramatically. I know wrestlers that have won A, AA, and AAA state championships and none of them stick an asterisks beside their state titles because someone is better than them at another division. If the goal is to expand the sport of wrestling then allowing the small schools to compete with other small schools gives those wrestlers the best opportunity to compete. A school with 800 kids does not often have the same resources and pool of athletes to compete with a school that has 2200 kids. Two of the most dominant schools in Virginia are Christiansburg and Grundy and both of those schools compete at the AA level. Christiansburg just won their ninth straight state title at the AA level and no one puts then down for winning at that level. By creating a new division this would allow new schools within Tennessee to become the Bradley's and Baylor's at their level. Developing and expanding wrestling within the state should be the main goal not stroking someone's ego by allowing them to say they are the only state champion at their weight class.

The Patriot Duals December 29 at Sullivan East High School. Eight team dual tournament. Still looking for a few teams, contact Coach Harris at harristeachsehs@hotmail.com

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2009 Patriot Duals 8 Team Dual Tournament Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 LOCATION: Sullivan East High School 4180 Weaver Pike Bluff City, TN 37618 ENTRY FEE: $110 WEIGH-IN: We will weigh-in at 9:00 a.m. by teams. The scales will be available at 8:00 a.m. WRESTLING BEGINS: 10:00AM. FORMAT: This is a dual tournament and pools will consist of 2 four team pools. Each team will wrestle 3 matches in their pool. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the championship bracket and the rest will advance to the consolation bracket. Every team will get 5 matches. AWARDS: - Trophies for top 3 teams - Medals for the All-Tournament Team (Voted on by coaches). - MOW Award (Voted on by coaches). Wrestlers, coaches, bus drivers, and one additional are admitted for free. All others must pay. Hospitality will be provided for coaches and the bus drivers. All teams are allowed to bring in their own food and drink. However, we will be providing wrestler friendly concessions. This is an opportunity to get in 5 matches over the Christmas Holiday. We will wrestle on 4 mats which should allow this tournament to move very quickly. We are estimating to be done by 5:00 p.m. at the latest but may be done sooner. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to attend this tournament. HEAD COACH: Tim Harris Phone (423) 742-0369 E-mail harristeachsehs@hotmail.com

Here are the seeds. 103 Auman BN Schurlknight SH Milburn JC Joyner DB Yokley SS Gragg SE Kyker DC Whitaker G 112 King G Mann SH Goldstein SH Conaster ME Whitfield BN Meodows DC Hickey MW Beam E 119 Wilson SE Pearce SH Thomas DC Smith JC Kelley G Muse NG Malyar E Cefellers CD 125 Mann DB Looser JC Tapia SH Reed SE Kuhn MW Woods CC Vaquero DC Graybill CD 130 Biship SE Nease DC Snyder SH Rippetoe MW Bailey BN Richardson E Obrien DB Johnson CC 135 Herold MW Davidson SH Johnson JC Norton G Stuart CC Lemaster DB Perry SE Woodby E 140 Usuary SH Ivy JC Hoover DB Carlson G Thomas DC Marion CD 145 Bishop SE Churchman JC Stull SH Gilliam DB Burns MW Williams E Masoner ME Brimer G 152 Myers G Shipley MW Pearce E Riley SH Jordan DB Anderson CC Denton Barnes 160 Watkins JC Erwin DB Cruise SH Gaskins TN Lucy DC Harrison DC 171 King TN Mathes BN Kraus JC Cannon SH Keener DB Eller SE Perkins WG 189 Carter DB Whitt JC Hall CD Clark TN Rozar WG Johnson DC Grooms G Harris SH 215 Montgomery BN Lewis SH Coggins E Sanchez G Bryant DC Bradley JC Earls DB Jaynes CD 285 Fleming DB Sims G Feathers BN Arnold SE Ward CD Barnett SH Mann MW Taylor TN

I just noticed that there are only 8 regions for 2009. So I assume next year that each region will be getting 4 wrestlers in at every weight class for the state tournament. Has anyone heard if this is the case?

Michael Bishop is 19-0 and is the sixth seed. I think this just shows how deep alot of the weight classes are. If they are good enough they will make it through.

He is getting his weight under control but will be at 119 this weekend at the Fandetti Brawl.

Sullivan East vs Greeneville 103 Whitaker (G) by FF 112 Kelly (G) over Love (SE) by pin 119 King (G) by FF 125 Reed (SE) over Bond (G) by pin 130 M Bishop (SE) over Norton (G) 5-0 135 Carlson (G) by FF 140 Perry (SE) by FF 145 K Bishop (SE) over Brimer (G) by pin 152 Locklear (G) over Hall (SE) by pin 160 Myers (G) by FF 171 Eller (SE) over Dick (G) by pin 189 Grooms (G) over Berg (SE) 12-10 215 McQuallity (SE) over Ricker (G) 8-6 285 Sims (G) over Arnold (SE) by pin

Howerton from South Carolina also placed third last year in the state of SC so there should be some pretty good matches at that weight class. Bishop will be going 145 after Christmas so this may be the only time these two wrestle this year if Ridenour does not also go down. These two have wrestled before in AAU with Kole winning the last match and Ridnour winning the previous match.

Sullivan East will have all but one weight class filled after Christmas. We are minus four starters from last year with two wrestlers out for the year with season ending ailments. Both wrestlers were two of our better wrestlers too. One of those wrestlers is battling cancer right now. He is going to have surgery tomorrow and could use everyone's prayers.

Sullivan East 54 West Greene 24 Sullivan East 49 Chuckey Doak 24

Just because Kole says he will be wrestling 145 that does not mean he will be. He has all ready cut nearly 20 pounds and I am not sure he will be able to make it to 145 and be healthy.

Also, Bishop from Sullivan East will be at 152.

As I said they have the best shot after last year's performances. They both stepped up when it counted and ended up 2nd and 3rd in the state. Usary may have had a couple of bad matches but if you saw him at the state tournament he was wrestling on a different level. He also looked like a big 135 at the state tournament. As for Bishop he has not been beat by anyone in Region 1 for 2 years now. If he is so one dimensional then how has he continued to have the success that he has had. Last year at state he lost to Konz and then came back in dominating fashion to defeat several ranked wrestlers in a row. He is anything but one dimensional and if he is then not many wrestlers have figured it out yet. I do not doubt that King will have a great year and I hope he does. However, to get on here and belittle two other Region 1 wrestlers because you want to prove that your former teammate has the best shot, is comical. However, I still believe Region 1 is going to have a great year.

Bishop from Sullivan East will wrestle at 152 this year from what I am told.

I forgot about Matt King. He could definately be in contention this year. Do you know of any new wrestlers that may turn some heads this year?

I believe that Usary and Bishop have the best shot at state titles this year. I also believe that one of the Mann boys might have a good shot at a title also. I have heard that he has been training very hard and some of our wrestlers who saw him at a camp this summer were very impressed. There may be a few others who can place at the state tournament this year. The regional matches should be pretty exciting this year and alot of our wrestlers who made the state tournament will have another year of wrestling under their belts.

Just from looking at the first bit of seeding they have done, they do not even know how to seed. If you have five wrestlers that should be seeded then put them in the right darn place. How can they screw up? I have only looked at 119 and 125 and none of my wrestlers should be seeded but I feel sorry for the wrestlers that are seeded and get stuck wrestling a seeded wrestler in the first round. I am hoping they just screwed up.

103 Goldstein SH 112 King G 119 Simpson G or Wilson SE 125 Mann DB 130 Nease DC 135 Usary SH 140 Willett G 145 Bishop SE 152 ? 160 Brimer G 171 Arrington G 189 ? 215 Preston DB 285 Fleming DB This is my best guess.

Anyone have a list of teams competing in the Fandetti this weekend?

You must be nuts. East had 450 yards of offense. Gaby(169), Looney(125), and Crowder(50) yards rushing. You guys were lucky to even be in the game. If East had not turned over the ball the score would have truly reflected the true dominance East had over EHS. The best player EHS had on the field was #7.

Sullivan East High School in Bristol, TN is looking for a few teams to complete the field of 12 teams for the 2007 JV Patriot Border Battle on December 21, 2007 and the 2007 Patriot Border Battle on December 22, 2007. The field is open to teams from WV, NC, VA, KY, and TN. If you are interested in either tournament please contact Coach Harris at (423) 354-1900 or email me at harristeachsehs@hotmail.com

Wheeler has been wrestling at 171 since Christmas. His natural weight is around 165 and he was tired of cutting down to 152. However, Wheeler has now decided to wrestle at 160. Cox at SE has an injury and is done for the year so Wheeler will be wrestling at 160.

Are you going to cry? The question was who is going to win the Region and who will win each weight class. That's the question that was asked. Science Hill may very well win the region but I think Greeneville will win by a slim margin. That is taking nothing away from Science Hill but it is just my guess on who will win the region. I believe the match between Brimer and Williamson could be the tipping point one way or another.