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have you looked at what resilite and dollamur have on clearance? https://www.resilite.com/products/33-7-x-35-classic-mat-stck-015424-mat-3 they have some light weight options as well. I don't think any of their light weight mats have the practice circles currently.

Middle TN Ref association tried to do this a couple years back. TSSAA would not allow it to be a straight up dual team of each division so kids would have had to be sprinkled in randomly on each team but you would still get to see the individual matchups. We were going to have a +3or 5 weight allowance but ultimately we could not get guys to commit. Now you have the D2 guys going to the Preps the week of D1 state, they will not want to wrestle another weekend after that in a All-Star dual. We purchased singlets, coaches shirts and everything but ultimately it fell flat on its face. Location was going to be at Oakland high. (central to everyone in the state.) Sounds good on message boards but too many logistical issues to overcome.

The NWCA would like to congratulate Tony DeAngelo of Lakeway Christian Academy for winning the Boys Head Coach of the year. The Cleveland High school Coaching staff is the assistant staff of the year. Assistant Coaches for Cleveland High are John Weiss, Jacob Murphy, Landon Reed, And Wilson Benefield. Great job to all Coaches this year. I know it was a difficult year and all coaches should be celebrated for making it through this year. If your son or daughter is a wrestler, take a moment to shoot your child's coach a quick email and thank them for all the hard work they put into making this season happen. -Andrew Hedges NWCA TN Chairman

State duals will be held at different venues most likely in high schools in Williamson county. The field for each tournament will be cut in half with a sectional round put in there so that AAA will be an 8 team bracket A/AA 4 teams and so on. Two sites for AAA with four teams one mat and very little if any overlap of teams in the venue. The TSSAA is doing their homework and I guarantee they are working tirelessly to make a dual event and traditional event take place. There will be tournaments unless Gov. Lee shuts schools down again like he did last March. There are still a lot of details that have to be sured up in order for things to be finalized and that is why TSSAA has not put out any information yet. Unfortunately there will probably contact tracing that takes a toll on some teams/individuals in-between the regionals and states. I hope that doesn't come into play but the traditional tournament will be smaller for AAA it will likely be a 16 man bracket. With the top two from each region going. I just hope that all AAA regions wrestle for a true 2nd and that they are able to substitute a state qualifier if a top two finisher was to be quarantined and unable to go to state give the true 3rd place finisher the ability to represent that region at state. Lots of logistical issues that the TSSAA is trying to figure out. I was extremely impressed when listening to Mark Reeves talk about all the work the TSSAA has done in order to ensure we have post season events for wrestling.

All coaches at every level are encouraged to register and attend our virtual conference Nov. 6th and 7th. Even if you can not attend the sessions live, when you register, you will have access to the content for 3 months! Here is a list of the sessions that will take place. The cost for registering is only $5. https://twc.coachesinsider.com/ Speaker Name School/Organization Session Title Live Presentation Time Jenna Morris Tullahoma High School How to build a successful Girls Wrestling Program 4pm CST/5pm EST on the 6th Ben Smith & Steve Logsdon Bradley Central High School From the Ground Up 6pm CST/ 7pm EST on the 6th Benji Gray Page High School Wrestling within an Athletic Department 7pm CST/8pm EST on the 6th Mark Reeves TSSAA NFHS/TSSAA Rules Meeting - State Updates 10am CST/11am EST on the 7th PA Bowler/ Ryan Simmons/Andrew Hedges MTWOA Assigning Officer/TSSAA Official/ NWCA TN Chairman Interacting with Officials, you may be asking the wrong questions. 5pm CST/6pm EST on the 6th Brian Smith University of Missouri Head Wrestling Coach Q&A with Brian Smith 1pm CST/2pm EST on the 7th Kyle Ruschell UT-Chattanooga Head Wrestling Coach Q&A on training cycles and schedules 9am CST/10am EST on the 7th Heath Eslinger A Better Way Athletics Inviting Parents on The Jouney 8AM CST/ 9AM EST on the 7th Jason Grindstaff Cumberland University Mental Reps for Strengthening Mental Toughness and Focus 8pm CST/9pm EST on the 6th Terry Grindstaff Creighton University Management of Common Wrestling Injuries 11am CST/12pm EST on the 7th

The National Wrestling Coaches Association would like to congratulate the following Coaches and assistant staffs for winning these state level awards. All TN head coaches were given the opportunity to vote the nominated coaches. They narrowed the field down and a select panel comprised of former coaches from across the state voted on the finalists. Wes Idlette from Dobyns Bennett High is the Boys Head Coach of the year Jenna Morris from Tullahoma high is the Girls Head Coach of the year Bradley Central High School (Coaches; Blackmon, Anglin, Catlett, Cordell, Ensminger, Eshenbrenner, Hicks, Mathews, and Storrs) won the Boys Assistant Coaching staff of the year Collierville High School (Mary Catherine Correia) won the Girls Assistant Coaching staff of the year These coaches bios and accomplishments from this year will be sent on to the NWCA to be considered for Regional and National award consideration. Congratulations to these coaches and thank you to all the coaches across the state. Your tireless work is what helps grow our sport and develop our young men and women into the best student athletes they can be! -Andrew Hedges TN NWCA Co-State Chairmen

The NWCA is excited to announce that we are launching a new Scholastic Girls Coach of the Year Awards program for each of the seventeen states that are sponsoring a championship, an invitational, or a pilot program. (States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington) In this inaugural year we will not have sectional winners. The state winners will be finalist for the National Coach of the Year. For Tennessee, the winners are Kayla Sharp-Estep, Northwest High School (Head Coach of the Year) Brad Warren, Rossview High School (Assistant Coach of the Year) Congrats to these two!

The National Wrestling Coaches Association has selected their Tennessee Head Coach of the year and their Assistant Coach of the year. Each Region throughout the state in Division 1 A-AA, AAA, and Division 2 was given the opportunity to nominated coaches for consideration. A ballot was sent out to all head coaches throughout the state to narrow the field. The top 4 vote getters where then put on a ballot and the board for the TN chapter of the Hall of Fame voted for this years winners. Congratulations to John Kramer- Wilson Central High School for being selected as the Head Coach of the Year. Also Congratulations to Patrick Simpson- Montgomery Bell Academy for being selected as the Assistant Coach of the year. There were many outstanding coaches up for this award! Tim Marshall- TN High, Ben Nelson- Baylor School, and Josh Peck, Nolensville High were finalists for Head Coach. Todd Worley- Hixson High and Will Greening- Tennessee High advanced to the second round of votes for Assistant Coach of the year. Please fill free to reach out to me if there is anything the N.W.C.A. can help with. If you are a head coach in Tennessee and did not get a ballot, Please email me at andrew.hedges@wcs.edu so I can update my email list of Head Coaches. I pulled emails from the list that Chris Vandergriff sends out. Thanks, -Andrew Hedges- TN Chair N.W.C.A.

You just have to be creative in your scheduling. In my 6 years in Williamson county. I have gotten dual matches with Cleveland, Mt. Juliet, West Wilson, Nashville Catholic, Siegel, Stewarts Creek, Spring Hill, McCallie, Dickson, Blackman, Richview, MBA, FRA, BGA, Harding Academy, and BA. Sometimes things line up right for a particular year and other years they don't. We get 20+ duals in our season and then send our kids into club. We have a handful of kids that just go to club practice and prefer not to compete during the club season. The Wilco season is short 7 weeks this past year from start to finish, however I would rather have it in the late fall then the way Hamilton County does it.... I also prefer our divided season as opposed to what metro does.

Sounds like an exciting event! Who wouldn't want to be given the opportunity to be the undisputed best wrestler in the state at your weight class? This is good for the sport and good for our state. I'm going to make plans on attending.

Everything is correct except for the injury time. It is only 1 1/2 minutes of injury time.

Centennial actually won the Coyote Classic. You did not separate the team scores, When looking at the results. Team Season Team Abbr Count Points 1 Centennial, TN Centennial, TN (GET) CENT 12 161.5 2 Franklin, TN Franklin, TN (GET) FRAN 12 137.5 3 John Overton, TN John Overton, TN (GET) JOOV 12 117.0 4 West Creek, TN West Creek, TN (GET) WECR 10 115.0 5 Rossview, TN Rossview (Girls), TN (GET) ROSS 14 114.5 6 Nolensville High School, TN Nolensville High School, TN (GET) NVIL 10 99.0 7 Summit, TN Summit (Girls), TN (GET) SUMM 13 99.0 8 Caldwell County, KY Caldwell County, KY (GET) CALC 8 98.0 9 Cane Ridge, TN Cane Ridge, TN (GET) CARI 5 68.0 10 Sycamore, TN Sycamore, TN (GET) SYCA 12 62.0 11 Hillsboro, TN Hillsboro, TN (GET) HILL 5 56.0 12 Ravenwood, TN Ravenwood, TN (GET) RAVE 7 49.0 13 Dickson Co., TN Dickson Co., TN (GET) DICO 4 39.0 14 Hunters Lane, TN Hunters Lane, TN (GET) HULA 7 32.0 15 Independence, TN Independence, TN (GET) INDE 5 30.5 16 Northeast, TN Northeast, TN (GET) NORT 11 26.0 17 Northwest, TN Northwest, TN (GET) NWES 3 26.0 18 Montgomery Central, TN Montgomery Central, TN (GET) MOCE 8 22.0 19 Kenwood, TN Kenwood, TN (GET) KENW 8 21.5 20 Martin Luther King, TN Martin Luther King, TN (GET) MLK 3 12.0 21 Calloway County, KY Calloway County, KY (GET) CACO 7 10.0

I watched the match on the live stream. Father Ryan should consider having another person do commentary for their matches. The commentator should probably join up and officiate, I know every area is always looking for referees. For a great program like Father Ryan to have their commentator openly berate the officials and even some of the wrestlers is a poor reflection on their program. Stalling is going to occur more in a contested rivalry match like that since kids that are a little outclassed at a weight are being coached to keep the bout to a decision and not to give up bonus points. Who cares about a spectator who has a son that wrestles in college and his opinion, if he feels so strongly about his comment he can join up and officiate as well. You guys are hilarious.

The PF kid applied an illegal back bow to the Red Bank wrestler, the referee immediately called it as such. It was a shame that the Red Bank wrestler could not continue but the referee properly called that situation.

If you spent half the time looking into the rule as you did editing and making that video you would have learned that the referee made the right call.