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State Dual Predictions Will Be Released by Thursday. http://leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=69231&snid=dIFDY6K6%5D&org=tennwrestling.com Corrections were made from last week due to a misinterpretation of the Hixson - East Ridge score and due to the previous East Ridge 39-38 victory over Science Hill. Good luck to all the teams competing this weekend in the State Duals. Early favorites are (if I had to handicap it): D-1: Soddy Daisy (2:1) and Cleveland (2:1), with Wilson Central (10:1) having an outside chance. D-2: Christian Brothers (2:1) and Father Ryan (3:1) D-1 (A-AA): Pigeon Forge (3:2)

Yes..unfortunately I did overlook Lusk from Coffee County, however it is hard to rank him based on no head-to-head with the top-4 but I am fairly confident about the top-2.

126 Elan McCasland, Beech 132 Dylan Treloar, Hendersonville 160 Luke Humphreys, Dickson Co 170 Tyler Crane, Clarksville 182 Hamza Yunis, Kenwood 182 Fletcher Valentine, Dickson Co 195 Tony Seay, Sycamore 285 Bruno Reagan, Clarksville 285 Taylor Podany, Beech That's 9...I miscounted...there should only be 24 from Region 3. I also have several guys right there on the cusp: 113 Christian Lozano, Beech 132 Beau Badon, Dickson Co 138 Jake Sahutske, Beech 152 Mike Binns, Sycamore 182 Keil Russell, Clarksville 195 De'Ontae Greenwade, Beech

Revised Team Predictions: Team Placement (by weighted scale): 4 pts for 1st, 3 pts for 2nd, 2 pts for 3rd 1 pt for 4th/5th 1. Wilson Central - 41 (top-3 at state) 2. Blackman - 27 (top-10 at state) 3. Siegel - 14 (top-30 at state) 4. Cookeville - 14 (top-15 at state) 5. Riverdale - 12 (top-15 at state) 6. Eagleville - 10 (top-30 at state) 7. Tullahoma - 6 (top-30 at state) 8. Mt. Juliet - 5 9. Smyrna - 4 10. Oakland - 4 11. Franklin Co - 3 12. Coffee Co - 2 13. Lawrence Co - 1 14. LaVergne - 0 15. Warren Co - 0 16. Lebanon - 0 17. Shelbyville - 0 I am predicting 14 state placers from Region 5 out of 84 total, which is 16.7%...there are 8 regions so the average would be 12.5% if everything was equal. Order of Region Rank by State Placers: 1. Region 3 (Cleveland, Heritage, Bradley Central, Maryville, Walker Valley, William Blount) - 25 2. Region 5 (Wilson Central, Blackman, Cookeville, Riverdale, Siegel) - 14 3. Region 4 (Soddy Daisy, Ooltewah, Hixson, Notre Dame, Chattanooga Central) - 11 4. Region 7 (Beech, Clarksville, Dickson Co, Sycamore) - 8 5. Region 6 (Franklin, Ravenwood, Independence, Overton) - 8 6. Region 1 (Science Hill, Jefferson Co, Dobyns Bennett, Sullivan East, Greeneville, Daniel Boone) - 8 7. Region 2 (Pigeon Forge, Knoxville Halls, Gibbs, Farragut) - 5 8. Region 8 (Collierville, Cordova, Bartlett, Germantown) - 5 South TN (Chattanooga) = 36 Mid TN (Clarksville to Murfreesboro) = 30 East TN = 13 West TN = 5

Revised Predictions based on more research and tonight's results: Who I believe will be representing Region 5 at State (bold are my predicted state placers): *Members of Team Nemesis in '11 or '12 106 1. Devan Cyree - Tullahoma (my favorite to win a State Title)* 2. Lane Dickeson - Wilson Central <moved up from #4> 3. Dylan Coggins - Blackman 4. Hayden Hammonds - Eagleville 113 1. Christian Cerrito - Wilson Central* 2. Jesse Escue - Blackman 3. Cleveland Cyree - Tullahoma 4. Bronson Satterfield - Cookeville 5. Ellis Dodson - Eagleville* 120 1. Nick Insalaco - Wilson Central* 2. Jason Singleton - Siegel <moved up from #4> 3. Casey Dodson - Eagleville* 4. Jordan Kimbrough - Blackman 126 1. Kaleb Gonyea - Smyrna 2. Nick Grant - Siegel 3. Jesse Benson - Cookeville 4. Jonathan Hayes - Wilson Central (removed Caleb Gentry of Riverdale) 132 1. Eddie Small - Wilson Central (has a shot at state title) 2. Glen Shoemake - Cookeville 3. Ayinde Bakari - Blackman 4. Stephen Thomas - Siegel 138 1. Austin Richard - Wilson Central* (has a shot at state title) 2. Josh Feuerbacher - Blackman* 3. Austin Cook - Mt. Juliet 4. Zach Valdez - Siegel 145 1. Byron Hutchison - Wilson Central 2. Kyle Coder - Siegel 3. Danyon Edens - Mt. Juliet 4. John Oliveiri - Blackman 152 1. Tyler Garrison - Blackman* 2. John Michael Davidson - Wilson Central 3. Andrew Solomon - Eagleville 4. Tanner Curto - Cookeville 160 1a. Blake Solomon - Eagleville* 1b. Tyler Sells - Blackman* TOSS UP...MATCH WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR (either guy could win state) 3. Jonathan Ward - Wilson Central 4. Austin Hammons - Cookeville 5. Logan Stockton - Franklin Co 170 1. Sean Kennedy - Riverdale 2. Jacob Myers - Wilson Central 3. Dustin Holmes - Siegel 4. Robert Beaulieu - Lawrence Co 182 1. Perry Baltz - Wilson Central* 2. Jevon Brown - Blackman* 3. Chase Hodges - Riverdale* 4. Jordan Vaughn - Siegel 195 1. Scottie Boykin - Riverdale (my favorite to win state)* 2. Deonte Ewing - Siegel 3. Alex Weatherford - Franklin Co 4. Darren Houston - Cookeville 220 1. Johnny Kramer - Wilson Central (good shot at state title)* 2. Hunter Ingham - Mt. Juliet 3. Jordan Wilson - Coffee Co 4. Billy Woodward - Blackman 285 1. Jeff Benson - Oakland 2. Austin Wells - Blackman* 3. Derek Hammons - Cookeville 4. Lawrence Holcombe - Riverdale

I apologize for the mixup in MJ and Cookeville. That changes my predictions for Region: 1. Wilson Central - 38 (top-3 at state) 2. Blackman - 29 (top-10 at state) 3. Riverdale - 13 (top-15 at state) 4. Siegel - 12 (top-30 at state) 5. Eagleville - 12 (top-30 at state) 6. Cookeville - 11 (top-30 at state) 7. Mt. Juliet - 7 8. Tullahoma - 6 (top-30 at state) 9. Smyrna - 4 10. Oakland - 4 11. Franklin Co - 3 12. Coffee Co - 2 13. Lawrence Co - 1 14. LaVergne - 0 15. Warren Co - 0 16. Lebanon - 0 17. Shelbyville - 0

Team Placement (by weighted scale): 4 pts for 1st, 3 pts for 2nd, 2 pts for 3rd 1 pt for 4th/5th 1. Wilson Central - 38 (top-3 at state) 2. Blackman - 29 (top-10 at state) 3. Cookeville - 13 (top-15 at state) 4. Riverdale - 13 (top-15 at state) 5. Siegel - 12 (top-30 at state) 6. Eagleville - 12 (top-30 at state) 7. Tullahoma - 6 (top-30 at state) 8. Mt. Juliet - 5 9. Smyrna - 4 10. Oakland - 4 11. Franklin Co - 3 12. Coffee Co - 2 13. Lawrence Co - 1 14. LaVergne - 0 15. Warren Co - 0 16. Lebanon - 0 17. Shelbyville - 0 I am predicting 12 state placers from Region 5 out of 84 total, which is 14.3%...there are 8 regions so the average would be 12.5% if everything was equal. Order of Region Rank by State Placers: 1. Region 3 (Cleveland, Heritage, Bradley Central, Maryville, Walker Valley, William Blount) - 25 2. Region 5 (Wilson Central, Blackman, Cookeville, Riverdale) - 12 3. Region 4 (Soddy Daisy, Ooltewah, Hixson, Notre Dame, Chattanooga Central) - 11 4. Region 7 (Beech, Clarksville, Dickson Co, Sycamore) - 8 5. Region 6 (Franklin, Ravenwood, Independence, Overton) - 8 6. Region 1 (Science Hill, Jefferson Co, Dobyns Bennett, Sullivan East, Greeneville, Daniel Boone) - 8 7. Region 2 (Pigeon Forge, Knoxville Halls, Gibbs, Farragut) - 7 8. Region 8 (Collierville, Cordova, Bartlett, Germantown) - 5 South TN (Chattanooga) = 36 Mid TN (Clarksville to Murfreesboro) = 28 East TN = 15 West TN = 5

Who I believe will be representing Region 5 at State (bold are my predicted state placers): *Members of Team Nemesis in '11 or '12 106 1. Devan Cyree - Tullahoma (my favorite to win a State Title)* 2. Dylan Coggins - Blackman 3. Hayden Hammonds - Eagleville 4. Lane Dickeson - Wilson Central 113 1. Christian Cerrito - Wilson Central* 2. Jesse Escue - Blackman 3. Cleveland Cyree - Tullahoma 4. Bronson Satterfield - Cookeville 5. Ellis Dodson - Eagleville* 120 1. Nick Insalaco - Wilson Central* 2. Casey Dodson - Eagleville* 3. Jordan Kimbrough - Blackman 4. Jason Singleton - Siegel 126 1. Kaleb Gonyea - Smyrna 2. Nick Grant - Siegel 3. Caleb Gentry - Riverdale 4. Jesse Benson - Cookeville 5. Jonathan Hayes - Wilson Central 132 1. Eddie Small - Wilson Central (has a shot at state title) 2. Glen Shoemake - Cookeville 3. Ayandi Bakari - Blackman 4. Stephen Thomas - Siegel 138 1. Austin Richard - Wilson Central* (has a shot at state title) 2. Josh Feuerbacher - Blackman* 3. Austin Cook - Mt. Juliet 4. Zach Valdez - Siegel 145 1. Byron Hutchison - Wilson Central 2. Kyle Coder - Siegel 3. Danyon Edens - Cookeville 4. John Oliveiri - Blackman 152 1. Tyler Garrison - Blackman* 2. John Michael Davidson - Wilson Central 3. Andrew Solomon - Eagleville 4. Tanner Curto - Cookeville 160 1a. Blake Solomon - Eagleville* 1b. Tyler Sells - Blackman* TOSS UP...MATCH WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR (either guy could win state) 3. Jonathan Ward - Wilson Central 4. Austin Hammons - Cookeville 5. Logan Stockton - Franklin Co 170 1. Sean Kennedy - Riverdale 2. Jacob Myers - Wilson Central 3. Dustin Holmes - Siegel 4. Robert Beaulieu - Lawrence Co 182 1. Perry Baltz - Wilson Central* 2. Jevon Brown - Blackman* 3. Chase Hodges - Riverdale* 4. Jordan Vaughn - Siegel 195 1. Scottie Boykin - Riverdale (my favorite to win state)* 2. Deonte Ewing - Siegel 3. Alex Weatherford - Franklin Co 4. Darren Houston - Cookeville 220 1. Johnny Kramer - Wilson Central (good shot at state title)* 2. Hunter Ingham - Mt. Juliet 3. Jordan Wilson - Coffee Co 4. Billy Woodward - Blackman 285 1. Jeff Benson - Oakland 2. Austin Wells - Blackman* 3. Derek Hammons - Cookeville 4. Lawrence Holcombe - Riverdale

Just before Region Dual Finals...a LOT of movement this week with all of the district head-to-heads and teams peeking going into the Region/State Duals. Good luck to all of the teams competing on Thursday-Saturday to represent your Region at the State Duals. http://leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=68579&snid=dIJG%5E6K5Z&org=tennwrestling.com

Too late.

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Coaches of teams in the Chattanooga area. We have a GA team unable to compete in our H.S. division of duals on Saturday January 19th in Dalton, GA. If any of you have had a cancellation recently and would like to get 4 duals on this Saturday, please let me know ASAP and I can get you into the field. Sincerely, Bryan Knepper (931) 222-7213 coach.knepperATgmail.com

Randall...I sat on the exploratory committee on Girls Wrestling in TN and the reason for the rule was to set up Girls Wrestling as a Sanctioned Sport by the TSSAA. If they were allowed to choose, it would not be sanctioned (that was my understanding at the time...this may have changed). It is a tough situation as there aren't enough girls competing YET to justify a totally separate division, but it was necessary to set up long-term success. I don't necessarily agree with it, but understood the points/implications being made at the time.

Our setup is different from 2011 but I will send you info shortly.

What happened in the Wilson/Dooley match that resulted in the DQ of Dooley? Indy vs. Franklin

Thanks KingGreene for the update...and congrats to Indy...they are finally able to compete as a dual team. What are the district rankings in Region 6 looking like?

D-II rankings have been added as of 1/10/13. Rankings for both Individual and Team will be released on Wednesdays from now until the end of the season so as to give coaches more time to post results, brackets, or correspond with the rankings team. A huge thanks to all of the coaches that already send us results and to Kenneth Hammonds and Garrett House who spend so much time on this effort. Coach Knepper http://leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=67201&snid=dHI%40_%3EI%3EV&org=tennwrestling.com

The funny thing about the whole Reagan and Podany argument is that neither of them care where they are ranked and they make good teammates in the off-season.

No problem...Scott Marbut did an exceptional job.

Why don't we target for Wednesday next week then...and make that the day we report from now on? I am okay with that if it helps reduce research and provides more time for reporting results.

Cody, From all accounts I have heard from those that attended (as I wasn't able to attend...hopefully next year), the tournament was nothing but a success. There is nothing better than having our wrestling heroes interact with the youth of TN/GA in terms of building the sport and Coach Eslinger is an outstanding coach and mentor that we are all lucky to have at UT-C.

There have been rumblings inside the state to try to host something like this...unfortunately it would be difficult unless the Coaching Restrictions are lifted.

Garrett, Yes I agree...my case in point wasn't to single out CBHS...definitely not the biggest offender...so are you saying it would be better to release rankings on a Tuesday so that coaches have time to input results on Monday? I spent an inordinate amount of time last season trying to track scores through newspapers with little to no results. Thanks for the heads up on the Commercial Appeal...my post wasn't supposed to slight you guys but say "if it wasn't for GHouse posting" I wouldn't get results in time for proper rankings. Coach Knepper

Patnode then dec Acuna Shaffner pinned Luken Gamadamis pinned Overy Nathan Williams lost by tech to Gonzalez Roberts pinned Joel Deere at 197

Middle Tennessee State University 46 Central Baptist College 4 1/5/13 Arlington, TN LBS WINNER RESULT LOSER SCORE/TIME 125 Shane Shaffner (MTS) Dec Peter Acuna (CBC) 6-5 133 Anthony Patnode (MTS) Pin John Luken (CBC) 4:32 141 Eric Feuerbacher (MTS) Pin David Overy (CBC) 2:40 149 Gabe Gamadamis (MTS) FF (CBC) 157 Brian Keiffer (MTS) FF (CBC) 165 Everett Colbert (MTS) Pin Austin Gonzalez (CBC) 4:00 174 Khristofer Sawyer (MTS) Dec Benjamin Rosario (CBC) 10-4 184 Jonathan Roberts (MTS) Maj Ricky Tate (CBC) 16-4 197 John Lopez (CBC) Maj Robert Anderson (MTS) 9-0 285 Rashied Rayford (MTS) Pin Jared Pflasterer (CBC) 5:18 Officiated by: Scott Marbut (NCAA Official)