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  1. Brentwood High Head Coach vacancy

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    Thanks for all you've done for BWD  and  as a loyal Blue fan we appreciate what you've done for TN wrestling. You'll be missed.  Are you going to TSSAA, like Ronnie Carter did?????? that would be great for wrestling!  I could see that scenario, since you've run that tournament forever?????

     

     I know somebody that would be great down there, but not sure he would want a rebuilding job  Do you all already have a feeder program in place?  What club?

     

    Best of luck, You've done a great job.

     

    TD2, thank you.  For right now I am staying at Brentwood to teach and help out in the athletic department wherever and however they may need me.  No plans to go to TSSAA as I'm unaware of any openings.  I don't really run the tournaments.  Mike Parker has been the tournament director for years and his wife, Karen, has been his director for even longer.  They do an amazing job, but there are so many others who help to put those events on.

    We have one middle school that feeds us and do not currently have our own kids' club.  We've had several kids over the years come through Copperhead, Williamson County Wrestling, and WOSBO Clubs.  Those clubs do a great job of building a fundamental base and providing additional opportunities for competition and advanced training.

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  3. Brentwood High Head Coach vacancy

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    Just curious. How does the football coach view having his players involved in wrestling. Is he supportive?

     

    Coach Crawford is great to work with.  He is very supportive of wrestling as well as all the other sports at Brentwood High.  He understands the value of athletes competing in multiple sports and encourages his football players to wrestle.  He's also a very valuable resource in the weight room. 

  4. Brentwood High Head Coach vacancy

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    Brentwood High School is currently seeking applications for Head Wrestling Coach for the 2017-2018 school year.  Currently we have teaching positions for next year in Math, Science, and Spanish.  Please send resumes to Brentwood AD Ronnie Seignthaler at rons@wcs.edu.  The Williamson County Schools online application and job posting can be found here:  https://selfservice.wcs.edu/Apply/employmentopportunities/default.aspx

     

    I will still be teaching at Brentwood High and serving in some form in the athletic department, but will not be coaching.

     

    Thanks,

    Joe Blair

  8. My Letter to the TSSAA

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    Thadd, this is a well-written letter with several good points.  However, the people you are directing it to rarely, if ever, come on to coacht and read anything.  If you want it seen and your points considered, you should email it to Mark Reeves at mreeves@tssaa.org, or call TSSAA's offices and ask to speak to him about this.

     

    I've read many things over the past few weeks on here and I'm wondering why more people don't just pick up a phone and call Mr. Reeves, or email him and voice their ideas and concerns.  Or, better yet, actually come up with a plan and the means in which to carry it out and do the work involved to make it happen.  That's what we as Williamson County coaches did when we first approached TSSAA about possibly bringing the State Duals to the Ag Center.  We showed them our idea and plan and that we were willing to put in the work to pull it off.  They liked what they saw and asked if we would be willing to handle the Traditional tournament also.  What an honor to be asked to host the state championships of the sport you love.  We agreed and then we put in the work to make it happen.  You should know.  You've been working on that floor before and your help has been very appreciated.

     

    If you want changes made to the state tournaments, then do what we did.  Get on the phone and call Bridgestone Arena or Municipal or the Music City Center.  Find out what it would take, how much it would cost.  Call the Nashville Sports Council, and Nashville City and Davidson County commissioners.  Get some community support to help iron out any kinks.  Put in the work to make the changes that you want to see happen.  I've learned that when it comes to the TSSAA, the best way to get things done is to do as much of the working and thinking for them on the front end.  That's how we got double elimination finally passed.  We showed them how it could work. 

     

    Putting on the Duals and the Traditional tournaments takes more than just words on a message board.  It takes a lot of good people, like yourself, doing a lot of hard work.  The venue is just one small part of the big picture.

     

    I'm looking forward to a great weekend of awesome wrestling and I wish everyone involved the best of luck!

     

    Coach Blair

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  10. State Duals qualifying teams

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    Region duals results :

     

    D1 AAA:

    Region 1 - 1. Science Hill 2. Jefferson Co.

    Region 2 - 1. Knox Halls 2. Bearden

    Region 3 - 1. Heritage 2. Maryville

    Region 4 - 1. Cleveland 2. Soddy Daisy

    Region 5 - 1. Blackman 2. Cookeville

    Region 6 - 1. Ravenwood 2. Brentwood

    Region 7 - 1. Wilson Central 2. Beech

    Region 8 - 1. Collierville 2. Bartlett

     

    D1 A-AA:

    Region 1 - Greeneville

    Region 2 - Pigeon Forge

    Region 3 - Alcoa

    Region 4 - Chattanooga Central

    Region 5 - Hixson

    Region 6 - White House

    Region 7 - Eagleville

    Region 8 - East Literature

     

    Does anyone know when the state tournament draw is? All i know is that region foes are split and Cleveland and Wilson Central are the top 2 seeds and will be placed in the top and bottom slots respectively. Cant wait til next weekend!

     

    D1 AAA seeds:

    1. Cleveland

    2. Wilson Central

    3. Heritage

     

    D1 A-AA seeds:

    1. Greeneville

    2. Pigeon Forge

    3. Hixson

     

    Brackets will probably be posted tomorrow once D2 is finalized.  The duals will be run through trackwrestling.

     

    Coach Blair

  11. State Duals qualifying teams

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    Most of the D1 AAA region duals are this Thursday.  Can anyone help me start filling in the pieces for the rest?

     

    D1 AAA:

    Region 1 - 1. Science Hill 2. Jefferson Co.

    Region 2 - 1. Knox Halls 2. Bearden

    Region 3 - 1. Heritage 2. Maryville

    Region 4 - 1. Cleveland 2. Soddy Daisy

    Region 5 - 1. Blackman 2. Cookeville

    Region 6 - 1. Ravenwood 2. Brentwood

    Region 7 - 1. Wilson Central 2. Beech

    Region 8 - (Jan 24)

     

    D1 A-AA:

    Region 1 - Greeneville

    Region 2 - Pigeon Forge

    Region 3 - Alcoa

    Region 4 - Chattanooga Central

    Region 5 - Hixson

    Region 6 - White House

    Region 7 - Eagleville

    Region 8 - East Literature

     

    D2:

    Baylor

    Brentwood Academy

    Christian Brothers

    Father Ryan

    McCallie

    MBA

    St. Benedict?

    MUS?

    Briarcrest?

    St. George?

     

    D2 Invitational:

    ?

    ?

    ?

    ?

     

     

     

    I think this is correct so far.  Help me out if not.

     

    Coach Blair

  14. State Duals qualifying teams

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    Posted · Edited by CoachBlair

    Most of the D1 AAA region duals are this Thursday.  Can anyone help me start filling in the pieces for the rest?

     

    D1 AAA:

    Region 1 - (rescheduled to Jan 24)

    Region 2 - (Jan 23)

    Region 3 - (Jan 23)

    Region 4 - (Jan 23)

    Region 5 - (Jan 23)

    Region 6 - (Jan 23)

    Region 7 - (Jan 23)

    Region 8 - (Jan 23-24)

     

    D1 A-AA:

    Region 1 - (Jan 23)

    Region 2 - (Jan 23)

    Region 3 - Alcoa

    Region 4 - Chattanooga Central

    Region 5 - Hixson

    Region 6 - White House

    Region 7 - (Jan 23)

    Region 8 - ?

     

    D2:

    Baylor

    Brentwood Academy

    Christian Brothers?

    Father Ryan

    McCallie

    MBA

    St. Benedict?

    MUS?

    Briarcrest?

    St. George?

     

    D2 Invitational:

    ?

    ?

    ?

    ?

     

    Coach Blair

  16. Support for Independence Wrestler

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    Hello all, 

    I was made aware of this yesterday morning and Coach Grindstaff asked that I share the following with the wrestling community.  Any support, prayer, and encouragement you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

     

    From Coach Grindstaff:

    This past Saturday, an Independence High School student athlete, Hunter Garstin, suffered a neck injury while wrestling in a tournament at Huntsville High School.  The family is need of support and we feel it would best to get people together that want to help by having a meeting to address how our community can help out.  This meeting will take place at Independence High School on Monday evening, December 9th @ 7 pm.  ANYONE interested in helping to support Hunter and his family is welcome to attend.  We will be discussing how we can support Hunter and his family, what our community can do and we will be developing our plan going forward.  The family would also like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers.

     

    Here's a link to an article about Hunter.  http://www.franklinhomepage.com/independence-wrestler-suffers-spinal-cord-injury-cms-13741#.UqXNwNJDvht

     

    Coach Blair

  19. What teams are going to state?

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    Posted · Edited by CoachBlair

    What I know, or think I know, so far:

    AAA

    Region 1: Science Hill, Dobyns-Bennett

    Region 2: Knox Halls, Bearden

    Region 3: Heritage, Maryville

    Region 4: Cleveland, Soddy Daisy

    Region 5: Wilson Central, Blackman

    Region 6: Ravenwood, Independence

    Region 7: To be decided tonight, weather permitting

    Region 8: To be decided Saturday

     

    A-AA

    Region 1: Greeneville

    Region 2: Pigeon Forge

    Region 3: Stone Memorial

    Region 4: East Ridge

    Region 5: Hixson

    Region 6: Sycamore? (not sure)

    Region 7: Eagleville

    Region 8: ? (maybe MLK? or East Literature?)

     

    DII

    Baylor

    Brentwood Academy

    Christian Brothers

    Father Ryan

    McCallie

    MBA

    St. Benedict

     

     

    Coach Blair

  21. AAA A/AA split is approved for 2013-2014 & DII 8 man bracket

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    Posted · Edited by CoachBlair

    TSSAA Board of Control voted today to approve East Literature's proposal to split the DI Traditional state tournament into AAA and A/AA classifications beginning in the 2013-2014 season. AAA will have 8 regions with 4 qualifiers, A/AA will have 3 regions with 4 qualifiers. I'm not sure about the tournament formats, though, or what the new regions will look like.

     

    Also, the board approved changing the DII Traditional tournament from a 16 man bracket to an 8 man bracket beginning in 2013-2014.

     

    The board denied a request from McMinn Central to form a cooperative wrestling program with McMinn County.

     

     

    Coach Blair

  22. AAA and A/AA split

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    To the best of my knowledge, the Board of Controls decided back in June to table this decision until the November 15 meeting. Then they will vote either to split DI individuals into AAA and A/AA or to leave it like it is. Whatever they decide will not go into effect until the 2013-2014 season when the new regional classifications cycle begins.

     

    Coach Blair

  24. Cameron Croy

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    Cameron Croy competing for Gold Medal Wrestling Club advanced to the semifinals and finished 5th at 185 lbs at the FILA Junior Nationals Freestyle tournament. Here's a breakdown of his tournament.

     

    2011 ASICS FILA Jr Nationals - Freestyle Results for Gold Medal Wrestling Club

    FILA Jr. - Men`s FS 84 KG / 185 lbs - Cameron Croy's place is 5th and has scored 14.00 team points.

    Champ. Round 1 - Cameron Croy (Gold Medal Wrestling Club) won by decision over Devin Hightower (Falcon Training Club) (Dec 1-0,4-5,1-0)

    Champ. Round 2 - Cameron Croy (Gold Medal Wrestling Club) won by decision over Steve West (NYAC-Harlem) (Dec 1-0,4-2)

    Champ. Round 3 - Cameron Croy (Gold Medal Wrestling Club) won by decision over Robert Doyle (Army) (Dec 4-2,5-2)

    Quarterfinal - Cameron Croy (Gold Medal Wrestling Club) won by decision over Taylor Meeks (NWRTC) (Dec 2-0,3-1)

    Semifinal - Max Thomusseit (Pittsburgh Wrestling Club) won by decision over Cameron Croy (Gold Medal Wrestling Club) (Dec 4-1,6-0)

    Cons. Semi - Sam Wheeler (CF Indians) won by decision over Cameron Croy (Gold Medal Wrestling Club) (Dec 2-2,1-2,1-0)

    5th Place Match - Cameron Croy (Gold Medal Wrestling Club) won by pin over Sam Brooks (Team Overtime) (Pin 6-3,1:58)

     

    Coach Blair

  25. Nick Marable

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    Philip Simpson finishes 7th at a loaded 66 kg as well featuring Cary Kolat, Brent Metcalf, Teyon Ware, Josh Churella,and Chase Pami. All of those guys were either NCAA champions or finalists. Nick & Philip have represented TN so well for so many years on all levels now. Simply awesome for both! GOOD LUCK NICK IN THE FINALS!

     

    Coach Blair

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