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I think you may be thinking of Soddy, Bradley and Ooltewah in the same district for the duals. Bradley is in the same individual region as Cleveland. Soddy is in the same individual region as Ooltewah.

Yes, I am. I didn't understand that change anymore than the one being considered now! It just seem like the goal is to keep certain wrestlers home. Everyone wins everyone get a trophy, work for it or not!

I don't understand why someone feels the need to keep changing things. I still don't get the last change, putting Soddy, Cleveland and Bradley in the same region. Let's drive past 6 schools that aren't in our region to wrestle this one that is?

I guess we need to teach our kids that hard work is not the way to win. Let's just change things around so you can win.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/apr/03/tssaa-to-consider-wrestling-proposal/?sportspreps

 

It's possible that a split in Division I wrestling, recognizing AAA and A/AA state champions, could become a Tennessee high school reality by the 2013-14 school year.

 

Mark Reeves, an assistant executive director with the TSSAA, confirmed Monday that a proposal would be presented to the organization's Board of Control at its June meeting and that the state governing body was exploring options to accommodate the change.

 

"I don't know if it's going to happen, but the vote will take place at the June meeting when the board meets to consider [all] sports classification changes," Reeves said.

 

The board is expected also to consider whether to keep six public school divisions for the football playoffs or return to five.

 

If the board accepts the wrestling proposal, which is to be submitted by Martiin Luther King coach Paul Bass, it is likely that the Division I traditional tournament would drop from 32 to 24 qualifiers for Class AAA and that the A/AA tournament would have 12-man brackets. Reeves said the possible changes would not affect Division II, which currently has a nonqualifying 16-man tournament, or the girls' tournament, which still has invitational status.

 

Numerous Division I coaches were hopeful of keeping the 32-man AAA bracket and adding a 16-man A/AA bracket.

 

Hixson coach Garrick Hall, whose team would be in the new A/AA tournament, said he did not like the 24/12 option.

 

"Ultimately you'd like to grow the sport, but this is almost like cutting off a hand," Hall said. "If you to go with 32- and 16-man brackets, it might ultimately grown the sport. I like the way it is to a certain point, but I'd also like to take more kids and have more medals in the state."

 

If it is a matter of time constraints, Hall said, maybe the state could look at making consolation matches three or four minutes rather than five, going with three one-minute periods or a two-minute period and two one-minute periods.

 

Hall also is concerned about the current Region 4 tournament, especially if teams are allowed only two qualifiers. The current Region 4 field, excluding AAA schools Soddy-Daisy and Ooltewah, has 12 teams with Central, Hixson and Notre Dame having won seven of the eight A/AA state duals championships.

 

 

 

 

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One major worry in this area is Soddy-Daisy, Cleveland and Bradley Central winding up in the same region. Those teams have won the last 13 traditional championships.

 

"One of the concerns and certainly one we'd want to listen to if is you have some of the best teams all in the same area. It's a legitimate concern," Reeves said.

 

One idea the TSSAA is considering is eliminating the eight region tournaments and going with four "super regionals" much like the current track and field format with six medalists advancing from each to the state tournament.

 

"If the board approves an A/Double-A tournament, we have to figure out which route Triple-A would go," Reeves said. "We're working at looking at hypothetical regions. We have also looked at eight regions and we have even looked at six regions.

 

"What we don't want to do is add another [qualifying] tournament. We would like to keep the calendar the same whether it's region or sectional tournaments. We might even look at less qualifers from Memphis, which has 12 [AAA wrestling] teams total."

 

As for the classification debate on football, Reeves said the TSSAA sent out a survey to the 300-plus football-playing schools asking for responses signed by principals. He said only slightly more than half the schools had bothered to respond and that those responses were close to a 50-50 split.

 

Contact Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com or 423-886-4765.

 

 

 

Just refuse to allow Cleveland, Soddy and Bradley to attend the state then all these other kids will get to be state champions!

But what will you do when another area start to win, just do away with wrestling?

Logan "Butters" Biddy former Bradley wrestler lost his sister Kayla Sat in a auto accident. Memorial service is Tue 2/28/12 4-7 @ Ralph Buckner in Cleveland. Keep Glen, Debbie and Logan in your prayers.

Bradley over Heritage GA in a very close match! 31-30

12/8/11

Bradley 37 Chatt Central 34

12/8/11

Bradley 37 Chatt Central 34

Cleveland 70 William Blount 3

Cleveland 66 Ooltewah 9

Coach Price resigned from the head coaching position, and former assistant coach Dotson, is now the head coach.

Bryant is at Walker Valley!

Emergency room with Goose.......

Update on Goose please!

Hope he is OK

Don't be bitter just because something didn't go the way you wanted. The refs did a very good job.

I'm not bitter because things didn't go my way "My team won" I just feel there were several bad calls more than normal and not just our matches but other matches we watched.

Congrats to those bears. Your school has always been the best when it comes to wrestling. It has just seemed to come easy to your guys to be the best. I saw the bears actually feel a little fear earlier in the season and they fought back to win the state championship with ease like they always do. I was hoping for an upset this year, but all I can say is that I understand why that school has reigned in wrestling for some twenty years or so.

 

Bradley Central High School caught my attention this football season. It was a sport that your school struggled with for a long time. Your boys fought hard this year and made the state give you guys a new respect that was well-earned. There is not one school or fan that can honestly say you guys are not the best in the sport of wrestling though. You obviously have what many schools would love to have-many of the best wrestlers, great coaches, and devoted fans. If any school can defeat you guys are even compete with you guys, they are always proud. Being compared to Bradley in wrestling is an honor. I have watched high school wrestling for about 15 years. I have seen a team or two give Bradley a tough time over the years. But it never lasts. Bradley always comes back on top and they usually claim it for years on end.

 

And I have known a few Bradley wrestling fans. They are hard core and they are there to support their boys. You will hear them yelling for their guys to comeback when they are down. But in the end, they always seem to appreciate a good match. I have a hard time downing honest and deserving champions like a lot of people want to do. These people really love the sport and the boys who are involved in it. I have seen them clap respectfully many times when an opponent pulls a good upset. I wont lie, I have seen a couple of times when they might question some calls from a ref, but when it comes to the kids- they really seem to get it. Maybe it is easy when you are number one for so long. I don't know, none of us will because we haven't experienced 15 or 20 years of reign like Bradley has.

 

I wont promise that I wont be in the stands cheering a team on that has a shot at taking Bradley down in the future. But you better bet that I have respect and appreciation for Bradley because they have earned it!

Thank you, that was very nice, glad to see you understand how we feel about our wrestlers, win lose or draw we love then and will stand up to anyone who disrespects them. They work very hard and should not be hated just because they have a bear paw on their back.

Proud of our east TN teams!! I was really worried since they would not get to sleep in their own beds and eat Mama's home cooking, but they still did well,. Gotta love it!

Some were just plain terrible.

Best new ref by far........John Lane

Final Score Bradley 44 and Soddy 15

 

 

145 William Jackson(Bradley) over Josh Elliot(Soddy) 14-8

3-0

152 Bradley Colbaugh(Bradley) Teched Payton Pelfrey(Soddy) 19-4

8-0

160 Jacob Bailey(Bradley)pinned Darren Smith(Soddy) in (2:48)

14-0

171 Blaike Henry over AJ Shelton(Bradley) 18-14

14-3

189 Brett Ervin(Soddy) over Zachary McFarland(Bradley) 13-6

14-6

215 Tucker Bolton(Bradley) over Billy Swanson(Soddy) 10-3

17-6

HWT Patrick Benson(Bradley) pinned Alex Seeley(Soddy) in (0:53)

23-6

103 Dakota Bromley(Bradley) stopped Jonah Smith 6-2

26-6

112 Jacob Stevens(Soddy) over Jacob Climer(Bradley) 10-6

26-9

119 Aaron Hutson(Bradley) over Kyle Eustice(Soddy) 10-6

29-9

125 Ethan Hames(Bradley) pinning Garret Alexander(Soddy) (2:33)

35-9

130 Jericho Crutcher(Bradley) over Gage Richmond(Soddy) 7-4

38-9

135 Campbell Lewis(Soddy) pinned Tyler Schuch(Bradley) (2:42)

38-15

140 Tyler Pitts(Bradley) pinned Jacob Adams(Soddy) (2:26)

44-15

Bradley's 189lber is Devin McCulley.

Once more it is getting to be negative to be a teacher/coach. More parents are out to nag and bicker about the slightest of things ever so picky. Not focus on the good things that have been done to benefit and encourage those who have needed help and received it from great people like Hamm.

Its a witch hunt to plunder into a persons life away from school. More parents need to be envolved in their kids life after school hours particuliarly at home and weekend when not being supervised by coaches.

They have to blame someone when their kids don't turn out perfect! I am sure that facebook page was the start of someone's perfect child dropping out of school or worse! I tried really hard to think of something worse that might contribute to the childs downfall, but I was unable to.

OMG, I can't believe I am reading this, Baylor has been beat? More than once? You still want to put them at #1?

Nice job

It was not one of those stand and hang on each other matches! Great matchup. There is about a 90% chance we have it on video, if so I will try to get it on youtube and let you know if I do.

Chattanooga Gold vs Chattanooga Blue

 

Match Summary CTG CTB

103 Brandon Brunner (Chattanooga Blue) over Austin Oliver (Chattanooga Gold) Dec 5-4

112 Jacob Stevens (Chattanooga Blue) over Jacob Climer (Chattanooga Gold) Forf

119 Zach Watson (Chattanooga Blue) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

125 Nick Maxwell (Chattanooga Gold) over shankles shankles (Chattanooga Blue) Pin 4:25

130 Alex Manley (Chattanooga Gold) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

135 Trevor Herron (Chattanooga Blue) over Michael Hooker (Chattanooga Gold) Dec 6-5

140 Aaron Lopez (Chattanooga Gold) over V aguilar (Chattanooga Blue) Dec 7-6

145 McCoy Newburg (Chattanooga Blue) over Stuart Doster (Chattanooga Gold) Dec 7-3

150 Cory Canada (Chattanooga Gold) over randell randell (Chattanooga Blue) Pin 5:25

160 Duncan Duncan (Chattanooga Gold) over Chris Aguilar (Chattanooga Blue) Dec 13-6

171 davis davis (Chattanooga Gold) over Nick Alemany (Chattanooga Blue) Pin 2:55

189 frederick frederick (Chattanooga Blue) over Andy Bratton (Chattanooga Gold) TF 17-2

215 Cameron Croy (Chattanooga Gold) over Michael Kennedy (Chattanooga Blue) Dec 10-8

220 Double Forfeit

290 John Mackey (Chattanooga Blue) over Billy Swanson (Chattanooga Gold) Dec 11-8 0

 

 

 

chatt gold 33 chatt blue 29

103 Brandon Brunner (blue) over Austin Oliver (gold) in 4th OT 5-4 15-11

112 Jacob Stevens (gold) over Jacob Climer (blue) Med Forf 21-11

119 Zac Watson ((blue) over Ben ? from LA, pin 21-17

125 Nick Maxwell (gold) over Tyler Shankler (blue) pin 27-17

130 Alex Manley (blue) over Phillip ? from LA, 11-7 27-20

135 Trevor Herron (blue) over Michael Hooker (gold) OT 6-5 27-23

140 Aaron Lopez (gold) over Vince Aguilar (blue) 7-6 30-23

145 McCoy Newgerg (blue) over Spencer Doster (gold ) 5-3 30-26

152 T.J. Duncan (gold) over Chris Aguilar (blue) 11-6 33-26

160 Cory Canada (gold) over Luke Frederick (blue) Pin match started here 6-0

171 Cody Davis (gold) over Nick Alemany (blue) pin 12-0

189 Randall (blue) over Andy Bratton (gold) 17-2 12-5

215 Cameron Croy (gold) over Michael Kennedy (blue) OT 10-8 15-5

HW John Mackey (blue) over Billy Swanson (gold) 11-8 15-8

I had the final at 33 gold 26 blue, I must have missed something

THE TSSAA GAVE THE CONTRACT TO SOMEONE ELSE

Just one more way the TSSAA is helping the sport out!!

Starting the finals at 3 or 4 would help both east and west tn wrestlers get home at a reasonable hours. Maybe that can be added to list of things to be worked on for next year!

For those of you wondering about attendance #s, preliminary totals from TSSAA show total paid attendance for both the duals and individual increased by about 200 for each tournament from last year's totals. I haven't gotten a day-by-day breakdown yet, but when I do, I'll let you all know.

 

Speaking for all the Williamson County people who worked to put the events on, we hope they were enjoyable for all who attended and that everyone was made to feel welcomed and appreciated. As far as issues with the floor setup, lighting, prices, etc. if TSSAA choses to bring both or either tournaments back next year, we'll work to fine-tune where we can or have the ability to. Not sure what can be done about improving the lighting and gate prices are determined by TSSAA Board of Control, but those issues have been noted and discussions will take place to see what, if anything, could be done. I know there are a lot of people in this county that want to work as hard as possible to do what is best for wrestling in Tennessee, and for that, I am truly thankful.

 

Coach Blair

There is probably very little that can be done about the lights for most of the tournament. However, you could raise the mats for the finals (NCAA's) and have lights on the mats like they do in boxing.

They charged for 2 year olds. Kinda harsh!

They had a big break at UTC, but I don't think it was 5 hours. UCT would make everyone leave. Gotta have that extra dollar.

Love being able to bring drinks and food in for the wrestlers, hope they don't change that.

I agree 100%. Several people were talking about this last night. They wanted to know who they should contact about this, I suggested TSSAA.org, hope everyone does and maybe they will change it!