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TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price and Al Morris Results from: 12/6/21 THIS IS THE FIRST POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 29th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 100%. CLASS A STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 GREENEVILLE 90 N/A 2 PIGEON FORGE 82 N/A 3 SIGNAL MOUNTAIN 75 N/A 4 FAIRVIEW 68 N/A 5 PAGE 48 N/A 6 KNOX. HALLS 43 N/A 7 TULLAHOMA 36 N/A 8 SYCAMORE 32 N/A 9 GIBBS 23 N/A 10 DAVID CROCKETT 17 N/A Others receiving votes: FORREST, HIXSON, STONE MEMORIA CLASS AA/DII STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 CLEVELAND 117 N/A 2 BAYLOR 111 N/A 3 WILSON CENTRAL 95 N/A 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 75 N/A 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 70 N/A 6 FATHER RYAN 67 N/A 7 SUMMIT 36 N/A 8 BLACKMAN 56 N/A 9 BRENTWOOD 21 N/A 10 LAKEWAY 19 N/A 11 OAKLAND 17 N/A 12 MCCALLIE 15 N/A Others receiving votes: ARLINGTON,BARTLETT,CLARKSVILLE,COLLIERVILLE,FRANKLIN, MBA,ROSSVIEW,SCIENCE HILL

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from 8 February 2021 THIS IS THE FINAL POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 29th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 144. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 144 1 2 CLEVELAND 131 2 3 WILSON CENTRAL 117 3 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 109 4 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 90 5 6 SUMMIT 87 7 7 MBA 54 NR 8 FATHER RYAN 50 6 9 SCIENCE HILL 39 12 10 MCCALLIE 33 8 TIE OAKLAND 33 7 12 FAIRVIEW 16 NR ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: BLACKMAN, DOBYNS-BENNETT, FAIRVIEW, INDEPENDENCE, MBA, PIGEON FORGE

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from 1 February 2021 THIS IS THE FIFTH POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 29th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 144. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 141 1 2 CLEVELAND 132 2 3 WILSON CENTRAL 120 3 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 109 4 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 94 5 6 FATHER RYAN 74 7 7 SUMMIT 54 9 TIE OAKLAND 54 11 9 PIGEON FORGE 39 10 10 MCCALLIE 37 8 11 BLACKMAN 36 11 12 SCIENCE HILL 20 12 ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: DOBYNS-BENNETT, FAIRVIEW, MBA

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from 25 January 2021 THIS IS THE FOURTH POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 29th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 144. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 142 1 2 CLEVELAND 132 2 3 WILSON CENTRAL 118 3 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 110 4 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 97 5 6 BLACKMAN 70 7 7 FATHER RYAN 63 6 8 MCCALLIE 56 8 9 SUMMIT 45 10 10 PIGEON FORGE 42 9 11 OAKLAND 27 12 12 SCIENCE HILL 13 NR ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: BEECH, BRENTWOOD, CENTENNIAL, CLARKSVILLE, DOBYNS-BENNETT, FAIRVIEW, HERITAGE, INDEPENDENCE, MARYVILLE, MBA

Region 1 is Tuesday night at Science Hill.

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from 18 January 2021 THIS IS THE THIRD POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 29th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 144. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 141 1 2 CLEVELAND 133 2 3 WILSON CENTRAL 117 3 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 112 4 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 96 5 6 FATHER RYAN 61 12 7 BLACKMAN 59 6 8 MCCALLIE 50 7 9 PIGEON FORGE 46 10 10 SUMMIT 42 8 11 DOBYNS-BENNETT 38 9 12 OAKLAND 13 NR ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: BEECH, CENTENNIAL, CLARKSVILLE, HERITAGE, MBA,

You guys got some votes this time around. The top five or six teams are pretty solidly established but with the way covid has wreaked havoc on lineups the rest of the state seems like one big tossup or anybody's guess. I always said that if I coached an A-AA team, all I'd do before postseason would be to wrestle AAA schools. I think Pigeon Forge has shown how that is a key to success.

Thanks for the info. I'll make sure this gets out to my guys.

Corrected. Many thanks for the proofread.

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from 11 January 2021 THIS IS THE SECOND POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 29th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 144. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 141 1 2 CLEVELAND 125 2 3 WILSON CENTRAL 123 3 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 113 4 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 97 5 6 BLACKMAN 57 8 7 MCCALLIE 56 6 8 SUMMIT 51 9 9 DOBYNS-BENNETT 45 7 10 PIGEON FORGE 33 11 11 BEECH 28 10 12 FATHER RYAN 23 NR ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: CENTENNIAL, CLARKSVILLE, FAIRVIEW, HERITAGE, MBA, NOLENSVILLE, OAKLAND, ROSSVIEW, SCIENCE HILL, SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, WALKER VALLEY

I think the Arlington kid must have graduated a couple of years ago. His interest in his team and the poll declined sharply after he wasn't on it anymore. Or he realized that his shtick of twisting other folk's usernames and his complaint about legacy votes pegged him as merely a two trick pony.

From: Jeff Price Results from 7 December 2020 THIS IS THE FIRST POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 29th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 144. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 131 2 CLEVELAND 129 3 WILSON CENTRAL 118 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 103 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 98 6 MCCALLIE 83 7 DOBYNS-BENNETT 72 8 BLACKMAN 70 9 SUMMIT 24 10 BEECH 16 11 PIGEON FORGE 15 12 BRENTWOOD 14 ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: CENTENNIAL, CLARKSVILLE, COLLIERVILLE, FATHER RYAN, GIBBS, HALLS, HERITAGE, LAKEWAY ACADEMY, MBA, OAKLAND, ROSSVIEW, SCIENCE HILL, WALKER VALLEY

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from 10 February 2020 THIS IS THE FINAL POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 28th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 168. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 166 1 2 CLEVELAND 156 2 3 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 133 4 4 WILSON CENTRAL 127 3 5 MCCALLIE 110 5 6 BRADLEY CENTRAL 96 8 7 MBA 78 9 8 BLACKMAN 75 7 9 FATHER RYAN 49 6 10 DOBYNS-BENNETT 38 11 11 PIGEON FORGE 36 10 12 CENTENNIAL 18 NR ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: CLARKSVILLE, OAKLAND, SCIENCE HILL

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from 3 February 2020 THIS IS THE SEVENTH POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 28th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 168. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 167 1 2 CLEVELAND 155 2 3 WILSON CENTRAL 137 3 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 122 4 5 MCCALLIE 115 5 6 FATHER RYAN 93 6 7 BLACKMAN 83 8 8 BRADLEY CENTRAL 81 7 9 MBA 48 9 10 PIGEON FORGE 34 10 11 DOBYNS-BENNETT 30 11 12 SCIENCE HILL 16 12 ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: BRENTWOOD, CENTENNIAL, CLARKSVILLE, INDEPENDENCE, OAKLAND

Clarksville also received votes this week, and I overlooked adding them to the list. My apologies to Coach Badon and the Wildcats.

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from 27 January 2020 THIS IS THE SIXTH POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 28th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 168. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 167 1 2 CLEVELAND 155 2 3 WILSON CENTRAL 134 3 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 128 4 5 MCCALLIE 103 5 6 FATHER RYAN 98 6 7 BRADLEY CENTRAL 83 7 8 BLACKMAN 61 8 9 MBA 49 11 10 PIGEON FORGE 36 12 11 DOBYNS-BENNETT 20 NR 12 SCIENCE HILL 19 8 ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: ARLINGTON, BRENTWOOD, INDEPENDENCE, OAKLAND, ROSSVIEW

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from: 1/20/20 THIS IS THE FIFTH POLL OF THE SEASON Now in its 28th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a statewide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 168. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 166 1 2 CLEVELAND 156 2 3 WILSON CENTRAL 131 4 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 129 3 5 MCCALLIE 112 7 6 FATHER RYAN 93 8 7 BRADLEY CENTRAL 84 5 8 SCIENCE HILL 74 6 9 BLACKMAN 56 9 10 ROSSVIEW 37 10 11 MBA 27 11 12 PIGEON FORGE 11 12 Others receiving votes: ARLINGTON, BEECH, OAKLAND

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from: 1/13/20 THIS IS THE FOURTH POLL OF THE SEASON Now in its 28th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a statewide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 168. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 165 1 2 CLEVELAND 157 2 3 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 129 7 4 WILSON CENTRAL 123 4 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 119 3 6 SCIENCE HILL 87 5 7 MCCALLIE 85 6 8 FATHER RYAN 81 7 9 BLACKMAN 69 7 10 ROSSVIEW 26 10 11 MBA 14 NR 12 ARLINGTON 13 12 Others receiving votes: BEECH, INDEPENDENCE, NOLENSVILLE, OAKLAND, PIGEON FORGE

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from: 12/16/19 THIS IS THE THIRD POLL OF THE SEASON Now in its 28th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a statewide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 168. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 167 1 2 CLEVELAND 155 2 3 BRADLEY CENTRAL 129 3 4 WILSON CENTRAL 125 4 5 SCIENCE HILL 105 6 6 MCCALLIE 97 5 TIE 7 FATHER RYAN 76 9 TIE 7 BLACKMAN 76 7 9 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 69 7 10 ROSSVIEW 28 12 11 CENTENNIAL 26 10 12 ARLINGTON 21 11 Others receiving votes: HALLS, OAKLAND, PIGEON FORGE

I imagine that after this weekend the picture will be a good bit clearer.

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from: 12/7/19 THIS IS THE FIRST POLL OF THE SEASON-PRESEASON RANKINGS. Now in its 28th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a statewide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 168. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 167 1 2 CLEVELAND 153 2 3 BRADLEY CENTRAL 124 4 4 WILSON CENTRAL 118 8 5 MCCALLIE 109 3 6 SCIENCE HILL 106 5 7 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 78 7 8 BLACKMAN 76 10 9 FATHER RYAN 66 6 10 CENTENNIAL 34 11 11 ARLINGTON 25 9 12 ROSSVIEW 19 12 Others receiving votes: BEECH, BRENTWOOD, FRANKLIN, HALLS, OAKLAND, PIGEON FORGE

Let the games begin. TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from: 11/30/19 THIS IS THE FIRST POLL OF THE SEASON-PRESEASON RANKINGS. Now in its 28th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a statewide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 100. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 BAYLOR 96 2 CLEVELAND 90 3 MCCALLIE 78 4 BRADLEY CENTRAL 70 5 SCIENCE HILL 65 6 FATHER RYAN 63 7 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 61 8 WILSON CENTRAL 58 9 ARLINGTON 18 10 BLACKMAN 13 11 CENTENNIAL 12 12 ROSSVIEW 11 Others receiving votes: BEECH, BRENTWOOD, HALLS, INDEPENDENCE, OAKLAND, PIGEON FORGE, SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, SUMMIT, TENNESSEE HIGH

Afternoon everybody. I always look at this at the end of the year to see how it went, and how we did. I'm pleased. I only want to say two or three things, at least one of which will probably result in my screen name being twisted around and my voters insulted again, but here are my thoughts. In the first poll, the only two teams who weren't there at the end were Brentwood and Beech. The Bruins were a returning state placer team and had just won the Ooltewah tournament, so they were a good bet that first week. There was a good bit of parity in midstate, and Centennial peaked at the right time. They received votes at the beginning as well. I watched them a good bit last weekend and was incredibly impressed with them. Their kids wrestled hard, never gave up, and never quit trying to win. It also looked to me like they were a very close knit bunch of kids who were wrestling for each other. That's hard to beat. Coach Pelkey did a great job with them. Beech battled injury issues and the loss of two state champions, but in spite of a tighter pack in their region, Coach Roberts got his guys into the duals once again. I think at the end they just couldn't stay healthy enough to go deep in the duals. As for the final poll, ten of the twelve who were there at the beginning were there at the end. Coach Foreman and and his crew at Pigeon Forge should be recognized for their state title. He's about to have a really good team in a few years. And more than one coach last weekend told me that Oakland was very solid; several people expected them to be there. So there you have it. I want to thank my voters as well. Doing this is extra work for them and I enjoy talking to them every week. TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from: 12/3/18 THIS IS THE FIRST POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 27th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 100%. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 CLEVELAND 161 N/A 2 BAYLOR 152 N/A 3 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 133 N/A 4 MCCALLIE 104 N/A 5 BRADLEY CENTRAL 86 N/A 6 WILSON CENTRAL 80 N/A 7 BLACKMAN 74 N/A 8 FATHER RYAN 73 N/A 9 BRENTWOOD 58 N/A 10 SCIENCE HILL 54 N/A 11 ARLINGTON 44 N/A 12 BEECH 18 N/A Others receiving votes: CENTENNIAL, INDEPENDENCE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OAKLAND, ROSSVIEW, SODDY DAISY, SUMMIT TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL From: Jeff Price Results from: 2/7/19 THIS IS THE FINAL POLL OF THE SEASON. Now in its 27th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 168. STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK 1 CLEVELAND 163 2 2 BAYLOR 158 1 3 McCALLIE 141 5 4 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 123 3 5 FATHER RYAN 107 4 6 BRADLEY CENTRAL 100 8 7 WILSON CENTRAL 89 6 8 CENTENNIAL 62 11 9 SCIENCE HILL 58 9 10 ARLINGTON 38 7 11 BLACKMAN 35 10 12 INDEPENDENCE 8 NR PIGEON FORGE 8 NR Others receiving votes: OAKLAND