SilentJohn

Well I for one wish Bradley all the luck in the world up there. I hope they can earn some more national respect for our area and state.

1. Father Ryan 286.00 2. MBA 217.00 3. McCallie 212.00 4. Christian Brothers 133.50 5. Farragut 107.50 6. Collierville 106.00 7. Franklin 102.00 8. Brentwood High 94.50 9. Houston 88.00 10. Red Bank 84.50 11. Fort Campbell 73.00 12. Greenville 71.00 13. Kenwood 70.00 14. Knox Catholic 67.50 15. Tullahoma 65.00 16. Westside 62.50 17. Karns 61.00 18. Rossview 58.00 19. Mt. Juliet 55.00 20. Maplewood 51.50 21. Hendersonville 49.50 22. Benjamin Russell 47.50 23. Northeast 47.00 24. Lipscomb 46.50 25. Brentwood Academy 45.00 26. Franklin Road Academy 37.00 27. BGA 31.50 28. Dickson County 31.00 29. Glencliff 30.00 30. Germantown 26.00 31. Marshall County 22.00 32. Sycamore 19.00 33. Webb 17.00 34. Fairview 0.00 34. (tie) John Paul II 0.00 34. (tie) MUS 0.00 34. (tie) Smyrna 0.00 34. (tie) USN 0.00

Thanks for the in-depth info!

Does anyone have any info on this tournament? The only thing I have indicates it starts on Sat., so I'm assuming it's duals only?

That's a great site. I wish we{Tn} had something similar as far as a clearinghouse for results. A lot of local papers here in the South don't give much coverage of the sport. The Chattanooga paper used to be wonderul back in the day but that was before the merger, and today they aren't very good either.

Sad to hear that, it really is. It takes a lot of work to put a tournament of that size together and run it smoothly. The unfortunate thing about the McCallie "situation" is that not everyone down there has as much class as Gordon Connell. Sometimes other people surrounding that program perform a disservice to the coach and team with things they say and do. I've heard things said in bleachers and on the sidelines down there that I truly do not believe reflect the views of the head coach. Hopefully things can be smoothed out and the little sisters will be back. From my experience Steve and coach Connell have the utmost respect for each other, so I think that is likely.

I tend to agree. Cheerleaders have parents, many of which like to watch them cheer, so if nothing else it may help put butts in the seats.

When I wrestled back in the lae 80's, things were not really developed in TN to maximize the exposure of our best wrestlers. Having not been around wrestling since that time until just recently, I am glad to see that has changed a lot. I was a more of a wrestling fan than the average Chattanooga area high school wrestler. I susbribed to "Wrestling USA" magazine--is that still around?--and even submitted articles. I followed freestyle tournament results and kept up with national rankings, etc. I lived and breathed that stuff. I lived in the cradle of the sport in TN, but there just wasn't a lot of interest in the wrestling scene beyond the State. They had the 1 freestyle tournament at UTC in the Spring, but that as about it. Needless to say I think the key to establishing our state's national reputation is participation and exposure. In the past, we would have a guy like a Norfleet or a Vance every 6 or 7 years that you knew could compete anywhere. But in the last decade, we've had a lot of guys start to compete and win nationally, and it is starting to be less of a huge thing for one of our guys to get a college scholarship. I think that just getting our kids envolved and competing at the national level will, over time, increase our national reputation, thus making it easier to get one of our teams ranked as they should be.

No one on particular. I thought the 87 might have stood for 1987, class of. Good luck this year, your team looks pretty strong.

Thanks wrestler87, Where did you wrestle? I may remember you from the old days.

Thanks for the info. I wonder if Soddy-Daisy will also wrestle the Alabama team since they were going to wrestle Gibbons?

Has Cardinal Gibbons pulled out of the tournament later this week? Specifically I am trying to find out if the dual meets that were scheduled for thursday at McCallie are still on. Does anyone here have any info?

XWRISTSD , Uh, don't you have a class to teach somewhere? Hanging out on the internet all day--for shame. I didn't think Robert Smith allowed planning periods. And about tomorrow at McEachern, is that a dual or what? Thanks in advanced, P. Cox

:I believe that Coach Logsdon is the best coach overall, but Coach Henry is right behind him. They both make sure their teams are ready every year and do a great job coaching. I believe their kids love wrestling for them and would do anything for Coach Logsdon and Coach Henry. " You are right on about that. I wrestled for Steve Henry back when he was building that program from the ground up. It was my senior year when we beat Baylor and McCallie for the first time. He works his kids harder than you can understand, unless you've been in the room, but you always knew it was because he was trying to get your best out of you. He is more of a father figure than coach to a lot of those kids, and I am proud to have been a small part of the program he has built up there.

Phillip came into the State undefeated his senior year and lost a very close match to a McCallie kid, I want to say Bill Wunderlich, but I may be wrong, in the semi-finals. The McCallie kid went on to TF his opponent in the final. I'd say he would have to be in that category.