RMC

I'd have to agree with that, Parkview has 8 returning State medalists.

I'll be there! (but my son will be doing the wrestling!)

http://www.aaugwa.com/

This a tournament at Collins Hill High School. We'd love to have you guys come down.

If you need any are information, I'll be glad to answer any questions.

My nephew, Drew Woodward, is still at Carson-Newman and competed at the VMI and Cumberland College tournaments over the past 2 weekends. At 184 he was 1 - 2 at VMI and 2 - 1 at Cumberland College (3rd place).

We got it, thanks. We'll go over it at tonight practice.

Thanks for the invite. I'm checking into it and seeing if it's something we can do.

I'm not sure if you are aware or not, but in Georgia the middle schools don't have school sponsored programs. We wrestling in youth programs/clubs that are chartered and generally use the local high school's facilities. We participate in a few dual meets with other local youth programs, but this would be different and fun for the kids in the program.

We're trying to figure out how we could get our kids there for the early weigh in. We have a tournament, Gwinnett County Championships, that we host the night before.

Thanks sweepit, that might work out well. We have a tournament Dec. 5th and I might be able to make it to the one on the 6th.

If anyone is interested in any of the Georgia tournaments our web site is a pretty good starting point.

http://www.collinshillwrestling.com/youth_sched.htm

Could someone please post a schedule of Tennessee youth tournaments. I'd like to bring some of our kids, Collins Hill Suwanee, Ga., up to some tournaments.

I want to update on Kyle Maynard; he finished 6th at the pre-season Nationals.

Outstanding job by Lane at the pre-season Nationals last weekend.

Who of the Tn. top seniors will be at Winston-Salem this weekend? I saw that John Lane was preregistered, but are there others going that are not preregistered?

Hope some of you can come out and see our 103 pounder this year at the Cleveland Duals on December 13th. We should be bringing a pretty good Collins Hill team up this year.

Here is a story on our 103 pounder, Kyle Maynard. He is a real inspiration to watch. Kyle has no arms or legs.

http://www.nhsca.com/features/maynard/

Actually in "real time" they started at 215.

AAAAA CHAMPIONS

103: Anton Prater, McEachern, d. Thomas Knapp, Collins Hill, 2-1 (double OT)

112: Brian McNitt, Lassiter, d. Richard Andrews, North Gwinnett, 7-5

119: Tyler Parker, Collins Hill, d. Adam Johnson, McEachern, 11-4

125: Cory Newsome, McEachern, d. Jason Plamp, Chattahoochee, 4-1

130: Carl Waller, Walton, d. Brad Steinbach, Wheeler, 8-5

135: Nick Lukacs, Collins Hill, d. Jeremy Brown, Pope, 5-0

140: Nate Berryman, McEachern, d. RaDonye Douglas, Riverdale, 5-4

145: Sam Konigsburg, Centennial, p. Rodriguez Boyd, Lassiter, 3:29

152: Ben Fiacco, Harrison, d. Nick Bennett, Starr's Mill, 7-2

160: Charlie Slusher, Collins Hill, vs. Kyle Verzello, Starr's Mill, 5-2

171: Mark Paton-Ash, Walton, vs. Casey Matthews, Eagle's Landing, 9-2

189: Cody Runnels, Lassiter, vs. Matt Ory, Chattahoochee, 6-2

215: Keith Hudson, Parkview, d. Justin Smith, Lowndes, 3-0

275: Derek Tiller, Collins Hill, d. Andy Smith, Starr's Mill, 4-2

Team totals

1. McEachern 224

2. Collins Hill 218

3. Parkview 175

4. Starr's Mill

5. Lassiter 153

6. Centennial 116

7. Walton 100.5

8. Camden County 86

9. Valdosta 74.5

10. Hentry County 67.5

There are 5 divisions, 1A through 5A. Several of the 5A teams come to the McCallie Invitational: Collins Hill, McEachern, Lassiter and Parkview.

I'm pretty sure Ringgold is 4A.

For those with an interest, you can check out the results of the Georgia 5A State championship at:

http://www.digitalzip.com/5astate/default.asp

Nick Lukacs from Collins Hill (Ga.) - 13 - 5 in the finals of the Thompson Classic at Winder-Barrow High School.

I guess UTC forfeited to Drew Woodward at 197 since he beat the guy 8 - 1 last time, don't know about the heavy weight.

For you guys in Chattanooga, if you get a chance on Feb. 6th go out and support your local team, UTC, and pull for one of Chattanooga's own, Drew Woodward (Baylor 2002). He should be in the line up for Carson-Newman at either 184 or 197. He has taken some lumps in his freshamn year there but has remained dedicated and kept a positive attitude.

Another tough dude that comes to mind is Pat Murphy, from Hixson '79, met Ellis Gardner in the heavyweight state finals. I think Pat had a little pay back in mind for Gardner going after his knee earlier in the season on the day he got the cast off. If I remember correctly the match was 14 to 2 and the 2 points came from Murphy picking Gardner up over his head and throwing him to the mat. After the referee said one more time and you˜re disqualified, Murphy pinned him.

Murphy also had some tough guy matches with Johnny Bradford (Central) and Russ Arthur (Red Bank) earlier in his career.

I would think Matt Provenzano from Baylor should be included.

I may be mistaken, but I thought Jordan pinned him last year too. Maybe in the McCallie Tournament. They are both outstanding wrestlers.

I think he was 6th as an 8th grader, 1st in 9th grade, and 1st last year as a 10th grader. He's a junior now.

1moretime....yup....his dad wasn't happy that his son didn't get match at the Cleveland Duals with someone from Bradley. Collins Hill wrestled a JV kid at 160 against Bradley so there wouldn't be a forfeit.

I'm from Hixson, but live down here now (Collins Hill area) and I know both father and son Luckas and they're good people. Nick is probably the best 135 in Georgia this year.

Be interesting to see what happens next year at the Cleveland Duals.......Nick is a junior. Maybe I'll tell dad to stay home!

Sorry didn't mean to be negative....if you'll read my post after the McCallie Inv. I thought John should have won best wrestler of that tournament.

[Edited by RMC on 1-15-03 7:32P]

He got torn up down in the Winder-Barrow tournament by Nick Lukacs from Collins Hill 13 - 5.

Is it too late for you to get into the tournament at Pope High school that weekend?