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It should be a great day for the A/AA schools on Saturday. A lot of emotion will be present when the "Little A" Greenback Cherokees(248) and FRA Panthers(300) face-off to determine which school will face the winner of the "Jumbo AA" Hixson Wildcats (996) and Springfield Yellow Jackets (998). History favors the larger schools. Hixson was State Dual Champion in 1973 while Springfield was State Dual Runner-up 1992-1994.

Finals: Hixson 46 East Ridge 29 112-Lee Vandergriff (H) pinned Jeff Brown (ER) 1:12 119-Christian Rudas (ER) major dec. Carey Bryan (H) 21-6 125-Chris Jones (H) pinned Rodney Fryar (ER) 2:52 130-Tyler Clarke (ER) pinned J.J. Jarvis (H) 1:59 135-Tyler Wright (ER) pinned Kenny Roberts 1:15 140-Michael Reed (H) pinned Derrek Clemons (ER) 2:49 145- Mel Bryant (H) pinned Michael Goins (ER) 1:20 152- Ben Burney (H) pinned Zach Trent (ER) 1:05 160- Brandon Templen (H) dec. Dennis Roby (ER) 13-3 171- Michael Carter (ER) dec. Alex Mitchell 11-9 OT 189- Tavarus Hudson (H) pinned Dale Bates 2:57 215- Eric Gillespie (H) pinned Ben Sendabaugh 275- Phillip Sparns (H) pinned David Byrd (ER) 5:04 103- Larry Baliles (ER) dec. Tray Jones (H) 4-0 Soddy-Daisy 52 Ooltewah 19 112-Zach Nicholson (O) won by forfeit 119-Jason McCroskey (SD) won by forfeit 125-Mikey Fuller (SD) dec. Rob Rillen (O) 17-5 130- Ryan Fuller (SD) dec. Brandon Marthinson 20-7 135- Jarrett Toney (SD) dec. Tim Stephens (O) 15-4 140- Ulric Winesbergh (SD) dec. Matt Bookout (O) 15-5 145- Michael Brooks (O) dec Eric Turner (SD) 14-9 152- Wynn Nestrbook (O) dec Thomas Holcomb (SD) 15-2 160- Tyler Robertson (SD) pinned Justin Metcalf (O) 3:55 171- Jimmy Hart (SD) pinned Taylor Martin (O) 2:56 189- Bobby Dodd (SD) pinned Thomas Hutchins (O) 2:44 215- Matt Lattner (SD) pinned Michael Welsh (O) 3:13 275- Cody Sliger (O) pinned Nick Shadrick (SD) 3:58 103- Wes Brett (SD) pinned Daniel Wild (O) 2:44

Any word on how the Section II A/AA competition went?

I am just glad that TSSAA set up a A/AA dual tournament that gives some additional teams the opportunities to test their talents against other A/AA teams. I think the matchup of FRA and Greenback in round 1 is great. That way, one of the single A schools is guaranteed to make it to the finals against one of the larger AA schools.

RIGGER101: Since Greenback has you as its avid supporter and promoter, I will even the fan support and go with the other "little guy", Franklin Road Academy. Coach Marc Taylor and Coach Justin Ridge are both class acts who have invested a ton of effort and time to build their quality teams. Hope both teams have all their guys healthy for a great match on Saturday.

Ryan's loss to MBA last Friday cost them BIG.

Shame on any team passing up a chance to compete for the state duals in order to improve its chances for success at the individual state championships. High School Wrestling is about both individual and team competition. The dynamics of the two are very different, yet both are cornerstones of wrestling's greatness. Talk to the boys and most will tell you that the experience of being part of the team was equally valued with winning individual matches. Realistically, most of the guys do not qualify individually or as a team for state competition. Yet, they truly cherish their time on the wrestling team. I think high school wrestling would lose an integral part of its character if competition were limited to individual results only. I have seen wrestlers demonstrate uncharacteristic ability, endurance and attitude when their team is "in the zone" during a dual match.

Right On Rigger! The coachs from Greenback and FRA deserve special recognition for their ability to field a competitive team from within their relatively small schools - Greenback (255) and FRA (283). It's even more remarkable when you consider that both of these schools are coed so the pool of available(not necessarily willing or able) boys is about 125-150. I imagine that the coaches must prowl the hallways constantly searching for a student looking about the right size for a currently vacant weight. Once they have found a group of wrestlers, these small school wrestling coaches are required to move wrestlers up or down to fill weight classes. They also have the stress of knowing that they have little or no backup for certain weights if a wrestler is sick, injured or otherwise occupied on a given match date. Best of luck to Greenback & FRA. Let's see if David can slew Goliath.

Thanks for results

Rueben here's some info from the Leaf Chronicle The Wildcats wrapped up the Region 7 crown nine matches in, after Cliff Gibson won an 18-10 major decision over Josh Sumbler at 135 pounds, giving Clarksville an insurmountable 37-3 lead. The match started at the 189-pound weight class. Ziolkowski (171) did his part by pinning Ryan Anderson in the first period and thereby made Clarksville's championship official. "

How and when will the 4 team seeding for the A/AA State Duals take place? Right now Greenback, Franklin Road Academy and Springfield have qualfied with District II to be decided on Tuesday at Hixson.

updated scores

Updated scores

BartlettDad: Time to switch to decaf and put more fiber in your diet.

Sounds like no rest for the weary. Thanks to DAL and the others for taking on the responsibility for organizing the section 1 A/AA duals. That's why you get paid the big bucks. Hope the weather cooperates and you guys have a great tournament.

Region 1: Div I AAA Science Hill over Greeneville 60-14 152- bowman(G) pinned hill 160- beamer(SH) maj. dec. arrington 171- Fair (SH) pinned smith 189- forfeit by G 215- henley(SH) pinned grecu 275- murray(SH) pinned weems 103- forfeit by G 112- flores(SH) pin aiken 119- myers(G)dec. mitchell 125- ricker(G) tech fall tappia 130- drish(SH) pinned willett 135- bo(SH) maj. dec. brimer 140- buchanan(SH) maj. dec. sneed 145- williams(SH) pinned kesterson Region 2:Div I AAA SEMI-FINALS Karns over William Blount 47-29 Maryville over Farrgaut 58-15 FINALS Karns over Maryville 47-27 Region 3: Div I AAA Bradley Central over Clevland 37-19 (Meet started at 171 pounds) 103 — Hunter Randolph B pinned Jacob Sewell, 0:22 112 — Danny Coleman © pinned Tanner Johnson, 3:31 119 — David Mang B pinned Josh Jadoobirsingh, 4:58 125 — Andy Morris B won by tech. fall over Jeremy Govero, 5:55 130 — Pete Miller © major dec. Tanner Withrow, 10-0 135 — Ryan Ensminger B major dec. Jesse O'Dell, 12-3 140 — Travis Creagan B major dec. Matt Brocato, 12-4 145 — Mark Fuller B dec. Jimbo Nichols, 8-6 152 — Justin Spain B dec. Derek Harrison, 12-7 160 — Steven Crisp B dec. Michael Williams, 8-4 171 — Tyler Bahn © dec. David Heffington, 12-12, 2-0 OT 189 — Cody Morgan © dec. Matt Brooking, 8-1 215 — Michael Hampton © dec. Jon Sivley, 3-2 275 — Shawn Grady B dec. Thomas Fulmer, 9-4 Region 4: Div I AAA Not yet determined. Possibity that Soddy-Daisy will wrestle Ooltewah or Red Bank on Tuesday. Region 5: Div I AAA ROUND ONE Ravenwood over Tullahoma 42-31 Franklin over Smyrna 70-6 FINALS Franklin over Ravenwood 64-12 103 Samford® forfeit 112 Konz(F) pin Jones 119 Ortiz(F) dec Whaline 16-3 125 W. Davis(F) pin Parker 130 Oddo(F) pin Warren 135 K. Felix(F) Pin Kerrian 140 B. Felix (F) Pin Heidel 145 J. Konz (F) dec Goodwin 15-6 152 Heacock(F) dec Wood 4-3 160 B. Davis (F) pin Recio 171 Haggard® pin McPhee 189 Kim(F) pin Wolfe 215 Acorn(F) pin Cho 275 Leach(F) pin Shepard Region 6: Div 1 AAA ROUND ONE McGavock over Hillsboro Overton over Glencliff 36 - 28 ( forfeited out last two wts.) FINALS Overton over McGavock 36 - 35 (forfeited out last three wts.) Region 7: Div I AAA ROUND ONE Clarksville over Mt. Juliet 53-26 Rossvile over Hendersonville 36-24 FINALS Clarksville over Rossville 56-9 Started at 189 189 Minwell© dec 215 Weakly© fall 275 davis ©fall 103 Kellitt© fall 112 Ferguson© dec 119 Weakly© dec 125 Overstreet© dec 130 Allen ® dec 135 Gibson©dec Sumbler 140 Gosney© dec Gannnon 145 Brooks© wins forfiet 152 Johnson ® pins Pease (David Johnson drops from 160) 160 Hebda©dec 171 Zilkowski ©pins Anderson Region 8 Div I AAA ROUND 1: Collierville over Arlington Cordova over White Station Germantown over Bartlett Houston over Bolton SEMI-FINALS: Collierville over Germantown Cordova over Houston CHAMPIONSHIP: FINALS: COLLIERVILLE 30 CORDOVA 27 103 Kent Johnson (COL) pinned Justin Wilson 1:21 112 Blake Britcliffe (COL) beat Adam Piotrowski 10-3 119 Chris Tisdale (COL) pinned Ben Carr 4:52 125 Jeff Hunt (COL) beat Jon Howington 7-0 130 John Hannah (COR) beat Kip Packer 11-1 135 David Hunt (COL) beat Chris Reynolds 3-2 140 Shawn Speroff (COL) beat Randall Mitchner 12-8 145 Brendan Gipson (COR) beat Josh Rehder 10-3 152 Ryan Cullen (COL) beat Dustin Ring 4-3 160 Thomas McNinch (COR) beat Daniel Poteet 13-5 171 Zach Lee (COR) beat Colton Kropp 17-8 189 Daniel Powers (COL) beat Scott Berry 4-2 215 Harry John (COR) won by forfeit 275 Stewart Allen (COR) won by forfeit Section I A/AA EARLY ROUNDS Greenback over Pigeon Forge 48-36 Greenback over Seymour 45-31 FINAL Greenback over Kingston 42-24 Section II A/AA The Section II A/AA tournament has been tentatively rescheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday at Hixson. McMinn Central, Boyd-Buchanan, East Ridge and Hixson will battle for a trip to Clarksville Section III A/AA ROUND ONE FRA over Fairview 48-33 Lipscomb over Page 42-34 (best guess) FINALS FRA over Lipscomb 69-7 Section IV A/AA SEMI- FINALS Springfield over Harpeth FINALS Springfield over Cheatam County

Has any other Region 6 team beat Overton this year?

Anyone have the details of yesterday's matches between Ravenwood, Harpeth and East Literature? Thanks

I agree that it could become quite a mess. How about adding this to the equation? In an earlier post, a couple of coaches said that the rule requiring a wrestler to wrestle half of his dates at, or below, the weight they wrestle at regions/state had been dropped. When was this dropped? If so, where are the new rules? The 6/30/04 version of the 2004-05 TSSAA Handbook still has the "half of dates" rule. Do all coaches get copies of the new rules as they are issued?

I agree that TSSAA better set forth some rules before the regional/ state meets. Otherwise, it may get more than messy since the current rules only address violations by giving a wrestler a first time warning. If a second violation is made, then a punishment is levied. No mention is made of how or if the individual match wrestled by the "red flagged" wrestler is counted. Here's the TSSAA rule: In the event that any wrestler exceeds the 1.5% weekly weight loss rule, an e-mail will be generated directly to the TSSAA office. Any wrestler violating the weekly wt. loss rule will receive a warning. If a further violation(s) occurs by the same wrestler, he/she will not be permitted to compete in the next two competition dates. Here's an extreme example. Wally Wrestler is a senior. He violates the 1.5% rule and enters the regional invidual competition at 140 pounds and qualifies for state. He is red flagged and warned. At state he again violates the 1.5% rule and makes the 140 weight class. He is caught by TSSAA but the only prescribed punishment is to be barred from his next two competition dates. Not a problem since he's a senior. In case you think the multi-day state competition will stop this problem, remember that each tournament is considered a "date" even if the tournament is a multi-day event. How can this be stopped. Oregon High School Assoc. requires that all wrestlers submit a weight card at the regional/state tournament's first weigh-in. This card must have a complete and accurate summary of all weigh-ins during the season. Failure to provide such a card means disqualification from the tournament. By doing this, a "red flagged" wrestler never gets to wrestle and the problem on how to handle any matches by the red flagged wrestler is avoided. Thoughts anyone ??

Wish I was. I was looking online today at the 2004-2005 TSSAA Wrestling Handbook dated June 24, 2004. Where do you get the new handbook ??

Under the TSSAA Wrestling Handbook " a wrestler must weigh-in at least one-half of his dates during the season at the weight class or weight classes below the one at which he will enter the regional(state) tournament." If I understand this right, a wrestler must get to his "target" weight class by mid season or he is not elligible to wrestle in the lower weight class at regions/state. For example, if a wrestler finally got to his desired weight class(say 140) on January 14th and certified at 140 prior to January 15th, then he must wrestle half or more of his season's wrestling dates at 140 or lower in order to wrestle 140 at regions/state. My question is: Is this rule still in effect given the new weight control program that limits weekly weight loss? If it is; is it enforced? Thanks for your comments.

Does anyone know where I can get the results from this weekend's Hendersonville Invitational ?? Thanks.

Anyone have the results from last night's Hixson/East Ridge matchup ? Thanks