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2 divisions in traditional will help grow wrestling. 2 divisions same as in the duals. you could expand the small duals to include 8 teams instad of four. Still need 2 divisions large and small in the individual tournament. Only two not 3, 4, 5, or 15 two will help wrestling not hurt it.

TDARTIST gets the point its not about championships its about growing the sport 2 divisions will grow the sport it has in all other states why not here. But TD is a smart guy. Everyone says you must have one and only one champion, I dont really get the importance of this. Opportuninty is what will help wrestling. In case you all havent figured it out we are dying a slow death on the national seen we must do all we can to grow to carry on the fight for the sport we LOVE.

RC we need to ask the tssaa for equal treatment. They give it to all others why not wrestling. Mr. Carter should understand, he was a coach I believe. I just do not understand why they seem to have such contempt for our sport. Bradley Soddy an occational other Chatt. school. Franklin for a few years Clarksville for a few, all have success the rest have not very much. We need to grow wrestling make it thrive. Have the different champions wrestle D-1 large D-1 small and D-2 we need to try it, it will not hurt. It is doing well in N.C. Va. and Ga. Fla. Al. WVa. This weight mgmt. crap is going to kill the sport. We need new life, more light on us. Forgot Cleveland in my above schools. Let the rest have opportunities. 2 divisions is all we need for know large and small split it right down the middle. Forget about who plays A, AA, AAA just split wrestling down the middle. Small schools need to try and push this issue.

I am saying two divisions large and small. This will grow the sport in our state. The only people who are high profile tn. college wrestlers came out of a very select group. Simpsons, Blackmon, Ward, Mcnight, Keller. All from same era Dunning only one since. Meridith is at Cen. Ok. and starting. Two classes not 6 not 3 not 4 not 1 we need two big and small. Does not need to be associated with a aa or aaa. Put the 70 or so largest up and the 70 smallest down. We would grow wrestling in Tn. an allow others to have success. Maybe others would persue wrestling more in the spring and summer and get better and go on to college.

What was the individual results.

Through us a crumb and we are over joyed. Someone tell me why we are not treated like the other sports. Even band and cheerleading are split into divisions. Equal treatment.

I noticed there are 14 teams in area in small school. This is region 1 and region 2. When they wrestle to see who is champion they recieve one trophy 1st place only. There is no District awards no region award no runner-up for area 2nd nothing. I believe there are 2 or 3 teams in distrct 1 soccer they give first and second. In the region there are 6 or 7 teams give out 1st and second. Then all other sports and band are devided into at least two divisions. Wrestling one why are teams not equal in track but they are in wrestling why not in baseball but they are in wrestling. Not equal in the shrine of football but they are in wrestling. Coaches and parents should demand equal treatment for the sport of wrestling. We dont want anything better, just treated as well. The tssaa seems to have contempt for our beloved sport. GIVE US EQUAL TREATMENT.

!52 others to watch Reece Wheeler is from Sullivan East High School, not S. Doyle

5' 8" 230 not very imposing. When in the land of gaints.

Sommers: Elizabethtons heavy who weighs 230 also has only lost to Murray in tn. 4-2 close match. He is 31-4 his other loses are to ranked wrestlers or state medalist from N.C. He won Smyrna where Hill from Clarksville placed 4th. His 4 loses are by a total 8 points. Has 28 pins, 1 major 1 reg dec. and 1 forfiet. Thanks for asking. Hes had a good season.

Who beat Henley. What was the score in the Murray match. Tough loss for Buchanan. But he must have been in the match. Did Grecu beat Reivez. Heavy weight was loaded. Murray did lose to Sliger. If he would not have went for the headlock with 40 to go he would have won that match. He did control the match upto that one point.

Anyone have individual results on DB. and JC. JC. beat them the first time they wrestled. DB. came back and represented district 1 well as always.

Elizabethtons Heavy has not lost to a TN. wrestler. He has lost 1-0 to Toby Peterson ranked 1st in 2-a in NC. He also placed 2nd in 05 in NC.. His other loss is to Spearman from Freedom NC. ranked in 4-a lost 1-0 to him also. He will see where he stands in Tn. Sat. at the Fandetti Brawl in Johnson City TN. as Ben Murry and Cody Sliger will both be there along with several other good big guys. Murry and Sliger are both beasts. He will have a tough time matching up with these two really athletic BIG guys. He will give it his best .

Anyone know where you can find them.

How did Crockett do at the Central invitational.

Elizabethton wrestled Boone to a tie on TH. 39-39 Cyclones won on most matchs won 40-39.

Where will the brackets be at for the tourney.

Did they happen this weekend. Where can you find the results or does anyone have them.

Did they happen this weekend. Where can you find the results or does anyone have them.

Did they happen this weekend. Where can you find the results or does anyone have them.

Did they happen this weekend. Where can you find the results or does anyone have them.

College has 10 weight classes and there is 7 international classes. Getting support is alot of the problem. Stalling needs to be addressed. The way most officals are calling it is really bad for the sport. Forfiets are bad for the sport. There needs tp be less weight classes. Leave 103 space out the middle there are way to many from 119 to 145, 5 pounds is to close. I never could under stand the 9 pound gap between 103 and 112. If a coach bumps there can be huge size difference. There usually are not as big a difference from 135 to 145 or 125 to 135. Never could figure that one out. If this weight mgmt thing is not addressed and the classes are not addressed and the forfiet issues are not addressed then we will remain stagnet. That is a slow death but still death.

Buck you make a great point which I very much agree with. I counld never understand why it is ok for a 216 kid to wrestle a 270 kid and it is bad to have a 130 kid against a 136 kid. Wrestling has always been a little guys sport. Back in my day we had 185 and UNL. nothing in between. We need to make 215 into 230 or add a class. 108 115 123 130 138 145 155 165 175 190 215 240 300 may be something like this. Or even cut 1 class. There is to many forfiets. I my travels in the states of tn. nc. va. ky. wva. pa. ga. probably 50% of the teams have forfiets. I know coaches in all these states. We have to many classes. We need less. Somms is there anything that can be done about these issues we agree on.

I believe that the reduction in weight classes would help greatly. I still believe that a small school and large school division is needed for the individual tourney. Also the state needs to be double elim. Every state around us has divisions based on size, and wrestling has grown in all those states more than TN. I was in Greensboro NC. for the Southern Scuffle yesterday, I was talking to some NC. coachs they could not believe we had no divisions. One older coach said it used to be that way in there state and when they changed the sport grew by large amounts. He said the number of teams had doubled. When more kids and schools are winning more people are interested, more communities are interested. Which means growth. We need to come out of the stone ages so we will not die, we need to expand and grow. What we are doing is not working so maybe we need to try something else. With the new regions and the top 3 qualifiers and a carry thru tourney. The luck of the draw will take on even more meaning for alot of wrestlers. We have hurt the kids again. That is what we need to keep doing.

That makes no-sence.