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1-McCallie 208.5 2-Halls 172.5 3-Grace Christian Academy (Knoxville) 104.5 4-Maryville 94.5 5-Ooltewah 87.0 6-William Blount 73.0 7-Christian Academy of Knoxville 65.0 8-Farragutt 63.0 9-Smyrna 59.0 10-Morristown East 48.5 11-Daniel Boone 11.0

EVERYTHING IS "GO" THIS MORNING FOR THE HALLS INVITATIONAL. COME AND SEE US IF YOU CAN. THE ANIMAL

2018 Halls JV, Freshman and Girls Tournament Monday, January 15, 2018 (Martin Luther King Holiday) Halls High School 4321 E. Emory Road Knoxville, TN 37938 Entry Fee: $10 per wrestler or $125 max per team Weigh-ins: Weigh-ins will be from 8:00-9:00 am on a first come basis. Coaches can come to the head table to get weigh-in cards. Entry fees must be paid at this time. Wrestling Begins: 10:00 am and will run continuously until completion. Coaches meeting will be immediately following weigh-ins. Format: There will be a JV, Freshman and Girls division. You must be in High School to participate. We will use like weights and group athletes by ability and weight using 8 man double elimination brackets if possible. Admission: $6 Adults and $3 students all day Awards: 1st – 3rd in each weight group. All wrestlers must have a coach on site to represent them. Parents will not be allowed on the floor to coach, video, or photograph. Contacts: Tournament Director: Chris Vandergriff (Home) 865-922-7841 (Cell) 865-924-4600 (E-Mail) chris.vandergriff@gmail.com Head Coach: Shannon Sayne (Cell) 865-659-1538 (E-Mail) sesayne@yahoo.com

HERE IS THE LINE UP FOR THE 2018 HALLS INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT: BRENTWOOD ACADEMY, CAK, COOKEVILLE, DANIEL BOONE, FARRAGUT, GRACE CHRISTIAN, HALLS, MARYVILLE, MCCALLIE, MORRISTOWN EAST, OOLTEWAH, RHEA CO, SMYRNA, SUMMITT, WALKER VALLEY AND WM BLOUNT. THE ANIMAL

THE WEBSITE IS http://www.woopfm.com COACH SMITH OF BRADLEY WILL BE ON IN THE MORNING. THE ANIMAL

CHECK OUT COACH SCHRIVER'S RADIO SHOW ON WOOP FM 99.9 AT 7-8 AM. HE WAS THE HEAD COACH AT CLEVELAND HS BEFORE AL MILLER. HERE IS THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE: Morning Show with Coach Schriver on WOOP fm 99.9 7-8 am. Schedule for upcoming week. Monday November 27: Heath Eslinger Wrestling Coach at UTC. Tuesday November 28: Ben Smith Wrestling Coach at Bradley High School. Thursday November 30: Andy Morris talking about baseball and the Hall of Fame ballot just released. Friday December 1 A special education guest. Please tune in. Call us at 423-614-5553. THE ANIMAL

HE POSTED THIS ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE: Its Official. I signed the contract yesterday. I am once again an Eagle in TN. I am the Wrestling Coach and a PE/DRIVER ED Teacher at Seymour HS, plus Football and Track.

I HEARD THAT JACK GALLAGHER GOT THE JOB, THE ANIMAL

I HAVE A FEW POSTED ON MY TN. WRESTLING COACHES LIST. POST YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND I WILL SEND YOU A COPY. THE ANIMAL

I TO HOPE SOME OF OUR READERS ARE WORKING ON THIS BEHIND THE SCENES. THIS IS TRULY A NOBLE CAUSE. THE ANIMAL

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WE HAVE 3-NEW WRESTLING TEAMS IN THE KNOXVILLE AREA: CARTER HS, CLAIBORNE CO HS AND FIRST BAPTIST ACADEMY OF POWELL. CARTER HIGH HAD VERY GOOD WRESTLING TEAM IN THE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S. I THINK THEY DROPPED IT IN 1983 AND WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING SINCE TO GET IT BACK. NOTHING WORKED UNTIL THIS YEAR. THEY ARE STARTING FROM SCRATCH. CLAIBORNE CO HS HAS HAD A SMALL YOUTH CLUB FOR A FEW YEARS, THE TAZEWELL MIGHTY BULLDOGS. FIRST BAPTIST ACADEMY OF POWELL IS STARTING FROM SCRATCH. IF YOU NOW OF ANY MATS FOR SALE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT TIME TO SELL YOUR OLD MAT AND GET A NEW ONE. THE ANIMAL

I HAVE COLLECTED SOME USED MAT INFO. LIST YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND I WILL SEND YOU WHAT I HAVE. THE ANIMAL

IRISH99, POST YOUR CONTACT INFO. THERE MAY BE OTHER JOBS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED. THE ANIMAL

THE SOCIAL AND EXHIBIT VIEWING STARTS AT 5:30PM AND THE BANQUET STARTS AT 7:00PM. THE TICKETS ARE ONLY $55. I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE, THE ANIMAL

Billy Brimer ' s arrangements are as follows : Monday 5-7:30 visitation only at Tusculum Baptist Church Tusculum Tennessee Tuesday 3-5:30 visitation and service follows at First Baptist Church of Greeneville Tennessee. http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=William-Brimer&lc=1067&pid=179565862&mid=6882156 THE ANIMAL

MATMAN 1124, POST YOUR CONTACT INFO. I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU. THE ANIMAL

JOSH PECK, FORMER HEAD WRESTLING COACH AT RAVENWOOD HS, HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE NEW HEAD WRESTLING COACH AT THE NEW NOLENSVILLE HS. THEY ARE PLANNING TO OPEN THIS FALL. THE ANIMAL

COACH PECK, ARE YOU GOING TO BE THE WRESTLING COACH AT THE NEW NOLENSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL? THE ANIMAL

Coaches, As we all know mat time is extremely important for young inexperienced wrestlers, myself and several others were disappointed to hear that earlier today Bearden had to cancel the event. After speaking with administrators we were able set everything up, borrow a couple of mats and get Darrell Lauderdale to direct the brackets. We will run 3 mats to the best of our ability, extend registration to Thursday at 9pm, and go as planned with Bearden's schedule and just change the location to Northview Academy in Kodak (we are about 2 and a half miles off the 407 exit). Please email rosters to Darrell Lauderdale darrelllauderdale@sevier.org Send questions/comments to me, Brad Justice bradjustus@sevier.org or (865)654-4830

THE REGION-2 DUALS ARE AT HALLS HIGH ON THURSDAY NIGHT (1-28-16). HALLS AND GIBBS ARE REPRESENTING DISTRICT-3. AND THE TOP-2 FROM DISTRICT-4. (HARDIN VALLEY, BEARDEN AND FARRAGUT WILL WRESTLE ON WEDNESDAY TO DETERMINE THE TOP-2). THE "LIVE ACTION" STARTS AT 6:30PM. THE TOP TWO TEAMS WILL ADVANCE TO THE TSSAA STATE DUALS. THE ANIMAL

START A NEW THREAD. SOME PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THE TITLE AND THINK IT IS STILL ON THURSDAY. THE ANIMAL

HERE ARE THE TEAMS SCORES FOR THE 2016 HALLS INVITATIONAL Team Scores 1. Gibbs 159.5 2. Red Bank 156.5 3. William Blount 155.0 4. Halls 121.0 5. Walker Valley 109.0 6. Alcoa 105.0 7. Seymour 90.0 8. East Hamilton 78.0 9. Lebanon 74.5 10. Cookville 65.0 11. Cane Ridge 62.5 12. Maryville 47.0 13. Boyle Co. 43.0 14. Clarksville 38.5

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL COACHES CONTACT ME ASKING HOW TO ENTER THEIR KIDS ON TRACKWRESTLING. WE DO THIS TOURNAMENT "OLD SCHOOL", NO COMPUTERS. THE BOYS DON'T EVEN HAVE TO "MAKE WEIGHT" (THE GIRLS DO). WE MAKE THE BRACKETS AFTER THE WEIGH-IN. WHEN WE WEIGH THE KIDS WE WRITE DOWN THEIR EXACT WEIGHT ON THEIR "CARD". THEN WE TAKE ALL OF THE CARDS AND PLACE THEM IN NUMERICAL ORDER. THEN WE ESTABLISH THE WEIGHT CLASSES OR GROUPS. THE "CARD" IS THE KEY TO THIS TYPE OF TOURNAMENT. IT HAS THEIR NAME, TEAM, DIVISION, SKILL RANKING (1-VERY GOOD, 3-AVERAGE, 5-VERY WEAK). THIS CARD IS EVEN THEIR BOUT SHEET. WE HAVE REGISTRATION AND WEIGH-INS FROM 8-9AM. AT 9 WE START THE COACHES MEETING AND THE COACHES HELP MAKE THE BRACKETS. WE USE NUMBERED FOLDERS FOLDERS (1-100). THE HEAD PAIRER WILL COME UP WITH THE FIRST WEIGHT GROUP. AND GIVE THOSE CARDS TO A "VOLUNTEERING COACH" THAT WILL MAKE 2-COPIES OF THE BRACKET (ONE FOR THE TOURNAMENT AND ONE TO HANG UP IN THE HALL WAY TO WRESTLERS AND FANS TO VIEW. THE 8-MAN BRACKET IS THE GOAL. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT WORK IF THE WEIGHTS ARE TOO SPREADOUT. THE "VOLUNTEERING COACH" WILL SEED THE 8-MAN BRACKET (USING THE RANKING 1-5) AND TRY TO SEPARATE THE SCHOOLS. WE CAN USUALLY MAKE ALL OF THE BRACKETS IN 30 MINUTES AND BE READY TO "ROCK AND ROLL AT 10AM. USING 8-MAN BRACKETS OR ROUND ROBINS YOU COMPLETE EVERYTHING IN 5 ROUNDS. THE LAST ROUND IS ONLY FOR 3 & 4 PLACE FOR THE 8-MAN BRACKET. THIS IS A GREAT SYSTEM AND IT WORKS EVERY WELL. COME AND HELP US CELEBRATE "MLK DAY" BY HAVING A GREAT DAY OF WRESTLING, WHERE EVERYONE IS TREATED THE SAME AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR RACE. THE ANIMAL