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For those fans looking for 3 days of great wrestling, Chattanooga will be the place to be on January 22nd, 23rd and 24th. 1-22 Bradley at Soddy (DI #1 vs #2) 1-23 Baylor at McCallie (DII #1 vs #2) 1-24 At UTC Bradley vs Parkview (TN #1 vs GA #1) UTC vs Anderson College Following the wrestling at UTC, fans can make the short drive over to Soddy and catch the finals of the Soddy Invitational. Ladies and Gentlemen...wrestling in Tennessee doesn't get better than this.

Results?

Thank You, Anyone know about James?

A few questions... Kenwood- Where was Jordan Terry and Chartier Baker? Sycamore- Where was JT Gordy? Northeast- Where was Arien James? Clarksville- Where was Jon Vandal?

We are looking for results of the following tournaments; Oooltewah Invitational Harpeth Invitational Indian Classic Can someone please take the time and post them or post a link where they can be found???? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-I hear that West will probably be at 30 for the rest of the year. - As far as the rankings go...They are updated almost on a daily basis but I will probably wait for another week or so to post them. Things need to sort out a little more. If you or anyone is interested in a particular weight all you have to do is ask. I'll tell you what I know.

If Bradley is fortunate enough to get by Collins Hill and CBHS in the pool matches of the Cleveland Duals this weekend, it looks as if they may meet an undefeated Franklin in the finals. Here are the match ups: 103# Brian Reyes vs Andy Morris 112# Mike Ortiz vs Blake Tinsley 119# Charlie Warfield vs Shawn Cordell 125# Kelly Felix vs Travis Creagan 130# Russ Runyeon vs Jake West 135# David Jackson vs Billy Herbold 140# Jon Heacock vs Jesse Baker 145# Bond Davis vs Matt Spain 152# Joel Konz vs Justin Spain 160# Renell McCullough vs Quinn Gibson 171# John Kirn vs Bryant Blackmon 189# Brad Raby vs Josh Cooper 215# Xavier Curll vs Matt Bailey Hwt. Tim Leach vs John Sivley Are there any predictions?

Robinson graduated.

I figured Sullivan would still be at 112.

Shawn Cordell-Bradley-2 time state champ Ari Ibrahim- Overton- State champ @ 112 in 03 Justin Talley -S Doyle - 3rd @ 119 in 03 Ryan McGrew - D. Boone - 3rd @112 in 03 Charlie Warfield - Frankln - 4th @ 119 in 03 Shawn Speroff - Colliervll - 6th @ 112 in 03

Just for the fun of it. Who wins this Dual and what is the final score? 103---Dario Rudas-EAST RIDGE vs Whit Dunning-FATHER RYAN 112---Danny Coleman-CLEVELAND vs Jimmy Hiller-FATHER RYAN 119---Shawn Cordell-BRADLEY vs Jake Geismar-BAYLOR 125---Kyle James-SODDY DAISY vs William Simpson-MBA 130---Jake West-BRADLEY vs Cody Cleveland-MCCALLIE 135---John Lane-SODDY DAISY vs Jordan Leen-BAYLOR 140---Jesse Baker-BRADLEY vs Justin Blair-MCCALLIE 145---Bond Davis-FRANKLIN vs Spencer Manley-MCCALLIE 152---Max Gessler-TULLAHOMA vs Ryan Scott-MCCALLIE 160---Quinn Gibson-BRADLEY vs Andrew Smith-MCCALLIE 171---Bryant Blackmon-BRADLEY vs Kyle Adams-FATHER RYAN 189---Paul Campbell-SODDY DAISY vs Michael Marable-CHRISTIAN BROS 215---Matt Bailey-BRADLEY vs Chris Lomas-FATHER RYAN 275---Bashara Robinson-WESTSIDE vs Nick Forte-BRENTWOOD AC

Easy fellows. We knew there were omissions and graduated seniors. We also know many of the weight classes are incorrect. Preseason rankings are just a guess. There are a dozen situations where debate is possible. For instance Boyce and West....in my opinion West is the better wrestler. BUT Boyce beat West in the last match they wrestled plus the fact that Boyce finished 2nd in the state and West finished 4th. Should West be ranked ahead of Boyce? Certainly not. Another point. Zeits at 125. The kid finishes 4th as a Sophomore and had a shot at winning. He was injured last year. We expect he will be back this season and basically have no clue what weight he will wrestle. It is a fact he was a very good wrestler as a Sophomore and placed in the state. Beyond that, we will see. We do this for pleasure and to generate debate. If you have followed our rankings in the past you will find we are pretty darn accurate. Matman will do a fine job with his rankings also. There is a USA Today ranking, an AP ranking and an ESPN ranking in football. All have merit and all are entertaining to look at. Just try not to take it personal. Thanks to all of you who are providing the useful information and constructive remarks. SB

SILVERBULLET PRESEASON TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING RANKINGS 11-7-03 It’s that time of year again. Let the debate begin. Before too many of you get up in arms, these rankings are based on the weight classes from last year. The Silverbullet Rankings welcome all insight and input. Your involvement is encouraged. If you have solid knowledge of a change in a weight class please post it on this thread. We are already aware of numerous changes. All changes will be reflected in the next poll. It is worthy to note that all useless babble and criticism will be ignored. Division I WT RANK NAME SCHOOL REGION 103 0 103 1 COLEMAN CLEVELAND 3-5 103 2 TINSLEY BRADLEY 3-6 103 3 PUCKETT GIBBS 2-3 103 4 RUDAS EAST RIDGE 4-7 103 5 PAIR PAGE 5-10 103 6 BUNDY HENDERSONVILLE 7-13 103 7 HAMMOND COLLIERVILLE 8-16 103 8 MESSIMER RHEA 3-5 103 9 DRISH SCIENCE HILL 1-1 103 10 RUNYEON FRANKLIN 5-10 112 0 112 1 IBRAHIM OVERTON 6-11 112 2 ORTIZ FRANKLIN 5-10 112 3 MCGREW D BOONE 1-1 112 4 SULLIVAN COOKEVILLE 3-5 112 5 SPEROFF COLLIERVILLE 8-16 112 6 FULLER SODDY 4-8 112 7 PLUNK HARPETH 7-13 112 8 ABERCROMBIE FARRAGUT 2-3 112 9 GROVES HOUSTON 8-16 112 10 LIVELY GREENBACK 2-3 119 0 119 1 JAMES SODDY 4-8 119 2 CORDELL BRADLEY 3-6 119 3 TALLEY S. DOYLE 2-4 119 4 WARFIELD FRANKLIN 5-10 119 5 MILLER CLEVELAND 3-5 119 6 HUNT COLLIERVILLE 8-16 119 7 COX KENWOOD 7-14 119 8 WELLS DOB BEN 1-1 119 9 J. HOOVER EAST RIDGE 4-7 119 10 STROZAK RED BANK 4-8 125 0 125 1 FELIX FRANKLIN 5-10 125 2 ZEITS SEYMOUR 2-4 125 3 FULLER BRADLEY 3-6 125 4 CATE HALLS 2-3 125 5 HOLLIMAN BRENTWOOD 5-10 125 6 BAKER CORDOVA 8-15 125 7 MESSIMER RHEA 3-5 125 8 D. O'NIEL DOB BEN 1-1 125 9 CARR HIXSON 4-7 125 10 CURTIS OOLTEWAH 4-7 130 0 130 1 BOYCE COOKEVILLE 3-5 130 2 WEST BRADLEY 3-6 130 3 KONZ FRANKLIN 5-10 130 4 SEAMAN MT JULIET 7-13 130 5 ANDERSON HERITAGE 2-4 130 6 BREEDEN S. DOYLE 2-4 130 7 ABRAMAT D. BOONE 1-1 130 8 ROGERS COLLIERVILLE 8-16 130 9 FARINELLA FARRAGUT 2-3 130 10 FERRIS SODDY 4-8 135 0 135 1 LANE SODDY 4-8 135 2 GESSLER TULLAHOMA 5-9 135 3 GAINER S. DOYLE 2-4 135 4 VANDAL CLARKSVILLE 7-14 135 5 SANDERS MONT CEN 7-14 135 6 BAKER BRADLEY 3-6 135 7 PEEK FAIRVIEW 5-10 135 8 CULLEN COLLIERVILLE 8-16 135 9 R. WEAKLEY CLARKSVILLE 7-14 135 10 DIX FARRAGUT 2-3 140 0 140 1 DAVIS FRANKLIN 5-10 140 2 HOUSTON JEFF CO 1-2 140 3 GUY WESTSIDE 8-15 140 4 PROCTER COOKEVILLE 3-5 140 5 KIMBROUGH SCIENCE HILL 1-1 140 6 KILLEBREW KIRBY 8-16 140 7 NORTHINGTON SPRINGFIELD 7-13 140 8 INGLES ANTIOCH 6-12 140 9 BRANTLEY HERITAGE 2-4 140 10 POTTER SODDY 4-8 145 0 145 1 BORNEMAN HOUSTON 8-16 145 2 GORDY SYCAMORE 7-13 145 3 JOHNSON ROSSVIEW 7-14 145 4 TR. WRIGHT EAST RIDGE 4-7 145 5 AILOR HALLS 2-3 145 6 BURNEY HIXSON 4-7 145 7 PERRY CLARKSVILLE 7-14 145 8 COFFIN MLK 6-11 145 9 JACKSON CLEVELAND 3-5 145 10 EVINS MONT CEN 7-14 152 0 152 1 J. WEAKLEY CLARKSVILLE 7-14 152 2 LITTLEJOHN MCGAVOCK 6-12 152 3 CODY SCIENCE HILL 1-1 152 4 HARRISON CLEVELAND 3-5 152 5 JENKINS MLK 6-11 152 6 HENDRICKS MARYVILLE 2-4 152 7 DALEY GIBBS 2-3 152 8 WEST COLLIERVILLE 8-16 152 9 COOK GRUNDY 4-8 152 10 BROYLES MORRIS EAST 1-2 160 0 160 1 GIBSON BRADLEY 3-6 160 2 KNOX FARRAGUT 2-3 160 3 O'DELL CLEVELAND 3-5 160 4 JOHNSON ANTIOCH 6-12 160 5 DRIGGERS KINGSTON 2-3 160 6 GRAHAM COLLIERVILLE 8-16 160 7 THOMASON MARYVILLE 2-4 160 8 CHOATE DICKSON CO 7-14 160 9 GRAHAM EAST RIDGE 4-7 160 10 GADIE RIVERDALE 5-9 171 0 171 1 BLACKMON BRADLEY 3-6 171 2 VALENTINE LIPSCOMB 6-11 171 3 BAKER KENWOOD 7-14 171 4 DAVIS BOLTON 8-15 171 5 ABEL COLLIERVILLE 8-16 171 6 KIMBRELL CUMBERLAND 3-5 171 7 MCDERMAN SYCAMORE 7-13 171 8 GWALTNEY MORRIS EAST 1-2 171 9 SATTERFIELD HUME FOGG 6-11 171 10 SULLIVAN FORREST 5-10 189 0 189 1 CAMPBELL SODDY 4-8 189 2 COOPER BRADLEY 3-6 189 3 MEREDITH BLACKMAN 5-9 189 4 BLOCK CLARKSVILLE 7-14 189 5 WILLIAMS HILLSBORO 6-11 189 6 BLYSTONE SYCAMORE 7-13 189 7 FAULKNER COLLIERVILLE 8-16 189 8 BRADLEY MCGAVOCK 6-12 189 9 HANSEN RIDGEWAY 8-16 189 10 DOUGLAS LEBANON 5-9 215 0 215 1 BROOKS DICKSON CO 7-14 215 2 HAZLETT UNION CO 2-3 215 3 BAILEY BRADLEY 3-6 215 4 CLEMMENTS SYCAMORE 7-13 215 5 HARSHBARGER DOB BEN 1-1 215 6 THOMASON MARYVILLE 2-4 215 7 SCHNELL SCIENCE HILL 1-1 215 8 JONES CLARKSVILLE 7-14 215 9 SMITH BOLTON 8-15 215 10 JOHNSON SEYMOUR 2-4 275 0 275 1 BATES COOKEVILLE 3-5 275 2 ROBINSON WESTSIDE 8-15 275 3 HAMPTON CLEVELAND 3-5 275 4 MASON HIXSON 4-7 275 5 DOUGLAS MAPLEWOOD 6-12 275 6 GRADY BRADLEY 3-6 275 7 SCHUH GERMANTOWN 8-16 275 8 OVERTON BRAINERD 4-7 275 9 SMITH SODDY 4-8 275 10 BREZINA FARRAGUT 2-3 Division II WT RANK NAME SCHOOL 103 0 103 1 W. DUNNING FR RYAN 103 2 C. MANSON BAYLOR 103 3 S. RAWN ND 103 4 HOANG KC 112 0 112 1 HILLER FR RYAN 112 2 GEISMAR BAYLOR 112 3 SIMPSON MBA 112 4 ROBERTS MCCALLIE 119 0 119 1 LEEN BAYLOR 119 2 CLEVELAND MCCALLIE 119 3 MONDELLI FR RYAN 119 4 FRANCIS MBA 125 0 125 1 T. MANSON BAYLOR 125 2 C ODDO FR RYAN 125 3 DADE MBA 125 4 D. RAWN ND 130 0 130 1 SMITH MCCALLIE 130 2 SMITH WEBB 130 3 HAYDUK ND 130 4 RAINEY MUS 135 0 135 1 MANLEY MCCALLIE 135 2 TATE MBA 135 3 ST. CHARLES ND 135 4 VALASCO CBHS 140 0 140 1 BLAIR MCCALLIE 140 2 MYERS FR RYAN 140 3 DOSTER BAYLOR 140 4 TAYLOR ST BEN 145 0 145 1 SCOTT MCCALLIE 145 2 N. MARABLE CBHS 145 3 MOORE BAYLOR 145 4 CLARK FR RYAN 152 0 152 1 STARK FR RYAN 152 2 DONLON MBA 152 3 MULLINS ST BEN 152 4 NEWMAN CBHS 160 0 160 1 SIMPSON CBHS 160 2 TURK MBA 160 3 GEORGE MUS 160 4 ERICSON KC 171 0 171 1 M. MARABLE CBHS 171 2 ADAMS FR RYAN 171 3 HOBBS MCCALLIE 171 4 FRANKLIN MUS 189 0 189 1 WALSH BA 189 2 RUDOLPH MCCALLIE 189 3 SAINT CBHS 189 4 NATION BAYLOR 215 0 215 1 LOMAS FR RYAN 215 2 WALKER BAYLOR 215 3 MEREDITH ND 215 4 HUTCHINSON MCCALLIE 275 0 275 1 FORTE BA 275 2 SEAY MEM CATH 275 3 HOOSER MUS 275 4 HUFSTETLER BAYLOR TEAM RANKINGS Division I 1-BRADLEY 2-SODDY 3-FRANKLIN 4-COLLIERVILLE 5-CLEVELAND Division II 1-FATHER RYAN 1-MCCALLIE 3-BAYLOR 4-CHRISTIAN BROS 5-MBA

Good Luck to all wrestlers.

I do agree that the two best wrestlers do not always meet in the Finals but to suggest that it is part of a Master Conspiracy is a reach. It can be argued that the same thing occured in 3 or 4 other weight classes. This happens every year and there is really no way around it. You and I may think that Edmonds and Jones were the top two at 171 but how do you prove it. You would run into the same problem we run into with this poll. For example: A beat B...B beat C...C beat D...therefore A is better than D. At best it is like reading tea leaves. Come up with a good solution and I and many others will help you push it through.

No one underestimated Franklin. All of the wrestlers that placed (Ortiz, Davis, Bullard, Konz, Warfield and Felix) in the State Tournament have been in and out of the rankings all year. We DID predict the second place finishes by Davis and Ortiz while both Bullard and Felix were mentioned as having a great shot to place. We believe Konz and Warfield are very good wrestlers but we did not think they would place because of their placement in brackets. In Warfield˜s case we didn˜t think he would get by both Wells (Daniel Boone) and Henderson (Hillsboro) and regarding Konz, his win over Seaman was a surprise to us. You may call this underestimation but we believe it was more a case of overestimation of the Franklin opponents. Many of us who follow wrestling have known for a few years that Franklin was building a quality program. The Rebels should be among the top teams in the state for the next several years. Bradley will be our Pre-Season #1 for 2004 but Franklin may very well claim that spot in 2005.

Here is the rest 103 1 - COLEMAN-CLV 2 - PUCKETT-GIBB 3 - TINSLEY-BC 4 - ABDULLATIF-OV 5 - RUDAS-ER 6 - BUNDY-HNDRSNVLL X - PAIR-PAGE X ˜ WATSON 112 1 ˜ GOODEN ˜ RB 2 ˜ ORTIZ-FRKLN 3 ˜ FULLER-SD 4 ˜ MCGREW-DAN B 5 ˜ SPEROFF-COLL 6 ˜ GREENE-CHEAT CO X ˜ IBRAHIM-OV X ˜ SULLIVAN-COOK 119 1 ˜ CORDELL-BC 2 ˜ JAMES-SD 3 ˜ AIKEN-SH 4 ˜ COX-KENW 5 ˜ WELLS-DAN B 6 ˜ HENDERSON-HILLSB X ˜ HUNT-COLL X ˜ TALLEY-SO DOYLE 125 1 ˜ JENNINGS-CLARKSVL 2 ˜ BIRD-ER 3 ˜ BROWN-SD 4 - CATE-HALLS 5 ˜ MESSIMER-RHEA 6 ˜ SANDERS-FRA X ˜ FELIX-FRNKLN X ˜ JACKSON-ANT 130 1 ˜ BOSKEN-SH 2 ˜ SEAMAN-MT J 3 ˜ FURMON-RB 4 ˜ WEST-BC 5 ˜ BREWSTER-OV 6 ˜ BOYCE-COOK X ˜ HALE-SMY X ˜ ANDERSON-HERITAGE 135 1 ˜ LANE-SD 2 ˜ SANDERS-MO CEN 3 ˜ BAKER-BC 4 - HODGE ˜ NCS 5 ˜ MORGAN-CLVND 6 ˜ DRINKWINE-OV X ˜ SHOLLY-SMY X ˜ VANDAL-CLRKSVL 140 1 ˜ CREAGAN-BC 2 ˜ DAVIS-FRNKLN 3 ˜ HOUSTON-JEFF CO 4 ˜ GOODEN-RB 5 ˜ COTTRELL-FARR 6 ˜ BRANHAM-HALLS X ˜ MUSSER-BW X ˜ CAGLE-CLV 145 1 ˜ MCKINNEY-DOB BEN 2 ˜ BORNEMAN ˜ HOU 3 ˜ GRIFFIN-WILSON 4 ˜ INGLE-FRA 5 ˜ STODDARD-UNION 6 ˜ CLANEY-COLL X ˜ BULLARD-FRNKLN X ˜ PHILLIPS-SD 152 1 ˜ CATLETT-BC 2 ˜ CODY-SH 3 ˜ JEFFERS-ER 4 - COCHRAN-BW 5 ˜ BENNETT-DICKSN 6 ˜ FLOYD- SO DOY X ˜ HARRISON-CLV X ˜ JENKINS-MLK 160 1 ˜ GIBSON-BC 2 ˜ BOSS-TULL 3 ˜ ORR-KIRBY 4 ˜ O˜DELL-CLV 5 ˜ PACK-MCGAV 6 ˜ DRUMMOND-NE X ˜ ANTONE-SH X ˜ DRIGGERS-KNSTON 171 1 ˜ JONES-CLV 2 ˜ BLACKMON-BC 3 ˜ EDMONDS-SH 4 ˜ HADLEY-CLRKVL 5 ˜ ANETRALLA-MT J 6 ˜ WIPPERMAN-FRA X ˜ SHARP-HIX X ˜ RAMERIZ-UNION 189 1 ˜ CAMPBELL-SD 2 ˜ COTHRAN-FAIRV 3 ˜ MARQUEZ-MARSH CO 4 ˜ MARTINEZ-COOK 5 ˜ COOPER-BC 6 ˜ ROMBERG-MARY X ˜ HELMSTETTER-CLV X ˜ BLOCK-CLRKSVLL 215 1 ˜ BONHAM-CLV 2 ˜ TURNER-SMY 3 ˜ PEREIRA-FARR 4 ˜ HEFFNER-ROSS 5 ˜ EVANS-WESTSIDE 6 ˜ OVERBY-ER X - CLEMENTS-SYC X ˜ HOBBS-COOK 275 1 ˜ CROSBY-GRNVL 2 ˜ PENNINGTON-CLRKVLL 3 ˜ ANDERSON 4 - BRUGAL-BOLT 5 - TRUNDLE-MILL 6 - GRACE-ROSS X - DONNELSON-SYC X ˜ HARDING-ER DI TEAM RESULTS 1-BRADLEY-201 2-CLEVELAND-135 3-SODDY-134 4-CLARKSVILLE-90 5-SCIENCE HILL-88 6-FRANKLIN-70 7-RED BANK-64 8-COLLIERVILLE-57 9-COOKEVILLE-56 10-OVERTON-55 11-EAST RIDGE-54 12-DOBYNS BENNETT-51 13-SMYRNA-50 14-FARRAGUT-41 15-MT JULIET-40 16-FRA-37 17-ROSSVIEW-35 18-GREENVILLE-30 19-HOUSTON-29 20-DANIEL BOONE-28 21-DICKSON CO-27 22-HALLS-26 23-MCGAVOCK-25 24-TULLAHOMA-24 25-SYCAMORE-20

Yes vol, that one hurt. TG was not ready and the Maplewood kid was. He won the scrambles and TG was not his usual self on his feet. There are heartbreakers in the Big Show every year. When Martin scored in OT to beat Gooden, I heard a young man sitting close to me say, "That's why they invite 32 wrestlers." Wise words

We were going to wait until tomorrow morning to post our predictions because of reasons not meant for discission on this board. But since many of you are bombarding us with E-mails, we felt it would be OK to go ahead and post the Champions and Runner-ups. So here goes. The rest will follow tomorrow. As many of you know, this year (unlike many years) has several weight classes that are WIDE OPEN for unknown wrestlers to sneak in and claim a medal. The upsets will be numerous. Keep your program handy. You will need it. There will be plenty of "new" schools represented on the podium this year. It is always interesting to look at draws when the brackets first come out. The best draw in the DI tournament is by far Bill Seaman - MT Juliet. Other favorable draws in DI are Bryant Blackmon - Bradley, Paul Campbell - Soddy and Daniel Crosby - Greeneville. The DI bad draw list is long with a field as deep as this years'. There are a couple of real stinker draws. They are; Alan Aiken - Science Hill, Brandon Hodge - NCS, Will Phillips - Soddy, Joey Jeffers - East Ridge and John Edmonds - Science Hill. Here are our picks for first and second place....... TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION I -BRADLEY OVER CLEVELAND BY 50 PLUS DIVISION II -MCCALLIE OVER FATHER RYAN BY 1 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION I CHAMPION RUNNER UP 103 COLEMAN - CLEVELAND PUCKET - GIBBS 112 GOODEN - RED BANK ORTIZ - FRANKLIN 119 CORDELL - BRADLEY JAMES - SODDY 125 JENNINGS - CLARKSVILLE BIRD - EAST RIDGE 130 BOSKEN - SCIENCE HILL SEAMAN - MT J 135 LANE - SODDY SANDERS - MONT CE 140 CREAGAN - BRADLEY DAVIS - FRANKLIN 145 MCKINNEY - DOB BEN BORNEMAN - HOU 152 CATLETT - BRADLEY CODY - SCIENCE HILL 160 GIBSON - BRADLEY BOSS - TULLAHOMA 171 JONES - CLEVELAND BLACKMON - BRADLEY 189 CAMPBELL - SODDY COTHERN - FAIRVIEW 215 BONHAM - CLEVELAND TURNER - SMYRNA 275 CROSBY - GREENEVILLE PENNINGTON - CLARKSVILLE DIVISION II CHAMPION RUNNER UP 103 DUNNING - FATHER RYAN MANSON - BAYLOR 112 HILLER - FATHER RYAN SIMPSON - MBA 119 LEEN - BAYLOR CLEVELAND - MCCALLIE 125 SILBERMAN - MCCALLIE MANSON - BAYLOR 130 DUNNING - FATHER RYAN SMITH - MCCALLIE 135 MANLEY - MCCALLIE TATE - MBA 140 BLAIR - MCCALLIE MYERS - FATHER RYAN 145 SCOTT - MCCALLIE MARABLE - CBHS 152 STARK - FATHER RYAN CONNELL - MCCALLIE 160 MCTORRY - BA WELDON - FATHER RYAN 171 MARABLE - CB LUTTRELL - MBA 189 GOODMAN - MBA GREENWOOD - FATHER RYAN 215 THORNHILL - MBA SPRINGER - KNOX CATH 275 COOPER - MBA SEAY - MEM CATH As always...E-mail your comments and questions to: SBulletWrestling @aol.com

Still here- The predictions for the DI and DII State Tournaments will be out Wednesday or Thursday. We are fairly happy with our call on the State Duals. We nailed the DII bracket and most of the DI but Science Hill was better at certain weights than we expected. Our predictions will include; Team Champion and team placings to 20th place. Individual Champions and medal winners. Matches to watch for. OW Thanks for the interest, -Silverbullet Wrestling

Bigpack- Those are two great picks but when choosing OW it comes down to 2 things: 1-HOW the wrestler won. 2-WHO did he beat. In Division II -Dunning would have to be the favorite. In Division I -The winner of the 135 class will be a contender because there should be 5 returning medalists. -If Jennings-125 or Catlett-152 or Gibson-160 or the Jones/Edmonds-171 winner were to pin their way through the bracket, then one of those guys may win it. -Don't forget about Crosby and Pennington at HWT. One of those guys could certainly be OW by winning a very tough class It sure will be fun to watch SB

Anyone who has tried to predict the Final Score of a duals match knows it can be described as difficult at best. In the State Tournament it is near impossible because of movement of wrestlers and forfeits in clinched matches. Below is our attempt at predicting the outcome of the tournament based on every wrestler being healthy and each team wrestling each other straight up with no bumping around. In the Division I bracket we expect Bradley to win the Championship but we do not expect to actually see the lopsided scores as predicted. Just as we can look at the team lineups and see Bradley with a significant advantage, so can Coach Cobb and Coach Henry. We are sure to see many changes in both Clarksville˜s and Soddy˜s lineup when they face Bradley. These 'bumps' should narrow the score but shouldn't be enough to change the eventual outcome. In Division II we are predicting a Father Ryan victory but we see the Finals match with McCallie as extremely close. One upset or one bit of coaching strategy may swing the match McCallie˜s way. DIVISION I Match 1 Bradley-54 Collierville-10 Match 2 Clarksville-42 Overton-27 Match 3 Soddy-45 Farragut-23 Match 4 Franklin-34 Science Hill-29 Match 5 Collierville-34 Overton-22 Match 6 Science Hill-37 Farragut-28 Match 7 Semifinal Bradley-56 Clarksville-12 Match 8 Semifinal Soddy-36 Franklin-20 Match 9 Collierville-30 Franklin-24 Match 10 Clarksville-43 Science Hill-24 Match 11 Consolation Final Clarksville-36 Collierville-30 Match 12 Final Bradley-50 Soddy-12 1ST - Bradley 2nd - Soddy 3rd - Clarksville 4th ˜ Collierville BEST MATCHES Match #4 Science Hill Vs Franklin Match #11 Collierville Vs Clarksville DIVISION II Match 1 Father Ryan-64 MUS-9 Match 2 Baylor-50 Brentwood Ac-15 Match 3 McCallie-47 MBA-27 Match 4 Notre Dame-35 CBHS-28 Match 5 Brentwood Ac-30 MUS-27 Match 6 MBA-34 CBHS-31 Match 7 Semifinal Father Ryan-40 Baylor-18 Match 8 Semifinal McCallie-46 Notre Dame-12 Match 9 Notre Dame-45 Brentwood Ac-18 Match 10 MBA-36 Baylor-34 Match 11 Consolation Final MBA-39 Notre Dame-25 Match 12 Final Father Ryan-35 McCallie-30 1ST ˜ Father Ryan 2nd - McCallie 3rd - MBA 4th ˜ Notre Dame BEST MATCHES Match #4 Notre Dame Vs CBHS Match #10 Baylor Vs MBA Match #12 Father Ryan Vs McCallie DREAM MATCH Bradley-35 Father Ryan-23

Great points but I think you are overlooking the need to enlarge the DI field to 16 teams. Sixteen teams would preclude the use of any HS facility and still keep the tournament at 2 days. 16 teams = better wrestling = larger crowds = increased revenue

Unlike some polls, Silverbullet has had Cothran ranked since the first of the season. One of the contributors to our poll swears he is the man to beat at 189. [Edited by Silverbullet on 1-20-03 11:20A]

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