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Let me jump on this bandwagon. Way to go Ulric we are very proud of you. I hope you could hear the Big Red pulling for you also. I can't wait to send you the picture of you and Bell with your medals!

I agree with you Raider76. Zach Goss is one of - if not the - classiest wreslters my son has ever faced. I only wished I had been able to congratulate him after the match. As far as the takedown goes, Mike hit a very nice throw-by finishing with a side headlock. This has been a moved that has worked for him for many years. It was a good call. Mike had the same move on Zach when they wrestled at Baylor but Zach had control of Mike's leg at the end of the match and the ref made the right call then also - no takedown. This time there was no doubt over who had control as Mike had Zach's left arm completely off the mat and had inside hip control. They even show this picture in the rule book if you want to take the time to look it up. Congratulations Mike -- no one gave you a chance over Cash or Goss but you proved them all wrong. And we are just as proud of your National Merit Finalist award.

160 - Daniel Waddell (Bay) m.d. Michael Goodrum (Ryan) 18-7; 171 - Aaron Bateman (Ryan) m.d. Reed Doster (Bay) 14-5; 189 - Kevin Mix (Ryan) m.d. Andy Shuford (Bay) 19-7; 215 - Davis Dempsey (Ryan) d. Wes Stroud (Bay) 2-0; 285 - McLain Still (Bay) d. Zack Herrmann (Ryan) 3-2; 103 - Alex Manley (Bay) m.d. Jordan Lovelace (Ryan) 16-2; 112 - Bailey Whitaker (Bay) p. Anthony Simpson (Ryan) 3:27; 119 - Matt Brewer (Ryan) d. Trey Stavrum (Bay) 12-7; 125 - John Mark Sloan (Ryan) d. Troy Downey (Bay) 4-1; 130 - Ben Johnson (Bay) p. Cody Austell (Ryan) 2:57; 135 - Mike Bell (Bay) d. Patrick Marchetti (Ryan) 5-0; 140 - Colton Popp (Bay) p. Johan Benito (Ryan) 2:45; 145 - Ryne Miller (Ryan) m.d. Chase Hayes (Bay) 11-2; 152 - Reed Doster (Bay) p. Ben Hobbs (Ryan) 2:37. Results are posted on TSSAA.ORG

160 - Baylor wins by MD (4-0) 171 - Ryan wins by MD (4-4) 189 - Ryan wins by MD (4-8) 215 - Ryan wins by DEC (4-11) 285 - Baylor by DEC (7-11) 103 - Baylor by MD (11-11) 112 - Baylor by Fall (17-11) 119 - Ryan by DEC (17-14) 125 - Ryan by DEC (17-17) 130 - Baylor by FALL (23-17) 135 - Baylor by DEC (26-17) 140 - Baylor by FALL (32-17) 145 - Ryan by MD (32-21) 152 - Baylor by FALL (38-21)

Wow - What happened at 140? Pavlou is a good wrestler but he must have caught Ulric in a mistake.

Baylor 1st Greeneville and Orange County tied for second Clarksville third Baylor champions: 103 - Manley 112 - Whittaker 130 - Shufford 135 - Johnson 140 - Bell 145 - Hayes 152 - Doster 160 - Waddell (OW) beat Tolbert 3-1 285 - Still Baylor also placed: 119 - Stavrum 2nd 125 - Cofer 7th 171 - Doster 3rd 189 - Shufford 3rd 215 - Scott 3rd I don't know who won the 119 class but he was a stud. Myers from Greeneville won at 125 and received OW for the lightweights.

Round 1: 0930-1200 Lunch Round 2: 1230-1430 Round 3: 1430-1700 Dinner Semi-finals: 1800-1930 Finals: 1930-2100

Bamawrestler, I am glad to see that Baylor will be at Scottsboro on Saturday because there should be some very exciting matches at 152 and 160. I do hope Grissom comes also because if they do then 160 would be the weight class to watch. 160 - Kyle Cuthberson, Dan Waddell, Brendan Prince 152 - Chase Cuthberson vs. Reed Doster Wish I could be there!

Rabbit - I agree with you. Lofton put on a show. Other than Bell taking him into OT in the third round, he dominated in one of the toughest weight classes.

Reed is at 135 lbs and looked very good.

Mr. Manson wrestled at 130 in NC and placed second. Bell also wrestled at 130 so I wouldn't say that either one was ducking the other. Jed Hussein went at 125. Hussein certified at 119 and both Manson and Bell certified at 125. Bell is a three time state qualifier from Alabama and placed third last year in class 6A at 112 lbs. Manson will decide where Hussein and Bell wrestle this year -- he would never duck anyone especially his teammates. Mr. Manson is a young man with a lot of class and drive. I look forward to watching him and all of the Tennessee wrestlers this year. thumb