tnmatfan

How's that crow tasting? SH has NO seniors on its team. These girls will take the state title next year....bank it.

Cheer up.....you could be from East TN and get dumped on by the officials all the time at the state tournaments. If your team is from the Chattanooga to Nashville area, you're ahead of the game. Overall the refs have done a good job this year at the individual tournament, but man o man, stalling and cautions were handed out in one weird manner. Same with takedowns......although it always seemed to favor the Chatt/Nash area teams. Just an observation.

So the Schurlknight kid at 126 from Science Hill beats Taylor from Cleveland 13-1 at the state duals, but you see Taylor ahead of him. The Goldstein kid from Science Hill should be in the mix at 138 (top 3). He's been at 145 all season until last week for the duals. He should be in there near the end and has a chance to win it all.

The officiating.....now that was upsetting. It was definitely like the box of chocolates Forrest Gump talks about.

The Science Hill 170 lb has beaten the DB kid twice this year. I'd put him ahead of Stout. JMO The others look in the ballpark.

Ditto what you said. UTC charged for concessions like you were at a pro football game. People were rude (like they didn't want to be working there, and by this, I mean you could tell it was the arena paid workers and not volunteer parents that seemed rude). You were so far away from the floor it was laughable. UTC is a closer drive for us, but I actually like the cow palace. Plenty of room, family friendly concession prices, and you can bring in a cooler. Parking is better too. As for the duals, Clarksville people did a great job of being friendly and running a good tournament. That place was WAY TOO SMALL to be holding the state duals. No seating, people on top of each other, etc. Plus, unless you live in Nashville, it's a darn long way from everyone else. It simply had outgrown Clarkesville. Anyway, the Ag center works for me I guess.

I heard Science Hill beat Bradley Central tonight over at Soddy Daisy. Can anyone confirm this (or the score).

No doubt. I didn't mean for it to sound like a slam to the backup guy. SH has many backups that likely could have qualified. I just thought the missing kid was a little stronger wrestler and likely would have placed (if not won it). Hats off to the backup for a great effort. He can be proud.

Science Hill had 12....their 145 pounder could not wrestle due to injured knee at state duals......would have been 13

Hey, many teams come to the state duals with the intent of knocking Science Hill out. It's funny, if wrestling stops near the middle of the state, then why does Science Hill keep coming in 3rd or 4th at the state duals? I'm glad Blackman has something for motivation now................they will need it.

Feathers not ruffled at all. I see many teams wrestle on the line, and it appears they are coached to do that, it drives me crazy. SH is not one of those teams. As for laying flat and trying not to get pinned, I would hope every wrestler in the world tries not to get pinned in any match. Giving up 3 in a dual is better than giving up 6. Most would agree on this.

I don't know this guy, but I know how our society (especially school boards) take the chicken sh!t politically correct approach to everything. They'll let a thug stay in a classroom as a student, and kick out the kid who forgot he had a tylenol in his pocket from just getting over the flu on a weekend. I'll bet the coach's facebook was much more tame than most of the students' facebook pages you see out there. Alas, that's why I don't do facebook. I'm sorry to hear what happened to your friend and coach. Sounds like a raw deal for that volunteer coach. I watch teenagers talk like drunken sailors around adults these days, but I'm afraid to say "darn" around a teenager for fear of getting in "trouble." My how times have changed.

"May stall"????? One thing you'll never see from a SH team is stalling. (Sometimes a little stalling would be recommended IMO, but they are coached to wrestle). I've seen kids that had a 3 or 4 pt lead, should have rode out the last 30 seconds, but wrestled on and got caught).

I guess the good news is, unlike college football, the matches will get settled on the mat and not by a bunch of people in a poll (or on a message board).

I think Science Hill drops in around 8th. I know everyone in the middle of the state thinks wrestling stops at the Knoxville line................but Science Hill is the cream of the crop (as a whole team) in East TN past Chattanooga. They finished 3rd last year and this year's team looks equally as strong. (They would have finished second but Cleveland got the seeding SH should have had). The state duals should be interesting this year.