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Hey Everyone I just resigned as head wrestling coach at Centennial High School. This is a great program and has been pretty consistent over the years and has all but 2 starters returning as well as some decent jv guys. We have a smaller wrestling room but there are talks about it being expanded in 2 years. We have 3 mats now and are in the process are ordering a brand new one. We have a few open positions at the school now and more to come in the following weeks. I want to thank everyone for the friendship over the years and the fun battles we have had. Best of luck to everyone this summer and next season and I will definitely see you guys on the mats. Coach Pelkey philipp@wcs.edu

This is great for Middle TN wrestling

According to that logic the NFL has passed out the Coach of the Year award to the wrong coach almost every year. Im pretty sure people on this site care about the award more than the coaches though.

I was just saying Grassland has a smaller middle school team with less kids on it than the other two. I believe Mill Creek and Spring Station are two of the better middle school teams around the mid state for sure. Again all 3 candidates were very deserving this year,

First off I didnt make excuses I said they were all deserving and then simply said some info on the situation. Yes Miller does a great job from the kids club to the middle school and summer programs but they voted on who did the best job this year and again it could have went to any of them as some times "best job" could mean different things in different years. Yes a lot of times it is a popularity contest always has and probably always will be. I think Miller did a great job again this year and that he cares more about his team placing at state than a coaching award just like all the other coaches in that region. Ill do my best to tell the other coaches not to "bounce" after state though if they want to be included for award next year.

All of them are deserving of the award but a lot goes into these votes/decisions. Look at pro sports for example not every time a team has the best record do they get the coaching award. For instance Nolensville moved up a classification and did very well and wrestled extremely tough at the state duals. While Franklin did not make it to state duals they won their side of the district (first time in over 13 years) and they do not have a middle school team or feeder like the other two. There have been multiple times when a team from this region won regions and placed at state and the coach didn't get the award. I believe Miller has won the award a couple times in his stint at Summit but would like to know when he got snubbed this award in the past?

I think some just keep them top secret so the other regions don't know what's going on or they simply wait until everyone has weighed in.

They are loaded and they get after it. I was really impressed with them this year. Ill also say Nolensville has a bunch of good wrestlers and would beat some of those teams on that list.

Hey Everyone We are looking for a few more teams to join this tournament. We are planning 4 mats and trying to do a girls section as well. As of now we have the following teams confirmed Centennial Summit Indy Ravenwood Page Nolensville Station Camp If you are interested let me know and Ill get you the info Thanks Coach Pelkey philipp@wcs.edu

Hey Everyone We are going to try and do a day of duals on Saturday June 5th at Centennial (instead of the individual one we do) Goal is to get between 6 to 8 teams and wrestle a minimum of 5 duals. Even if a team is not full we can be flexible within each dual to maximize the amount of matches everyone will get. Example you have 8 kids and a team you are wrestling has 18 then try to wrestle it twice through. If we have a lot of interest we may go back to an individual format If you are interested email me and I will pencil you in. philipp@wcs.edu

You would be surprised. Smith and Brentwood placed 4th his first year there and he didnt get it. Centennial placed 4th the following year and outscored the region teams by 500 points in duals and didnt get it. Logic is not used when voting for awards in this region.

That is what is going to happen next year

100 percent correct

Next Year

Very true, they have a bunch of freshman coming up that are going to be making a ton of noise next year (easily 5 if not more) Their middle school team has been one of the top in the state for the past few years if not longer.

Centennial didn't do to bad in 2020 either making it to the top 6 following a 4th place in 2019. So between aa and aaa Wilco has been representing pretty well lately. Big congrats to Summit and Fairview this year on great seasons.

Yes track will have the same one that they use for the state tournament in the past. Im hoping the internet ay my school doesn't go down.

Each team competing will be allowed 80 tickets but there will be no general admission tickets.

100 percent agree. You will no doubt have the 3rd best team in the state not place because of the format and that is not right.

The way it is going to work is the two teams that lose their first round match up will have the opportunity to wrestle each other right after their first match (same time as semi finals are going on). They cant not advance after that match so I do not see any team wanting to wrestle a dual after they have been eliminated from placement round with the possibility of getting injured or covid exposure.

Correct about the placement but Bradley cant be seeded because they did not win their region which means there is a 50% chance that Bradley and WC wrestle in the first round on the bottom side of the bracket. If that happens it definitely opens the door to another team to finish top 3 that otherwise probably wouldn't.

Each team will be allowed a set number of tickets and unfortunately there will be no general admission tickets.

They already passed this and set it up for this year which I think is great for the sport. It is kind of like having a sub state

Each region could still potentially have 2 teams come out of it. For instance Region 3 winner vs region 4 2nd place and region 3 2nd place vs region 4 1st place and then the two winners would battle it out for 1st and 2nd but both make it. Region 1 vs Region 2 Region 3 vs region 4 region 5 vs region 6 region 7 vs region 8.