timj

apparently they got lost in the mail. matman's rankings and predictions are now up on www.TennWrestling.com

i have heard that sean m is a freshman who is one of a couple of really strong wrestlers coming up from middle school. (following in the line of the keefe bro's and blankenship & flynn)

McCallie 39 - Ringgold, GA 24 (from the FreePress) 103 Nathan Akers Ft 112 Garrison Goin ® TF David Meadows 119 Josh Wheeler (M) d Kyle Queen 9-5 125 Joe Young (M) d Jared Fledon 5-2 130 Zach Goss (M) d Tyler Slaughter 10-5 135 Cody Cleveland (M) Ft 140 Justin Blair (M) d Greg Hopkins 8-6 145 Spencer Manley (M) p Blake Walker 0:57 152 Ryan Scott (M) p Tyler Mills 0:46 160 Sean McDevitt ® p Andrew Smith 5:17 171 Brent Hobbs ID Aaron Jones 189 Rob Baker ® md Bobby Huffaker 13-5 215 Flynt Rudolph (M) d Kevin LeCroy 4-3 275 Andrew Crawford ® d Charles Green 5-4 timj

i found my own answer to the outcome of the UTC-VA tech on the hokie website: The Hokies finished the day with a big comeback victory over the host Mocs of UTC. Trailing 4-0, Hoffman came up with a 5-1 win over Josh Keefe. UTC took a 7-3 before Carpenter pinned Josh Cofer at the 2:12 mark to put Tech up 9-7. The Mocs jumped back ahead with a technical fall at 157 pounds and a decision at 165 pounds. Borja brought the Hokies within three, picking up a 6-3 decision over Josh Ward. UTC took an 18-12 lead when John Davis beat Guttridge in overtime. Following the match, Tech was deducted one team point, making it 18-11. But the Hokies weren't done, fighting back to pick up the win. At 197 pounds, Prater picked up a huge pin of Drew Roberts at the 1:15 mark to make it 18-17, Mocs. Needing any type of win, Wiedegreen, a senior from Blacksburg, came up with a 5-2 decision over Jason Pennington to give Tech the 20-18 win.

i have no idea how many were in attendance. it was a great meet. my favaorite match would probably be josh keefe(UTC) nearly upsetting 3rd ranked zach roberson(Iowa St). but there were several others right up there. i had to leave before the end of UTC-VA tech. what was the team outcome? timj

congrat's to jake yost for his 2nd place finish! (i found the results thru a link on tnwrestling.com.) keller and kcknight made it to the qtr finals. i heard that simpson had had a concussion before the tourney and then hit his head again at the tourney. can someone fill us in? it is sad that (apparently) nothing was communicated to the chattanooga newspaper about this. there was no coverage of the event and no results afterwards. tim j [Edited by timj on 4-7-03 10:34A]

A memorial service will be held in Chattanooga for Isaac Bird on Thursday (4/10/03) at Brainerd Presbyterian Church on Jenkins Rd at 7:00 p.m. The family will receive friends from 5-7:00 p.m. tim j

the official wsebsite brackets were the worst i have ever seen - it was constantly refreshing and you couldn't view anything other than the very top because it kept redrawing. you could download a pdf, but it was slow and cumbersome. this site has the brackets complete i think: http://www.kingsnakes.com/OW_02-03_results_NHSCA_Sr_Home.htm

looks like bonham and flinn both lost close ones just before the medal round. the wrestler that put pennington out was a medalist.

it looks like josh flinn (ringgold, GA) is still alive also.

1966 McCallie grad, 4-time mid south wrestling champ, national prep champ, and big ten (University of Michigan) champ Lou Hudson died in a bicycle crash on Tuesday. He was training for the 3-State 3-Mountain bike race and apparently lost control on the descent from Sand Mountain, GA (near Chattanooga). There is an obit in today's Chattanooga Times Free Press. The funeral is at 5:00 p.m. today (Saturday) at the Chattanooga Funeral Home - North Chapel.

is pennington the only TN guy to win in round 1?

does anyone have any news from sr nationals? i see nothing on the web site

thanks! i hope you can keep us updated better than the website - they have yet to post the brackets, and wrestling started an hour ago! this is the latest list of TN wrestlers who are entered: 125 Matt Bird TN East Ridge 125 Chris Brown TN Soddy Daisy High 125 Dillon Jennings TN Clarksville HS 125 Jack Silberman TN McCallie School 130 Josh Bosken TN Science Hill HS 130 Raymond Dunning TN Father Ryan 145 Lee Connell TN The McCallie School 145 Steven McKinney TN Dobyns-Bennett HS 152 Dustin Catlett TN Bradley Central HS 275 Daniel Crosby TN Greeneville HS 275 Parks Harding TN East Ridge HS 275 Jason Pennington TN Clarksville HS also a couple of ringgold, GA guys that many of you know: 152 Barret Blankenship 160 Josh Flinn good luck to all! tim j http://www.nhsca.com/events/wrestling/senior/championship.htm

joey jeffers pulled a hamstring in track practice yesterday - so it looks like the HS team will be without a 152.

walkenvol, do you know who might have an email address for him? if so you can email me at tim.jeffers@newroads.com thanks tim j

what about highschool? who is coaching?

Rob has given notice that he will not be continuing his work with Tennessee wrestling. If you would like to express yourself to him, there is a thread on the TennWrestling forum where people are putting in their 2 cents worth: http://pub94.ezboard.com/ftennesseewrestlingfrm3 it will be a true shame to lose him. tim j

i second the nomination! thanks to both of you for giving us a match to remember for years!

lovinit - have you EVER watched heavyweights wrestle?????? if you call THAT match "just a bunch of shoving" you have absolutely no clue!

i got slightly different numbers, but i was impressed with the strong showing of region 5 this year. congrat's! keep it up! tim j

(reviving an old thread) you were correct - Dustin Catlett was unstoppable and [virtually] unbeatable this year (other than the machine he met up north). congrat's to one of the best wrestlers in TN this year, if not THE best! tim j

from my very close vantage point at floor level, the first thing to hit was not creagans face, but rather both of his HANDS. scooter did not (unlike last year) drop the other wrestler on his head.

i also am not an official and cannot give a professional opinion, but i think that it was a bad call. in the newspaper the ref is quoted as saying that scooter lifted creagan over his head and brought him down with force. i was seated in fron of the front row only a few feet from the mat with a perfect angle on the takedown, and that is not what i saw. scooter had him at chest/shoulder level and just dropped him flat on his belly. creagan's hands were in front to catch the fall. there was no chance of injury. i booed right along with what seemed like a majority of the arena over the call. i really wish that we could have seen an overtime for the match. that said, i am not at all supporting what scooter did afterwards. his diplay was not only a disgrace, it bordered on criminal.

kevon martin (maple, 11) tike was behind but pulled up to 2 behind and with 3 seconds left tied the score. but then he lost it in OT.