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What can Baylor do to change that box score? Possibly hope some of the FR men come down with the flu? LOL! "Counting out a strong McCallie squad who lost to Ryan by 25" LOLx2 Didn't realize the standard at the EBE had dropped that low to consider a 25pt L a 'strong' team...

106- Trey Chalifoux over Michael Murphy 113- Oliver over Westbrook 120- Elsea over Michael Eckhart 126- Hal Fisher over Nick Gray 132- Adam Connell over Mike Akers/Brandon Brunner...although Brunner has won every match up between the two this year, something tells me that Akers has a great shot at pulling off the upset. Most entertaining weight by far this year! 138- Patrick Cosgrove over Sutherland... a move that many did not see coming, Cosgrove dropping down and winning is something that will give FRHS a shot at pulling off an upset over CBHS 145-Mark Marchetti over Parrish 152- Baker over Kurtz in the first all Memphis state finals match I can remember 160- Hataway over Popp 170- Walthall over Parker 182- Clements over Hoodenpile 195- McOlgan over Garstin 220- Mason over Cook 285- Robertson over York Team Predictions: I see the Purple Irish scoring a ton of points in the lighter weights... particularly from 106-145, but it not quite being enough to hold off the Purple Wave of Memphis. As much as I would love to see my Irish repeat as State Traditional Champions, it would take a lot this year. A lot of ground will have to be made up in the consolations and we would have to get some help along the way. Nevertheless, should make for an exciting weekend as always. 1. CBHS 2. THE Father Ryan High School 3. Baylor 4. McCallie 5. MBA 6. BA 7. St. Benedict 8. The field Match of the tournament: Mike Akers-Brandon Brunner in Semis at 132 OW: Kaleb Baker Coach of the Year: Chris Lewis Rookie of the Year: Trey Chalifoux

The might purple seem to be on track as February approaches...can't wait! Should be entertaining down the stretch this year as the Purple has no pressure on them yet still a great shot at knocking off nationally ranked CBHS!! Go Irish!

Ryan - MBA match made for a great atmosphere ... can't wait to compare it to the blue/red dual tomorrow. I've only seen this match online when wrestled on the Ridge. Should be a fun meet. Also will be interesting to see who actually wrestles for Baylor tomorrow. I sure hope Ben Nelson doesn't hold certain guys out on purpose to lose intentionally to guarantee being in the opposite side of the bracket as CBHS at the duals... Not only would that take away from the excitement of this match, it very well might come back to bite the Redleggers as they would have to take on a purple team that is improving every day! Go Irish!

"PS. There will be 40 tickets sold at the visitor's gate @4pm tomorrow. Match @6" Can someone please confirm this? If true, I'm planning on making the trip down from Nashville tomorrow, however, don't want to waste the time to be turned away if there are no tickets available for purchase. Thanks! This Clements stuff is crazy! lol. Of course I realize he's a former McCallie wrestler, I just didn't realize the animosity towards the kid was at such an extreme level...the Ridge Dwellers of the EBE may be in denial over losing the UNC Tarheel signee, but I can speak for the greater majority of the Ryan following who have a tremendous amount of respect for a kid with his character who has overcome countless injuries. Never been anything but a classy kid when I have spoke with him. Best of luck this year, Houston. Get Healthy! With that said, making the trip down from Nashville, I sure hope the kid actually wrestles...adds even more to the excitement! Can't wait to hear the chants from the EBE student section lol Haven't been this excited for a high school wrestling weekend in a while... River City Rivalry tomorrow, then Saturday my Irish square off in the annual meet against cross town foes of MBA. Best of luck to all competitors this weekend! Should be fun! BCB , I hope you read this ... I'm expecting to see you in your kaki shorts and visor tomorrow...better seek me out and say hello, I'll be the one wearing... WHITE lol. I might wear my purple visor in your honor if your lucky! Soms- will you be in attendance for the perennial match up?

I'm considering making it down to Chatt Friday for the match. Someone please give me the info. What time does the match start? And are tickets going to be available at the gate? If not, anyone know how I can get a hold of three? Will pay extra. Thanks! GO IRISH!

Wow! Big news for Mr. Clements. I've enjoyed watching Houston grow up over the years competing against the Purple Irish. Will never forget a match he had with my favorite Irishemen ever, Chris Agnew, in the the duals one year. Match went on close to 30 minutes I bet due to all of the blood time. Two warriors! Congrats Houston. Ps. Would love to see Marchetti and Clements square off in a rematch this year! Talk about a war.

Is the nashville clinic limited to high school coaches only?

I consider the Irish to be close to a 28 point underdog in this one, however, if the Irish could someway pull off the upset it could save Bruce's job! My world: Father Ryan 24 Brentwood Academy 21 Realistic world: Brentwood Academy 42 Father Ryan 17

Being the fervent Ryan supporter that I am...I can give some insight on the buzz surrounding the program at the moment. For the most part, folks love Bruce. The ones seeing over the situation are put in a difficult situation deciding his fate considering the great guy that Lussier is...WITH THAT BEING SAID, losing to PJPII is never acceptable and definiely puts him on the hot seat. Honestly, before last week before the PJP game, I thought he would certainly be the coach next year despite the disappointing season so far...Now after having lost to PJP, I speculate he will have to rally the troops and somehow make some sort of a run in the playoffs. I hope he does, because Bruce is a great guy. Best of luck, Coach! GO IRISH!!!!

I don't always agree with Baylor's tactics of how they always seem to "end up" with these stud wrestlers, but with that being said, I know if I lived in Chatt i would likely want my kids to go there too for the obvious reasons that have been stated earlier. On another note, EVERYONE disregard comments by Mocs2011...his opinion needs to be valued ZERO because he is one of those people that holds a grudge against private schoolers simply because he wasn't one or his kids arent one. LET IT GO! You're annoying to this board and boring me with your constant whining. Enjoy the opportunity to compete against a school like Baylor and realize they only help Tennessee wrestling.

Good points ^ Can I get an amen?!?!

Oh me and my dearest old pal SOMS go way way back! let me emphasize WAY!

Mitchell- didn't mean to offended you, Brandon, or anyone for that matter by my comment. Brandon has done nothing but dominate ever since he entered highschool. I wish him nothing but the best next year and the years after that in college. He's a class act and true competitor. I can see how my comment was taken the wrong way... my apologies. Glad i could at least make trublu laugh though. I promise I not a bad guy!!!!! LOL

I think it might have already been said, but I thought I would throw it out there again... Has anyone else noticed that nearly 1/2 of Baylor's team is transfers? How do they manage to get ALL of the transfers...? Is it recruiting or what? Just saying everyone always seems to pat Baylor on their back for their wrestling dominance,,, when you have that many quality transfers they should be even more successful than they have been. Father Ryan particularly has always been able to pride themselves in developing the talent they have from a young age starting with the Nashville Catholic Wrestling program. With the exception on Michael Hooker, who came to Ryan without being recruited, I can't think of a wrestler our program has sought after granted we still are able to compete and often hold the upper hand on a team that does. The TSSAA needs to deal with this issue sooner rather than later as it seems to be getting out of hand ... numbers dont lie... see for yourself. Murphy-McCallie Powell-Knoxville Holloway-Knoxville Canada-Heritage Brunner-Tullahoma Robinson-Christian Bros Southerland-Central Clements-McCallie That's EIGHT starters from their line up that originally came from other schools... ABSURDITY! As always, no hard feelings to my friends from Chattanugga Go Irish!