Floyd

After 15 years, I have stepped down to spend more time being a dad. I'm still teaching at Bearden and will help transition the new coach.

Bearden High School in Knoxville, TN is looking for a new Head Coach. Please contact Athletic Director morgan.shinlever@knoxschools.org with any interest or questions.

If you are looking in the West Knoxville area, Bearden High School has a strong foundation. We run a freestyle club during the summer and are rebuilding our youth program. We also have a really good Baseball team, and I am good friends with the baseball coach and love sharing kids. I would love to talk with you. Donnie Floyd donnie.floyd@gmail.com

Bearden High School has an opening for an assistant wrestling coach. We currently have a math and spanish teaching position open. Contact donnie.floyd@gmail.com for more contact information.

Kyle Burns (Bearden) will sign with Ferrum College on the 27th

We will have our second Fight Night on April 2nd from 6-7:30pm at Bearden High School. This is free and available to all wrestlers (middle and high) who want to come and participate. Let's make each other better in a fun atmosphere. This will be in the wrestling room. Enter the double glass doors near the bottom of the tennis courts.

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We will be starting a fight night at Bearden on Mondays from 6-7:30 starting March 26. Open to everyone, middle school and high school age, looking for live matches. Will be held in the wrestling room. Contact Donnie.floyd@gmail.com with questions

Max will be at 170. He didn't get that big.

Bearden High School in Knoxville is looking for 2 assistant coaches. Please apply at the following link. https://kcs.searchsoft.net/ats/job_board_frame?refresh=Y&COMPANY_ID=00009960&APPLICANT_TYPE_ID=00000002

Greco techs are 8 points, and Freestyle techs are 10 points

Bearden High School in Knoxville is looking for assistant coaches. Last year we had 6 state qualifiers and 1 state finalist, who is returning. Please contact me for more info. Donnie Floyd donnie.floyd@gmail.com

what is the date of the wrestle off at Independence

Coaches, I am trying to find more girls matches for this year. I currently have at least 4 girls who are wrestling this year. I have scheduled the following so far, but would like more. 11/14 Pigeon Forge Preseason 11/21 Bearden Preseason 12/5 Border Duals Girls tournament at TN high 1/9 Girls tournament at Science hill 1/18 Girls tournament at Halls 1/29 Girls East Regional at Bearden If you have girls and would be willing to come to Bearden when we have Varsity Matches, I can put out another mat for the girls. Let me know if you are interested or what you have open. Donnie Floyd Bearden High Wrestling donnie.floyd@gmail.com

Coaches, I am trying to find more girls matches for this year. I currently have at least 4 girls who are wrestling this year. I have scheduled the following so far, but would like more. 11/14 Pigeon Forge Preseason 11/21 Bearden Preseason 12/5 Border Duals Girls tournament at TN high 1/9

Coaches, I am trying to find more girls matches for this year. I currently have at least 4 girls who are wrestling this year. I have scheduled the following so far, but would like more. 11/14 Pigeon Forge Preseason 11/21 Bearden Preseason 12/5 Border Duals Girls tournament at TN high 1/9

Here is my idea with some estimated round times. Please comment and lets improve it. Thursday AAA Weigh in – 9am AAA Round of 32 – 11pm – 2:30pm AAA Round of 16 – 2:30pm – 5pm AAA 1st Round of consolation – 5pm – 7pm AAA 2nd Round of consolation – 7pm – 9pm Friday AAA/A-AA /D2 Weigh in – 8am Girls weigh in – 10am AAA Mats 1 & 2 Championship Quarters – 10am – 1pm AAA Mats 3 & 4 3rd Round of Consolation - 10am – 1pm A-AA Mats 5 & 6 Round of 16 – 10am – 12pm D2 Mats 7 & 8 Round of 8 – 10am – 12pm AAA Mats 1-4 4th Round of Consolation – 1pm – 2:30pm A-AA Mats 5 & 6 Championship Quarters – 12pm – 2:30pm Girls Mats 7 & 8 Round of 8 – 12pm – 2pm A-AA Mats 5-8 2nd Round of Consolation – 2pm – 3:30pm All Divisions Championship Semis – 4pm – 6pm AAA Mats 1 & 2 A-AA Mats 3 & 4 D2 Mats 5 & 6 Girls 7 & 8 AAA Mats 1 & 2 – 5th Round of Consolations – 6pm – 8pm A-AA Mats 3 & 4 – 3rd Round of Consolations – 6pm – 8pm D2 Mats 5 & 6 – 1st Round of Consolations – 6pm – 8pm Girls Mats 7 & 8 – 1st Round of Consolations – 6pm – 8pm Saturday AAA / A-AA / D2 weigh in – 8am Girls weigh in – 9am AAA Mats 1 & 2 –Consolation Semis – 10am – 12pm A-AA Mats 3 & 4 – Consolation Semis – 10am – 12pm D2 Mats 5 & 6 – Consolation Semis – 10am – 12pm Girls Mats 7 & 8 – Consolation Semis – 10am – 12pm AAA Mat 1 - 3rd Place matches – 12pm – 2pm AAA Mat 2 - 5th Place matches – 12pm – 2pm A-AA Mats 3 - 3rd Place matches – 12pm – 2pm A-AA Mats 4 – 3rd Place matches – 12pm – 2pm D2 Mats 5 – 3rd Place matches – 12pm – 2pm D2 Mats 6 – 3rd Place matches – 12pm – 2pm Girls Mats 7 – 3rd Place matches – 12pm – 2pm Girls Mats 8 – 3rd Place matches – 12pm – 2pm Parade of All Medalists – 4pm All Divisions Finals – 5pm

@USA wrestling on twitter and snap chat are asking for state tournament pictures. They are getting them from around the country. Maybe we could let them know that we are unhappy with our venue and see if they make suggestions.

Chad isn't in Region 2, but yes, he is definitely the strongest wrestler from this area. Region 2 brackets are on Track, and the seeds are pretty clear cut. Here are the top 2-3 in each weight by seed. 106 Nielsen - Halls Belitz - Hardin Valley 113 Maxwell - Gibbs Justice - Halls Burns - Bearden 120 Patterson - Bearden Adzima - Gibbs 126 Lepper - Halls Leyva - Gibbs Diederich - Anderson County 132 Garabrandt - Bearden McNitt - Hardin Valley Brady - Halls 138 Gold - Halls Moore - Hardin Valley Maxwell - Gibbs 145 Fox - Halls Leyva - Gibbs Womack - Clinton 152 Robinson - Halls Grayson - Bearden Bishop - Powell 160 McMahan - Halls Hooks - Clinton 170 Holmes - Anderson Co. Fortner - Gibbs Gerken - Bearden 182 Kalish - Halls Lawson - Gibbs 195 Merrit - Anderson Co. Huff - Halls Cagle - Powell 220 Yellen - Anderson Co. Neely - Powell 285 Elkins - Halls Davis - Gibbs Roberts - Anderson Co.

It will be 4 man round robin tournament with 1-1-1 matches. Mass weight certifications will be from 7-8 with wrestling starting at 8:30. All participants must have name, weight, and ranking (1 good - 5 beginner) emailed to donnie.floyd@gmail .com prior to Thursday November 13th at 8pm. There will be a girls division too. Contact me for more info. Teams: Bearden Hardin Valley Powell Catholic Stone Memorial South Doyle Gibbs Halls Greenback Austin East Grace Christian Anderson Co. Kingston Clinton Central Farragut

Bearden Wrestling is looking for an assistant coach. If you are interested please email donnie.floyd@gmail. com. No teaching positions are available at this time. Thanks, Donnie Floyd

It was listed in the coach's survival guide that was emailed out by the TSSAA. Weight Classes 105, 112, 120, 125, 130, 138, 148, 155, 165, 185

Nevermind, I got them.

Can someone please post the girl's weight classes? I can't find them on the TSSAA website. Thanks

This past week we had wrestlers from Bearden, Hardin Valley, CAK, Knox Central, Gibbs, and the Knoxville Youth Wrestling Club. We look forward to seeing more new faces on Tuesday night.