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Nice analysis Bump. I like the Hardin Valley pick over Gibbs. Riverdale could also surprise some. I don't see Tennessee getting by Cleveland though. If Wilson and Tennessee win their Region and Cleveland is region runner up, chances are (since Bradley will get the #1 seed) one of them will meet second round. That's going to be a rough way back through the consolation bracket for someone.

No, not at all?? You want to wait until Region Duals are finished?

Select 2 teams from each region to qualify for State Duals, then narrow down to top 6, top 4, finalists. I’ll start: Region 1: Tennessee High Science Hill Region 2: Halls Gibbs Region 3: Heritage William Blount Region 4: Bradley Cleveland Region 5: Blackman Stewarts Creek Region 6: Summit Independence Region 7: Wilson Central Beech Region 8: Arlington Bartlett Top 6 Bradley Cleveland Tennessee High Science Hill Wilson Central Beech Top 4: Bradley Cleveland Tennessee High Beech Finals: Bradley Cleveland

Interesting that Beech is still at #5 given that they have finished behind a few teams currently ranked behind them. Also Science Hill won the Independence tournament, ahead of Beech and they're not even top 10?

Its time to get the Region 1 thread fired back up for the season. Preseason rankings are in and it appears we have 8 ranked wrestlers. Understanding that weights will adjust what are Region 1 thoughts on our placers this season? Currently Ranked: ​Pendley - THS 3rd Nelson - THS 2nd Williams - SH 5th Story – SH 6th Diehl – SH 6th Pendley – THS 2nd James – SH 4th Henley – THS 4th Spangler – THS 3rd Several other Region 1 wrestlers might create some waves: Lemons – DB Scaggs – SH Cromoff – DC Bumgarner – DB Fields – THS Ferguson – THS English – Jeff Pridemore – SH Rapcan – DB Lawson – Jeff Medina – SH Morely- CoCo Pinkston – Jeff ​Can Region 1 top the medal count of 11 from last year?

Interesting. Maybe you and Hamm should compare notes. Seems there are some conflicts on weight classes.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. Maybe we should lobby for a Region 4 wildcard so that none of the wrestling royalty gets left out of the dance and gets the chance to prove their dominance. With your reasoning, I think its also safe to say we have to add Walker Valley as a legitimate top 4 contender. So since we are living in the world of what if's: Soddy 39 - Cleveland 26 -- 13 points (this happened twice--exact same score) Soddy slips past Wilson Central 35-29, 6 points difference in a match that if wrestled again could flip to WC. So it would stand to reason based on your illogical extrapolations that WC (the 4th place team) would beat Cleveland. Oh the humanity! What have I done?!?!?!?!?!

Am I missing something here? Beech didn't place. No disrespect to Beech but they were 2 rounds from placing, regardless of who was missing or who didn't show up, Beech didn't lose those matches--those matches were WON by the other teams. It's time to give credit to the teams who stepped up and WON them. Both Science Hill and Gibbs stepped up to the plate and got the job done against Beech. So rather than making excuses and trying to figure out a way to justify why we were wrong in our predictions, let's also step up to the plate and congratulate those teams who figured out a way to win matches. Also can we stop beating the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" drum with Cleveland. They didn't make it, so no matter what you "think," they were not a top 3 dual team this year.

Agree that it sucks that one will have to stay home but disagree that Cleveland is top 3 this year. I believe BC, WC, Soddy, & Beech will be the place winners next week. Another team might slip into the consi finals if the brackets force two of these to meet on the same side. Yes Cleveland would have qualified out of most other regions but the level of competition in Chattanooga area year in and out is what has created the standard that everyone else is chasing. Take one of those teams away and in a few years the gap closes quicker.

Dooley is looking stout this year!

What happened to your original post BoroRef? Why edit?

So we've got a pretty good idea what everyone has, lets spice it up a bit. I'll get it started. 1) Bradley Central 2) Wilson Central 3) Beech 4) Cleveland 5) Stewarts Creek 6) Centennial 7) Soddy Daisy 8) Summit 9) Independence 10) Walker Valley I believe this is BC's year, they walk away and have the team title secured prior to the start of the Championship Finals. Everyone else is fighting for second but 2nd-8th could be a toss up!

Not a slam on any kid. Just like others have said, should have offered the spot to the highest finishing freshman or sophomore at each weight (which I know for a fact was not done) before going down to non placers and jv kids. There are many who legitimately deserve to be on the team, no doubt, but there are also some on the other TN team who finished ahead of those at the same weight on this team and there are some sitting at home who were never offered the opportunity (and yes they signed up at the booth).

While I'm very glad to see that we have two teams representing TN in Iowa this weekend, its a shame to see that we don't have a true all star team making our best effort. Given the fact that our best wrestlers are not on one team we won't have a true idea of how we stack up nationally. But it appears we might get to settle who should truly be on the A team as it appears there is a crossover match between the two TN squads. Should be interesting. I have to agree with RLWEST, I was highly disappointed to see how the Team TN team was selected. There was definitely some daddy ball in play here. I think I might coach next year so I guarantee my son gets on the team.

Hated to see the sad unsportsmanlike display from the MoWest wrestler and parents-just embarrassed themselves even more and made a bad situation worse. I'm glad that drama is now officially over.